Ever since the seizure of Full Tilt Poker back in April things keep getting worse and worse for the beleaguered company. A few days ago the US Department of Justice filed a motion in federal court to amend its “Black Friday” civil complaint to add charges that the popular poker site defrauded players out of [...]
Hundreds, if not thousands, of online poker players at Full Tilt Poker have had their accounts frozen since ‘Black Friday’ in April. On April 15th the US government seized the domains and assets of four major online poker sites including Full Tilt. Since then players have been in limbo concerning their accounts at Full Tilt [...]
The World Series of Poker, also known as the WSOP is a world famous series of poker tournaments. The WSOP dates back to 1970 when gambling legend Benny Binion invited seven top poker players to a tournament at his world famous Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. The winners of the WSOP events receive a bracelet [...]
Poker is a great game that millions play at both land based and online casinos. Unlike most gambling games poker is skill based no matter what version of the game is played. There are many versions of poker such as Texas Hold Em, Five card stud and many others. Today poker is easily the most [...]
Poker is easily one of the most popular card games in the world. Historians are somewhat hazy about the origins of the game and there are several theories about the origin of poker. Many historians say the poker originated from a 16th century card game played in what is now Iran called As Nas. While [...]
A panel of experts in Atlantic City said that the future of the gambling industry is online. The internet has had a profound effect on the way people shop, read news, view entertainment and gamble. In the med 90’s the first poker sites appeared and were an instant hit with gamblers. During the late 90’s [...]
An excellent article in a recent edition of Forbes points out very clearly that most of the arguments against online gambling have little or no empirical merit. The article clearly points out that most of the opposition is prompted by established gaming businesses trying to get government to outlaw their competition. Senate majority leader Harry [...]
2008 World Series of Poker winner Peter Eastgate who is from Denmark has put his WSOP winners’ bracelet up for auction on EBay. According to Eastlake, the proceeds will go to the United Nations charity UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). In 2008, Eastlake became the youngest winner of the WSOP winning a record $9.1 million [...]
Most players who have ever played card games in any major casino have any idea of the intensive training it takes to become a dealer. Many people think that a dealer’s job is an easy one but that is simply not the case. Of course casino dealers make good money but the job is demanding [...]
For many years most online casinos, offering games such as poker, blackjack, online bingo and online slots, have been managed by companies doing business offshore. Thanks to ill advised legislation these casinos have been off limits to US players since 2006. While US law does not ban online gambling outright the law forbids banks, credit [...]
