If you were hoping to play online poker on Betfair’s site in New Jersey today, you’re out of luck. Betfair has officially closed its New Jersey poker site. According to the online gaming giant, however, the closure has nothing to do with its New Jersey casino site or other operations outside of the U.S.
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The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement is painting an abysmal portrait of the state of online poker in New Jersey, corroborated by new data put forward by the team at PokerFuse. For the first time in New Jersey’s eleven month online gambling run, revenues dropped below $2 million in October (the second consecutive declining …
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Is the popularity of online poker capable of ushering in a new era of legalized online gambling across the United States, or does online poker need some of the strength and sexiness of iCasino gaming to push ahead to its full potential? The Poker Players Alliance believes that the U.S. online poker sites need casino-style …
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There are no shortages of places where you can play free online poker, but as more states contemplate regulating online gambling, more tech and gaming firms are searching for ways to capture a piece of the pie. Currently online poker is only legal and regulated in Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey, but at least seven …
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Many states are still weighing the pros and cons of legalizing online gambling, the state of New York is one of them. With nearby New Jersey having already legalized online gambling, many New Yorkers wish they had the same privileges as their Garden State neighbors. It is estimated that residents of the state of New …
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PokerStars is a globally recognized online gaming giant that dominates 54% of the global online gambling industry. In an unexpected move, Amaya Gaming Group acquired PokerStars, a strategic move to consolidate the online and live gaming industry. The acquisition did not come cheap at $4.9 billion dollars. And while PokerStars comes with global online gambling …
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The Gambling Licensing and Advertising Act 2014 is soon to go into effect in the UK, and online poker room PokerStars is taking a proactive approach by letting gamblers know what to expect ahead of time. When new and existing gamblers login to PokerStars, they will be met with a memo that helps them understand …
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One year ago, WSOP.com added Caesars Interactive Entertainment to their family. This addition allowed a very profitable launch of a Nevada-only online poker game that allows real money play. With this announcement, WSOP.com took online poker playing by storm. According to Pokernews.com, “Following Ultimate Poker’s entry into the newly-regulated online poker market in late April …
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French online gaming regulator ARJEL has announced that online poker playing is effectively disappearing. According to Cardchat.com, ARJEL says that online poker, “Is a fad and that it’s ‘over,’ based on numbers indicating that active accounts continue to decline. In a public report issued by ARJEL President Charles Coppolani, who recently stepped into the position, …
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Zynga is attempting to pick itself back up by the bootstraps and retrace its steps back to previous glories. “Financially, the company is in pretty bad shape,” Blackjackchamp reports. “Stock prices have dropped almost 80% since 2012, when they peaked at $14.” Not to worry just yet, however. Zynga has made some new upgrades in …
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