05-08-2013, PokerWorks Staff
News was reported on April 27th that Rational Group, owner of PokerStars.com, had received a termination letter informing the company of the missed deadline in the deal to purchase the Atlantic Club Casino. The Rational Group filed a lawsuit in...
05-01-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The deadline to purchase the struggling Atlantic Club Casino by PokerStars.com's parent company, Rational Group, has expired according to a report by the Wall Street Journal that cited anonymous sources. News of the expired deal between Rational...
04-16-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Former Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar reached a deal to plead guilty to criminal charges last week. Bitar is faced with a medical condition that was affecting the Black Friday criminal case against him and on the two-year anniversary of Black...
04-16-2013, PokerWorks Staff
News reports today from NBC 4 and the New York Times: The FBI's Eurasian Organized Crime Squad executed federal search warrants in connection with an illegal gambling ring that has ties to Russian organized crime. The search warrants went out in...
04-08-2013, PokerWorks Staff
During the first week of March we reported that Former Full Tilt Poker CEO Ray Bitar appeared to have a "medical condition" http://pokerworks.com/poker-news/2013/03/06/the-inside-shuffle-the-road-to-100-billion-bitar-s-medical-c.html that was...
03-20-2013, PokerWorks Staff
A Request for Comment has been filed by the Nevada Gaming Commission from all licensees and interested parties about “regulations concerning interstate agreements for interactive gaming.” Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval signed Assembly Bill...
03-13-2013, Penne Anne Papre
Remember when a brief statement was released on the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's website in November -- a Victim Update? November 20, 2012—Victim Update. The United States Attorney’s Office for...
03-11-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The American Gaming Association (AGA) filed a brief On Monday, March 5, with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) and the Casino Control Commission in opposition to PokerStars’ intention to purchase The Atlantic Club in Atlantic...
03-05-2013, PokerWorks Staff
The nation’s leading casino trade association, the American Gaming Association (AGA), filed a brief on Monday with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and the Casino Control Commission opposing the PokerStars’ plan to purchase a...
02-26-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Gov. Chris Christie picked up THE pen and signed the bill that would license and regulate online poker in New Jersey on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013. This coming on the heels of a two-year wait while similar legislation hit Christie's desk two...
02-22-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Rep. Paul Harris had high hopes a few days after a hearing to discuss reducing Washington state's online poker penalties. But that ended on Thursday when Harris announced that legislation is dead for 2012. The proposed bill would have reduced the...
02-22-2013, PokerWorks Staff
Ian J. Imrich reported on Tuesday that Chris Ferguson filed for settlement with the United States Court Southern District of New York; Imrich once served as general counsel for Full Tilt Poker. Imrich went to twitter to send the link to the...
02-21-2013, PokerWorks Staff, interstate online poker, online poker
The Nevada Legislature met on Thursday morning, (February 21st), to discuss an online poker bill that would give Governor Brian Sandoval the authority to expand Nevada's customer base to enter into interstate compacts. Almost in a whirlwind...
01-25-2013, PokerWorks Staff
New Jersey State Sen. Ray Lesniak is in full sound-off mode with the concerns Gov. Chris Christie presented in his monthly “Ask the Governor” radio segment on January 22nd, on New Jersey 101.5 FM. A caller asked Christie's position on the...
12-19-2012, PokerWorks Staff
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012, appears to have put an end to the civil case the Southern District of New York had against Howard Lederer, former Full Tilt Poker board member, when a Stipulation and Order of Settlement was filed. An Amended Civil...
11-30-2012, PokerWorks Staff
The civil money-laundering and forfeiture case brought against former Full Tilt Poker board member Rafe Furst by the Department of Justice has been settled. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recorded an...
11-20-2012, PokerWorks Staff
A brief statement was released on the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's website on November 20th, 2012, that updates the status of the Full Tilt Poker remission process for United States player. The Victim...
11-17-2012, PokerWorks Staff
PokerStars has been operating legally in Spain since their services were first offered in 2001 according to the Spanish court. Codere, Spanish gambling giant, tried to put the heat on PokerStars by claiming that it was operating unlawfully...
11-16-2012, PokerWorks Staff
Howard Lederer's attorneys filed a Motion to Dismiss the Verified Second Amended Complaint (SAC) and a Notice of Motion with the United States District Court of Southern New York. Elliot R. Peters and Cody S. Harris of Keker & Van Nest LLP...
09-19-2012, Roepk Triwer
Former payment processing director for Full Tilt Poker, Nelson Burtnick, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and gambling charges on Wednesday in a Manhattan court. Burtnick was one of 11 men indicted on Black Friday by the U.S. Government. The...
On Friday, May 17th, 2013, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) released Internet gambling regulations for both poker and casino games.
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