- Lock Poker Removes Sponsored Pros From Website.
- $82m in US Full Tilt Repayments “Weeks Away”.
- PokerStars to Use Same Hotel for EPT Barcelona 2014.
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10. Traffic at Offshore US Sites Rises As Regulated Sites Ramp-Up Marketing
Media attention on New Jersey could well help promote online poker US-wide. While much US poker media attention is focused on New Jersey, the non-state regulated sites which accept US players have continued to offer online poker across the US. Their cash game traffic numbers suggest that they might be unintended beneficiaries of New Jersey gaming liberalization and the subsequent marketing push.
9. New Jersey Online Poker Tournament Report: January 19, 2014
Pokerfuse highlights some of the options now available to play online poker tournaments in New Jersey. As winter runs its course, the New Jersey online poker rooms are running some big promotions and large guaranteed tournaments to celebrate the New Year—and try to capture their share of the new market.
8. Internet Gaming Bill Expected in Louisiana
Potential revenue for the state and concerns over consumer protections could prompt the introduction of a bill to regulate online gaming in the state of Louisiana.
7. Bovada Starts the Year by Raising Tournament Guarantees
Over $100k a week has been added to guarantees across the range of buyins. Bodog’s US facing brand, Bovada has raised the tournament guarantees on many of its most popular tournaments. Over $100k a week in increased guarantees has been applied to signature tournaments with buyins ranging from $5.50 to $215.
6. partypoker Restructures MTT Schedule
Bigger guarantees and faster structures in party’s revamped tourney schedule. partypoker has announced a new weekly MTT schedule on its primary dot-com network. The new schedule promises more variety, and bigger guarantees.
5. New Jersey Online Poker Promotions: Player’s Guide for January 2014
Since the arrival of online poker in New Jersey, fans of the game residing in the remaining states yet to pass legislation allowing real money poker online can only hope that their states will soon regulate online poker as well. Seeing some of the enticing promotions being offered to those that can play in New Jersey may only serve to increase the yearning, so if you can not play in the Garden State, you may want to look away.
4. Ivey Poker to Unveil Ivey League Training Site
A year after buying LeggoPoker, Phil Ivey is ready to teach the world how to play better poker. The Ivey League poker training site will officially launch later this month, according to a post on the IveyPoker website.
3. PokerStars to Use Same Hotel for EPT Barcelona 2014
Players staying at the hotel in 2013 suffered “sharking” attacks on laptops stolen from their rooms. PokerStars has confirmed that the 2014 EPT Barcelona will continue to use the Hotel Arts, Barcelona in spite of security issues that surfaced last year.
2. $82m in US Full Tilt Repayments “Weeks Away”
30,000 undisputed claims have been approved by the US Department of Justice. The US Department of Justice has approved the repayment of $82 million dollars back to ex-US players of Full Tilt Poker.
1. Lock Poker Removes Sponsored Pros From Website
Embattled US facing online poker site Lock Poker removed all traces of sponsored pros from its website earlier this month. Supplementary homepage graphics featuring Lock Pros have disappeared, and the once prominent “Lock Pros” tab is gone as well.
