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How Will Republican Control of Both Houses Impact Online Poker?
The mid-term November elections recently concluded, with the Republicans taking majority control in both the House and Senate. This wasn’t a total surprise because many have been unhappy with the Barack Obama administration and the overall state of America. But now that GOP control has become a reality, it’s worth understanding what impact this could […]
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Why isn’t PokerStars in NJ Yet? Blame Chris Christie
We’re well past the vague timeline that New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak offered for when PokerStars would enter the US market. Back in early September, Lesniak famously said Stars was “only a few weeks away” from launching in New Jersey. This meant that the world’s largest online poker site would be available in New Jersey by early October at the latest. But here we are in November and there’s no sign of Stars yet – so what’s the holdup?
Read MoreNevada’s 6.7% iPoker Revenue Drop “No Reason to push Panic Buttons”
September revenue figures for Nevada online poker are in, and the numbers are less than promising. Nevada iPoker sites took in $693,000, which is 6.7% less than the previous month. Moreover, September’s take of $693k is the worst since Nevada began making online poker revenue reports public earlier this year…
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Did American Gambling Association Stab US Online Poker in the Back?
Several months ago, the American Gaming Association (AGA) seemed to be one of the biggest proponents of online poker in the United States. However, back in May the powerful lobbying group chose to pull their support from US online poker, claiming that they had “no position” on the issue. The given reason was that they couldn’t get everybody on the same page regarding iGaming.
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The Las Vegas Casino that Desperately wants iGaming in New York
Las Vegas Casinos and the state of New York are separated by over 2,000 miles and several fly-over states. So it doesn’t seem likely that many Vegas casinos would take a deep interest in the push for regulated iGaming in New York.
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PPA Explains Fighting iGaming Ban Even if it Includes US Poker Carve-out
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has one mission above all: to protect the rights of US poker players. And a large part of this mission involves giving people the right to legally play online poker. So the big question now is would the PPA be okay if the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) includes a carve-out for iPoker?
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PPA Fighting iGaming Ban Even if it Means US Poker Carve-out
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has one mission above all: to protect the rights of US poker players. And a large part of this mission involves giving people the right to legally play online poker. So the big question now is would the PPA be okay if the Sheldon Adelson-backed Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) includes a carve-out for iPoker?
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Delaware Online Poker Experiences 24% Surge in August
The Delaware Lottery released its August iGaming figures, and the results for poker were very encouraging. Delaware’s online poker sites pulled in $38,655, which was a 24% increase from July. Given Delaware’s relatively small population (917,000), $38.6k isn’t a bad haul. Overall iGaming Revenue stays flat Online casino games have previously received most of the […]
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Nevada Online Poker Revenue falls 22.5% and hits new low in 2014
Nevada’s online poker market experienced a sharp 22.5% decrease in August after taking in $742,000 – the lowest total of 2014. This is $243,000 less than the state’s three regulated poker sites (Ultimate Gaming, WSOP.com, Real Gaming) made in July, when the WSOP was going on. At first glance, this seems like a terrible setback […]
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