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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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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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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Pennsylvania State Senator Edwin Erickson recently announced plans to introduce a bill that would bring online poker to the Quaker State. Erickson hopes to unveil his legislation some time in late June as he wrote, “In the next few weeks I intend to introduce Senate Bill 1386, legislation that would authorize Interactive Gaming in the […]
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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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In promoting his newly released book, Straight Flush, Ben Mezrich has been doing radio interviews and writing columns in major newspapers. And one common theme that he’s been pushing during his promotional tour is legalizing online poker. Mezrich, who’s penned other best-sellers like The Accidental Millionaires and Bringing Down the House, gained some perspective on […]
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If anybody has reason to be worried about the way that their company is going in the US online poker market, it’s Ultimate Poker Chairman Tom Breitling. In New Jersey, Ultimate’s revenue fell from $100k in March to $50k in April. Ultimate Poker’s first full year in Nevada hasn’t exactly gone great either since the […]
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On March 19th, 2014, an editorial piece called “Poker pros: Test gambling sites for cheating” ran in the Press of Atlantic City. The article was supposedly co-written by Bill Byers and Dewey Tomko, and it raises concerns over how vulnerable US online poker could be to cheating. The closing paragraphs reveal that Byers and Tomko […]
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While the legal battle for online poker in California still rages on, a group of Californians had an opportunity to voice their opinions. According to a survey by the Coalition for Consumer & Online Protection (C4COP), 68% of California residents want their state to legalize online poker. On the other hand, just 27% of those […]
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