Author: John Mehaffey

Some major news broke this week out of two states.  There were also two US facing online poker rooms that made headlines.  An indicted sports book also found a buyer for their accounts. Skillbet to Change Business Model Skillbet ran into a minor scandal when it was exposed that most of their players were props […]

It was another busy week in the US online gambling world.  Two sports books closed their doors.  One of these sports books was on our warning list while the other was recently named in an indictment.  There may also be good news in Massachusetts.  There was also news out of New Jersey about their new […]

Legends Sports Indicted The biggest news of the week involved the unsealing of an indictment against one of the most reputable US facing online sports books in the market.  The indictment named 34 individuals and 23 corporations related to Legends Sports Book.  Some were officers in the company, while others are bookmakers, agents, payment processors […]

State legislatures are nearing an end to their sessions.  It appears that New Jersey will be the only state that will move ahead with regulated online poker though there is still time left for others to join them. Illinois Governor Says Online Gambling Too New Illinois Governor Pat Quinn told NPR that he felt that […]

Most of the big news this week came out of the state legislatures or from states that have already approved online poker.  The news continues to show that the US is slowly moving to regulated online poker. Delaware Announces Fourteen Companies Bid to Operate There The Delaware Lottery announced that there were a total of […]

This was another big week in US online poker news.  Online poker legislative action continued and a Full Tilt Poker claims administrator was also named. Garden City Group Named Full Tilt Poker Claims Administrator The Garden City Group was named as the company that will handle claims pertaining to Full Tilt Poker remission payments to […]

The biggest news of the week in the US online poker world came from Lock Poker.  Intertops announced that the Revolution Gaming Network, owned by Lock Poker, would alter their segregation of tables that was rolled out just a few weeks ago.  Previously, Lock Poker split all No Limit Texas Hold’em tables of $1/$2 and […]

The biggest news this week in the US online poker market is that the Bodog Network became the largest US facing online poker network.  That is the first time the network can make that claim to fame in its history.  The Revolution Gaming Network had held that honor since June 2012 after Lock Poker purchased […]

The big news that came out this week was that Lock Poker removed a large number of tables from the Revolution Gaming Network.  This change has affected no limit and pot limit games with blinds of 2/4 and higher.  It also affects all Texas Hold’em and Omaha fixed limit games. http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/195/lock-poker/high-stakes-segregation-1297091/ This was met largely […]

Online poker legislation is the top story of the week.  One state moved a step closer to regulated online poker, while another state dropped it from their legislative agenda.  There are also two big tournament series available to US players on the safest online poker sites available. New Jersey Governor Approves Online Poker New Jersey […]