Full Tilt Poker is preparing to add casino games to its online offerings. It's the first time the big-time poker brand has stepped out of its comfort zone by offering anything but poker.
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Read More . . .OKLAHOMA CITY — Four men accused of helping run an illegal gambling ring in Oklahoma City plead guilty in federal court. Teddy Mitchell, two of his sons, and six others are accused of taking part in the gambling operation.
Read More . . .New Jersey is hoping to grab some gaming business from Las Vegas and has taken a court case to win the legal right to run sports betting operations in the state to the appeals level.
Read More . . .Parent Rational Group has confirmed via a statement to pokerfuse that Full Tilt plans to launch online casino games alongside its poker product. PokerStars will remain poker-only.
Read More . . .Bwin.party has announced that all systems are go for its launch in New Jersey later this year and expects a rosy future in a newly-regulated U.S. market.
Read More . . .Up until recently, a Connecticut-based online horse race wagering operation wasn't on anyone's radar. But on June 8, Connecticut Off-Track Betting, operated by Sportech, Inc., debuted with a soft launch. Sportech is still working out a few "minor kinks" and plans an official debut with a hard launch in about three weeks.
Read More . . .Late July 11, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) introduced legislation to license and regulate online poker—and not other forms of online gambling, reported TheHill.com.
Read More . . .Rep. Joe Barton wants to help Poker-lovers stay on the couch.
Read More . . .Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) introduced the Poker Freedom Act. The 102-page bill would regulate online poker at the federal level.
Read More . . .Nevada-based gaming company Ultimate Gaming has completed a 30-day trial of Ultimate Poker, the first fully-legal online gambling website to be launched in the US.
Read More . . .A judge on Wednesday postponed until February the trial of reputed sports betting boss Joseph "Joe Vito" Mastronardo Jr., the "gentleman gambler" who authorities say had $1 million buried under a garden in his Montgomery County yard.
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