July 17, 2014
Satoshi Poker, a Bitcoin-currency online poker enterprise that was at one time regarded as an up-and-coming competitive threat to its rivals, appears to have fallen on hard times. Posting on the Bit Coin Talk.org forum this week, former owner Bart Van Oort lamented that the new management, whom he identified as Ragnar del Torres, running […]
July 11, 2014
Betcoin Poker, an online poker site that permits players to use Bitcoin virtual currency, has widened the playing options for its players by opening access to sit and go and multi-table tournament action on the Winning Poker network. The site hitherto kept its player pool divorced from the network, although it uses Winner’s software, and […]
June 3, 2014
One of the pioneer online poker sites to accept Bitcoin as a currency, Satoshi Poker, has been acquired by new operator BurnTurn.eu for an undisclosed consideration. The Antiguan-licensed operator issued a statement Tuesday announcing that the acquisition of Satoshi Poker became effective on June 1 2014, and that the terms of sale give BurnTurn access […]
April 29, 2014
The launch of a new Bitcoin-denominated online poker network is imminent, according to a report in the publication Coin Report this week, which reveals that online poker software provider Enterra is behind the project. The new network is apparently specifically designed to allow skins to accept Bitcoins for deposits and withdrawals Enterra CEO, Dimitry Starostenkov, […]
April 16, 2014
Dutch entrepreneur and Satoshi Poker founder Bart van Oort is offering Satoshi Poker.org for sale via a 48-hour auction after just one year of operation. van Oort is touting the sale of the Bitcoin-only poker domain on bitcointalk.org saying he no longer has the time or personal stability to move the business forward to its […]
February 11, 2014
The Bitcoin-friendly online poker site SealsWithClubs was launched in August 2011 as one of the pioneering sites accepting the virtual currency, and it’s had more than its fair share of attacks by password hackers and distributed denial of services (DDoS) crooks. However, chief exec Bryan Micon says that the hassles have ultimately been to the […]
February 5, 2014
In what seems to be a rather clumsy scam using a gmail address, attempts were made this week to con Merge Poker Network players on the PokerHost skin into sending Bitcoins in order to fund their accounts, with a sweetener of a 25 percent discount. The poker information site Pokerfuse reports that the fraudsters behind […]
February 3, 2014
Online gambling software developer BetSoft Gaming has launched new Bitcoin support for licensees of BTC Poker Network. “Implementing this support for Bitcoin transactions gives players yet another choice of currency to use when playing our 3D games at any of the rooms on the BTC Poker Network platform,” said Anthony Locke, BetSoft’s head of product […]
January 22, 2014
Swedish software developer Cubeia will integrate Bitcoin currency in its B2B poker network to support the company’s expansion into new markets. Fredrik Johansson, chief executive of Cubeia says the adoption of the decentralised, peer-to-peer currency is the next logical step in the online gambling sector providing players with the convenience of immediate cash-outs without transaction […]
January 9, 2014
The Winning Poker Network has announced that it will accept Bitcoin deposits. The network, which includes major skins like Americas Cardroom, has said it will accept deposits in the virtual currency, which will be converted to dollars at the tables, but that withdrawals will remain in US dollars for now. The online poker network is […]