• China internet users reached about 253 million last month| Leave a Comment

    China said the number of Internet users in the country reached about 253 million last month, putting it ahead of the United States as the worlds biggest Internet market - according to the New York Times. The estimate, based on a national phone survey and released last week by the China Internet Network Information Centre in [...]

  • South Africa Gambling Bill Signed| Leave a Comment

    South Africa National Gambling Amendment Bill was finally signed by the nation’s president - Thabo Mbeki. The bill to license and regulate online gambling was signed earlier this week. The bill to set up regulations for the online gambling was introduced to the South African parliament more than a year ago. The South Africa’s National Gambling [...]

  • US Gambling Stance Angers The EU| Leave a Comment

    The World Trade Organization is not the only international body upset with the US over its gambling laws: the European Union has now also joined the fray. At the end of this month, EU officials will begin discussions with US trade officials over what they see to be a discriminatory and confusing enforcement position. The [...]

  • Kahnawake Releases Its Statement| Leave a Comment

    The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC), which oversees numerous online poker sites using Kahnawake-based Internet services in Canada, has released an official statement regarding the unfolding situation on UltimateBet Poker. The statement follows by several months the KGC’s earlier involvement in the resolution of a similar scandal at Absolute Poker. In its statement, the KGC affirms [...]

  • Legalize online gambling| Leave a Comment

    When University of Western Ontario marketing professor June Cotte started researching online gambling, she never expected to recommend its legalization. “If you told me I was going to come to that conclusion at the start of research I would have laughed,” said Cotte. But when the Richard Ivey School of Business associate professor dug into [...]

  • Antigua gambling feud still unresolved| Leave a Comment

    Antigua’s finance minister says it could take several more months to resolve an Internet gambling feud with the U.S. The countries have been at odds since the World Trade Organization last year ruled the island could impose retaliatory sanctions for a U.S. ban on online betting. The World Trade Organization says the island can impose [...]

  • New Internet Gambling Legislation| Leave a Comment

    Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) had introduced legislation that would allocate up to $40 billion over the next decade to provide educational and job training assistance to current and former foster care participants as well as people in declining job sectors. How does this affect online poker, you ask? Great question! The $40 billion in revenue [...]

  • Legalize and regulate online gambling| Leave a Comment

    Canada and the United States should legalize and regulate online gambling to contain its potentially harmful effects because players tend to bet more frequently and aggressively than they do in casinos, a study released on Tuesday says. The study – conducted jointly by academics of the University of Western Ontario in Canada and the University [...]

  • Computer vs Poker Player| Leave a Comment

    A computer system called Polaris outperformed some of the world’s top players recently at a human-vs.-machine competition in Las Vegas. The score was computer 3, humans 2, with one draw. If you think it should be easier for a computer to win at poker than at the highly intellectual game of chess, think again. The [...]

  • Regulate Online Gambling In France| Leave a Comment

    The steps that France has carefully considered appear to do an excellent job of protecting their citizenry, far better than a ban leaving online gambling to uncontrolled entities. Maybe the United States could take a lesson. France will create a regulatory agency, responsible for monitoring and licensing applicants for legal online gambling. Servers will need [...]

  • CryptoLogic Limited Offers New Internet Poker Features| Leave a Comment

    CryptoLogic Limited the leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, today introduced two unique features to its Internet poker software line-up: the ability for players to host their own tournaments, and a new advanced sorting and filtering tool that allows players to customize their own settings for cash games and tournaments. Starting today, [...]

  • POKER PLAYERS SUPPORT DEMOCRATS AND OBAMA| Leave a Comment

    U.S. PLAYERS are very tired of being told what they can do with their own money. The Poker Players Alliance which now has over 1 Million poker members! Has become a very powerful non-profit membership organization. Barack Obama is winning support for his White House campaign from – America’s poker players. Mr Obama, who is [...]