Ultimate Poker Nevada Gets Improved GeoLocation

Poker Fuse – Ultimate Poker released a new version of its online poker software for players in Nevada last week bringing it closer in line with its New Jersey counterpart. The update included several changes, the most significant of which may be the improvement of the geolocation services. Details of the upgrade claim that the new geolocation is more accurate, but that currently the software is presenting a dialogue box telling all players that they are “not location verified” when they first log in. Ultimate Poker’s advice is to ignore the banner and “try sitting at a table.” If this…

Geolocation technology improves for online gaming

Philly.com – New Jersey Internet gambling regulators have eased the parameters used to determine that an online gambler is actually in the state, Brian Mattingley, chief executive of 888 Holdings P.L.C., said Friday. “By allowing us a little bit more flexibility and easing the tolerance in that distance, it made it significantly better in the second and third month,” said Mattingley, whose London-based company has a partnership with Caesars Interactive in Atlantic City. The issue is the buffer between the state line and a gambler’s location, which is determined using cellphone signals. To ensure that a gambler was on the…