Online Poker Blog» Poker Law – Online Poker Blog – HoldemReview.com http://www.holdemreview.com/blog Online Poker Room News, Promotions, etc. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:46:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt Poker http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/class-action-lawsuit-filed-full-tilt-poker/2288 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/class-action-lawsuit-filed-full-tilt-poker/2288#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:43:49 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=2288 Even as Phil Ivey drops his $150 million lawsuit against former sponsor Full Tilt Poker, several lesser known players – or rather, former players – at the site have filed a class action lawsuit against the site. Filed on Thursday, June 30, 2011 in U.S. District Court South District of New York, four plaintiffs S...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt Poker

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Full Tilt PokerPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/class-action-lawsuit-filed-full-tilt-poker/2288/feed 0 Full Tilt Poker Shuts Down All Operations http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/full-tilt-poker-shuts-operations/2257 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/full-tilt-poker-shuts-operations/2257#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:09:50 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=2257 First it was only Full Tilt Poker’s American operations that got shut down. But now, as of Wednesday, June 29, 2011, regulators in the British Channel Isles shut down Full Tilt Poker’s international operations as well. Already FTP owes American players around $150 in player funds seized when the site’s ass...

Full Tilt Poker Shuts Down All Operations

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Full Tilt Poker Shuts Down All OperationsPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/full-tilt-poker-shuts-operations/2257/feed 0 DOJ Closes Down 10 More Online Poker, Casino & Sports Betting Sites http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/doj-closes-10-online-poker-casino-sports-betting-sites/2155 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/doj-closes-10-online-poker-casino-sports-betting-sites/2155#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 17:48:26 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=2155 Another 10 online gambling websites have been closed by the US government for violating laws against allowing United States residents to play there, and unlike on April 15, 2011, or Black Friday, on Monday, May 23, 2011, or Blue Monday, it wasn’t just online poker websites affected by online casino and sportsbetting s...

DOJ Closes Down 10 More Online Poker, Casino & Sports Betting Sites

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DOJ Closes Down 10 More Online Poker, Casino & Sports Betting SitesPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/doj-closes-10-online-poker-casino-sports-betting-sites/2155/feed 0 Poker Players Alliance Goes (Back) to Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/poker-players-alliance-washington/2113 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/poker-players-alliance-washington/2113#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 09:51:54 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=2113 After the events of Black Friday, the battle for legal online poker in the U.S. has taken on new heights. The CEOs of land-based gambling establishments like Caesars and Wynn have issued statements supporting U.S. poker players’ right to play online. And former Senator Alfonse D’Amato has called out the attack d...

Poker Players Alliance Goes (Back) to Washington

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Poker Players Alliance Goes (Back) to WashingtonPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/poker-players-alliance-washington/2113/feed 0 Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker Promises U.S. Payouts http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/poker-stars-full-tilt-poker-promises-payouts/2065 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/poker-stars-full-tilt-poker-promises-payouts/2065#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:20:46 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=2065 After the F.B.I. seized the domain names of PokerStars.com and FullTiltPoker.com effectively shutting down operations for U.S. customers at those sites, players with money still sitting in a Full Tilt Poker or Poker Stars real money player account started wondering whether or not they’d ever see that money again. The ...

Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker Promises U.S. Payouts

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Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker Promises U.S. PayoutsPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/poker-stars-full-tilt-poker-promises-payouts/2065/feed 0 F.B.I. Seizes, Shuts Down Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, Others http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/fbi-seizes-shuts-full-tilt-poker-poker-stars/2045 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/fbi-seizes-shuts-full-tilt-poker-poker-stars/2045#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:05:07 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=2045 The war against online poker has taken a new turn as the U.S. federal government finally does more than bare its teeth and actually bites down, taking a sizable chunk out of the body of players and operators still playing poker as usual inside U.S. borders. To be blunt, the FBI just shut down Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars an...

F.B.I. Seizes, Shuts Down Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, Others

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F.B.I. Seizes, Shuts Down Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars, OthersPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/fbi-seizes-shuts-full-tilt-poker-poker-stars/2045/feed 0 Legal US Online Poker Gets Strange Supporter In MasterCard http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/legal-online-poker-strange-supporter-mastercard/1805 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/legal-online-poker-strange-supporter-mastercard/1805#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:25:56 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1805 The effort to legalize online poker and other forms of online gambling in the United States has gotten a heap of support from an unexpected source, namely MasterCard, which wants to be able to legally process payments from this lucrative venture. A recent disclosure came out revealing that MasterCard had lobbied the US fede...

Legal US Online Poker Gets Strange Supporter In MasterCard

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Legal US Online Poker Gets Strange Supporter In MasterCardPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/legal-online-poker-strange-supporter-mastercard/1805/feed 0 South Carolina State Supreme Court To Hear Poker Arguments http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/south-carolina-state-supreme-court-hear-poker-arguments/1590 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/south-carolina-state-supreme-court-hear-poker-arguments/1590#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:20:36 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1590 The legal U.S. poker war rages on, and one of the biggest battlefronts today is South Carolina, where the poker argument is being taken all the way up to the Supreme Court. The South Carolina Supreme Court is shortly going to listen to arguments about poker being a game of skill or luck. The decision on this pressing questi...

South Carolina State Supreme Court To Hear Poker Arguments

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South Carolina State Supreme Court To Hear Poker ArgumentsPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/south-carolina-state-supreme-court-hear-poker-arguments/1590/feed 0 Rep. Barney Frank Discusses Legal U.S. Online Poker On Late Show With Jay Leno http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/rep-barney-frank-discusses-legal-online-poker-late-show-jay-leno/1490 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/rep-barney-frank-discusses-legal-online-poker-late-show-jay-leno/1490#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:49:05 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1490 “Barney Goes to Hollywood”. We’ve been following the story of the battle in Congress, headed up by representative Barney Frank of Massachussetts, to leagalize and regulate online gambling, including online poker, in the United States. And this week we’ve followed it all the way to late night TV. The ...

Rep. Barney Frank Discusses Legal U.S. Online Poker On Late Show With Jay Leno

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Rep. Barney Frank Discusses Legal U.S. Online Poker On Late Show With Jay LenoPost from: Online Poker Site News ]]> http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/rep-barney-frank-discusses-legal-online-poker-late-show-jay-leno/1490/feed 0 New Jersey Legal Online Poker Faces New Opposition http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/jersey-legal-online-poker-faces-opposition/1298 http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/poker-law/jersey-legal-online-poker-faces-opposition/1298#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:29:48 +0000 James Washington http://www.holdemreview.com/blog/?p=1298 The move for legal online poker for residents within the state of New Jersey is facing new opposition as of last week, when it was revealed that the New Jersey Casino Association is fully (and loudly) against it. The New Jersey Casino Association, the representative body for all eleven land-based casinos in Atlantic City, o...

New Jersey Legal Online Poker Faces New Opposition

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