Poker Player Blog

Influential Casino Owner Does NOT Support Online Gaming—Chairman of the Las Vegas Sands and campaign contributor, Adelson may hold up the passing of a national law. Adelson is a fixture of the Las Vegas gaming community and unlike many of his colleagues he does not see the positives of legalized online gaming outweighing the negatives. [...]

Pokerstars Players Cashing Out— Pokerstars has reported to the media that it has begun processing accounts after two weeks of frozen online assets. There are several ways a player can withdraw the money from their account including wire transfer, paper check or an e-check to your online or offline account. Tournament tickets held by players [...]

Feds Seize Major Poker Sites—The claims of the federal government are pretty serious with Full Tilt, Pokerstars and AB Poker all accused of money laundering, fraud and operating illegally. The websites as well as the bank accounts of the casinos have been frozen by the government. Pokerstars, in reaction to today’s drama, has stopped taking [...]

Nevada Gaming Economy— This week the Nevada Gaming Commission released its financial stats. The state that includes Reno and Las Vegas reported $877 million in gaming revenue. This sounds like a lot but actually represents a stagnation in the state’s economy. Some casinos saw small increases while others saw decreases as high as six percent. [...]