The judge presiding over the UK lawsuit filed in 2013 by American poker pro Phil Ivey vs. Crockford Casino, handed a ruling that sided with the latter. The UK judge dismissed Ivey's petition for the court to order Crockfords Casino to pay the $12.4 million in accumulated winnings, which Ivey won from playing Punto Blanco,…
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Three weeks ago, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had announced that NJ casinos and racetracks could offer sports betting, as the state has no existing legislation that imposes regulations or that prohibits such gambling activity from taking place within the Garden State. As expected, the four (4) major North American professional sports associations that previously…
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Atlantic County Democratic state legislators, Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo have disclosed plans of advancing a proposal to collect a small fee on wagers that New Jersey betting enthusiasts will place, once sports betting offers become available in the Garden State. However, the revelation came around not as a public announcement but as…
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Real Gaming, the company that made history as the first to receive an approved Nevada, U.S. license for regulated online poker has added the PayNearMe cash-based payment platform to its roster of available banking methods. The new service allows "unbanked" RealGaming poker players, to place cash deposits via PayNearMe at Nevada-based 7-Eleven Stores, as alternative…
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New Jersey players arriving at Ultimate Gaming's UCasino.com and UltimatePoker.com are being greeted with a large and very noticeable message of an "Important Notice for New Jersey Players." As it is, Ultimate Gaming is giving notice about the company's intention to cease with its NJ-facing operations in the near future, and therefore no longer accepting…
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In line with the forthcoming implementation of UK's new gambling duties, the governments of Gibraltar and the Isle of Man, through their respective revenue agency or taxation authority, have agreed to impose on behalf of the UK government, the gambling tax liabilities due from businesses with established principal place of operations in Gibraltar or in…
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Last week, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (NJCCC) granted its approval of MGM's Statement of Compliance, a precursor to the company's bid to re-enter Atlantic City's gambling market. In a formal meeting last Wednesday, the members of the NJCCC reviewed the documents submitted and heard the testimonies related to the investigation of the suitability…
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After the New Jersey state government announced last week that sportsbetting is no longer deemed as an illegal business in the Garden State, Monmouth Park Racetrack released a statement that it hopes to start accepting sports bets by Sunday. Monmouth Park's legal counsel Dennis Drazin said that there is a high demand for the…
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Months after Governors Brian Sandoval of Nevada and Jack Markell of Delaware signed the first U.S. interstate online gaming compact called the "Multi-State Internet Agreement," online poker software company and poker room operator 888Poker, has confirmed plans of launching a shared network branded as the (AAPN) "All America Poker Network". The shared network will include…
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Hong Kong-based Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited (GEG), with subsidiaries that operate casinos, hotels, and other entertainment facilities in Macau, released a warning statement to unauthorised online casinos illegally using the Macau Galaxy Entertainment trade name, trademark, photo images of GEG's hotel and resort properties, as well as customer service hotlines. Inasmuch as the unauthorised use…
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