Top US Poker News & Articles
Desperate for NJ Market Share, Ultimate Poker launches NO-verlay Promo
Ultimate Poker have fared pretty well in the Nevada market, where they draw 75 cash game players per hour, according to PokerScout. However, UP’s foray into the New Jersey market has been anything but smooth since they’re averaging just 14 players an hour. So in a desperate attempt to turn things around, they’ve launched a […]
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AGA, MGM join Battle against Adelson’s Anti-Online Poker Movement
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has made it no secret that he hates internet gaming and plans to do everything in his power to stop it. He even formed the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling and has pledged to throw billions of dollars at the cause. And while his arguments against online gaming continue […]
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Steve Wynn allies with Sheldon Adelson in Anti-Online Poker Crusade
It seems like just yesterday that the poker world was laughing at Sheldon Adelson’s pathetic attempts to stop the spread of legal online poker in the United States. Adelson’s key argument has remained that internet poker will become a “cancer” and create addiction wherever it’s allowed. And the key rebuttal to this argument has been […]
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Party Borgata makes Myroslaw Woroch a Millionaire
Up until now, online poker sites in New Jersey have been all about working out geolocation issues and trying to gain a foothold in the market. But Party Borgata apparently feel very confident about their place in the market since they recently held New Jersey’s largest internet poker promotion to date. Party Borgata sought to […]
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Full Tilt to pay American Players $82m…But Not Really
Last month, many US online poker players rejoiced when it was announced that former Full Tilt members will receive $82 million in repayments. The Garden City Group, which is the firm tasked with facilitating these payments, will finish the process by the end of March. But as great as this news is, some players were […]
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No Casino, No Problem as Wynn eyes New Jersey Online Poker Market
Frustrated over his battles with New Jersey gaming regulators, Steve Wynn sold the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in 1987 and vowed never to operate in Atlantic City again. But lately, it looks like he’s breaking this vow and trying to return to the city, only this time through the internet. Along with partners AAPN […]
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Merge Wisely Exits Delaware and New Jersey
Even after Black Friday, a number of offshore online poker sites and networks have continued to operate in the unregulated US gaming market. But slowly, states are starting to legalize and regulate online poker, including Delaware and New Jersey. Most likely in an attempt to avoid clashing over legal matters, Merge Gaming have decided to […]
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Iowa Regains Interest in Online Poker
The subject of online poker certainly isn’t new in Iowa. In fact, Iowa politicians have had the matter on their radar for a while, although no bills have managed to be approved by all of the proper channels. But this could definitely change in the near future thanks to Terry Rich, the Director of the […]
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Will Cancelled $2m Borgata Tournament hurt NJ Online Poker?
It’s never good for poker when a major cheating scandal erupts. It makes players question the legitimacy of games and kills enthusiasm among the recreational player pool. That said, it definitely wasn’t good news when the Borgata and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement chose to cancel a $2 million guaranteed tournament over counterfeit […]
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