Business & Financial

Jack Binion Considers Investment in Full Tilt Poker

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/28/2011

Betfair Share Price Plummets 47 Percent: CEO David Yu to Step Down

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/27/2011

PokerStars Law Firm Got Bill Clinton Off, Assisted U.S. Supreme Court Judge Elena Kagan

Just how powerful is Skadden Arps, the law firm that is currently representing PokerStars in its money laundering/bank fraud case brought by the US Justice Department?

Skadden enjoys a long list of high profile clients including former US President Bill Clinton and the newly nominated US Supreme Court Judge Elena Kagan along with a Who’s Who of the most powerful corporations in the world.   

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/26/2011

Free US Online Poker Room Boom: PKR Latest to Enter Market

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/23/2011

QuickTender Not Sure US Authorities Have Player Funds

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/21/2011

Full Tilt Poker Gave Loans to Players Without Telling Them

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/20/2011

Stiff Book World Sports Exchange Approaching Deadbeat Milestone

Internet sportsbook World Sports Exchange (www.wsex.com) is approaching a milestone of sorts.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jun/20/2011

More Online Gambling Affiliate Programs Shut Down: Casino Blasters Latest Victim

The online gambling affiliate world continues to have rattled nerves as July quickly approaches and more affiliate programs shut down.

Submitted by Gilbert Horowitz on, Jun/20/2011

Merge Poker Checks Continue Coming

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/20/2011

Full Tilt Poker UK Players Back Those in USA

The Full Tilt Poker UK players have spoken.  Many refuse to play until those in the USA finally get their monies.

To date, Full Tilt Poker has yet to pay out those customers living in the USA.  Players have waited just over two months since an indictment was handed down against the world’s second largest online poker room by US authorities alleging money laundering and bank fraud.  Another indicted company, PokerStars, paid all of its US-based customers.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/20/2011

BetEagle The Latest Online Sportsbook to Switch Over to .AG Extension

A Costa Rican online sportsbook that mostly deals in credit, BetEagle, is the latest to switch over to the .AG extension. 

BetEAGLE.com is known to have a good reputation overall and has been around the industry for some time.  

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/19/2011

BetOnline Poker: A New Room for US Players

How good an online poker room BetOnline Poker will be remains to be seen.  US players, however, are desperate for just about anything these days so it was refreshing to learn while in Costa Rica this past week that BetOnline had just launched its very own poker room, separate from any other network. 

It is the newest online poker room on the scene with players mostly coming in from the BetOnline sportsbook side.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/19/2011

Bookmaker Starts Craze With .AG Domain: Originated as a Joke

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/18/2011

Cake Poker Cashouts: The Fastest Way to Get Your Money

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/18/2011

PokerNewsDaily.com Bid to Buy Comes in at $3,950

PokerNewsDaily.com is being auctioned this week on eBay and the highest bid so far:  $3,950.

Eegad!

Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on, Jun/17/2011

Bookmaker.com (Now BMaker.ag) Bonus Structure Changes

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/15/2011

Merge Poker Payouts Begin Hitting After Serious Logjam

Following weeks of backed up payment processing that forced Merge Poker to temporarily halt accepting new clients from the US, the online poker network this week appears to be catching up.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/15/2011

Federated Sports + Gaming Acquires Heartland Poker Tour

Federated Sports + Gaming (FS+G) on Tuesday announced its acquisition of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT).

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/14/2011

PokerNewsDaily.com Website Up For Sale

The poker news website PokerNewsDaily.com has been put up for sale.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/14/2011

Full Tilt Poker Traffic Levels Off

Submitted by Ace King on, Jun/14/2011

The Best Cake Poker Skins

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/14/2011

Online Gambling News: Companies Squirm Over Cold Case

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/13/2011

Best Online Poker Affiliate Programs: Uffiliates.com

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/12/2011

PokerStars to Pull Out of Australia Market August 1

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jun/12/2011

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