Courtney Gee

Party Poker recently launched a fantastic promotion for Europeans: the Championship Challenge. This promotion gives you the chance to win freeroll seats and cash prizes, including the grand prize of $100,000! Your goal is to collect as many football players as possible, which is done by playing real money poker on the Party Poker download. [...]

The stagnant push for online poker at the state and federal level has many people angry for several reasons. Many point out that legalized online poker at either the federal or state level would raise much needed tax money. There are many states that are in at least some financial trouble. California is one of [...]

Event 16 of the PokerStars 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) took place on May 11th and featured a No Limit Holdem Turbo 2x Chance tournament. This meant that if a player busted within the first 90 minutes of play, they would be able to buy-in one more time for the original buy-in amount. [...]

The first ever PokerStars Turbo Championship of Online Poker has come to close and it is safe to say that it was a resounding success. Almost every event exceeded the guaranteed prize pool, and many players walked away from the tables with considerably larger bankrolls. The biggest first place prize of the entire series was [...]

The latest free to play poker site to pop up in the United States is SouthPointPoker.com, a site run by the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. While this site does not offer any real money gambling, players still have the chance to compete for seats to the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. [...]

Poker players in the U.S. are hoping for the regulation of online poker as soon as possible, but how soon can this realistically happen? It should come as no surprise that Black Friday and the Full Tilt Poker Ponzi scheme accusations have hurt the public reputation and perception of online poker in America. The problems [...]

If you are a long time casino user, chances are you’re a fan of slots and table games like Blackjack. But how about poker? Poker is extremely popular because it pits you against other players rather than against the house. This means that skill becomes a large factor of the game and you, therefore, have [...]

It’s been a quiet week in the Gaming Law arena, with Full Tilt Poker’s recent sale owning most of the spotlight. Despite the Alderney Gambling Control Commission’s recent revoke of the site’s primary license, the Bernard Tapie Group was able to reach an acquisition agreement with Full Tilt. The Bernard Tapie Group is known for [...]

Nevada has laid out a framework for online gambling, and this past Monday (September 26th), they allowed it to be questioned by the public in a regulatory workshop. The workshop, which lasted an hour and fifteen minutes, hosted former regulators, officials from gaming companies, and attorneys. Regulation 5A includes the following guidelines for legal online [...]

The final events of the PokerStars 2011 World Championship of Online Poker launched on Sunday, all of them two day events. This meant that any player hoping to earn one of these massive scores would have to put in quite a bit of time to do so. A $215 No Limit Hold’em Event will typically [...]