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Following the publication of secret audio tapes which discussed the UltimateBet poker site cheating scandal of 2003-2007 on Friday, online poker pro Phil Hellmuth has made a public statement of regret regarding his involvement with the site. The three hour recording, which involved former owner of Ultimate Bet Russ Hamilton and iovation CEO Greg Pierson, among others, hears the men discussing how to keep Phil Hellmuth from discovering the depth of......

After taking a blow in 2011 with a US government crackdown on online poker sites, the international poker industry is showing major signs of recovery. According to online poker cash game traffic monitoring site, Poker Scout, the number of players sitting down to ring games in the past 8 weeks has shown its first weekly climb. The growing number of players is due to several factors, including a more settled......

Tuesday, 30th April 2013 is an exciting day for United States online poker players, especially for those players located in Nevada. The first regulated and legal online poker site, Ultimate Poker, has gone live in Nevada today. This is the first legalized and regulated online poker site that has gone live in the United States. The new online poker site runs on its own specially created online poker software.......

MPN, Microgaming’s online poker network, is launching an exiting online poker promotion. Players get to join in with a risk-free tournament, with the winning players winning package deals to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) poker tournament that will be taking place in Las Vegas in the summer. There will be a number of satellite tournaments offered to players across the MPN. The winners receive packages worth €3,000 to......

Full Tilt Poker has announced an exciting new option for its online poker players. The new addition to the online poker site’s software is available to all players, but is especially useful to new online poker players. Full Tilt Poker recently announced that it has done a software update, and included in this update is a special new poker table that is specifically for the use of those who are beginner......

Online poker players in the United States can once again enjoy online poker from Poker Stars. Poker Stars has created a mobile application that is also available to players in the United States. This means that players in the United States may now play the Poker Stars mobile app on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer. The Poker Stars app is available to......

Interpoker has informed its players by email that it will be moving from the International Poker Network (IPN) to the Ongame Network. Ongame Network is owned by the Amaya Gaming group. Amaya is an online gaming company that is based in Canada. The move will take place towards the end of April. This move of networks has been on the cards for some time now, and......

Since online gambling has been legalized in Nevada, there will now be some exciting changes ahead. The very popular online gambling giant 888 Holdings is one of the first online poker companies to have received an online gambling license in Nevada. Nevada awarded 888 Holdings with the Internet gaming license, which gives the European gambling company the chance to offer its online poker wares soon. 888 Holdings is......

Microgaming, the online gaming software provider, runs the Microgaming Poker Network. Microgaming is currently celebrating that this year is the tenth year that they have offered online poker to players around the world. When Microgaming originally launched online poker, it was branded as Prima Poker. This launch took place in March in 2003. Some of the biggest online poker brands were using the Prima Poker network, and each......

There has been much news coming out of the United States regarding the legalization of online gambling in one form or another on a state level. This week, there has been a new development regarding online poker in the state of New York. During a recent budget debate in New York state, two State Senators made a suggestion regarding legalizing and taxing online poker in New York, noting that the......