Ultimate Poker Becomes First Official Online Poker Site To Launch in Nevada
Poker companies in the US will now be eagerly looking to kick start their operations as Ultimate Poker became the first official poker website to launch in Nevada on the 30th of April. Ultimate Poker had all the required legal …
Poker TDA Expands Board of Directors to 8 Members
The Poker Tournament Directors Association (TDA) has announced that it has introduced three more members into its board of directors. The board, which previously had five members, now has eight. Tab Duchateau, Jack Effel, and Neil Johnson have now joined …
PokerStars and Guangdong Group to Organize GDAM Tournament this June
Guangdong Group Limited, a major Macau-based VIP junket operator, and PokerStars have jointly launched the GuangDong Limited Asia Millions (GDAM) tournament, which will be held at the Live poker room in City of Dreams Casino in Macau from June 4 …
MGM Undecided about Launching Online Poker Room in Nevada
Dan D’Arrigo, CFO for MGM Resorts International, said that MGM is still mulling over the pros and cons of launching an online poker room in Nevada as the state has too low a population to enable operators to run a …
Aristocrat Signs Deal with Amaya Gaming Group Inc.
Aristocrat Technologies Inc. and Amaya Gaming Group Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), owing to which Aristocrat Technologies Inc’s US customers can gain the benefits of Ongame software through Aristocrat’s nLive online gambling software platform. The Ongame poker …
First Real Money Online Poker Room Launched in Nevada
Ultimate Gaming, a prominent social gambling company, has launched the first licensed and regulated real-money online poker room in the United States. Although only Nevada poker players can register at the online poker room at present, this state of affairs …
Swedish Company Launches Free-play Poker App Cubeia Social
Cubeia, a software developer from Sweden, recently announced the launch of Cubeia Social, a brand new social online poker network, which will enable webmasters to launch social free-play online poker rooms by using simple elements such as wordpress plugins. Although …
Derby Poker Championship Celebrity Gala returns to Louisville in May
Now for the fourth year in a row, the Derby Poker Championship Celebrity Gala will return to Louisville, Kentucky. The event is used to raise funds for Blessings in a Backpack and the Louisville branch of Susan G. Komen. The …
Two California Residents Get Jail Time For ‘Sextortion’
Keith James Hudson and Tyler Schrier recently pleaded guilty to a “sextortion” scheme where they admitted to illegally hacking an email account of a professional poker player and then gaining access to some nude pictures which were found within the …
QuadJacks Looks To Restablish Itself With New Management
Marco “AgentMarco” Valerio was a well known name with QuadJacks, until he made an abrupt departure around four months back and headed over to the Global Poker Index. However, Marco decided the QuadJacks is where he needed to be and …
