Poker
SpadeClub Poker Site Demise Quite the Surprise: CardPlayer Magazine Site Done
Poker Voters of America Legislator, EiG Keynote Speaker Rod Wright Jailed
The primary legislator backing Poker Voters of America lobbying efforts to legalize online poker in the state of California, Senator Rod Wright, has been hit by 8 felony charges including voter fraud, false declaration of candidacy and two counts of perjury. The Senator was also a scheduled key note speaker for the upcoming 9th Annual European iGaming Congress and Expo.
Beth Holloway Meets With Joran van der Sloot
The mother of missing teen Natalie Holloway, Beth Holloway, met with Joran van der Sloot in a Peruvian prison on Wednesday. Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in Natalie, who went missing in Aruba just over five years ago. He has also confessed to the murder of Peruvian student Stephany Flores earlier this summer while participating in the Latin American Poker Tour sponsored by PokerStars.net.
Beth Holloway is taking part in a Dutch documentary on the van der Sloot case.
Online Poker Processor to Serve a Mere 6 Months Probation for Money Laundering
Brennan, Jr: Math Will Be Key To Online Poker Measure Becoming Law
In a sit down interview with Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association founder Joe Brennan, Jr., Gambling911.com’s Senior International Correspondent Jenny Woo covered everything from the chances of online poker becoming legal on both the federal and state level to his opinion as to why the NFL seems to have backed down in its opposition to legalized Internet poker.
JENNY: Do you think Barney's measure will pass? If not, Why? And if so, do you think it’ll pass in 2010?
PPA Releases 2010 Congressional Ratings Guide
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today released its 2010 PPA Congressional Ratings Guide, available at www.congressionalpoker.org. The guide provides poker players a simple way to find out if their members of Congress support their poker rights.
Online Poker Cheating Explored As Part Of BBC Investigation
The BBC this past weekend featured an in depth investigation into the world of online poker cheating and collusion. This past summer, the world’s largest online poker room, PokerStars.com, found itself at the center of a firestorm involving “Chinese collusion”, resulting in some 25,000 of its customers being compensated to the tune of $2.1 million.
England See 40 Percent Rise in Online Gambling Activity Past Year
The Brits love to gamble and this is evident in the dramatic increase in online gambling activity over the past year with a rise of 40 percent.
A study conducted by the Nielsen Group reveals that an additional 3.2 million people logged onto Internet gambling websites during the last year compared to 2.2 million who accessed social media websites such as Facebook and its rivals.
Online poker sites were among the most successful, with PartyPoker registering an additional 870,000 visitors last year, up 174 percent.
Harrah’s Entertainment Paid Over $1 Mil To Support Online Poker Bill
Once heavily opposed to legalized online poker, Harrah’s Entertainment is revealed to have spent over $1 million lobbying in favor of a bill authored by Congressman Barney Frank that would essentially license Internet poker rooms in the United States. And this amount, in support of HR 2267, was spent in the second quarter alone. A similar amount was paid in the first quarter.
