Molly Bloom, the woman at the center of the Hollywood poker scandal, has formally responded to a lawsuit filed against her and denies organizing the high stakes poker games that were held at luxury hotels, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. The lawsuit was filed against Bloom in the United States Bankruptcy Court for $473,2000 by Howard [...]
AGA poker bill due in autumn The American Gaming Association ( AGA) will not support Congressman Joe Barton’s internet poker bill and will instead push new legislation in the autumn which would favour Nevada and New Jersey as licensing and regulatory authorities in a future US egaming market. The AGA-backed poker-only bill would also differ [...]
Jose ‘Girah’ Macedo, also known as the Portuguese prodigy, barely just got named the winner of BLUFF Pro Challenge, before he was stripped of victory. The just 18-year-old aspiring ‘durrrr Challenge’ participant, Jose’ girah ‘Macedo, was in April beaten rolling at the virtual tables at sponsor Lock Poker on the Merge Network. $ 104,000 was [...]
International Game Technology (IGT) has launched a cash offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Entraction Holding AB at a price equivalent to approximately $11.11 per share, or a total consideration of approximately $115 million. The Entraction Board of Directors has recommended the offer to its shareholders. Established in 2000 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, [...]
World Team Poker has announced that its Championship Event, scheduled for May 24, 25 and 26, 2011 at the South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa will be rescheduled for later this summer. “The recent developments in online poker has had a rippling effect throughout the poker industry,” said Michael A. Christian, CEO of World Team [...]
Gigi Levy, chief executive of 888 Holdings for almost five years, has announced he is to step down to “pursue other interests” but will remain on the board. In a statement to the stock exchange this morning 888 said its CEO would “commit up to 50% of his time for the next six months” to [...]
