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PokerStars and Full Tilt Merge Player Pools Full Tilt’s poker software is officially retired. Its player pool merged into the PokerStars platform this week. The Full Tilt brand is still being used. The PokerStars software was skinned with Full Tilt logos and branding. Otherwise, it is essentially identical to PokerStars. The effect on PokerStars […]
There was an improvement at many U.S.-facing offshore poker sites in terms of withdrawal speeds over the past month. Those that did not improve continued to pay players at the same speed as April. The big news in the past month is that Bovada added Bitcoin as a withdrawal option. This is great news for […]
New Jersey Breaks Another Online Gaming Revenue Record The New Jersey regulated iGaming industry broke another revenue record in April. The state’s legal poker and casino sites took in a combined $17 million. Poker was up 30 percent over April 2015. This is due to the opening of PokerStars, which raked nearly $1.2 million last […]
Positive Michigan Online Gambling Hearing A public hearing by the Michigan Senate Regulatory Reform Committee discussed SB 889 on Wednesday. The bill would legalize and regulate online poker and casino games in the state. SB 889 would permit eight licensees to spread the games. Nobody spoke out in opposition to the bill, however, there was […]
California Online Poker Bill Passes Committee For the second year in a row, a bill that would legalize and regulate online poker in California passed its first hurdle. The Governmental Organization Committee by a 19-0 margin. The bill is AB 2863. It would permit tribes and card clubs to offer online poker to anybody in […]
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Plans to Launch Online Gambling August 1 The first legal tribal online gaming site in the U.S. will open August 1, according to the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. The site will use the Pokertribe.org. An arbitrator recently ruled that the tribe was within its rights to spread online gaming. The site […]
The overall payment processing by U.S. offshore sites slowed in the past month. This gave us a new number one. While some sites dropped slightly, the speeds are still faster compared to historical numbers, especially considering the time of year. Las month’s report may be found here. Last month’s grades are in parenthesis. Intertops/Juicy Stakes […]
Quebec May Block Unlicensed Sites A bill before Quebec lawmakers would require internet service providers to block online gambling sites that are not licensed. This would remove access for every online poker and casino site available in Quebec except for ones operated by the provincial lottery. The move would be unprecedented in Canada. Critics charge […]
Amaya Gaming CEO Charged With Insider Trading Amaya Gaming’s CEO David Baazov was charged with five counts related to insider trading this week by Quebec financial market regulators. Amaya Gaming is the parent company of PokerStars. The charges are related to the $4.9 billion acquisition of PokerStars in 2014. Baazov and Amaya Gaming deny any […]
PokerStars New Jersey Launches PokerStars New Jersey launched this week. Players report few issues with the testing phase. The most popular games this week have been Spin & Gos. Those are jackpot sit and gos where the prize pool is determined by a random number generator. This is the first introduction of this type of […]