Card Player – Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has done nothing to shed his reputation as poker’s public enemy no. 1 ever since he announced that he was “willing to spend whatever it takes” to thwart online poker legislation in the United States. Adelson, who formed the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling in January, has made it abundantly clear that he has has a moral and financial problem with online poker, claiming it preys on vulnerable people and children. His group even drafted a bill that would stop the spread of state-by-state online poker regulation. The only problem is…

Card Player – After an historic consensus between 13 California tribal groups on online poker in the Golden State, PokerStars and its partner, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, as well as the Commerce Club, Hawaiian Gardens Casino and the Bicycle Casino, have responded. The latter group is opposed to what has been proposed by the 13 tribal groups. Currently two Internet poker bills sit in the legislature. “We strongly oppose the so-called ‘bad actor’ language that is nothing other than a blatant attempt to provide certain interests with an unfair competitive advantage by arbitrarily locking out trusted iPoker brands,”…

Online Poker News – Sheldon Adelson’s stance against online poker is no secret by now, and his strong and very rich opinion has some people nervous. Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, makes it very clear just how far he’s willing to go to “protect” the US from online gambling. He’s threatened to “spend whatever it takes” on his anti-Internet gambling cause and in January of this year, he formed the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling. Adelson’s argument against online poker and online gambling is that it is morally wrong, preying on underage gamblers and other vulnerable sectors of society,…

Sacramento Bee –  Major California tribes with casinos announced Tuesday that they had reached agreement on legislation that would legalize online poker in the nation’s largest state. In a letter to state Sen. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, and Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer, D-Los Angeles – the authors of online poker bills that had each attracted support from various members of the state’s influential tribal casino industry – 13 tribal leaders said they had come to terms. “As you know, this journey has been long and difficult, but the challenges posed by the Internet demand that we harness rather than cede the…

LA Times – After five years of disagreements, 13 California Indian tribes said Tuesday they have reached a compromise on legislation that would legalize Internet poker in the state. Until recently, tribes including the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians disagreed with other casino operators, including the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, but both sides now support a bill that would only allow current operators of a brick and mortar poker casino to run games on the Internet. That and other language in the bill could exclude Internet poker companies such as PokerStars, which has partnered with the Morongo Band…

Poker News – Partypoker has released a significant change to its Android mobile app. For the very first time, partypoker.com Android players can now play real-money sit-and-gos (SNGs). This is in addition to the mobile app already supporting cash games and the fast-fold game, Fast Forward. The inclusion of SNGs is the biggest upgrade to their mobile app since it was rolled out simultaneously with their new poker client in September 2013. The Android app now includes just about every type of SNG, with satellite SNGs being the only exception. On some level it makes sense that satellite SNGs have…