January 6, 2014
New Jersey online poker players are visiting the newly regulated and licensed websites in growing numbers, reports the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout, noting that the facilities offered by the Borgata-PartyPoker partnership over last weekend topped the 24-hour peak player statistic of 640. To give that number some perspective, it beats the Chico network’s 529 […]
January 3, 2014
Pokerstars’ end-of-year critical blog commentary on the failure and auction of the Atlantic Club casino has been interpreted as more than just a parting shot at owners who walked away from a deal with the online poker giant, only to drive their own company to ruination. On Thursday the online poker information site Online Poker […]
December 15, 2013
New Jersey Assemblyman Ralph Caputo – a former land casino exec – has spoken out in favour of the Division of Law Enforcement’s decision to suspend the Pokerstars online gambling licence application for up to two years unless changes are made at the online poker giant. In a public statement released by his office, Caputo […]
December 12, 2013
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement delivered a disappointing decision on the Pokerstars-Resorts Casino online gambling licence application Wednesday, telling the partnership that its application would be suspended for two years due to an “unresolved federal indictment” against Pokerstars founder Isai Scheinberg. The indictment referred to harks back to April 2011 and Black Friday. […]
November 26, 2013
With New Jersey online gambling now moving into full commercial operations, major companies are gearing up their promotional efforts in the new market, with the Party Poker and World Series of Poker brands especially prominent. The former is vigorously promoting www.njpartypoker.com, with Mike Sexton, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame and founding father […]
November 20, 2013
Rational Group, the parent company for Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, has reportedly been denied a New Jersey online gambling licence in its partnership with Atlantic City casino and hotel Resorts. Breaking the news late Tuesday after speculation earlier this week that a licence would not be forthcoming, the information site Poker News quoted “…a […]
November 16, 2013
With less than a week to go before the soft launch of New Jersey online gambling, the Pokerstars-Resorts partnership has still not appeared on the latest list of participants thus far approved by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, heightening speculation that there may be a problem with the partnership’s application. The latest list of […]
November 8, 2013
Two more new websites have gone up in preparation for the opening of the intrastate New Jersey online gambling market later this month. Ultimate Gaming, the parent group for Nevada’s first legal online poker site Ultimate Poker.com, has launched ucasino.com and is busy registering players for a software package of online casino and poker action […]