Author: Kalen Smith

Gamblers in Nevada have longed for the day that they could double down on a hand of blackjack while waiting for room service in their hotel suites, and that dream has become a reality now that the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) has permitted gambling on mobile devices in hotel rooms. Up until now, gaming has…

The Department Of Justice continues its blitzkrieg against everyone involved in Full Tilt Poker’s alleged involvement with money laundering and fraud. The agency has added a new name to its hit list: Full Tilt Poker player Rafe Furst. The decision to charge Furst came shortly after Tuesday’s indictments of poker celebrities Christopher Ferguson and Howard Lederer. The…

The American Gaming Association (AGA) has been fighting to legalize online poker in the U.S. as you may have read in yesterday’s post about the group’s Wild West-themed YouTube video supporting the movement. The lobbying group has stood by the principle that legalizing poker will create a safer environment for players, and is adamant about making…

Full Tilt Poker has much more to be worried about since it was indicted on charges of money laundering, fraud and violating gambling laws last April. Yesterday, the U.S. Department Of Justice alleged FTP was operating as a global Ponzi scheme—a term that’s become as bad as the f-word since we all learned the name…

American Gaming Association (AGA) President and CEO Frank Fahrenkopf was a supporter of the Department of Justice and FBI when they shut down poker sites on Black Friday last April, but the tides have changed. Fahrenkopf, widely regarded as the authority of the American casino industry, and the AGA are now in staunch support of regulating…

Online poker advocacy group FairPlayUSA is starting to make serious headway, now that it has the support of  Louis Freeh, the former director of the FBI and Tom Ridge, the former director of Homeland Security. Freeh and Ridge feel the campaign against online poker has been notoriously ineffective, with millions of Americans gambling on offshore…

Poker players and affiliates have been going stir crazy since the Justice Department started freezing their assets in April, wondering if they’ll ever get their money out. They finally got to breathe a sigh of relief last week as DOJ released a payment processing accounts. The account belonged to Sphene International, one of the accounts PokerStars used…

Gaming history was made this week as the Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein passed Germany’s first gaming treaty. The decision couldn’t have passed by a narrower margin. The vote was 46 to 45. Schleswig-Holstein is the first of the sixteen lander of Germany to pass such a motion. This is putting a lot of pressure on the…

Just shy of his three year tenure as Betfair Australia CEO, Andrew Twaits will step down from his post at the world’s largest Internet betting exchange. The exact reason for his resignation is unknown, but  Betfair isn’t waiting around and has already begun its search for his successor. Twaits announcement comes less than three months…