Weekly Update from Rich Muny, VP of Player Relations, I have great news for everyone. PPA had two excellent appearances on Capitol Hill last week! The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing to examine the potential impact of Internet gaming regulation on Indian tribal interests on Thursday, November 17th. PPA Chairman former Sen. D’Amato testified...
US Sentate Hearing on Online Gaming
New PPA Anouncement: The United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be holding a historic oversight hearing on the future of internet gaming on Thursday, November 17, 2011. Your U.S. Sen. Jon Tester sits on of this powerful committee. The PPA believes that momentum is behind our efforts to license and regulation online poker in 2011 and the fact...
Latest Full Tilt Poker Paying Back Players News
Laurent Tapie, CEO of Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) – the company seeking to take over Full Tilt Poker – has confirmed that a deal reportedly struck between representatives of GBT and the US Department of Justice to repay ex-players of the suspended online poker site should be confirmed within two weeks. Speaking in an interview with the French poker magazine,...
More Online Poker Ventures Partnering Up in Initial Stages
More groups are gearing up for what they see as the imminent possibility of legalized online poker in the US. MGM Resorts International and Boyd Gaming Corp., preparing for the U.S. to legalize online poker, agreed to form a venture with the biggest listed Internet gambling company, Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Plc. Bwin.Party, based in Gibraltar, will...
Ultimate And Absolute Poker Paying Back Players?
This could be a little bit of good news for online poker players who have money stuck in UB and Absolute. An announcement released by the Kahwanake Gaming Commission has raised hopes that Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker could be paying some of the money back owed to players after their effective shutdown on Black Friday. Since April, practically nothing has been...
House Subcommittee Commerce Manufacturing and Trade Hearing Addresses Online Poker
As you know, the House Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing today examining the potential regulation of Internet gambling. The hearing entitled, “Internet Gambling: Is There a Safe Bet?” called upon a variety of witnesses to discuss how best Internet gambling can be regulated in the U.S. Among the witnesses was Poker...
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