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…

Australian Gambling – THE Australian behind the darkest day in online poker history could avoid a life sentence in prison after becoming an informant for the FBI. Brisbane native Daniel Tzvetkoff, 30, was arrested in Las Vegas in 2010 for illegally laundering more than US$1 billion for online poker companies through his personal company Intabill. The business and I.T whiz, who was reportedly earning more than $3 million a week at the height of the scheme, faced a 76-year jail term after being caught and served four months in jail before turning informant. Tzvetkoff provided the FBI with information that…

iGaming Business – Pennsylvania State Senator Edwin Erickson has announced his intention to introduce a new bill that has the potential to bring regulated online poker to the US state. Erickson confirmed that State Bill 1386 would be rolled out in the coming weeks. “In the next few weeks I intend to introduce Senate Bill 1386, legislation that would authorise interactive gaming in the form of online poker,” Erickson said. “A recent study from the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee found that internet gaming is a large new source of revenue that the Commonwealth could explore. This means more revenue…

Card Player – A tribe located within Idaho is tangled up in a legal battle with that state over the former’s opening of a poker room at an already-existing gambling facility. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe opened its poker room on May 2 at its Coeur d’Alene Casino. Idaho said that poker is illegal within its borders and that federal laws pertaining to tribal casinos wouldn’t provide a carve out in this situation. The Tribe disagreed, filing a lengthy motion for the state’s lawsuit to be dismissed, The Spokesman-Review reported Tuesday. “As the statute provides, even if the game of poker…

Poker News – After a series of tweets were issued by poker professionals during the start of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, a potentially serious security situation at the Rio All-Suite Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has come to light. During the last 24 hours, no less than three poker pros took to Twitter alleging that personal property – including laptops and large sums of money – were stolen from their hotel rooms overnight. The first player to sound the alarm was Finnish pro Lauri Pesonen, who issued the following tweet at 8:52 p.m. local time Tuesday…