The pro online gaming community has notched a few recent victories, but the announcement by Utah Representative Stephen Sandstrom (R-Orem) on Wednesday shows that the fight for the right to play online poker in a safe, legal, and most importantly regulated environment is far from over. On his website Wednesday, Sandstrom announced that he has drafted legislation that would ban all forms of onlineRead Full Article

Last week, Congress conducted a hearing regarding online poker.  One of the main concerns brought up repeatedly in the hearing was consumer protection.  It was agreed by everyone that consumer protection needed to be one of the top priorities of any bill passed by Congress.  With that in mind, here are three consumer protections that I believe need to be in place once onlineRead Full Article

Gary Johnson has setup a link on his website where he openly states that he supports legalizing online poker and if you vote for him, he will support your freedom.  The page on his website tells poker players that they are getting a raw deal and that he will support our freedom to play poker online if he is elected president.  Beside that promise,Read Full Article

In an overwhelming vote on Wednesday the Massachusetts State Legislature passed a bill that would allow three mega-casinos to be licensed in the state as well as a single slots parlor. Even with 150 or so amendments to vote on, the legislature quickly passed the bill by an overwhelming, 123 to 32, and the bill will now make its way to the Senate whereRead Full Article

Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), best known for his deplorable apology to BP Oil executives in Congress during the hearings into the BP Gulf Oil spill, is the latest supporter of legalizing and regulating online poker. Barton is set to introduce a new piece of legislation that will legalize online poker, and is reportedly using the Poker Players Alliance for consulting purposes. Barton also spokeRead Full Article

The World Series of Poker kicks off in just six days at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  While the WSOP is undeniably the main attraction, there are several other smaller events that are going on in Las Vegas during the same period.  Some people use these as bankroll builders and play them as alternatives to the more expensive braceletRead Full Article

Although not on the same level, and far less surprising, as the indictments handed down against Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Absolute/UB Poker on April 15, 2011, on Monday May 23, we learned of 10 more online gaming sites that saw their domain names seized by the Department of Justice, including two online poker rooms, True Poker and Doyles Room. These latest developments inRead Full Article

In a recent Time article, a number of online poker players talked about the options they now face in a post-Black Friday poker world, a world in which the high-stakes action has dried up for US players. Amongst the players quoted in the article are good friends Justin “zeejustin” Bonomo and Isaac “Ike” Haxton, two of the top online poker players in the world.Read Full Article

A question that is on many a players lips in America, and the rest of the world for that matter,  is that of where can I play online poker? Well here at PokerNewsBoy we have done our best to try and find the best places available for American players to play. The problem US poker sites (an players) is going to have is theRead Full Article

Despite over a week having passed since online poker in the US met its match in the form of the US Attorney Office from the Southern District of New York, poker players and poker fans are still finding ways to make me laugh. What started on Black Friday itself with a Tweet from Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond simply asking if “anyone want to buy aRead Full Article