Delaware Launches Online Poker Delaware launched online poker this week.  The state is using 888 software that is nearly identical to the one used by WSOP.com in Nevada.  The state’s three racinos offer online poker and casino games directly through their websites.  At 8pm ET today there were three games running.  The games were $.25/$.50, […]

Delaware Introduces Real Money Online Gaming The Delaware Lottery soft launched real money online gaming on Thursday.  There is an initial test period that will run through November 7th.  Games will be available to the public on November 8th.  Players that signed up for play money accounts through the state’s racinos were selected for the […]

Tropicana Receives Fifth New Jersey Internet Gaming License The Tropicana in Atlantic City announced that it received the fifth New Jersey internet gaming license this week.  Tropicana has partnered with Gamesys, which is still waiting to receive its own license.  In fact, no software providers have received licenses yet.  Tropicana joins Borgata, Golden Nugget, Trump […]

Three More New Jersey Licenses Issued this Week Golden Nugget, Trump Plaza and Trump Taj Mahal all received their internet gaming licenses this week in New Jersey.  This brings the total number of licensees in New Jersey to four after Borgata was approved last week. The issuing of a license does not guarantee a site […]

This past week saw news at two US-facing online poker sites, as well as news out of Nevada and New Jersey. Merge Gaming Tournament Structure Changes Merge Gaming rolled out an unusual tournament structure this month.  The changes started with uniform level structures.  This was welcomed by players.  The issues began when players started noticing […]

New Jersey Interactive Regulations Released The biggest news this week was the release of the New Jersey interactive gaming regulations on Friday.  The final draft was posted on the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement’s (DGE) website.  Public comments were made by a combined 28 companies and individuals.  The DGE responded to all comments.  Many […]

WSOP.com Completes First Week WSOP finished its first week with low traffic counts and players complaining about multiple issues.  The top complaint seems to be a lack of deposit options.  Players may only deposit by using Mastercard or electronic check.  Visa is offered but cards are not accepted.  Players may not deposit at one of […]

WSOP.com Launches for Real Money This week started with a conference call between WSOP.com management and the media.  WSOP announced that it would launch for real money online poker at 9:19am on September 19th to players located in Nevada.  It actually opened a couple of days early to anyone that created an account at Rio […]

The World Series of Poker contacted members of the media on Friday to announce a conference call scheduled for Monday.  The company will disclose the launch date for WSOP.com in Nevada during the call.  The company will also take questions from members of the press.  Top executives from the company will be attending.  Two Plus […]

Bovada Golden Spade Poker Open Bovada and its network partner Bodog announced the Golden Spade Poker Open tournament series.  It will run between September 9th and November 3rd.  There will be two distinct series running at the same time.  The Contender Series, which will feature lower buyins aimed at casual players, and the Championship Series, […]

Winning Poker Network to End Bad Beat Jackpot The Winning Poker Network announced that it will end their Bad Beat Jackpot September 1st.  The promotion will run until the Bad Beat Jackpot funds are exhausted.  The Bad Beat Jackpot currently sits at over $180,000. TheBeast tables will continue to be offered.  That is the monthly […]

Update August 24, 2013: Ultimate Poker Launches Version 2.0 and VIP Program Ultimate Poker launched its Version 2.0 software platform today.  It eliminated several bugs that were common complaints among players.  This included the table forcing itself to the front when the action was on a player.  Animation was greatly improved as well as it […]

Full Tilt Poker Remission Applications Accepted Starting September 16th The Garden City Group, claims administrator for U.S. Full Tilt Poker repayments, announced that players will be able to file an application for remission starting September 16, 2013.  The process will be open for 60 days.  Players will be contacted with information provided by Full Tilt […]

Bovada Launches Zone Poker Bovada launched Zone Poker this week.  It is a new game where players that fold are immediately taken to a new table instead of having to wait for the completion of the hand.  This can increase the number of hands played by as much as 400%.  Each table draws a new […]

The top story this week involves Full Tilt Poker remission payments to U.S. players.  The Garden City Group updated its Fulltiltpokerclaims.com website where players owed money from the Full Tilt Poker fraud will need to go to make their claim.  The new text added to the website on August 1st states that the claims process will […]