The Zeitgeist
Key Takeaways
  • The loss of funds by players at Lock Poker will likely be talked about for some time to come, and will be added to the growing list of “loosely” regulated igaming sites that have closed their doors without returning their customers money.
  • The state’s online poker operators have been going head-to-head with their online poker series over the past several days, and will continue to do so through this week.
  • For the second week in a row, the US igaming industry will be attending a conference to discuss ways to grow. This week, GiGse gets underway in San Francisco California.

The Demise of Lock Poker

Lock Poker has finally closed its doors, but in doing so has failed to return millions of dollars to unfortunate players that had money on the site. This failure should provide the perfect platform for those advocating regulation of online poker as a form of consumer protection. However, those in favor of a complete ban of online poker will likely attempt to spin the failure of Lock Poker and the financial losses of its customers in their favor.