Has a poker player who robbed a Washington state bank made the game look bad following his arrest? Ben McClean, who says he lost $8,000 playing poker, is now sitting in a suburban Seattle jail after robbing a Marysville bank. Police found him hiding in a bush just 100 yards away from the scene of […]
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They say that the best defense is a good offense, and the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is really taking this philosophy to heart in 2015. No longer content to sit back and defend online poker against Sheldon Adelson and the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), they have really attacked efforts to ban iGaming this […]
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Pala Interactive was ready to enter the New Jersey online poker market in the third quarter of this year. However, those plans are now being shelved largely because Pala believes PokerStars will soon be entering the market and they can’t compete with Stars right now. Jim Ryan, the company’s CEO, explained to CalvinAyre.com that Pala’s […]
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Those tired of watching the ping-pong battle over California’s online poker bill finally got a breath of fresh air when Pennsylvania recently introduced iPoker legislation. Dubbed Bill HB 649 and introduced by State Sen. John Payne, this legislation originally sought to only legalize online poker. And for those who love poker above all other gaming, […]
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If we’re judging the current success of U.S. iGaming by staggering projections made a couple of years ago, then the operation has disappointed so far. New Jersey took in just over $122 million in 2014 – way off the $1 billion prediction that Governor Chris Christie envisioned. And Nevada online poker didn’t even earn 10% […]
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When PokerStars brokered a deal to buy Full Tilt for $731 million, they probably thought that this bit of goodwill would eventually gain them a foothold in the U.S. online poker market. However, after rejections in Nevada and New Jersey (for now), there’s been no forgiveness for PokerStars’ violation of the UIGEA. But could that […]
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It’s not the earth-shattering partnership that’s going to bring millions of people into the US iGaming market…but Delaware and Nevada are set to begin sharing online poker players soon, which is still exciting news nonetheless. The two states signed an interstate pact in February 2014 to share their iPoker player pools. It’s taken a lot […]
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In California, the motto right now appears to be ‘the more the better’ regarding online poker bills. A third piece of iPoker legislation has made its way on to the table, and it’s authored by Assemblyman Adam Gray and State Sen. Isadore Hall. Oddly enough, though, the three-page document doesn’t really explain anything on what […]
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It’s pretty clear that politics aren’t clean, and anybody who believes the contrary has probably helped a deposed Nigerian prince through email or given financial details to claim an obscenely large prize from a lottery they never entered. But every now and then, there’s a sign that smacks you right across the face regarding how […]
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