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PokerStars: Walls Of Secrecy Tumble
As a privately held company, the walls of secrecy surrounding senior management and the operations of Poker Stars were rarely challenged before the United States Department of Justice cracked down on online poker last year.  Black Friday5/22/2012
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DoJ Crackdowns Cast Long Shadow Over Offshore Poker Industry [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- Since federal prosecutors ratcheted up a crackdown on Internet gambling businesses last year, the overhang of further enforcement action has seen...
5/8/2012
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James Moore: PartyGaming needs a winning hand
(UK) -- Outlook Short-stacked in poker terminology is when a player is close to busting out, with only a small pile of chips to play with. In such a position you're...
5/4/2012
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G-poker: New Online Poker Site May Repay Full Tilt Poker Players
(Montreal) -- G-poker reports that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT), the investor that failed last week in negotiations to purchase Full Tilt Poker, announced it’s...
4/27/2012
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Could This Be the Future of Online Gambling?
(Wall Street) -- Speculation abounds on the future of online poker gambling after the Feds effectively shut it down last year. But there could still be hope for sites...
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Tapie Balks At DoJ Demands For Full Tilt Deal [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- A proposed $80m deal to buy Full Tilt Poker and reimburse non-US players collapsed on Tuesday as the potential buyer, Groupe Bernard Tapie, withdrew...
4/26/2012
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Williams & Connolly Challenges DOJ Asset Forfeiture Action
(Washington D.C.) -- Lawyers in Washington representing three corporate investment accounts at UBS Financial Services in Miami are mounting a legal challenge to unlock...
4/25/2012
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PokerStars in settlement talks with prosecutors
(Las Vegas) -- Online gaming giant PokerStars, which saw its access to American customers cut off by a federal indictment a year ago, said Tuesday it is in settlement...
4/24/2012
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Canadian Online Gambling Financials in the Aftermath
(Canada) -- After the occurrence of Black Friday, the day that shocked the world of online poker and online gambling to its core, as 3 major poker rooms got shut down...
4/20/2012
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Alderney Regulators Set Hearing for Full Tilt Unit [sub req'd]
(Alderney) -- Regulators in the offshore island of Alderney have set a public hearing for the licence application of a unit of Full Tilt Poker, the online gambling...
4/14/2012
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AGA chief issues statement marking Black Friday anniversary
(Washington D.C.) -- On Friday, April 15, 2011, the FBI shut down the websites of Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker charging the companies and several of...
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Black Friday To Now: A Timeline Of Poker Events
(USA) -- Black Friday caused a dramatic shift in the poker world. In addition to the drama of court cases, legislation for the industry became a more pressing issue both...
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Online Poker: One Year After the Biggest Bust in Gaming History
(USA) -- On the anniversary of the biggest shakeup in the online gaming world, poker in the digital age is a far cry from what it was just one year ago. But according to...
4/9/2012
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Why online poker pros are sitting idle in Sin City
(Las Vegas) -- When online poker sites were shut down by the US Department of Justice in April 2011 the accounts of many US-based poker players were frozen.
3/29/2012
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NY poker case judge delays ex Utah exec's plea
(New York) -- The government's plan to avoid a trial in its prosecution of defendants in a crackdown on Internet poker companies hit a snag Wednesday when a judge...
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Poker Showdown On Ice As Black Friday Pleas Stack Up [sub req'd]
(New York) -- Two defendants in the "Black Friday" case have folded their hand on what was gearing up to be the first major court challenge that online poker...
3/26/2012
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Las Vegas man pleads guilty in Online poker case
(New York) -- A Las Vegas man nearing trial in a case that shut down U.S. operations for three Internet poker companies has pleaded guilty in New York.
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Nevada Man Pleads Guilty in Online-Poker Case
(New York) -- A Nevada man, one of 11 people charged last year as part of a government crackdown on illegal Internet gambling, has pleaded guilty to helping offshore...
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Online Poker Payment Processor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
(New York) -- Chad Elie, a Las Vegas man who processed payments for online poker companies, pleaded guilty to a scheme to deceive banks into processing hundreds of...
3/25/2012
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The Week That Was: iSeries, Black Friday Trial, & New Gambling Laws
(USA) -- In order to survive, the poker world constantly has to adapt, be it to new laws, new television concepts, or something as extreme as Black Friday.
3/1/2012
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Online poker kings get cashed out
(Washington D.C.) -- When you've turned nothing into something once already, you tend to feel you can do it again. There's faith your luck will turn. Perhaps it...
2/28/2012
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Poker payment processor pleads guilty in NYC
(New York) -- A Canadian man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with a government crackdown on Internet poker gambling that shut down the three...
2/14/2012
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PokerStars: Walls Of Secrecy Tumble
(USA) -- As a privately held company, the walls of secrecy surrounding senior management and the operations of Poker Stars were rarely challenged before the United...
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PokerStars Launches PokerStars.eu
(Malta) -- On Monday, PokerStars utilized its new gaming license in Malta by launching www.pokerstars.eu, which the company says will benefit players in several European...
2/8/2012
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BLOG: Daniel Negreanu Expresses More Love for the Full Tilt Crew
(UK) -- Daniel Negreanu is in a zone. But this is no hot streak at the poker tables. Oh, no. Daniel Negreanu is all sorts of fired up about Full Tilt Poker.
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Federal Judge Refuses To Dismiss Online Poker Charges
(New York) -- The federal government’s criminal online poker case was dealt a winning hand on Tuesday when a federal judge in Manhattan denied motions to dismiss...
1/26/2012
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Tom "durrrr" Dwan Talks Full Tilt Poker, DOJ, and the Future of Online Poker
(Australia) -- Before the Aussie Millions Poker Championship, rumors swirled that Tom “durrrr” Dwan was spotted in Australia and would be attending the event...
1/17/2012
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Key player in Internet poker scheme bets on a plea bargain
(New York) -- He knew when to fold 'em. A career crook who duped American banks into processing billions of dollars in illegal Internet wagers struck a plea bargain...
12/23/2011
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Top-10 gambling industry stories of 2011
(USA) -- There are times when the Casino City editorial team really has to scrape the bottom of the barrel to come up with enough items to fill a top-10 list. Putting...
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Absolute Poker Founder Pleaded Guilty
(USA) -- One of the founders of the well-known poker room Absolute Poker was found guilty recently for infringing federal laws. The US Department of Justice brought...
12/20/2011
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'I knew it was illegal': Absolute Poker owner admits deceiving banks over gambling proceeds
(New York) -- The man behind one of the largest online poker companies has admitted deceiving U.S. banks over the processing of gambling money. Absolute Poker co-owner...
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Absolute Poker Exec Enters U.S. Guilty Plea [sub req'd]
(New York) -- A 31-year-old American on Tuesday became the first online poker executive to plead guilty to criminal charges brought by the Department of Justice in April...
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Absolute Poker founder pleads guilty to bank fraud and money laundering
(New York) -- Absolute Poker co-founder Brent Beckley entered a guilty plea today in response to charges of bank fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling offenses and...
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Internet Poker Operator Admits Deceit
(New York) -- One of the owners of a large Internet poker company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge of deceiving United States banks about the processing of...
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Man pleads guilty in connection with Internet poker crackdown
(New York) -- One of the 11 individuals indicted on April 15 during the federal government's crackdown on Internet poker pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District...
12/4/2011
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Editorial: Poker Scandal Plagues Industry
(USA) -- Six score years ago a vibrant American gaming industry was erased from the scene by a scandal. It was the second time that happened in US history. This one was...
12/1/2011
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Full Tilt, PokerStars, & Absolute Get Extension to Respond to Amended Complaint
(New York) -- On Nov. 30, the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York revealed that it granted Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker extensions to...
11/12/2011
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DOJ Responds to the Pretrial Motions of Elie & Campos
(Washington D.C.) -- On Friday, Pokerati reported that the United States Department of Justice filed a response to the pretrial motions of Chad Elie and John Campos, two...
11/7/2011
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No Poker Exemption In U.S. Online Ban, Insists DoJ [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- Arguments that federal gambling laws do not apply to online poker are “nothing more than exercises in wishful thinking,” according to...
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UIGEA Prosecutor Links Indicted Online Poker Mogul to Italian Mafia
(New York) -- The ever imaginative UIGEA Federal Prosecutor filed court papers which link an American online casinos and poker mogul (indicted on Black Friday) to the...
11/3/2011
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Full Tilt Poker Close to Settlement With U.S.
(Washington D.C.) -- A French investment group may be close to securing an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department that would allow the group to take control of the...
11/2/2011
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BRENNAN, Jr: Who escaped blame for Black Friday? You did.
(USA) -- Online poker in the US? What a disaster. Amazing how much the world can change in only six months, isn’t it? Libyan war – now over, Quaddafi dead...
10/3/2011
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Alderney Gambling Control Commission Addresses Full Tilt Poker Players
(UK) -- On Monday, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission released a statement addressing players who were looking to the AGCC to help in player issues and disputes...
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Defense Puts Cards on Table in NYC Poker Case
(New York) -- Defense lawyers for a Utah banker and a businessman indicted on gambling charges are trying to convince a federal judge that online poker isn't really...
9/25/2011
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A Poker Life: Devin Porter
(USA) -- When former online poker pro Devin Porter walked into an interview for a tech-support position at a web-based company he took a page out of popularized con...
9/14/2011
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Full Tilt To Cut Jobs At Irish HQ
(Ireland) -- Full Tilt, the Dublin-based poker site, said it will axe up to 250 jobs at its Dublin base as a result of the prosecutions that have seen it quit the US...
9/1/2011
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BLOG; Full Tilt tilts further into oblivion
(UK) -- THE SHAMBLES that is Full Tilt Poker is slipping deeper and deeper into darkness. After the aftermath of Black Friday, players still haven’t been paid back...
8/31/2011
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Black Friday Shrinks U.S. Online Lobbying Spend, Report Finds
(Washington D.C.) -- In the first half of 2011, lobbying spend on Internet gambling issues at the federal level fell markedly on a combination of unfavorable political...
8/23/2011
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ROGER GROS: Up Against the Wall
(USA) -- Usually, a federal prosecution isn’t good news for whatever sector of gambling is involved. In general, it taints whatever legitimate operators survive...
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Tilted! / Possible sale could resolve legal issues facing the online poker site
(USA) -- The remains of the Full Tilt Poker empire seemed likely to crumble even further last week after a regulatory body suspended the once-leading poker site’s...
8/13/2011
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Professional Poker Players from the US are Left with Little Options
(USA) -- When the Federal Government in the US shutdown the four top online poker sites on April 15th of this year, thousands of professional online poker players were...
8/11/2011
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Online poker ban sends pros elsewhere
(Las Vegas) -- The warnings sounded as early as May. "It's not often that the federal government shuts down the only means of income for hundreds of thousands...
8/7/2011
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Former online poker pro cashes in at Mohegan
(Pennsylvania) -- Byran Trischetta knows very well the meaning of “Black Friday” in the poker context. It was Friday, April 15 when the Department of Justice shut down...
8/5/2011
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Black Friday Continues to Affect Casinos Online
(USA) -- Almost four months ago the US Department of Justice forced the closure of major American online poker rooms based on their processing payments in an allegedly...
8/4/2011
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Exodus of online poker players under way
(Las Vegas) -- Like many people who moved to Las Vegas seeking opportunity, Shaun Deeb is considering leaving town for greener pastures. But unlike the recession-...
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Chuck Blount: Finding poker options in the gambling wasteland
(Texas) -- The recent federal crackdown on online poker effectively shut down the three major sites with instant precision. It also cut off the main poker revenue artery...
8/3/2011
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Full Tilt Poker Granted Secondary Gaming License
(Canada) -- The small gaming jurisdiction of Kahnawake has angered former Full Tilt Poker players by granting Full Tilt Poker a secondary gaming license.
8/2/2011
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Black Friday Shuffles U.S. Online Poker Lobby
(Washington D.C.) -- Wary of online gambling’s perception on Capitol Hill after “Black Friday”, America’s largest casino companies have endorsed...
7/17/2011
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English Harbour Closed – Englishharbour Casino Down Forever
(UK) -- English Harbour Casino has announced they will cease all operations world-wide. The reason for closing down one of the largest online casino operations is due to...
7/14/2011
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Jeremy Hunt – Hunts Out New UK Online Gambling Restrictions
(UK) -- Although there has been talk about UK online gambling restrictions in the recent past, the Black Friday closure of major US poker sites seems to have fired up...
7/10/2011
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STUTZ: Poker players find reason to unite
(Las Vegas) -- If anything positive has arisen in the three months since federal prosecutors imploded the Internet poker world, it's that the subject is no longer...
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UK set to reform online gaming
(Isle of Man) -- Isle of Man-based online gaming firm PokerStars should find out in the next couple of weeks whether it will have to earn United Kingdom regulatory...
7/9/2011
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America's online poker fans down to their last card
(UK) -- Not so long ago, FBI agents probing the activities of poker websites they believed to be illegally operating in the US identified nine wire transfers of about $...
7/5/2011
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Todd Terry and other poker players file class action suit against Full Tilt
(USA) -- It’s been a tumultuous period for Full Tilt Poker since Black Friday befell the poker world on April 15, 2011. While PokerStars has stayed well above the...
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Up Against the Wall / Online poker’s opportunities and challenges post ‘Black Friday’
(Washington D.C.) -- Usually, a federal prosecution isn’t good news for whatever sector of gambling is involved. In general, it taints whatever legitimate...
6/27/2011
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Online gambling advocates bet on legal future in U.S.
(Washington D.C.) -- That's despite a Department of Justice crackdown April 15 on the three largest online poker sites used by Americans for allegedly violating the...
6/26/2011
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The Chips Are Down In Vegas, But The World Series Of Poker Stars Are Still Out
(Las Vegas) -- The walkway leading to and from the center of the poker universe is full of smiling attendants and looks pretty lavish considering it's the boulevard...
6/25/2011
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Poker Celebs Show Their Skills Despite DOJ Crackdowns
(Las Vegas) -- Even though the Department of Justice shut down three of the most popular online poker websites back on April 15th of 2011 that has not deterred many...
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Poker tour sees increase after online closures
(Texas) -- In April, online poker players across the world were left scrambling for a new game. That's when federal prosecutors in New York announced indictments...
6/20/2011
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Barton Could Advance USA Online Poker Law This Week
(Washington D.C.) -- According to several published reports, an online poker bill sponsored by Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) could be introduced to the House of...
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Barton Poker Bill May be Coming This Week
(Washington D.C.) -- According to the Washington, D.C. Insider website TheHill.com, Rep. Joe Barton (R – Texas) could introduce his new online poker bill as early...
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Online poker next internet law in the works
(Washington D.C.) -- With all the laws being proposed in the United States Legislature this year, one more could be added this week to legalize online poker. According...
6/16/2011
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Global egaming growth hit by Black Friday, says H2
(UK) -- Global egaming growth is set to slow to 4.4% this year, according to H2 Gambling Capital, the slowest annual growth the industry has seen since the gambling data...
6/13/2011
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Frustration With Full Tilt Growing Among U.S. Poker Players
(USA) -- With their lives still in upheaval after Black Friday, professional online poker players in America are growing increasingly angry with Full Tilt, which has not...
6/8/2011
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NPR: Big Names May Skip Poker Tournament's Main Event
(Las Vegas) -- The World Series of Poker is taking a big hit after the Justice Department shut down online poker operators in April. That shutdown has meant fewer...
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U.S. online poker case defendant denied bail
(New York) -- One of several men accused of helping online poker websites dodge U.S. gambling laws lived in Central America for years to avoid a telemarketing fraud...
6/5/2011
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Gaming Operators Change .com Domain Names to Avoid US Action
(USA) -- The online gaming operator Bodog is one of many online operators that have changed their domain names this week to reduce the risks of the US authorities from...
6/4/2011
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Families Face Dire Straits After Online Poker Shutdown
(USA) -- Things had been looking up for Brian Mogelefsky in the weeks preceding “Black Friday.” The bursting of the real estate bubble, which almost...
6/1/2011
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Citing embarrassment of sponsor's actions, Phil Ivey sits out 2011 World Series of Poker
(Las Vegas) -- Poker standout Phil Ivey will not play in the 2011 World Series of Poker, saying in a statement that he was "embarrassed" his online poker...
5/27/2011
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Online poker crackdown leaves players scrambling
(Pennsylvania) -- Online poker will rise again in the United States, but it's going to be a while -- maybe two years or more -- before it returns to the level it was...
5/24/2011
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Black Friday Invites Consumer Protection Focus For Campbell Bill
(California) -- Framing the effort to legalize Internet gambling around raising federal tax revenues will not prove a successful strategy in a Republican-led Congress,...
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Guilty Plea in Online-Poker Case
(New York) -- A U.S. citizen admitted Monday to helping online-poker companies circumvent laws prohibiting the processing of Internet-gambling payments. Bradley Franzen...
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Online poker "payment processor" pleads guilty in gambling case
(New York) -- Bradley Franzen pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Monday, admitting that he played as a "payment processor" by helping Internet poker...
5/23/2011
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Franzen Pleads Guilty to Internet Gambling Charges, Cooperates With U.S.
(New York) -- Bradley Franzen, accused of helping to disguise Internet gambling payments, pleaded guilty to three counts, including taking part in conspiracies to commit...
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Ill. man pleads guilty in NYC Internet poker case
(New York) -- A Chicago man pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Monday, admitting that he helped Internet poker companies find banks to process millions of dollars in...
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Alderney ‘Comfortable’ On Full Tilt Liabilities
(California) -- The chief regulator with responsibility for licensing Full Tilt Poker in Alderney has said he is reassured that the beleaguered online poker operator...
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Black Friday Invites Consumer Protection Focus For Campbell Bill
(California) -- Framing the effort to legalize Internet gambling around raising federal tax revenues will not prove a successful strategy in a Republican-led Congress,...
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