Before the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), NETELLER was one of the most popular and reliable payment solutions for US online poker players. However, NETELLER was forced out of America in 2007 after two of their founders were arrested for operating as an unlicensed money transmitting business (due to UIGEA). But now, seven years […]
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Many poker players have been waiting for years for the United States Supreme Court to admit the obvious: poker is a skill game. Sure, there is plenty of chance involved too. But to lump poker into the same category as slots and roulette, well, this is pretty ludicrous. So along comes the Lawrence DiCristina case, […]
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Back in January, Christian Lusardi attempted one of the biggest cons in poker history when he introduced $800,000 worth of counterfeit chips into a Borgata Winter Open tournament. And even today, we’re still dealing with the reverberations of Lusardi’s misguided actions since a lawsuit has been leveled at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Jacob […]
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Last spring, Nevada made huge waves for being the first US state to offer legalized and regulated online poker. But for all of the buzz generated last year, Nevada’s poker market has been a fairly big disappointment so far. While the Silver State has been waiting for a third poker site to come before releasing […]
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Several weeks ago, Christian Lusardi attempted to pull off one of the biggest cheating scandals in poker tournament history. He used 160 counterfeit chips worth $5k each in a $2m guaranteed Borgata Winter Open event. Lusardi was eventually caught when he tried to get rid of the evidence by flushing another 540 chips down a […]
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At the moment, much of the poker world is salivating over the realistic prospect of California legalizing and regulating online poker. The reason why is simple: California boasts a population of 38 million people and would offer a huge player pool. But there’s another big state that’s quietly considering internet poker too. Florida, which is […]
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A few weeks ago, 2005 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Hachem sparked a lot of discussion about what direction poker is headed. According to Hachem, “poker is dying” because Main Event champs and famous young pros aren’t doing enough to keep recreational players interested. Furthermore, tables are filling up with bumhunters who kill other players’ […]
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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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With over 150,000 accounts created in two months, the New Jersey online poker market are already off to a good start. But one problem that’s plagued poker sites in the Garden State is issues with verifying players’ locations through the internet (a.k.a. geolocation). New Jersey poker rooms adhere to strict requirements, whereby they must verify […]
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