In the wake of Black Friday, PokerStars has commenced paying out its US players as it cooperates with the US Department of Justice (see previous reports), but it appears that Full Tilt Poker is still trying to organise the process.
This week a Full Tilt spokesman using the handle FTPDoug used the popular twoplustwo forum to communicate with US players and answer some of their questions regarding the future of their account balances.
Full Story: FULL TILT POKER PLAYER CASH-OUTS TO COMMENCE NEXT WEEK?
Interested parties intending to comment on the latest draft of the proposed new Spanish law on internet gambling will have to work quickly; having spent years discussing and drafting regulations, the LoterÃas y Apuestas del Estado (LAE), has given industry stakeholders just 12 days in which to comment, with much of that time taken up by the Easter holiday period.
The trade association AEDAPI informed its members Friday that the Senate Finance Committee had just approved …
Full Story: SHORT CONSULTATION ON SPANISH INTERNET GAMBLING LAW
Duane Burcham, corporate spokesman for the international internet anti-fraud company Iovation, has announced the appointment of Philippe Mazurier as country manager leading the company's sales and business development efforts in France.
"Every day Iovation assesses risk on 7.5 million transactions for our online customers around the globe," said Burcham. "France trails just third behind the U.S. and U.K in total volume of Internet traffic from one country …
Full Story: FRENCH EXPANSION FOR ONLINE GAMBLING ANTI-FRAUD FIRM
When Steve Wynn, the famous Las Vegas gambling entrepreneur and founder of Wynn Resorts, had to distance himself from a lucrative partnership with top online poker provider PokerStars in the wake of Black Friday it must have rankled. Last week Wynn had some harsh words to say about the UIGEA in addressing a gathering of investors, according to Associated Press.
Wynn explained that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was a federal law that did not attack online poker players …
Full Story: WYNN SPEAKS OUT ON U.S. ONLINE GAMBLING LAW
The respected US business ratings service Moody's Investors entered the online poker legalisation discussion this week, commenting rather pessimistically on the recent Department of Justice actions against three major online poker sites (see previous reports).
In summary, the service advised that:
Full Story: LEGAL U.S. ONLINE POKER MAY TAKE AWHILE
A new online bingo offering went live this week at Bingo.ch, launched by Swiss lottery firm Swisslos Interkantonale Landeslotterie.
A company spokesperson said that the site combines the social aspects of the traditional game with the convenience of the internet, via chat rooms that enable social interaction during game play.
Full Story: ONLINE BINGO FROM SWISS LOTTO COMPANY
A new 25 pay line slot from RealTime Gaming (RTG) titled " Mice Dice " debuted this week.
Designed around furry rodents, players can bribe the croupier with a morsel of cheese in the hope that he might roll the dice their way to win up to 30 free games with prizes up to x12.
Full Story: MICE DICE FROM RTG
Joint venture talks initiated earlier this year between Swedish gambling company Betsson and Italy's Alma Viva gaming division G.Matica Srl. (see previous reports) have been terminated.
Pontus Lindwall, CEO of Betsson said that Betsson and G.Matica had been unable to agree on commercial terms and as such have decided to end negotiations regarding a joint venture.
Full Story: BETSSON ENDS G.MATICA TALKS
The Poker Players Alliance has revealed that it is talking to political staffers connected with the House Judiciary Committee, along with members of Congress, in preparation for a Department of Justice oversight hearing next Tuesday.
It is understood that Attorney General Eric Holder is likely to testify, making the hearing an even better opportunity to examine the legality of the DoJ's position on internet gambling in general and poker in particular in the wake of the Black Friday …
Full Story: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONLINE GAMBLING TO BE HEARD
Stan Hey, a writer for The Independent newspaper in the UK, marked an important betting anniversary this week in an informative and amusing article on the legalisation of British betting shops fifty years ago.
The article is replete with funny anecdotes from Hey's childhood experiences with his father, who seems to have been quite a character, illustrating the difficulties of laying a bet prior to the legalisation of betting shops in the 'fifties under the Macmillan …
Full Story: BETTING ANNIVERSARY