Tournament: 2010 Aruba Poker Classic cancelled
Paul Leggett, the chief executive officer of the online poker company Tokwiro Enterprises, announced that his company was canceling their plans for this year’s event on the island of Aruba. The popular poker site Ultimate Bet, purchased by Tokwiro in 2008, had been sponsoring the tournament since 2002. In a press release, [...]
Blotter: Robbers raid German poker tournament
A gang of four robbers disguised in black motorcycle masks robbed the Grand Hyatt Berlin hotel in a daring daylight robbery during the European Poker Tour poker tournament. The robbers pointed handguns and long knives at a cashier, escaping through a crowded shopping mall with over €100,000 (US$136,000). A hotel security guard [...]
Loto-Quebec contests claims that online gambling leads to increase in problem gamblers
Loto-Quebec has strongly defended its intention to join other Canadian provinces in entering the online gambling sector following complaints from public health authorities that such a move would lead to an increase in problem gamblers.
Regional public health officials had earlier claimed that research elsewhere indicated that there could be problems, and called for a 12 [...]
Sportsbook .com Moves to Merge: 6 Times Growth Expected
The Merge Poker Network just received a serious injection to help in its aggressive growth plans. Sportsbook.com, a long time sponsor of the Gambling911.com website, will switch from the Cake Network to Merge, as will all its affiliated brands including Players Only. Liquidity will grow four-fold as a result of the deal, Merge CEO [...]
Good Job Poker Nordica: CEO Responds to Complaint
Gambling911.com readers might recall we had one online poker operator recently threaten a lawsuit against us after we criticized his company’s new policies regarding its showing certain "winning" players the door. Others, like Aced.com, elect to ignore complaints against them or have some lackey respond offering up lame excuses. With that said it is [...]
2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open Winner Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen has won the 2010 Borgata Winter Poker Open and the well over half a million prize. 35-year old Madsen comes to us via Las Vegas. He owns 2 World Series of Poker bracelets and has won $2.5 million in live poker tournaments to date. From Poker News: Friday was finally [...]
Gaming VC Online Casino to Shut Down
A victim of the recession? Perhaps. Gaming VC powered online casino SlotsClub.com is to shut down the end of this month. The closure is yet another blow to the online gambling hotspot of Malta, which has witnessed a number of Web-based casinos, poker and sports betting sites fail over the past year. [...]
An Overview of Casino Gaming Online Sites
Gambling brings sheer excitement and fun. No doubt there is an elegancy in playing at suave Los Vegas based casinos but usually they do cost a lot. Due to the advanced technology of the web, internet gambling has been widespread nowadays. With the availability of many casino gaming online sites, many gambling enthusiasts are making [...]
PA Legalizes Poker, Blackjack at Slots Casinos
(Associated Press) – Pennsylvania legalized poker, blackjack and other table games at slots casinos Thursday, upping the ante in the increasingly fierce competition among states for gamblers’ money. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. Rendell has signed a bill in private [...]
Blotter: Poker playing priest gives thanks for $100k
In other news from last week’s PokerStars.Net Million Dollar Challenge, another runner-up is getting big press for his final round finish. Father Andrew Trapp first made gambling industry headlines when he won $100,000 in the first round of the challenge in October. Last week he boarded another plane to Los Angeles in hopes of winning [...]
