With US presidential elections to be held later this year, of great interest to poker players is the stance of each presidential candidate with regards to the legalization of online poker. As Democrat Barack Obama vies for his re-election, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum are in the race for the Republican [...]
French magazine Live Poker, this week, began calling Full Tilt Poker players with money stuck online. Live Poker has withheld how they came to possess names and phone numbers of Full Tilt Poker players, but speculation suggests that rather than a breech of confidentiality, this survey is rather very good news for players with money [...]
With new ownership waiting in the wings, it appears as though Full Tilt Poker may be gearing up to re-apply for their license with the Alderney Gaming Control Commission. Group Bernard Tapie, the main suitor involved with the beleaguered gaming giant, has high hopes regarding a potential reinstatement.
Recently, with the Full Tilt scandal, online poker in the USA has been getting lots of bad press across the country. With the exception of a few bright spots, such as Tom Dwan’s defense of online poker in a recent Fox News interview, most of the headlines have been glum. Last month the Department of [...]
The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship will not be returning for an eighth season. Adam Freifeld, NBC Sports Senior Director of Communications, has confirmed the cancellation. The invitation-only event was launched in 2005, inviting only 64 of the top poker players around the world. Phil Hellmuth earned the first champion title. He was followed by [...]
Full Tilt Poker (FTP), the world’s most beleaguered poker room, announced Groupe Bernard Tapie purchased the company Friday. The group bought FTP despite legal pressures from the United States’ Department of Justice (DOJ). Furthermore, FTP’s gambling license was recently revoked by the Alderney Gambling Commission. Full Tilt’s purchase is good news; however, several stipulations must [...]
Lawyers for Full Tilt Poker have fired back at the US Justice Department following the leveling of civil charges against the former online gaming giant.