The 2014 World Series of Poker didn’t do much for Ultimate Gaming and their online poker room, Ultimate Poker. After watching their main Nevada competitor, WSOP.com, receive over a 50% traffic boost from the 2014 WSOP, Ultimate Poker saw their traffic increase by a meager 10%. A large part of this was because Caesars Entertainment […]
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InterState Poker has been working between two states recently; for the past few months, Delaware and Nevada have had an agreement in place that allows both states to share online poker player pools. Of course, these things take time so no major steps have been completed in the process of linking their players pools up […]
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Not long ago, we posted an article about how the 2014 WSOP was likely to provide a big boost to the struggling Nevada online poker market. And while we freely admit that this isn’t exactly the prediction of the century, the ‘WSOP Effect’ has driven WSOP.com to become the United States’ largest regulated poker site. […]
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To say that Nevada online poker numbers have fallen short of projections is a huge understatement. Some analysts had the Nevada internet poker market earning as much as $80 million in first-year revenue. Recent numbers, however, tell a much different story. From March to April, industry revenue fell from $926,000 to $792,000 – a 14.5% […]
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On the outside looking in, one would think that Real Gaming’s soft launch in the Nevada internet poker market has been an utter failure. Over a month after opening, Real Gaming are averaging zero cash game players an hour. What’s more is that there have been complaints that the software hasn’t been on par with […]
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When it comes to US online gaming, Kentucky have never exactly been the biggest proponent of the activity. In fact, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear famously attempted to seize 141 internet-gaming domain names back in 2008. But not everybody in the Bluegrass State is staunchly opposed to online gambling. Churchill Downs CEO Bob Evans is one […]
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Sheldon Adelson recently hosted the Republican Jewish Coalition at his Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. And some of the Republican Party’s most powerful politicians took front and center stage during this leadership meeting. They included prominent Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Governor and GOP Presidential dark horse Scott Walker, famed New Jersey Governor […]
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Up to this point, it’s pretty safe to say that Nevada online poker hasn’t been going as analysts and casinos expected. But things aren’t as bad as expected after looking at the first set of data released by the state. Nevada’s three internet poker sites earned a collective $824,000 in February. After 10 months of […]
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Last spring, Nevada made huge waves for being the first US state to offer legalized and regulated online poker. But for all of the buzz generated last year, Nevada’s poker market has been a fairly big disappointment so far. While the Silver State has been waiting for a third poker site to come before releasing […]
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