WSOP Birthplace Applies to Shuffle Up and Deal Online in Nevada

Ever since 1970, when Benny Binion gathered seven of the world’s best-known poker players to his Horseshoe Casino at 128 East Fremont Street for the first ever World Series of Poker, that tournament has captured the hearts and minds of poker players around the world. That was way back in the prehistoric poker playing Pleistocene … Read more

International Stadiums Poker Tour Adds Poker Pro Benyamine as Ambassador

“What?! Online poker tournaments where thousands of players participate both online and live in huge sports stadiums around the world? Are you crazy?” That had to be the response from at least a few proposed sponsors and venture capitalists approached by French businessman, politician, actor, singer, and TV host Bernard Tapie. He founded the International … Read more

Online Poker and Casino Gambling for Virtual Money Hits Facebook

For all of you Facebook fans out there, and there are certainly hundreds of millions of you, a brand-new virtual poker room and casino has just opened up on your favorite social network. RocketPlay is an online gaming company based in the United Kingdom, where multiple “play for pay” online betting services are allowed to legally operate. They recently opened the “Sports Casino” on Facebook, and it bears a striking resemblance to many of the real money online betting services that already operate in the UK and other countries. RocketPlay currently offers five casino games including a poker room and a sports book, which allow betting virtual money on the outcome of professional football, hockey, basketball and baseball games.

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Daily Fantasy Sports Hits 5Dimes Online Sportsbook

Have you ever fantasized about the 5Dimes sportsbook? Well now you can. Fantasy football has become big business, and it recently showed up in an online sportsbook. Fantasy sports participation in general, managing “fantasy” versions of Major League Baseball, National League Football, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association teams, saw $800 million directly spent … Read more

Fast Forward Fold Feature Speeds up Online Poker

If you have ever been stuck at an online poker table in a sit and go where every single one of your opponents take the maximum amount of time available to make a decision, you will love fast-forward fold poker. This revolutionary new feature which is arriving at many of the better known online poker … Read more

UK Facebook Gets Real Money Gambling – US Next

With Facebook’s share price at about half of what its IPO launched for, and many industry analysts negative on the prospects of that massive social network to generate any significant growth in the near future, Mark Zuckerberg is trying to turn that around. Something that Facebook has been talking about for some time now is adding a real money gambling option for Facebook users in nations where online gambling is legal. That has now become a reality for the first time, as Facebook users in the UK can now play bingo and slots for cold, hard cash.

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Full Tilt Players Reimbursed This Year – Buyout a Done Deal?

April 15, 2011 is not a date that the owners and players of Full Tilt Poker look upon with fond memories. That is the day that the United States Department of Justice shut them down with no warning, all sorts of federal charges of illegalities followed, and the site has still not yet paid back … Read more

Bovada Casino Giving 50% Cash Back on Friday Promotion

In our many years of research (and playing) in online casinos, sportsbooks, poker rooms and bingo halls we have seen all types of promotions, welcome bonuses and new games come and go. And it seems like most online casinos must hire teams of lawyers to make the promotional bonus wording so incredibly difficult to understand … Read more