When Seth Palansky gets questions about Caesars Interactive rolling out WSOP online poker in Nevada, he inevitably mentions patience. That’s the virtue the company cited when Station Casinos rolled out its Ultimate Poker website last month, becoming the first fully legal real-money gambling program to launch in the United States. “But being first didn’t matter…”, said a spokesman for Caesars Interactive. “There’s got to be a little patience,”. Caesars is now preparing to launch a fully functional WSOP.com during the 44th annual World Series of Poker to perhaps become the second website in Nevada to offer real-money poker tables. And…

From iGaming Business Activity and gross gaming revenues in France’s online gaming and betting market have switched around dramatically in the past few months, Jean-Francois Vilotte, president of the French regulatory authority ARJEL, has revealed in an interview with the French newspaper Les Echos. Vilotte explained that the market’s structure had changed substantially, with gross profits for online poker cash games down 14% to €61.2m for the 12-month period to May and tournament fees stable at €41m. Gross gaming revenues for online sports betting of €63.4m meant a rise of 20% on 2012 figures. Football played a large part in…

Caesars online poker plans to go live this summer in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to thousands of poker players at its World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament in Las Vegas starting May 29. Caesars is among several gaming companies preparing to go live with online sites in the United States which could eventually generate billions of dollars in revenue for the casino industry and local governments. “We anticipate our arrival to be sometime this summer,” Seth Palansky, a spokesman for Caesars Interactive, told Reuters, adding the…

From Poker Fuse Former United States customers of Full Tilt Poker are likely to face a continued wait for their refunds from the site, according to unofficial reports emerging on poker forums. TwoPlusTwo forum poster “Schlucky1” commented Sunday on the results of frequent contact attempts to claims administration firm Garden City Group, selected by the US government to administer the FTP remission process. The poster reported speaking to GCG representative Lorrie Stall, who offered general information suggesting that between one and two more years could elapse before former American Full Tilters have their refunds in hand. Pokerfuse subsequently contacted Ms….

From Poker Fuse   The following in an excerpt from a pokerfuse PRO exclusive article titled Areas of Risk for Future Litigation in NJ iGaming Regulations published yesterday. —————- Players are required to obtain a separate gaming account for each casino licensee with whom they register, but are not permitted to have more than one account with each casino licensee. There was speculation that the regulations might require players to appear in person at Atlantic City casinos to verify their identify and register for an online account, but the proposed regulations allow customers to sign up for online gaming accounts…

From pokerati Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday he has held preliminary talks with other state governors on partnering with Nevada on Internet poker. Sandoval didn’t name the states but gaming sources said Texas could be a target. Sandoval, a Republican, supported Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s brief run for the GOP’s presidential nomination last year. Also, the Texas Legislature is considering the Poker Gaming Act of 2013, which would make it legal in the state to play poker online. “I’ve talked with a few governors and I’m introducing the concept of compacting,” Sandoval said following a tour of the new corporate…

From Card Player The Russ Hamilton recording released last week had a mention of Annie Duke and her role with the company, which spawned a number of accusations on the Internet with regards to what she did or did not know with as it pertained to the cheating at Ultimate Bet. “I had access to the delayed viewing of cards only for a few UB tournament events where I was a radio commentator,” Duke Tweeted on May 11. Duke followed up by issuing a lengthy statement on Facebook Saturday, defending herself against people who are accusing her of misconduct. “The…

Ultimate Poker has registered thousands of online poker users from every U.S. state and 20 countries. That’s in just 72 hours. By Thursday evening, the website dealt its 100,000th hand of poker. Around 10 p.m., Ultimate Poker had 50 poker tables with action. “I would say we were the largest poker room in the state at that hour,” Ultimate Gaming CEO Tobin Prior said Friday. Company officials said the launch of Ultimate Poker, the nation’s first legally regulated pay-to-play online gaming website, has exceeded expectations. Ultimate Poker Chairman Tom Breitling didn’t want to reveal official numbers for the website’s first…