This Week in Gambling

Poker players have been talking about a mysterious email sent out recently which alluded to a PartyPoker US Network for online poker. What does PartyPoker mean by “network”? What are their plans for American expansion? And should players be excited? We also discuss the possibility of online poker in New York for 2020, and have an update on alleged poker cheater Mike Postle. Links to gambling news stories, games reviews and special offers below. Hello friends, and welcome again to This Week in Gambling where you get the most current gaming headlines but you have to look at my face……

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Here’s to hoping that the eighth time is a charm for New York online poker. Lawmakers in the Empire State are once again consider online poker legislation, following a nearly zero progress through 2019. State Senator Joseph Addabbo is once again at the helm of the 2020 push. But New York lawmakers have filed bills to regulate online poker every year since 2014 without success, and the new legislation remains unchanged from 2019. The state Constitution prohibits these sorts of games with a few exceptions, including the regulated commercial casino industry. The enabling law does not, however, include any authorization…

Mike Postle, the man accused of cheating his way through the Stones Live poker podcasts, now seems to be avoiding formal legal service in the lawsuit brought against him by nearly 100 defendants. The case accuses Mr. Postle of cheating during dozens of cash-game podcasts aired over the past two years. On January 5, 2020, plaintiffs’ counsel Maurice “Mac” B. Verstandig filed an affidavit of service declaring “summons returned executed”. This was accompanied by a sworn supplement describing the circumstances under which numerous attempts at serving the summons had been stymied. During late December 2019, Verstandig’s firm had retained a…

As America inches state by state into regulated online gambling, rumors of a US Network have started to circulate, with PartyPoker at the center. Players at BetMGM and Borgata Poker in New Jersey recently received emails about a chance to win an entry into a PartyPoker US Network $250K Freeroll. The event is slated for January 26. The use of the term US Network appears to be new branding for PartyPoker. While the term US Online Poker Network could mean a variety of things, best guesses say that PartyPoker could be planning to go live in Nevada and then merge…

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