December 25, 2013
US newspapers, especially those on the East Coast, have been reporting legislative moves to expand New York state land gambling facilities for some months, and on Monday the issue jumped into the headlines again with a speculative report that the parent group of the online poker giant Pokerstars – the Isle of Man-based Rational Group […]
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 13, 2013
Dmitry Holdeew, a German player who qualified via a Pokerstars satellite competition, has claimed the honours – and the Euro 226,400 first prize – in the Eureka Prague main event in the Czech capital. To do so, he had to survive an entry list of 1,314 other players, a tough final table and a tense […]
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 28, 2013
Getting in on the festive season spirit next (December) month, online poker operator Pokerstars has released details of its planned December Festival, with $27 million laid aside for guaranteed prize pools. The Festival will take place over 22 days starting December 1 and will be rich in special tournament and ring-game promotions and content. It […]
November 27, 2013
The PokerStars MicroMillions 6 series ended this week, delivering a set of figures that, whilst not quite matching the record-breaking edition 4 in the series, still delivered impressive statistics. The 100 events generated a prize pool totalling $8,823,501.19 and 1,420,306 entrants, second only to MicroMillions 4, where 1,572,760 entries generated a prize pool of $9,588,892.60. […]
November 26, 2013
Pokerstars marketers have come up with a novel reason to hold satellite qualifiers online – a new television show titled “The Shark Cage” which will feature a prize of $1 million. The first two televised heats of the show will take place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January 2014, according to a Pokerstars statement […]
November 20, 2013
Crown Melbourne and Pokerstars have announced that the 2014 Aussie Millions poker tournament main event will become part of the PokerStars.net Asia-Pacific Poker Tour next year. The sixteenth annual edition of the Aussie Millions commences on January 23 and includes a A$10,600 buy-in main event starting February 2, along with A$25,000 buy-in Challenge; A$100,000 buy-in […]
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
Kudos to online poker company Pokerstars, which reacted remarkably quickly in setting up fund-raising efforts for the victims of the massively destructive Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. In just 48 hours the company’s Helping Hands program facilitated the donation from players of $100,000, which Pokerstars will match as promised. The Rational Group, which owns Pokerstars […]