In an attempt to bring a more community style feel and traditional gaming experience to online casino enthusiasts, many companies have begun introducing various games using a virtual dealer. Mirada gaming is the latest to introduce its newest virtual gaming product, virtual dealer roulette. Virtual dealer games create a real life atmosphere for online casinos […]
Sunday guaranteed tournaments results PokerStars had to pony up some money for the most recent million dollar Sunday tournament. With 7,303 entrants, PokerStars had to reach into their pockets for an additional $38,600 to complete the prize pool to the guaranteed one million dollar mark. Doing the math on the fees however it looks like […]
With the paid attendance topping 3,000 for the First Annual Poker Open, the legendary Binions Casino in Las Vegas announced today the return of the annual event. Kicking off on Wednesday, October 15th the 21 event series is comprised of smaller buy in events and is a real draw for local players and visitors alike. […]
It seems as thought the current economic situation in the United States isn’t only affecting auto makers and insurance companies. The Nevada Gaming and Control Board has announced that revenues from gaming are down for the eighth straight month. With soaring fuel prices, cash strapped consumers are finding it too expensive just to even go […]
Europe’s only dedicated poker television channel appropriately called “The Poker Channel” is getting ready to re-launch. Working together with online streaming video pioneer Brightcove, the partnership promises to improve the online experience of their viewers. Already available to 15 million cable and satellite viewers, the online version of the channel is set to reach even […]
Eleven players are left at the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Auckland main event. The players will painstakingly pound it out for a spot at the final table. The second day of action at Auckland was filled with lots of great poker action and some big name eliminations. At the top of the list of […]
Following in the footsteps of sister state South Carolina, North Carolina joined in the fray this week by citing 39 poker players in a home game. Most of the players were soldiers stationed at nearby Fort Brag and playing in the low limit cash game as a break from the stress of being a soldier […]
While the elite superstar online poker players have wagered this much on a single hand of poker, the Poker Players Alliance this year has spent just shy of $630K on lobbying efforts in Washington. That may seem like a significant amount of money but when you consider what big oil companies and energy outfits spend, […]
Norway is unfortunately the next country that appears to be headed towards government mandated prohibition of online poker. Like the United States, Norway has chosen a strange way of going about it by introducing UGIEA style legislation to their Parliament. The Norwegian proposal is similar in that it will attempt to make financial institutions block […]
Castle Technologies, an interactive gaming software developer announced today that they’re creating a white paper discussing the online gaming industry. They claim that online gaming will grow to a $48 billion dollar industry by 2010 and a whopping $125 billion by 2015. Their white paper will include information on the games they’re currently developing as […]