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Sensible Decision Black Friday altered the online poker world in the US, and I am sure that most people would agree that that is a huge understatement. And as we have all come to know, PokerStars was one of the very first sites targeted in the seizures made by the US Department of Justice. And [...]

PokerStars Bank Account Freed The US Department of Justice has released one of the bank accounts that was seized on Black Friday. PokerStars will obviously take this as good news as they are able to recover all assets in the Luxembourg Bank Account in the name of Sphene International. One requirement that was made by [...]

Subject: Poker Reports Online poker site, Subject: Poker, has cited through their own sources that the US Attorney in Maryland is planning on seizing money and other company belongings from a payment processor who was said to have worked with Merge Gaming Network. Subject: Poker’s report is not clear and it does not give specifics [...]

Department of Justice Releases Account For the first time in a long time PokerStars is getting a bit of good news this week. A long while after Black Friday the US Department of Justice is releasing one of the bank accounts that were seized. There is a requirement however, and that is that the account [...]

Indiana Gaming Commission Black Friday took much away from a large amount of undeserving people. And now that most players can no longer enjoy the game they love in front of the computer they are beginning to turn to small games with friends in the comfort of their home. These games go on everywhere all [...]

Malta Gambling Commission Lock Poker is in the news facing more possible trouble, but it is not from the US this time. The Merge Network site is under scrutiny because they have been displaying the seal of approval of the Malta Gambling Commission which it is not licensed for. The MGA has stated that they [...]

Dropping Out of 5 Countries It is important to remember, but at this point in time this story is more hear say than anything but the Entraction Poker Network is said to be ending service to Turkey, Israel, Canada, Norway, and Russia. Entraction has not released any official public statements yet but the reason is [...]

September 2011 For the month of September PartyPoker is offering a sign-up bonus of up to $500 at 100%. The bonus works for your initial cash deposit and is only accepted if you use the Bonus Code 500PS. After completing all the initial set-up steps is when you really start to make your money. PartyPoints [...]

New Jersey Working on Legislation In complete lack of cooperation with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the state of New Jersey is working on drafting a bill to legalize online poker in the state. Senator Rayemond Lesniak from New Jersey thinks that every state has the right to develop online poker policies in preparation for [...]

Highly Disputed Some people view Black Friday of the downfall of online poker in the United States, but at the same time it has been the main impetus in the movement for legalized online poker in the US. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has spoken out in saying that each and every state should [...]