From Card Player It’s been nearly a year since PokerStars swooped in to purchase Full Tilt Poker, cleaned house and then repaid the players. All of the players except for U.S. customers, that is. In their purchasing agreement, PokerStars set aside approximately $184 million in a segregated bank account for the U.S. Department of Justice to distribute to upwards of 1.3 million players. The DOJ then took eight months to hire Garden City Group to act as a claims administrator. During that stretch, the site reopened to non-U.S. players, the former site owners settled with the government and Full Tilt…

From Casinos Online Barely a year after achieving licensing in the then nascent Spanish legal online gambling market, Amaya Gaming subsidiary Ongame poker network has announced its intention to withdraw. Back in June last year proponents of the Spanish liberalisation were promoting the new market as having great potential, boasting 5.7 percent of the total gambling market in Spain (said to be the third largest offline market in Europe) compared to the European average of 11.2 percent. With expected gross revenues of Euro 82 million during 2012 online poker made up 19 percent of the e-gaming market in Spain �EUR‛…

The growing popularity of iPad poker games is taking the world by storm. Thanks to 888Poker mobile app, players can now enjoy mobile poker games within the ambit of state-of-the-art gaming software. iPad poker has finally arrived and 888 poker is the chaperone of this top-tier entertainment. The world’s leading online poker room, 888poker, has unveiled 888Poker mobile HD – a new reality. Getting started with the 888poker mobile HD at is a snap – it’s 100% free to download and install. All that’s required of players is to have a valid UK iTunes account. It’s a simple process to download…

From Poker Fuse ZetPoker, a lesser-known skin on the Revolution Gaming Network, “temporarily suspended” operations over the weekend due to what it cites as non-payment from its network. In a statement posted on its ZetPoker.info, previously ZetPoker.EU, the poker room informs players that it is “pursuing all avenues to secure the timely receipt of players [sic] payments,” and will keep customers informed of future developments. ZetPoker is operated and powered by Curacao-based BTG Gaming, a sportsbook-focused online gaming operation that counts over a dozen other brands as clients, including WagerUp.EU, PurePoker, VIPSports.EU, Sportsbook.CA, Neverfelted.EU, Betting Champs, Daily Dime, DimeLine, Latino…

From iGaming Business Video-streamed live dealer online casino software developer Evolution Gaming Limited has partnered with lottery and gaming giant Gruppo Lottomatica SpA to launch a casino hold‘em poker table for players in Italy at Lottomatica.it. Certified by the nation’s Amministrazione Autonoma Monopoli di Stato (AAMS) regulator, the new live casino hold‘em poker table is a first for Italy and joins Evolution Gaming’s popular real-time roulette, blackjack and baccarat offerings for Italy. Lottomatica premiered the new live offering, which is available via PC or Mac, by having croupier turned double World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Max Pescatori, act as…

From Card Player There was a piece of legislation in the state of Oregon that would have closed popular card rooms in the Portland area. However, the bill is reportedly dead. That’s great news for poker players around the Pacific Northwest. The bill gained some traction because some lawmakers are displeased with the proliferation of such games since the state authorized “social gaming” more than two decades ago. According to the Oregonian, a hearing on the bill featured the opinion that poker rooms, by charging admission fees and allowing dealer tips, were violating the social gaming law. The establishments also…