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Paddy Power, Rodman and North Korea

Dennis Rodman, the (in)famous American basketball star, has made the news recently because of his travels to North Korea to visit leader Kim Jong-Un and to promote the game in the communist country Where Paddy Power comes into the mix is in the fact they still sponsor the basketball player, even though Rodman's visits were met with little..
13 years ago

888’s Snap Poker on alpha testing

According to an article by Pokerfuse, 888Poker has rolled out a real-money, alpha-testing version for their new game called Snap Poker which is basically pretty much the same as FTP's Rush Poker, Bodog's Zone Poker or PokerStars' Zoom Poker games where players can fold before their turn is up and get moved to another table for immediate..
13 years ago

Casinos sharing intel network to fight off cheaters

Casinos worldwide have been sharing data and information in an effort to ward off cheaters and advantage players and have thus created somwehat of a intelligence network which they can tap into in an effort to recognize, identify and ban players from their venues Casinos have always had problems with card counters and cheaters who can try to..
13 years ago

Mayweather’s picture of $200K bet

Right after defeating Canelo Alvarez in his last fight, the boxing super star Floyd Mayweather makes again headlines in the sports news world for having posted a picture of a receipt for a sports bet worth $200,000 The boxer staying in Las Vegas after his fight to relax and have fun and apparently fun means betting big amounts of cash on college..
13 years ago

Carbon Poker deletes 2+2 subforum

Carbon Poker has fallen under fire and criticism for deciding to shut down their subforum at the popular poker forum website 2+2 The surprising thing is that no warning was ever posted and all threads and posts were irrevocably deleted, giving rise to much anger but perhaps more dangerous than that, lots of speculation According to unverified..
13 years ago

PA now second casino market in US

Ask anyone and they will tell you, after Nevada the next big gambling hub is New Jersey This is no longer true since, according to a credit rating report by Moody’s Investors Services, Pennsylvania has now replaced New Jersey as the nation's runner up gambling hub This situation might sound great for Pennsylvania but it comes at great cost..
13 years ago

888 has strong foothold in US poker market

This week has been marked by news of the WSOP poker client being launched by Caesar's Interactive Entertainment, making it the second legal and regulated online poker site in the US WSOPcom has become quite the milestone for its parent company but there is another company benefiting greatly from this development: 888 Holdings The WSOP client is..
13 years ago

HTML5 changing the online casino scene

Online gambling on online casinos has been around for many years and players have been enjoying the benefits of constant improvement on the technology used Casino software developers have been introducing improvements on audio and video quality, higher resolution graphics and faster, smoother processing All this was great until it reached its own..
13 years ago

TSA suspends employees over sports betting

The Transaportation and Security Administration has suspended almost 50 of its employees at the Pittsburgh International Airport for alleged sports betting activity within the workplace The investigation took several months to conclude and a decision was taken to suspend 47 workers and to send 10 letters of reprimand to another 10 workersA..
13 years ago

Pokerstars Pro player suspended

Leo Fernandez, the Argentinian Team PokerStars professional player, received a notice of suspension from PokerStars for having violated the company's Terms and Conditions There has been no official statement from PokerStars or from Leo Fernandez, but it has been noticed that the pro was removed from the websiteHUSNGcom in an interview with Dan..
13 years ago

Sports, gambling and corruption

According to some, online sports betting has created a global scenario for sports betting scandals whereas before the internet revolution these cases were prevalent more on a local basis Sports betting was initially used to launder money and has now become the trend amongst criminals Although crime has risen with the availability and reach of the..
13 years ago

Full Tilt Poker customers emailed by GCG

The company in charge of redistributing all the seized funds from Full Tilt Poker, Garden City Goup, has emailed all eligible former FTP users over Monday and Tuesday of this week The company used information provided by Full Tilt Poker in order to identify which users were in the clear for the refund process and sent them emails with instructions..
13 years ago

All Slots Casino app in top 5 of UK App-Store

All Slots Casino mobile app has made its way into the top 5 ranking for casino games category in the App-Store of the UK The mobile app was initially released in July and has been growing fast in popularity, especially within the United Kingdom The app is build on HTML5 and is accessible on virtually any mobile device like tablets and mobile..
13 years ago

New Jersey dealt new blow on sports betting ruling

New Jersey has been trying to legalize sports betting but has met fierce resistance from sports leagues and current federal laws which it hoped to change In the latest blow to an already battered state, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled two over one against New Jersey The only one in favour, judge Thomas..
13 years ago

BarrierePoker.fr closing down

It has been made official, BarrierePokerfr will be shutting down on September 30th of the current year The online poker room is the latest in a series of disappointing news and events related to harsh and expensive regulations by French authorities Lucien Barriere, owner of the LB Poker group made public the fact that the company is facing..
13 years ago

Soccer players arrested for match-fixing allegations

The Australian police has arrested a group of men allegedly linked to fixing state soccer matches generating over AUS$2 million Although not confirmed, the police believes this case could be related to Wilson Raj Perumal, a match fixer in Hungary Scores of the Southern Stars Football Club are said to have been fully manipulated by the..
13 years ago

WSOP real money room ready to launch

Operated by Caesars Entertainment, the biggest land-based casinos corporations, the second real money online poker room will be launched in two days The launch of the World Series of Poker branded online room has been expected for quite some time and it's generating much expectation The corporation is expecting to raise almost $2 billion by..
13 years ago

‘I read the cards but I’m no cheat’

Professional poker player Phil Ivey is suing one of Britain's oldest casinos for not paying him what he deems are his lawful winnings during a game session which amount to almost £8 million According to Ivey, he did use a technique called 'edge sorting' which involves identifying the cards during the game of Punto Banco, but he also claims..
13 years ago

Carbon Poker new real money app for US

Carbon Poker has launched an online poker app which will allow players to play poker for real money Since Carbon Poker is one of the few US friendly room, this makes them effectively the first ever US friendly real money poker app Carbon had released a beta version in February and last month a number of volunteer players from 2+2 Forum were chosen..
13 years ago

Casino boats competing with Macau

Macau has become the world's biggest casino hub because of (mainly) unlimited demand from mainland China This demand has driven up prizes of hotels and resorts even above Las Vegas prizes The solution is simple, many people are flocking to casino boats which are cheaper, have fewer visa requirements and are less controlled by the government Macau..
13 years ago