More Casinos in California Join Commerce Casino against Legalized Online Poker

Last week  we  told you about the outrage amongst poker  players in California over the  realization that Commerce  Casino, the biggest land based poker room  in  the US is against the legalization of  online poker except  for in California only. Commerce Casino management made it clear that they do not support Barney Franks H.R.2267 bill, which would legalize online gambling across the United States. Players were angry and outraged at this turn of events and so were the Poker Player Alliance who spoke out against Commerce Casino and called for players to let their voices be heard by calling the casino and showing their disappointment. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Online Poker

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 12:05 am and is filed under Gambling Laws, Online Poker. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

Poker Players in California Outraged at Commerce Casino

Poker Players in California are considering boycotting Commerce Casino a land based casino that has publicly revealed its support of a federal ban of licensing online poker. A popular casino with the poker crowd, Commerce Casino is the host of many prestigious tournaments like the L.A. Poker Classic and the L.A. Poker open, drawing in hundreds of die hard poker fans to their casino every year.

But now those fans of these tournaments and the casino itself are outraged and angered by the knowledge that Commerce Casino is more interested in their financial interest than they are about their player's rights. Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 9:31 pm and is filed under Online Poker. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

Indian Tribe in California Fighting for Online Poker Gambling

When you think of land based casinos and Indian run casinos in the US you don't associate them with backing legalizing online poker but a California based Indian tribe the Morongo Indians are doing just that! Fighting for the legalization of online poker in their State, the Morongo Indians have joined in with 21 other tribes to claim executive rights to online poker within the State of California. As many know, there are some supporters of casinos online being legalized in the US. Read the rest of this entry »

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This entry was posted on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 9:26 pm and is filed under Online Poker. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

Harry Reid Surprises Peers by Supporting Online Poker Legalization

In a huge turn of events, the one time outspoken opponent of online gambling in any form has changed positions and is now backing the legalization of online poker [only]. Gaming executives in Northern Nevada are now concerned with the new position that Majority Leader Harry Reid has now taken because they believe this legalization could hurt their business and cause layoffs. Read the rest of this entry »

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This entry was posted on Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 4:48 pm and is filed under Online Poker, online casinos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

Legalizing Online Poker in Holland is in the Cards

The Dutch Justice Ministry has recommended that allowing a limited number of online poker sites to apply for licenses and operate within their country. Ernst Hirsch Ballin the Justice Minister reported this commission report and has recommended that the government give up its "monopoly" on gambling. Legal experts and home affairs Ministry Officials who read this report gave a comprehensive report, which favored the legalization of poker in Holland. This is along the same lines as the USA online casinos, or at least how the USA wants to legalize online gambling.

Legal wars within the Dutch Government have been ongoing with online gambling sites such as Bet Fair and Ladbrokes over the De Lotto monopoly which were overseen by the European Court of Justice have failed to change the gambling situation but with this new recommendation there seems to be a new breathe of light into the chance of legalizing online poker even if its only in small amounts at first. Read the rest of this entry »

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 5:42 pm and is filed under Gambling Laws, Online Poker. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

PokerStars Finds Chinese Poker Gang & $587,000

We have all heard about poker "bots" at online poker sites, which are not real players and are there to take your cash, well now we have "gangs" infiltrating the biggest poker site online, pokerstars. A Chinese poker gang has been caught with taking over $587,000 from poker players around the world who play at pokerstars.

This "gang" of poker players would collude together and play at the "Double or Nothing" Sit and Go Tournaments at PokerStars and share hand information making it possible to con their victims out of the cash. The Chinese gang is said to be from Hangzhou China and would play in the $52 and higher tables with more than half the seats at these tables occupied by members of their gang. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Gambling fraud, Pokerstars

This entry was posted on Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 2:36 am and is filed under Gambling Laws, Online Poker. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.