Tricks and Tips for those Games of Chance and Rare Skill – Poker, Blackjack, etc.

Are you an avid Poker player?  Do you watch the poker reality TV shows?  Well, there are many new poker reality television shows cropping up all over.  Now is your chance to be involved in these shows. There are different requirements to submit an application and try to get on the show. The first step [...]

It seems that in a crime that is usually kept hush-hush by all involved, sophisticated hackers will hold a site for ransom. They shutdown the gambling sites and then demand up to $60,000 from the owners.

Less than a month ago the US put laws in place to ban Americans from using credit cards and many other means of funding their online casino and other gambling accounts. Now Ontario is putting a ban in place to stop websites from advertising in hopes of stopping young teens of gambling.  

It has been illegal to gamble online but that didn’t stop most people. A new bill passed on another new ban might be different. Many online casino’s are gone and places like partypoker.com which is UK based won’t have anything to do with US customers anymore. Read the bill yourself and see what I mean: [...]

If you’ve been online for any amount of time then you have certainly recieved a popup or seen other places online ads for gambling. Many and at this point almost all offer bonus bucks when you join. You will usually see something along the lines of “Match on your first deposit”. This can be anywhere [...]

According to a Reuters article published yesterday, the a House panel has cleared an anti-Internet gambling bill: WASHINGTON – A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at stamping out the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by stopping businesses from accepting credit cards and other forms of payment. The bill, cleared by voice [...]

One of the things I like best about Party Poker is that you rack up Party Points with every hand you play — a lot like the comp dollars you earn in actual casinos. I’m able to enter two or three Players Club tournaments weekly with my points, and in a good week I’ll actually [...]

Not too long ago I said that the PlayAway system should be shut down according to some regulators, since it uses the Internet. The Mashantucket Pequot tribe is ignoring them and using it at Foxwoods anway. According to the state of Connecticut, not only does it violate State law, but it violates the Indian Gaming [...]

The gambling regulartors in teh state of Connecticut ordered Foxwoods casino to remove their internet gambling portal “PlayAway.” Foxwoods says they don’t believe any problems have been caused, as the bet is placed at Foxwoods and the users are allowed to check the results online. Since all gambling is actually done at Foxwoods, the Pequot [...]

I’m not one for the Wall Street version of gambling, but even so I’m surprised I missed the IPO of the World Poker Tour (quote) last August. I’m sensing a beginning of a downtrend in poker, so I’m wondering if there is any value to the stock. However, they did beta-release their online poker website [...]