September 22, 2017
The Iowa tribe of Oklahoma, working through its Isle of Man subsidiary Ioway Internet Gaming Enterprise Limited, has secured an online gambling licence from the IOM Gambling Supervision Commission, opening the door for its plans to launch an international online poker enterprise. The licence comes a little less than two years after the tribe first […]
December 14, 2016
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is to acquire a controlling 51 percent interest in its Pokertribe.com software partner, Fred Khalilian’s Universal Entertainment Group, for $10 million according to a report in the Oklahoman newspaper, quoting the notorious entrepreneur. Approached by the newspaper, the tribe’s chairman, Billy Walkup, confirmed the $10 million price tag for a […]
October 21, 2016
Having gone to considerable trouble and legal expense to get state acceptance of its intention to operate an international real-money poker site branded Pokertribe from tribal lands (see previous reports), the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and its commercial partner Universal Entertainment Group appear to be experiencing practical difficulty in getting the project off the ground. […]
April 20, 2016
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma’s tenacity in pursuing a business strategy to offer international online poker through servers located on tribal land (see previous reports) could be about to bear fruit. After final arguments presented to U.S. District Judge David L. Russell following an indication from the state government earlier this year that it would […]
April 7, 2016
The Iowa tribe of Oklahoma’s long fight to be allowed to operate an international online poker site from its tribal territory appears to be reaching a successful conclusion. The Journal Record reports that the tribe and arbitrator Charles Chapel met with federal Judge David Russell this week for another discussion on the proposed PokerTribe.com venture, […]