Poker News – While Norway keeps working towards the introduction of a new gambling law, a report from the University of Bergen provided authorities with interesting data about poker and problem gambling. According to a survey conducted by the institute on a sample of 10,000 people, poker is one of the “safest” games in Norway, even if people think that a new piece of legislation should explicitly include limitations on losses and on gambling advertising. Trying to understand which gambling games are the more “dangerous” for people at risk of problem gambling and compulsive gambling behaviors, researchers found out that…

Radio Boston – Online poker could soon be legal in Massachusetts. An addendum to this year’s budget proposal has been signed by no less than 18 state representatives and would see three online poker licenses issued. With delays to the various brick and mortar casino proposals across the state, residents could see online poker rooms open for business before they ever set foot in an actual casino. Boston author Ben Mezrich knows all about the world of online poker. His book, “Straight Flush: The True Story Of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way To A Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire…

Card Player – Online poker players, especially those in California, have a new enemy. Willie Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco (1996-2004) and previously a California legislator, said last week that he is joining billionaire Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson in the latter’s quest to stop online gaming in the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported. Brown’s commitment to the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling is perplexing because of Brown’s previous work to support online poker legalization in the Golden State. Brown said he is the new national co-chair and California chair of Adelson’s coalition. “There are…

Poker News – Fast-fold poker is popular on just about every online poker site in the world. Could these games now be in jeopardy in the United States? At the end of April 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) made a decision to issue a patent to the Rational Group for fast-fold poker. The Rational Group is the parent company to both PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, the latter being the first in the world to offer fast-fold poker. As initially reported by Pokerfuse, on May 20, 2014 the USPTO will issue Patent Number 8,727,850 listed as…

Poker News – Two of the UK’s most prominent professional players agreed to chop the UKIPT Nottingham High Roller and take an even £68,000 each. The £3,300 buy-in event saw 86 unique entries and 15 rebuys, which helped beat the £300,000 guarantee by £2,650. The last men standing were World Poker Tour Dublin champion and double World Championship Of Online Poker winner Dave Shallow and Richard Kellett. Shallow went down in the history books as the tournament’s champion by virtue of having more chips at the time of the deal, but both players agreed to an even chop citing being…

Several players from a poker tournament have filed a lawsuit against Borgata in alleged cheating scandal. During the 2014 Winter Open poker tournament at the Borgata, six poker players are alleging that the casino did not properly monitor and run the tournament and that the payout to remaining players after the tournament was halted was insufficient. Duane Haughton, of New York, Michael Sneideman, of Connecticut, Cuong Tran, of Michigan, Cuong Phung, of New Jersey, Alvin Vatanavan, of Virginia, and Christopher Korres, of Connecticut, filed the suit Tuesday in Atlantic County Superior Court against the popular hotel resort. More than 4,800…

Poker News – If it would not have been for his victory at the €10,000 Turbo Six-Max event during PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Russia’s Vitaly Lunkin’s last trip to Europe’s sunniest shores would have been a disaster. “I spent about €65,000 in buy-ins and I was in the money only three times,” Lunkin told PokerNews. “Had I not won the €10,000 turbo event, my tour would have ended with a loss.” During the month in which he spent time around Italy and France, things did not go too well for Lunkin. Russia’s third all-time biggest…

Poker News – Internet gaming, also known as iGaming, is spreading on a state-by-state basis. Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey have already passed legislation and are reaping the tax benefits, while other states such as California and Pennsylvania are primed to follow in their footsteps. Despite efforts by Sheldon Adelson and his cronies, it seems iGaming is inevitable, but as I. Nelson Rose, Professor of Law at Whittier Law School, said in a Casino Enterprise Management gaming forecast, it’ll take time. “Two years ago, I wrote that developments on the Internet are like dog years,” Rose said. “It might have…