Amaya Gaming to Acquire PokerStars The biggest news story in years in the online poker industry was announced this week.  Amaya Gaming will acquire the parent company of PokerStars for $4.9 billion.  This is the largest acquisition in the history of the online gaming industry. The deal will require Amaya Gaming to borrow $2.9 billion […]

California Online Poker Bill Update There were two stories this week pertaining to California online poker.  A total of 13 tribes submitted a letter to California online poker sponsors that included a 50-page bill.  This proposal included a bad actor clause that would exclude any person or company that accepted U.S. players after December 31, […]

Bovada Stops Accepting New Jersey Players The biggest news this week was that Bovada stopped accepting new players from New Jersey.  Players that already had an account at Bovada are not affected by this move.  Bovada is the fourth major offshore poker site to leave New Jersey this year.  In January, Merge Gaming left the […]

Full Flush Poker Leaves Three Regulated States Last week, we told you about the Winning Poker Network leaving the three regulated U.S. states.  This week, we have news of another site that decided to leave Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey.  Full Flush Poker, a member of the Equity Poker Network, pulled out of these three […]

Winning Poker Network Leaves Three States The Winning Poker Network left three states this week.  All states offer regulated poker.  In an email announcement, players in Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey were told to cash out immediately.  The regulated poker in these states were cited as a reason for the move.  Skins on the network […]

Ultimate Poker Nevada Upgrade Ultimate Poker upgraded its software platform in Nevada.  The update adds wait lists, the number one missing feature request.  Players may also now auto top-off and reload at tables to keep a consistent chip stack.  An Omaha tab has been added to the cash game lobby.  This helps clean up the […]

Ultimate Poker First Anniversary and Reload Bonus Ultimate Poker in Nevada celebrated its first anniversary this week.  It is now offering a reload bonus for this milestone.  Players may receive a 100% up to $100 bonus on the next deposit made between now and May 9, 2014.  The bonus releases in $25 increments for every […]

The biggest news this week was the California Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization held a hearing to discuss the potential regulation of California online poker.  The hearing was positive for the online poker movement.  Committee members were clearly educated about the topic and several appeared proponents of passing legislation this year. The hearing started out […]

WSOP Adds New Jersey Deposit Options WSOP added two new deposit options for New Jersey players.  Mazooma and PayNearMe are now available to players.  Mazooma connects to a player’s bank account. PayNearMe is a way for people to send cash to WSOP in parts of New Jersey that are too far away from Atlantic City […]

Beast Rake Removed from Winning Poker Network The Winning Poker Network removed all Beast tables on Saturday.  This also removed the $.10-$.25 rake per hand.  The Beast promotion still continues.  All tables now participate in it without any additional fees.  Winning Poker takes $.02 for every $.06 in rake taken from the table and puts […]

New York Online Poker Bill Introduced New York State Senator John Bonacic introduced S6913 that would regulated online poker in New York.  The bill would not permit casino games.  Operators would pay a 15 percent tax on all rake.  Cash games and tournaments would be allowed.  The bill has a bad actor clause.  If enacted […]

Federal Bill to Ban Online Gambling Introduced A federal bill titled the Restoration of America’s Wire Act seeks to ban most forms of online gambling.  It was introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) this week.  The bill would ban online poker, casino games, and sports betting.  It would protect fantasy sports and horse racing.  State […]

Lock Poker has been in business for over five years. It opened with great promotions and support.  It worked to draw players through its rakeback promotions and house pros.  Its popularity exploded after Black Friday.  That was due to it being on Merge Gaming, the network that quickly shot up to number one in the […]

The online poker industry was active in Las Vegas this week.  The iGaming North America conference was held at Planet Hollywood.  It included a debate between Caesars Interactive CEO Mitch Garber debated Las Vegas Sands Senior Vice President of Government Relations Andy Abboud. Online poker proponents overwhelmingly judged Mitch Garber the winner of this debate.  […]

Lock Poker Skin Launches Using Superwins Brand A new Lock Poker skin launched this week.  It is known as Superwins.eu.  The site shares many cash games and tournaments with Lock Poker.  Superwins and Lock Poker support both claim that the two sites have different owners.  Superwins also states that is has its own cashier. One […]