by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Another US state has issued what equates to their attempt at censoring the Internet. This time, it is Minnesota who has decided that it would be in the best interest of the residents of that state if they did not have access to certain companies, either through the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
It has been discussed for a long time now and the time has come that California will be the first state to try to legalize and regulate online poker within its borders. The bill, called the California Online Poker Law Enforcement Compliance and Consumer Protection...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 22, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
One of poker world’s most high profile pressure groups has committed itself to a multimillion dollar lobbying campaign over the next 6-8 months. The Poker Players Alliance has told the Associated Press that they have a war-chest of $3 million to utilize during this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 17, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Over the past year the Interactive Entertainment and Gaming Association has been engaged in a protracted court battle with the U.S. Department of Justice. iMEGA are seeking to overturn the UIGEA and, after originally being defeated, were granted a second hearing at...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The former heavyweight of the poker world, PartyPoker.com, has not been knocked out yet. The parent company of the online poker site, PartyGaming Plc, has announced a deal with the United States in which they agree to pay $105 million over the next three years. In...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
A bill introduced by Texas Representative, Jose Menendez, passed through the Texas House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee yesterday. This is the first step in getting poker legalized and regulated throughout the state. The bill was passed by a vote...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The debate over whether poker is a game of chance or skill continues to gain momentum toward the skill side. There have been a number of legal opinions released recently that have ruled that poker is indeed a game of skill. Also, this past week a bill was introduced...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Cigital, Inc. will release a report through a media conference call on Friday outlining a study of 103 million hands of Texas Hold ‘Em, which includes compelling statistics showing the outcomes of the games are largely determined by the players’ decisions...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Cigital, Inc. will release a report through a media conference call on Friday outlining a study of 103 million hands of Texas Hold ‘Em, which includes compelling statistics showing the outcomes of the games are largely determined by the players’ decisions...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Texas Representative Jose Menendez (D- San Antonio) introduced a bill, HB 222 – also known as the Poker Gaming Act of 2008, back in November of last year. By the end of the day today, Texas poker players hope that they will legally be allowed to play poker in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (or UIGEA) made it unlawful for banks, credit card companies and payment processors, like paypal, to transfer funds from players to online gambling establishments. It did not criminalize the playing of online...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 14, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The Fossilman, Greg Raymer, recently appeared on Fox Business News on behalf of the Poker Players Alliance to talk about the state of online poker and the UIGEA. During the approximately 5 minute interview, he stated that in his opinion, there’s nothing in the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 11, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
South Carolina has been historically opposed to all forms of gambling, with laws dating back over two centuries outlawing any and all forms of gambling, including poker. However, in the wake of a recent court case declaring poker a game of skill, the state’s stance...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 7, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
The gang at Bluefirepoker.com have laid down the gauntlet, issuing a challenge to President Obama or any member of Congress who is willing to accept. They extended the offer to play poker with any of them for $1, and if the pros lose, they will donate $1 million to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 5, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
A number of potentially important, and in one case scandalous, developments have been taking place in the fight to legalize online poker in the United States. Law makers and industry groups are slowly massing behind the idea that a legalized regulated online poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The latest victory in a string of positive court rulings for poker recently came to pass in South Carolina. Mount Pleasant Municipal Judge Larry Duffy accepted that poker was a game of skill, stating that the evidence was ‘overwhelming’. However, despite concluding...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
For some time, poker’s best chance of legalization has come in the form of Democratic Representative Barney Frank. Over the last 12 months he has introduced a number of bills designed to topple the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and, reports have surfaced...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
There has been a lot in the news recently about the state of online poker and whether or not the “new administration” will have a friendlier view of Internet gambling and online poker in particular. There has also been a lot of focus on Barney Frank, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Washington, DC (February 19, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide (nearly 10,000 in South Carolina), today expressed cautious optimism with a ruling in the Mount Pleasant,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Recent decisions in Massachusetts appear to have set the ball rolling for the recovery of online poker in the United States. Barney Frank’s efforts in Washington are beginning to bear fruit, and a number of landmark cases deeming poker a game of skill have taken...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Democratic Representative Barney Frank, last year, positioned himself as one of the United States’ most powerful proponents of legalized, regulated, online poker. His position as the head of the Financial Services Committee means that he possess a platform few poker...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 4, 2009 | Live Poker Results, Poker Law, Poker News
During desperate times, those in charge need to be creative in coming up with solutions to difficult problems. In Pennsylvania, Governor Rendell faces such a difficult problem. His state is staring at a $2.3 billion budget deficit. There’s little doubt that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 27, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Hard on the heels of a similar ruling in Pennsylvania comes another court decision in Colorado that the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) says further builds the case that poker is a game of skill, not chance. In Colorado v. Kevin Raley, a jury found the organizer of a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 22, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
This past Tuesday the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of poker in a case that threatened to upturn the entire industry. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, and his staff, were attempting to seize 141 gambling domain names, effectively restricting access to them...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Newly inaugurated President of the United States, Barack Obama, has wasted no time in striking a blow at the pack of “midnight regulations” forced through in the final days of the Bush administration. The new government has invoked powers that force the delay of any...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 21, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
“The Court finds that Texas Hold’em poker is a game where skill predominates over chance. Thus, it is not ‘unlawful gambling’ under the Pennsylvania Code.” That was the order of Columbia County, Pennsylvania Judge Thomas James. The case included two defendants, Walter...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 20, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Louisville, KY (January 20, 2009) – The Kentucky Court of Appeals today issued a ruling prohibiting the Franklin Circuit Court from enforcing its seizure order against the 141 domain names in the domain seizure case. The Court found that Internet domain names do not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 15, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The pressure that had been mounting throughout 2008 against the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act, in both the legal and political spheres, appears to have picked up pace as we approach the dawn of a new U.S. administration. Rumblings from inside the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 14, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been unquestionably controversial and unequivocally damaging to the poker industry since its introduction in 2006. Brought into law after being surreptitiously attached to an unrelated Port Security bill, immediately...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 8, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Full Tilt Poker, and the companies which comprise it, have made their first official response to the lawsuit brought against them by former employee and well known professional player Clonie Gowan. The suit was issued in November 2008 after protracted discussions...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 18, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Remote Gambling Association (RGA), an association speaking for some of the largest British and European internet gambling operators, today blasted US authorities in light of the $300M settlement reached yesterday with PartyGaming’s largest shareholder Anurag...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 16, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Financial Times is reporting that Anurag Dikshit, co-founder and largest shareholder of PartyGaming, has arrived at a settlement with the US authorities, agreeing to pay $300 million and plead guilty to a charge relating to illegal web betting. Dikshit will...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 15, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
**UPDATED Dec 16 03:15 P.M. EST** Is Texas Hold’em a game of skill or chance? Greenville, SC attorney Jeffrey A. Phillips is going to court to argue that it’s a game of skill, in defense of five Mount Pleasant, SC poker players busted over two years ago...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 13, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A panel of three judges heard arguments yesterday concerning the seizure of poker site domain names by the Governor of Kentucky and his staff. The Kentucky Court of Appeals will now consider and decide upon whether or not a state has legal jurisdiction to seize the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The taint of the UIGEA looks set to spread further around the world, after the Norwegian parliament approved regulations that would effectively ban online poker. The United States’ ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act’ made it illegal for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 11, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In an effort to underscore the need for federal regulation of online poker, especially in light of the recent Washington Post and “60 Minutes” stories on cheating scandals at Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, the Poker Players Alliance has placed full page ads in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 4, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In 2004, back when Internet Poker was much more in the clear in the United States, two citizens of California filed a lawsuit against some of the usual advertising suspects. The suit specifically named 13 defendants including Yahoo!, Google, CNET Networks,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 3, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
By now most people interested in it have seen the segment on 60 Minutes this past Sunday, pertaining to the poker cheating scandal at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet . Poker supporters who watched it with anticipation didn’t have to wait long for something to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 2, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
In the latest development in the Kentucky online gambling battle, the newly formed Cereus network announced Monday that its services would no longer be available to people within the state of Kentucky. The pull-out comes before the scheduled December 12th seizure...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 28, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
After time ran out on him last year, Texas state legislator Jose Menendez has reintroduced a new bill to legalize and regulate poker in the state of Texas. The new bill, The Poker Gaming Act of 2009 (HB 222), contains many of the same aspects as his previous bill...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 19, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Online poker has been hit hard by several legal issues in the United States lately, but overall the industry seems to be doing quite well. Many experts agree that better times are ahead for online poker and some say we could see growth of over 15% per year over the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 19, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Following news last week that the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve had finalized regulations that would allow the implementation of the UIGEA, pro-gambling campaigners and politicians have struck back on two fronts. The Interactive Media...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 18, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
In response to the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA), the Court of Appeals has granted a motion to delay a ruling that could result in the forfeiture of 141 domain names. Yesterday marked the previous ultimatum deadline the 141 domains...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 13, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Following on from news that the Bush administration was seeking to push through controversial clarifications to the UIGEA, the Treasury and Federal Reserve have released a 66 page document detailing the rules. The new regulations – due to come into force just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 12, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The outgoing U.S. government is once again to employ sneak tactics to ram home enforcement of the UIGEA. Ever since the bill that effectively outlawed online gambling was attached to a must-pass Port Security bill, it has come under fire from poker players, senators...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 10, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
I’m not sure how many people will even come across this blog but please do your part in saving online poker. Once again a small group of people are taking it upon themselves to pass last-minute legislation that will damage our rights as Americans. There are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 8, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
As a result of the recent legal issues in Kentucky, one major poker network may be pulling out of the United States market entirely. The Microgaming Network, which includes such sites as Crazy Poker, Eurolinx, Pokertime, Royal Vegas Poker, and Doyles Room, has...
by FTR Poker Admin | Nov 5, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Since the UIGEA came into effect in 2006, a number of politicians, pressure groups and trade organizations have been fighting to see it overturned. None more so than the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) who have been engaged in a long...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 16, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In the latest development of Kentucky’s attempt to seize 141 Internet gambling domain names, Kentucky Judge Thomas D. Wingate has dismissed all objections and has affirmed the seizure. The domains, including those of PokerStars and Full Tilt, are being given...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 8, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The world of poker is still fluctuating between states of anger and anxiety after Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate delayed his decision on Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s attempt to seize the domain names of 141 online gambling sites. The judge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 2, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The audacious assault, orchestrated by Kentucky Governor Steve Bashear, designed to seize control of 141 domain names owned by the industries most prominent gambling organizations has hit a roadblock. All eyes were on Franklin County Circuit Court judge Thomas Wingate...
by FTR Poker Admin | Oct 1, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The momentum that has been building behind the anti-UIGEA movement in Washington generated even more steam yesterday with the introduction of the ‘Internet Skill Games Licensing and Control Act of 2008’ by New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez. The new bill...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 23, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear revealed his true colors when he announced that online poker sites were “leeches on our communities.” The governor, a democrat who originally ran as a pro-gambling candidate, has suddenly turned against those gaming sites...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 17, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A potential turn for the better occurred this past week, when Barney Frank’s “Payment System’s Protection” Act was approved by a vote of 30-9 by the House Financial Service Committee. The passing by the Committee will allow the Act to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 27, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
There was a notable sense of surprise and enthusiasm around the poker world yesterday, as CQPolitics reported that language spelling out the Republican Parties long held opposition to online gambling had been removed from their party platform. However this new found...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 6, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In the wake of four Republican Congressmen’s appeal for clarity in the application of the UIGEA one of their fellow Representatives – Pete Sessions (R-TX) – has attempted to do just that. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Clarification and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 31, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Four Republican Congressmen have become the first from their party to formally declare their lack of satisfaction with the UIGEA. The act, which prohibits financial institutions from transferring funds to online gambling proprietors, has previously come under fire...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Since being revealed in May the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal has served as the source for no end of controversy. Evidence that certain accounts, linked to the former owners of UB, were able to view other players hole cards dealt a forceful blow to the reputation of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Since being revealed in May the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal has served as the source for no end of controversy. Evidence that certain accounts, linked to the former owners of UB, were able to view other players hole cards dealt a forceful blow to the reputation of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 26, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
H.R. 5767, the Payments System Protection Act, failed Wednesday in the House Financial Services Committee. H.R. 5767, introduced by Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Tex.), was intended to stop the implementation of regulations enforcing the 2006...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 14, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
One of the best ways to get laws changed in the United States is by using the power of numbers. Organizations such as the Poker Players Alliance have the ability to pool together masses of like-minded individuals for the purpose of lobbying for their cause. A big...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jun 1, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Just as fast as the industry seems to be growing, authorities are cracking down on illegal online casino gambling. Following suit, Turkey is cracking down and has just detained two members of Sportingbet. It is believed that Sportingbet has been involved in illegal...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A new Internet gambling law has been approved by the South African parliament which would follow in the footsteps of many other nations in regulating the growing industry. Their parliament papers showed this as being an industry they see as being plagued by crime and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
If you happen to live in the state of Washington, an important ruling came down today at the hands of a King County Superior Court judge. She ruled that playing poker for money online is still illegal in this state. Lee Rousso, a local attorney and poker player said...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Appearing to follow footsteps left by the United States, Dutch authorities are beginning to crack down on illegal online casinos and other forms of online gambling. They’ve now been calling on the banking industry to stop providing financial services to these...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 4, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
With recent U.S. legislation regarding online gambling and the online poker boom felt all over the world, many countries are left feeling the need to regulate online poker where there once was no regulation, and even on the opposite end, abolishing preexisting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Picayune Chukchanski Indian Tribe, is apparently causing tribal members to get kicked out of their own tribe. The cause of this member removal is because other tribal members are becoming too greedy over...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
There seemed to be an increase in the light at the end of the tunnel for poker players when South Carolina Representative Wallace Scarborough introduced a bill that would reverse a 200 year old law making card and dice games illegal. Scarborough drafted the bill...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 19, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In the recent months, a bill has been set forth that would explore the federal legality of a California-only poker service. The bill is one more step closer to going to a vote in the California legislature. The Committee on Governmental Organization approved the bill...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 12, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A new bill has been introduced in Congress on April 10th, that would block out attempts to enforce the UIGEA. House Financial Services Committee Representative Barney Frank and senior Financial Services Committee member Representative Ron Paul introduced this bill...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Recently in Massachusetts, a gambling bill was rejected that would have allowed the construction of three more casinos, but provided fines of up to $25000 and two years jail time for playing poker online. While the construction of casinos should provide an inherent...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
On Wednesday, April 2nd, Congress has decided to conduct a long overdue hearing concerning the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA.) The Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology will be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 26, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
According to the World Poker Association (WPA) website, their mission is to, “promote professionalism in poker worldwide and support the highest standards of ethical conduct in tournament poker activities”. Founded by Jesse Jones in 2004, the association...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 25, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Yesterday the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a nonprofit organization that ensures poker’s integrity and protects players’ rights, launched its Litigation Support Network. It is a free service that can give informal and initial poker-related legal advice on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Following the theme of mrickett’s latest article, recently more good news has come up as it pertains to the future of online gambling, and the many obstacles that have arisen in the past eighteen months. Recently in Massachusetts the Governor, Deval Patrick, wrote up...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 22, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In Sweden this past week, prosecutors were instructed to discontinue prosecuting cases against media companies who publish or air ads related to online poker and other forms of online gambling. The lift on this ban will surely present a lot of opportunity for foreign...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 19, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In a Wall Street Journal Law Blog today, Dan Slater reports on a rally led by Harvard University Professor Charles Nesson against pending provisions of a resort casino bill which would effectively criminalize poker in Massachusetts. Nesson, a Harvard undergrad and law...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 9, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
This week has turned up a mixed bag of sorts for those interested and affected by the happenings in the online gambling industry. Most likely if you’re reading this, you’re one of those people. On one end of the spectrum, lawmakers in the state of New York more or...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
A bill has been introduced in California that will investigate the legality of a California-only online poker service. Assemblyman Lloyd Levine introduced the bill in hopes it would be legal under federal law and be able to be regulated as a service for California...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 9, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Earlier in the week, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) provided Congress with his findings in his tax revenue analysis. McDermott’s analysis suggests that the U.S. Government could generate between $8.7 billion and $42.8 billion from regulating Internet gambling from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2008 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
A blessing and a curse for the Responsible Gambling Council, and a step for poker, came this last weekend in the form of Mike McDonald’s win at the 2008 EPT Germany Open. The 18 year old, who according to PokerListings calls himself “Timex”, is an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 6, 2008 | EPT, Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
A blessing and a curse for the Responsible Gambling Council, and a step for poker, came this last weekend in the form of Mike McDonald’s win at the 2008 EPT Germany Open. The 18 year old, who according to PokerListings calls himself “Timex”, is an...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 26, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In Washington last month, Lee Rousso decided to run for Governor in hopes of one day overturning a Washington state law that opposes online poker playing. Rousso will be running against Washington’s current Governor Christine Gregoire, whom he voted for in 2004. One...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 19, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Since his retirement, Judge Harold Lee of Arizona has been operating his own personal poker parlor for the past two years. Instead of keeping this operation on the down low, Lee has decided to deliver letters to state authorities advising them of his legal stand. 64...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 17, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
As the U.S. Democratic race heats up, a storyline has arisen out of Nevada. The race between Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama for the support of Nevada got very interesting this week. A lawsuit claiming “at large” caucuses spread amongst nine different Las Vegas...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 16, 2008 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News
Today, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat claimed, having acquired information from the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the government is planning to make an amendment to the current law on gambling that would allow online players to claim back their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 12, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Kahnawake Gaming Commission has issued what looks to be the finalized report concerning the ongoing investigation of a cheating scandal on Absolute Poker. When these events became public, KGC commissioned Gaming Associates to conduct a 10 week long investigation and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 9, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
The poker community was dealt an odd, but significant, blow in the past days by the Denmark High Court. According to The Official Website of Denmark, a new ruling by the court effectively makes private poker tournaments illegal. Obviously, this news has no bearing...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 5, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
Last week, just days after a settlement was reached in a dispute between the United States vs. Canada, Japan and Europe involving the recently enacted UIGEA, the WTO awarded the Caribbean nation of Antigua $21 Million in compensation money to be paid for by the United...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jan 3, 2008 | Poker Law, Poker News
In what has to be seen as a bit of a bad omen to start the year off in online poker, Germany has effectively banned online gambling in their country. This came as a surprise to many seeing as in November a ruling went against an online gambling ban occuring in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 29, 2007 | Poker Law, Poker News
With the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in late September of 2006, many felt a great injustice had been done. Those who felt strongly about it have been doing what they can to undo the wrong that’s been set forth. Robert Wexler, a...