After five months of doing renovation work without breaking the attention of the poker players in action in the surrounding area, the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, CA has finished their project.
This means that the newly refurbished space will now be ready for the holiday tournaments that will be going on and for the upcoming L.A. Poker Classic in February 2008.
The owners of Commerce, who is recognized as one of the largest card rooms [...]
Bodog is once again going to court but not for the same thing. This time Bodog Entertainment Group is on the offensive against the company that seized its trademark bearing domains.
The newest event in Bodog’s ongoing litigation against 1st Technology LLC is that now they are trying to make a new law in the state of Washington.
On November 13 Bodog Entertainment Group, S.A., which is not the operator of the Bodog online entertainment businesses [...]
The State Gaming Control Board has commissioned the University of Nevada – Las Vegas to report to lawmakers about the pros and cons of regulating a business that the U.S. Government has basically banned, which is online gambling.
The study that UNLV is doing is expected to be released in a few weeks, according to reports. What the study could show is that there is enough money still going to offshore online gambling operators to [...]
Boris Becker, who some people know him as Boom Boom and other people call him Baron von Slam, is bringing is considerable poker talent to PokerStars.com.
After many years of playing poker recreationally, Becker is becoming part of the PokerStars team with the intent of bringing his game to the next level.
Becker has said that when he was still playing tennis professionally, he started learning to play poker casually in-between games because he said that [...]
It was recently reported that the cable channel MTV is looking for people to profile for their series of real life documentaries called True Life. The show’s producers have decided to profile online gamblers and have been reaching out to the online community. The forums of 2+2 has had such activity. A confirmed MTV representative for True Life has posted an ad looking for participants.
They are looking for someone in the age group of [...]
Games.com has been relaunched by AOL and it has a new look and better list of games that are available to the player. Not only will there be a ton more new and exciting games to play, but will have an area dedicated to game reviews and ratings by users of the site.“The newly re launched Games.com is the ideal portal for advertisers to target an engaged audience. The site’s current and expanding game [...]
A U.S. immigration judge said he would not continue with the deportation case of well known poker pro Shahram “Shawn” Sheikhan on Thursday of this week. The judge said that the Department of Homeland Security, who are the ones that are responsible for starting these proceedings, did not provide sufficient evidence in support of the deportation motion.
The judge that is handling this case is Judge Harry Gastley. The ruling that came after the detainment [...]
Full Tilt Poker has started a new sign up bonus on their website that offers a 100% payback up to $600 dollars. This new promotion is available to new members and can be accessed by using the code “pam600”. The sign up is for players all over the world and the site is for Mac users as well as PC.
Players must use the referral code “CARDSCHAT” when signing up on Full Tilt Poker and they will receive the bonus up [...]
The sale between the Vienna listed online gaming operation Bwin and Ongame group’s former owners have finally been able to do what they have all been waiting for, to reach an agreement that amends the first created terms of sale.
“In connection with the Bwin Games (formerly Ongame Group) transaction, Bwin and the sellers agreed on a deferred consideration with a potential value of Euro 83 million including interest as of settlement date,” according to a spokesman from Bwin.
It was [...]
888.com will be adding a new method of advertisement to their brand next year by launching casinos aboard airplanes. Yes you read that correct, casinos on airplanes. Next year airlines such as British Airways, Cathay Pacific, and Singapore Airlines will have casinos aboard their aircrafts. Passengers will be able to play online and place bets during poker, roulette and blackjack. Other airlines are said to be signing up in the near future as well.
Many people that are anti-gambling have criticized [...]