The Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival tournament was billed as Full Tilt Poker’s most significant investment to date in a Canadian poker tournament. Following the opening entry days of the event, the Playground Poker Club – hosts of the Montreal event, confirmed a new record number of players in a Canadian poker event. As of…
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The American Gaming Association, a lobby group working on behalf of the gambling industry on Capitol Hill, conducted a study on online gambling activity in the US. The AGA determined that despite the Black Friday online poker ban, Americans circumvented the laws similar to their Canadian neighbours by playing at offshore domains. According to the…
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Runner, Runner, the highly anticipated online poker movie starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, is scheduled to debut in Canada and the US on October 4. While moviegoers will be most excited to see the two stars, poker fans should keep their eyes open to cameos from some of the world’s most famous players –…
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Caesars Entertainment, the world’s largest gaming company with over 50 hotels and casinos based in dozens of countries, will officially enter Nevada’s online poker market on September 19. The company expects to generate over $400 million through its online poker domain by 2017, and is negotiating interstate betting arrangements with New Jersey and Delaware regulators.…
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Discrepancy regarding a rule on how to report large transactions inside BC casinos is putting the BCLC ad odds with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Fintrac). An audit conducted by BC’s Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch determined that BCLC underreported large transactions to Fintrac for three years. However, the provincial gaming regulator…
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Full Tilt Poker launched a special online tournament this weekend alongside its sister site PokerStars. Beginning today and lasting until September 22, Full Tilt Poker is hosting the MiniFTOPS XXIII, which features a guaranteed $3 million in prizes available for the best players in the tournament. The MiniFTOPS is a more affordable version of the…
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New Jersey online gambling regulators plan to go live with legal intrastate betting sites by the end of November. The deadline follows the state of Delaware, the only other state with fully regulated online gambling where sites will go live by the end of October. New Jersey and Delaware legalized online gambling despite the US…
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All Slots online casino has a reputation for providing very lucrative progressive jackpot slots games. Players with registered All Slots casino accounts can win the ever-growing jackpots from anywhere in the world, and this month a Canadian player struck it rich on one of All Slots most exciting games. A player known only as Vanessa…
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The OLG is in the middle of its modernization strategy as it handles inquiries from various communities. However, the casinos in Niagara Falls were noticeably absent from the OLG’s modernization strategy, though Mayor Jim Diodati wants a seat at the province’s new gambling table. The Niagara Falls mayor convinced city councilors to unanimously support asking…
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Full Tilt Poker is one of the most widely recognized names in online poker across the world. The website is undergoing a redesign in strategy, which will transform the poker room into a fully regulated online casino. The site is also preparing its first Canadian-based offline poker tournament at the Playground Poker Club in Montreal…
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