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More Bad News For Online Gaming: In the DOJ's Crosshairs?
Interesting article up at Fox News that seems to make for chilling reading if you're a fan of online gaming. But that's not the case anymore. In March 2006, President Bush signed the…
Read the articleFormer Senator Al D'amato Pitching Online Poker?
I've been hearing some buzz about a heavy-hitter coming to the aid of online poker and from what I can tell PokerHelper may be the first to actually name him as former US Senator Al…
Read the articleNETeller says U.S. authorities seized funds
What was once considered paranoid speculation is now fact. NETELLER Works to Return Funds to US Customers After US Withdrawal 8 February 2007 - NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the leading…
Read the articleMore Troubles In Online Poker Land
Looks like the folks who cut paper checks for PokerStars, Chexx Inc, are getting out of the online gaming business this week. That will add yet another online poker site who has very…
Read the articleFalse Alarm: No Boycott
After giving it a great deal of thought, I've decided not to support the boycott of online poker sites that I recently recommended. I've come to the conclusion that the US facing poker…
Read the articleBoycott Online Poker
When I first read Full Shill Poker's post suggesting a boycott of online poker rooms I thought it was the stupidest thing I read in the last week (sorry, no lifetime achievment award…
Read the articleJanuary Peak Player Numbers
Numbers are via PokerSiteScout The red line indicates the Neteller cutoff. Some interesting observations: * Stars was on a downward slope from the beginning of the year. The Neteller…
Read the articleScrew The Man
So Haley's busting my chops about being too glass-half-empty. She made a comment about one of my posts which I won't re-fight here because she's wrong :-) But Haley was chop busting even…
Read the articleNeteller Shakeout Speed Linking
Rather than offer commentary I thought I would just post some links to a few quality posts I ran across. Russ Fox posted some very interesting thoughts. I especially like the way he…
Read the articleWhy ACH Went Away
As I've posted in the past, taking away EFT and ACH from the online gaming world is not difficult. In fact, it turns out that it's a lot easier than even I thought it would be. Last week…
Read the articleSo What Happened To The Poker Rooms This Week?
Well folks, a one week comparison is far from statistically relevant but let's take a gander at what this week dished up compared to last week. Poker Room US 1/21 1/14 Change PokerStars…
Read the articleBrits Show Some Balls - Maybe
As recently reported , the DOJ has asked banks in the UK to turn over records pertaining to advising online gaming companies. Well it looks like those British chaps may have grown a pair…
Read the articleCan You Hear Me Now? US Gaming Probe Rocks Top Banks
I'm not totally sure what to make of this other than it's not good news. The Times Online (a respected paper in the UK) is reporting that many of the top banks have been issued subpoenas…
Read the articleA Week of Payment Processor Chaos
Geeze, I'm not even sure where to start. Amy and I have chatted via email about the sky is/is-not falling posts. I don't know if we actually came to any real agreement but I think we…
Read the articleNeteller Fallout Or Strange Timing
Mansion has announced that they're going to continue their money-losing $100K a Day promotion through Feb. They've also announced that the time has been changed from 0300 GMT to 1800…
Read the articleSorry Amy, The Sky Is Falling
Amy writes a piece in Poker News which is exactly what I spoke of yesterday regarding those who tell you anything other than what I'm saying are seriously mistaken about how the money…
Read the articleLet's Talk Numbers
Some people have been asking what the total impact is of the Neteller pullout. Before we get into that, let's make the very, very, very big assumption other payment processors won't be…
Read the articleUltimate Bet Responds With A Deposit Bonus
Well, you gotta give it to Ultimate Bet for characterizing two high-profile arrests as "some changes in the online poker industry." Due to some changes in the online poker industry,…
Read the articleThe Other Shoe Drops: Neteller Completely Exits US Market
Some people asked me yesterday why Neteller was only stopping InstaCash transfers and my response was that because Neteller plans on exiting the market completely and stopping InstaCash…
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