Monday night, the US Department of Justice seized ten domains—some poker, some sports—including Bookmaker.com, one of the bigger (and better) online sportsbooks, and DoylesRoom.com, a poker site known for its longtime affiliation with hat-wearin’ Texan Doyle Brunson. The immediate lesson is that online sportsbooks and poker rooms won’t be able to use .com domains. More [...]
Investigative Journalist, Haley Hintze, who is known for her intense investigations into some of the deepest and darkest online gambling issues has authored an intriguing book about online poker and the deception that goes on inside. One of the most prominent stories written about in this new poker book is the scandal that hit Absolute [...]
The American president of a Costa Rica-based company is facing up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to illegally processing payments for Internet poker firms. Bradley Franzen, 41, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling offenses, Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of [...]
The head of a poker advocacy group said Tuesday players have had mixed results in getting money refunded from online gaming companies shut down last month in a federal crackdown. His best guess was that $100 million to $500 million might be involved. “It’s difficult to estimate. There are people like myself who had $56 [...]
The parent company of online poker websites Absolute poker and Ultimate Bet said Monday it laid off 11 sponsored poker professionals in the United States as two of its executives face charges of tricking banks into processing illegal gambling payments. Antigua-based Blanca Games said it has severed ties to players including Joe Sebok, Prahlad Friedman, [...]
Blanca Games Inc. (“Blanca”), operator of online poker rooms Absolute poker and UB, issued the following statement: Blanca can confirm that Costa Rican officials visited the office of Innovative Data Solutions (“IDS”), the former customer service centre of Absolute poker and UB in Costa Rica. The Organismo de Investigaciones Judiciales (“OIJ”) took action yesterday to [...]
