Gatto Shelves Online Poker Bill California Assemblyman Mike Gatto shelved AB9, his bill that would regulate and legalize online poker in the state.  Gatto stated that he felt there was a lack of consensus, making it impossible to move forward with California online poker.  A committee hearing for the bill was canceled based on this […]

Seals With Clubs Chairman Returns to Nevada to Face Charges Bryan Micon, former chairman of the Bitcoin-only site Seals With Clubs, returned to Nevada to plead guilty to charges that he operated an unlicensed poker site in the state.  The charges were filed after Micon’s Las Vegas home was raided in February by gaming agents.  […]

Seals With Clubs Chairman to Fight Nevada Charges The Nevada Attorney General announced charges against Bryan Micon, Chairman of Seals With Clubs, earlier this year.  Micon was charged with operating an unlicensed online poker site in Nevada after a raid of his Las Vegas home.  Micon vowed to fight the charges, going so far as […]

Negative Ad Campaign Against PokerStars Stars in California The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians started a negative ad campaign against PokerStars in California this week.  The commercials are currently airing on radio stations in the state.  The advertisements take shots at the involvement of PokerStars in Black Friday and an insider trading probe.  It also […]

WSOP.com Reload Bonus WSOP.com is offering a 100% up to $1,000 reload bonus to players in Nevada and New Jersey. The bonus releases at a rate of $10 for every $10 in rake and tournament fees paid. This equals 20% rakeback. The offer is available between now and July 14. Players have 60 days to […]

Sportsbook.com End Poker Affiliate Program A site ending its affiliate program may not normally be news to players, but the situation at Commission Account is different.  The affiliate program that includes PlayersOnly, Sportsbook.com, and SuperBook, ended its affiliate program for poker players. Affiliate programs are typically scaled back when a site has financial difficulties.  These […]

Carbon Poker Payouts Improve Slightly Carbon Poker has improved payouts to players. U.S. players are reporting cashouts processed during mid February during the past week. Withdrawals are running about 10 weeks to U.S. players. Bank wires are processed to players outside the U.S. These are available in about three weeks. Carbon Poker Drops Affiliate Program […]

Merge Gaming Cashout Speeds Improve More players are reporting withdrawals from Carbon Poker and other Merge Gaming sites.  Withdrawal speeds appear to be in the 8-10 week range, down from 10-12 weeks.  Affiliates are also reporting processed payments.  While this is great news, we still feel that more payments need to be made before we […]

Merge Gaming Drops Skrill Merge Gaming stopped processing withdrawals via Skrill.  This was the most popular and often only option for players outside North America.  Some players had been waiting up to one month for a withdrawal, only to receive an email notifying them that the withdrawal was canceled.  Players expecting Skrill withdrawals were only […]

Lock Poker Finally Closes After more than one year of accepting deposits from players and not paying anyone, Lock Poker finally closed its scam poker site. The poker and casino servers have been down for more than one week. The site stopped paying most players late in 2012.  For the next two and a half […]

Americas Cardroom CEO: Daily Fantasy Sites Unregulated Like Poker Sites Americas Cardroom CEO Phil Nagy published a post on the company blog comparing his business to the exploding daily fantasy sports industry.  According to Nagy, daily fantasy sites face the same problem that offshore poker rooms so.  They are not properly licensed and regulated. Pokerfuse […]

Lock Poker’s Last Payout More Than One Year Ago Lock Poker has not paid any player since April 2, 2014, as first reported by USPoker.com.  Thursday marked the one year anniversary of the Lock Poker scam’s last payout.  Remarkably, the deposit-only site continues to operate with the blessing of its regulator, Curacao eGaming.  The site […]

RAWA Subcommittee Hearing Involved No Experienced Specialists The House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations held a hearing for the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) this week.  Noticeably absent were specialists involved in geolocation, player verification, or any gaming regulators.  The hearing consisted mostly of antigambling groups, although there were a couple […]

More Funds Released in Full Tilt Poker Fraud About 3,500 more former Full Tilt Poker players were paid this week.  The Garden City Group disbursed $2.8 million in previously disputed amounts, according to the Full Tilt Poker Claims website.  This brings the total amount paid to victims of the Full Tilt Poker fraud to about […]

Second Pennsylvania Online Poker Bill Released Pennsylvania appears to be on course to become the next state to legalize and regulate online poker.  State Representative Nick Miccarelli introduced a second online poker bill.  This one had two distinct differences from the one we reported on in last week’s Weekly Roundup. Miccarelli’s bill only includes poker.  […]