Yesterday we told you that the WSOP Online Poker would soon launch, and that Ultimate Poker will soon be ending its reign as Nevada’s only regulated online poker site currently in operation. On Monday, Caesars Interactive Entertainment is set to hold a conference call in which they will reveal the date on which they will launch their World Series of Poker branded real-money online poker web site in Nevada. In the six months since Ultimate Poker first opened its doors to Nevadans, there has been much speculation about which site would be the next to go live – and when….

Card Player – Professional gambler Phil Ivey has admitted to playing with an unusual advantage in a game of punto banco at a London casino last year. Ivey took the property for $12.1 million, but it refused to pay after suspecting something shady had happened. The Daily Mail reported Saturday that court documents show Ivey has said he was able to read the cards, but maintains that it was the casino’s fault for allowing the opportunity to arise and that what he did isn’t considered cheating. He still wants his money. The flaws in the cards reportedly occurred during the…

iGaming Business – Barrière Poker has decided to bring its commercial activities to an end in France’s regulated online poker market but will continue working in a B2B capacity as it seeks to utilise to the technical platform it has developed over the last three years. The company’s consumer-facing site barrierepoker.fr will close down on 30 September, the group said it had not been able to compete with many of the sites who had been operating in France prior to the market regulating in 2010. The company, a joint venture between French lottery operator Française des jeux and casino group…

Gambling 911 – The claims administrator overseeing payouts for former Full Tilt Poker customers announced Tuesday that pros and employees will be excluded from the process. The Garden City Group circulated an email late Monday evening, which prompted a reply from Poker Players Alliance Regional Director Rich “TheEngineer” Muny via his Facebook page. “I received this from someone who received this from Garden City Group. I phoned GCG and they neither confirmed nor denied it.” The payout process is due to commence on September 16 (2013) for all eligible customers. From PocketFive.com, which first reported the news: The list started…

Meghan McCain, daughter of U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona), says her dad used to be paranoid about gambling, but since The Washington Post posted a picture of him playing poker on his smartphone during a September 3 U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Syria, he is ready to let his pro-gaming flag fly. “Now, he’s really empowered because he loves to gamble,” said Meghan McCain during her September 10 appearance on Access Hollywood Live, when asked about the photo. “When he used to go to Las Vegas, people would take iPhone pictures of him, and he got very…

Las Vegas Weekly – In recent years the poker rooms at Gold Coast, Tuscany and Fitzgeralds (now the D) have all closed. Last month, the M Resort closed its 14-table room. Most recently Circus Circus closed its five-table poker room. What the heck is going on? For years journalists have questioned whether the poker bubble has burst. The World Series of Poker’s main event drew more players in 2006 (8,773) than in 2010 (7,319) and 2013 (6,352). And cable TV is no longer flooded with poker TV shows 24/7. Perhaps the biggest change to hit the Vegas poker world is…