The twisting tale of Black Friday turned yet again this week when Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar returned to the United States to face gambling and money laundering charges. Bitar immediately entered a not guilty in a New York courtroom. Bitar's surrender has left many in the online gaming world asking why he chose…
Full Tilt Poker's controversial CEO, Ray Bitar, has turned himself in to US authorities. Poker forum Two Plus Two first reported the news that Bitar went to New York City to be arrested by the FBI. The surrender seems to be serving as a catalyst to expedite the Full Tilt, PokerStars deal, Bitar told employees…
After months of delays the Spanish Gambling Commission is finally issuing gaming licenses to online gambling companies. According to published reports in the gaming media, licensed sites will be going live on .es sites as soon as Tuesday, June 5. Who's Got Spanish Gamblers So far there's been no official list of companies that were…
Are PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker getting ready to announce a timetable for paying back US player accounts? According to a recent posting at iGaming Post, the two companies have indeed reached an agreement with Department of Justice (DOJ) officials and could be making a formal announcement as soon as the end of the month.…
[caption id="attachment_20684" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Full Tilt's story is far from done."][/caption] Last week was a busy one for online poker news. Unfortunately, most of the action took place in backroom meetings and not on the poker table. Poker's big week began with news that the Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) had withdrawn from negotiations with the…
PokerStars has been granted a Casino de Namur A+ license, making pokerstars.be the first fully licensed online gaming site in Belgian to reach that status. The new license allows the company to officially make their online offerings open to Belgian residents. Big Step Forward This move represents a big step forward for the company in…
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