July 1st 2010 marked a new day for Florida poker players; this was the day that the $100 buy-in limit was removed, and Florida players were finally allowed to play some ‘real’ poker. So how successful has the new legislation been? The Sun Sentinel reports that poker revenue in July was up 35% over June’s numbers — $11.3 million in July compared to $8.4 million in June. Florida poker rooms not only have larger games, but restrictions on hours haveRead Full Article

The latest victim of the United States crackdown on online gambling payment processors was Ahmad Khawaja, who ran the payment processors Allied Wallet and Allied Systems. The case began over a year ago when federal prosecutors seized some $13.3 million in funds from the companies account at Goldwater bank in Scottsdale Arizona. The funds were traced back to the popular online poker room PokerStars, and from there the case was made. For their part in the fiasco PokerStars issued theRead Full Article

A sweeping expansion of gambling in Massachusetts seemed like a foregone conclusion just a few months ago, but now appears to have hit a roadblock as Gov. Deval Patrick has threatened to veto the bill in its current form. Patrick, one of the initiators of adding casinos in Massachusetts is upset over the inclusion of two slots parlors that will be added to area racetracks. Patrick is in favor of full casinos, but not racetracks as they do not addRead Full Article

The California State Legislature was supposed to vote on SB 1485, a bill that would legalize online poker in the state, on Tuesday June 29th, but the bill’s author, State Senator Rod Wright, decided to delay the vote saying that the legislation still needs some work. SB 1485 was a wolf in sheep’s clothing for online poker players, and even the Poker Players Alliance couldn’t get behind the measure because of the criminalization of offshore online poker aspect of theRead Full Article

The fourth stop on the PokerStars North American Poker Tour has been announced, and the latest addition to the highly successful poker tour will be The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, affectionately referred to as The Bike. It will be interesting to see how many stops are added by the end of the year; currently the NAPT is flying by the seat of its pants, with stops being added on the fly. The tournament schedule will take place from NovemberRead Full Article

With the UIGEA legislation set to go into effect June 1, 2010 we have the first online poker room to pull out of the US market since 2006. Poker Time released the following press statement, in what looks eerily familiar to Party Poker’s and Cryptologic’s statements back in 2006: “Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, as of 1 June 2010, PokerTime will no longer be able to take bets from players residing in the United States… If you currentlyRead Full Article

Why is Mark Twain’s memoirs being reported by Poker News Boy? Twain, born Samuel Longhorn Clements, was a noted poker enthusiast in his time, and incorporated many poker themes into his literature. The 500,000 word autobiography will be released in 3 volumes 100 years after the man who is arguably the greatest American author of all-time passed away. This 100 year waiting period was expressly stated in Twain’s will –which has many people eagerly anticipating the memoirs which must beRead Full Article

It was likely an easy decision for the brass of the MGM Mirage hotel group to decide on creating an ultra-high-stakes table in the new Aria Poker Room, and equally as much of a no-brainer to name the new room after poker mega-star Phil Ivey. Ivey is considered one of the best all-around cash game players to ever sit at a poker table, and is also one of the most feared tournament players on earth. Having won 10’s of millionsRead Full Article

It’s only fitting that a state known for Cowboys would be among the first to consider easing up their laws and restrictions on social poker games. Wyoming legalized non-profit poker games back in 2007, allowing clubs and bars –as well as home poker games—to run non-raked games, but apparently the wording of the law has left many Wyoming residents unsure over the legality of “Social” poker games. The wording in question in the 2007 legislation that was aimed to allowRead Full Article

With the clock ticking on UIGEA legislation going into full effect, the online poker community has been pulling together in attempt to show the powers that be in Washington DC just how popular online poker is in the United States. Basically, the goal of the UIGEA protest is to have every online poker player participate as much as possible on June 1st (the day UIGEA goes into effect) preferably at one of the bigger online poker sites (PokerStars or FullRead Full Article