When the regulated New Jersey online poker market opened up, many people were eager to see what effect this would have on the ‘grey’ market sites – a.k.a. those still serving US players without a license. And so far, regulated NJ sites have been both beneficial and harmful to non-regulated poker rooms. This being said, […]
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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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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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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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When New Jersey approved and regulated online poker, it was generally thought that if expansion occurred, it would involve intrastate poker with Nevada and other states. But New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak isn’t waiting around for this because he’s introduced an amended bill that would allow NJ poker sites to offer services “to persons […]
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Another defendant has managed to dodge prison time in connection with a Russian mob-run poker ring. William Barbalat, who operated illegal underground poker games in New York City, recently stood before Judge Jesse Furman in a Manhattan Federal courtroom. Thanks to a plea deal that he accepted, Barbalat received two years of probation and 200 […]
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Last April, the poker world was rocked when 34 people were indicted in connection with a Russian mob-run poker ring. Famed pros such as Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith, Abe Mosseri and Bill Edler were served indictments, as was notorious international criminal Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov and poker hostess Molly Bloom. As if the story of this underground poker […]
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