Online Casino News

Oh, Zynga, I see you’re at it again.  And by “it” I mean borrowing ideas and content from others. So, you’ve moved from Farmville and poker to the world of Bingo. This must mean that you see money in Bingo because you don’t go anywhere where there isn’t money, do you?  Though I hear that [...]

At the end of December, the Department of Justice changed its stance on the Wire Act of 1961 and said that it only applies to sports betting, which means the online gambling and online poker field is wide open.  Now, to understand some of what we’re seeing on ABC News and other news media  - [...]

Yes, I’ve been on vacation over the holidays, so I’m just now getting back to the blog. But the good news is that we’ve had a big change for the better in US gambling law while I’ve been on vacation. This has convinced me that I should go on vacation more often to see if [...]

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that online poker has fallen under scrutiny these days. Much of it seems to relate back the April 15th Black Friday Poker Shutdown where the FBI seized the domain names and bank accounts of 4 online poker rooms. The court cases are being worked through but industry [...]

This may not strike some as a gambling story, but trust me it is. And I’ve verified it on News sites, including the WSJ. Even Fox News has the story, so I know it has to be true. (Part of that sentence is a joke.) But longtime Democrat Barney Frank from Massachusetts has let it [...]

Now, don’t get excited and go sign up for an account because cheating sounds like a good way to win at a casino. Do you really think any online casino is going to run software that allows the player to cheat? Of course not. A glitch like that would be found and fixed immediately.  In [...]

The November Nine have played and the bracelet has been awarded in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. And the winner is – Pius Heinz, a 22 year old college student from Germany. Heinz is the fourth player under 25 to win the WSOP in as many years. And to give you an [...]

Quick – who sings the song “The Gambler”?  You know, the song where you have to “know when to hold them, know when to fold them.”  If you said Kenny Rogers, you know your classic country songs better than the lawyers working for the U.S. Government.  It seems that in their work around the indictment [...]

This isn’t bad news in the poker world as much as it’s just old news in the poker world. We’ve all known for months now that Absolute Poker and UB.com weren’t going to survive for much longer.  The two sister poker rooms have been in a death spiral since the Black Friday Poker Shutdown by [...]

Donald Trump hasn’t made the big media news sites like CNN News since his aborted run for president, but he’s back in the news on the gambling blogs. Ah, Donald Trump, how we’ve missed you and your hair.  And sometimes you’re vagueness about how you’ll accomplish your lofty goals.  Trump has now announced that he’s [...]