Poker players, Frank hope to overturn online ban
May 4, 2008
WASHINGTON — The odds might not be in his favor, but U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has gained a valuable ally in his fight to overturn a 2006 law banning online gambling. Poker Players Alliance, a grass-roots organization fighting for poker players’ rights, has put its chips on Rep. Frank’s proposal.
With more than 1 million members, the alliance in mid-April began actively lobbying Congress. Members have flooded congressional offices with more than 17,000 letters in the past month, attended town hall meetings in districts and flown to Washington to meet with lawmakers, according to John Pappas, executive director of the alliance. There are 25,000 members in Massachusetts alone.
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NETeller and Canada
April 28, 2008
The NETELLER Group announced several significant changes to its services in a number of markets. Recent actions by regulators, payment processors, and online gaming operators have increased the uncertainty around certain activities related to online gambling in some jurisdictions. The Board of Directors of the Company reached a decision, on 25 March 2007, that the risk to the Group’s ongoing business in Canada and Turkey has increased in the light of such developments. The Board has therefore concluded that the Group will no longer process transfers related to online gambling sites on behalf of Canada or Turkey resident customers.
Reduced Service to Canada
* Cessation of Canadian transfers to gambling merchants: the Group will cease processing online gambling related transactions for Canada-resident customers with effect from 12.01 AM MST Monday 9 April 2007.
* Suspension of InstaCASH transactions: As of today Monday 26 March 2007, at 12:01 AM MST, Canada-resident customers were no longer able to deposit funds using NETELLER’s instaCASH service either directly or from any online gambling site.
* Non-gambling services continue: Canada-resident customers will continue to be able to use their e-wallet accounts for non-gambling transactions, including peer-to-peer and pre-paid debit transactions.
* Available customer funds: Customer funds, including those of Canadian residents, are held in a pooled, segregated trust account and will be available for withdrawal by customers, on demand. Canadian customers continue to be able to use their e-wallet accounts for non-gambling transactions
Well, that’s the official story. But Canadian Players should NOT panic. You have time to get your money out, if you so desire. And don’t forget that lots of rooms continued operations in the US after NETeller pulled out - these rooms WILL continue to serve the Canadian market.
Titan Poker Gives its New Depositors a Ticket to Freerolls to Win Great Electronics
March 14, 2008
At Titan Poker all you have to do is make your first deposit, and a digital product of your choice could be yours! Just make your first deposit at Titan Poker and you’ll get a free entry to one of the 5 freerolls played every week for new depositors. The winner of each New Depositors Freeroll will choose their digital prize. If you do win you will get your choice of a iPod Touch, iPod Classic, Mini home theatre system, or a 8.0 Megapixel Digital IXUS 860 Camera. With this extra bonus Titan Poker is a great site to sign up for and start winning your way to fantastic prizes and also great cash tournaments.
HollywoodPoker rewards its new players with 4 FREE tickets to weekly Freerolls.
March 5, 2008
HollywoodPoker rewards its new players with 4 FREE tickets to weekly Freerolls.
New players are warmly welcomed to join one of our HollywoodPoker models’ as they host the Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll, every Monday night. This $100 weekly freeroll tournament crafted especially for new and aspiring rollers provides you with a platform to play against other new players and develop your online poker technique on a level playing field.For your first month as a rookie at the tables, we’re giving you 4 tickets to this weekly freeroll providing you a chance to cash in on a total of $400 in prize money. You’ll also get to hobnob with the hottest Poker Hostesses around.When you make your first Real Money deposit, we will deposit four (4) Red Carpet Welcome Freeroll tickets into your account. Remember, your account will have to be Real Money Enabled before you can make a Real Money deposit.
Hollywood Poker has exciting guaranteed tournaments running 24/7, so no matter what your schedule is like, no matter where you’re playing from we have at least one tourney that’s perfect for you.Head on by to our $14 Million Guaranteed Monthly Tournaments and choose from a comprehensive list of all the Guaranteed Tournaments we offer every single week, find the one that’s right for you and then visit the Tournament Calendar for times.
Canadian Player Will Represent Titan Poker at Poker Tournament for Third Time
February 12, 2008
Cory Tymich, a 34-year-old poker player from Surrey, British Columbia in Canada, will represent Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, at the World Poker Showdown Ocean World in the Dominican Republic in May 2008. Cory has previously represented Titan Poker in Las Vegas at the 2007 Pokerface Tournament, and at the South African Poker Open in February 2008. The WPS Ocean World will be Cory’s third time representing Titan Poker at a live event.
Cory is “3 for 3″ at Super Satellites on Titan Poker. During these qualifying tournaments on Titan Poker, Cory has never played and not won. On February 3, Cory actually won twice. In addition to his WPS Ocean World Tournament accomplishment, he also finished in 3rd place in the $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament where he banked $16,000. Considering that Cory has only been playing at Titan Poker since August 2006, he has reaped a tremendous amount of success from these ventures.
PokerStars gives new meaning to house money
February 7, 2008
When you think about the PokerStars VIP Club and what it takes to make it to the Supernova Elite level, you might conjure up the picture of a glazed-eyed half-human half-robot sitting in a dark bunker. The dedication and determination are more than most folks can fathom. There hardly seems time for anything other than poker, right?
Jon ‘Pearljammer’ Turner is 2007 Internet Player Of The Year
January 31, 2008
Jon ‘Pearljammer’ Turner has been crowned the 2007 Internet Poker Rankings Player of the Year. To achieve this, Pearljammer surpassed some of the best of the internet poker world in a tight race that came down to the wire. The top 10 finishers is a virtual who’s who of internet poker pros.
The 2007 Internet Poker Rankings Top 10 Final Standings are as follows:
1. PearlJammer
2. SCTrojans
3. Tmay420
4. P0KERPR033
5. THAY3R
6. AndyMcLeod
7. mattg1983
8. phat_cat (the 2006 winner)
9. CrazyMarco
10. BKiCe
Online Poker Rooms Compete for Rank
January 24, 2008
It’s a battle for third place between PartyGaming and its PartyPoker brand and the iPoker Network. Both are averaging around 5300 real cash players. Earlier this month, Full Tilt Poker’s online poker room overtook Party as the 2nd most popular room.
UltimateBet - the 3rd largest US facing poker brand - has been battling for the number 7 position with European rival Boss Media.
In the mix at number one is PokerStars. Just ahead of UltimateBet, there was OnGame and Everest.
Svenska Spel, Sweden’s state-supported online poker site, has really been getting crippled in just a few short weeks. That online poker room has fallen in rank to the number 10 position, with Bodog breathing down their back.
