Author: Nathan

April 8, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – In a setback to the goal of getting poker legally classified as a game of skill, not chance — and thus getting Internet poker exempted from the anti-gambling laws prevalent in the U.S. — the state of Pennsylvania has overruled an earlier decision stating that poker is a game…

April 7, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – As part of a plan to open more land-based casinos in Massachusetts, a new proposal might also criminalize online gambling and Internet poker in the state — widely believed to be one of the most liberal in the U.S. “The latest version of a bill licensing gambling in Massachusetts…

April 7, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – After two years of exclusive, on-the-felt World Series of Poker (WSOP) sponsorship, Everest Poker has apparently chosen not only to end the partnership but sue the WSOP (and its owner, Harrah’s) in order to nullify an existing three-year contract. Back in 2008, Everest and WSOP agreed on a deal…

April 7, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – Like a lot of countries, Australia is struggling with how to regulate online gambling. At the moment, Internet casinos and online poker rooms are tolerated and mostly allowed down under, but a much-talked about plan to implement a censorship plan for the country’s entire range of Internet businesses could…

April 7, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – Casino Affiliate Programs (CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com), the Internet’s longest-running online casino and Internet poker affiliate marketing resource, has announced the results of CAP Community Certification voting for the month of March, 2010. As of April 1, the CAP Listed Programs Casino Coins, Pafpartners.com and PartnerLogic are officially approved by the casino…

April 6, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – As part of a move to change up its online poker strategy in the hopes of recapturing its once-dominant online poker market position, PartyPoker has announced the start of a new online cash game series called the PartyPoker Online Cash Game Championship (OCGC).Kicked off earlier this week, the OCGC…

April 6, 2010 (PAP Newswire) – As part of a move to allow sports betting on the Internet, New Jersey lawmakers went on record yesterday calling the NFL “hypocritical” for opposing all forms of sports betting — other than all the forms of betting in which it has a financial stake. One of America’s biggest…

April 5, 2010 (CAP Newswire) – Flying in the face of a recent, well-publicized poll announcing that many Americans oppose the idea of legalized (and regulated) online casinos and Internet poker, another, more recent report states the opposites: Americans and Canadians are willing to allow online gambling to be legalized. In fact, the report, based…