Top US Poker News & Articles
Ultimate Gaming partners with El Cortez and more Nevada Casinos
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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Harvard Study Destroys Notion That Online Poker Causes Addiction
Throughout the year, Sheldon Adelson has been feeding the American public a substantial amount of garbage regarding the evils of online poker. Using hokey one-liners such as “click your mouse and lose your house” and buying politicians like Lindsey Graham, the Las Vegas Sands CEO is doing his best to halt online poker and casino […]
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Betfair New Jersey in Trouble if Trump Plaza Casino Closes
The future looks bleak for Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino after they laid off 1,000 workers and stated that they might close on September 16th. Trump Entertainment Resorts tried to sell the Atlantic City-based Plaza for $20 million in April, 2013, only to have the deal blocked by the mortgage holder, billionaire Carl Icahn, who […]
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US Poker Expats turn Playa Del Carmen into High Roller Frat House
When Black Friday struck, US poker pros had two options: 1) Move to another country like Canada, Costa Rica or Mexico, where players are free to grind on any online poker site they choose. 2) Stay in the US and continue grinding in live cash games and on smaller, unregulated poker sites that still serve […]
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Nevada Okays Linking System That Could Start Interstate Poker
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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Deadwood Casinos to Poker Players: “English Only”
The South Dakota Gaming Commission recently passed a rule that bans poker players from speaking anything other than English at Deadwood casino tables. This might sound discriminatory to foreign tourists or Native Americans, but according to the Gaming Commission’s lawyer, Gary Shaw, the state is justified in enacting the new legislation. “The reason we can […]
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PokerStars California Partners Bash Online Poker Proposal
At the beginning of June, 13 California tribes came to an agreement on a proposed online poker bill. This is a big step towards legal internet poker in the Golden State because, for the first time in five years, there’s a large consensus among tribal gaming interests. Who’s not a part of this consensus, though? […]
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Another Attempt to Legalize US Online Poker on a Federal Level
In what is becoming an annual event, another bill that seeks to legalize online poker on a federal level is floating around Congress. As reported by Nevada journalist John Ralston, this proposed legislation would legalize internet poker across the United States while banning online casino games and sports betting. Initial rumors credited the Las Vegas […]
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2014 WSOP Causes Huge Spike in WSOP.com Online Poker Traffic
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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