Neteller, one of the biggest and perhaps used online money movers, recently announced that, like US poker players, Canadian players would no longer be able to use their services to move money to and from online poker rooms.
Neteller's InstaCASH service has already been blocked, and the final move to block Canadian customers from moving money to an online gambling site will take place by April 8 th. The company has dropped Canada from its list of clients in order to improve their bottom line for 2007, according to recent reports. The Neteller Board of Directors also decided to take similar step towards customers in Turkey.
The US Government had seized about $55 million from Neteller back in February due to what is now considered "illegal online poker activity" as per the October 2006 passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
11/08/2007 - Leading online poker community Poker Source Online is now fully available in German, as part of their strategy to expand into the growing European markets where poker is becoming increasingly popular. German speakers will now be able to access all of PSO's features in their own language.
Sean Jones, Head of Communications at PSO, is excited about this new development. "Poker is becoming global," he said. "We want to acknowledge and welcome all poker players around the world, including 130 million German speakers." Jones expects this move will attract many new customers to what is already...
08/30/2007 - Absolute Poker today released a free public-wide update to its popular online poker software. The significant release - version 8.0 - brings to the table innovative features that allow users to completely customize their playing environment.
"We've officially unleveled the online poker playing field," stated David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker. "Our players have asked for innovative features and we're thrilled to deliver them all in this release."
Version 8.0 is the result of months of coding and design enhancements. According to Clainer, the latest update makes t...
08/03/2007 - Two huge movements have swept across the American pop culture landscape in the past few years- online social networking and the popularity of poker. A new web site, K9Poker.com (www.k9poker.com), attempts to bring these two concepts together.
Social networking websites such as MySpace and YouTube have become main stream and are two of the most widely visited websites on the internet. The corporate establishment is recognizing the value of these websites and betting on them as important marketing vehicles. In 2006, News Corp purchased Intermix Media Inc., owner of the popular MySpace.com ...
07/10/2007 - WebMoney Transfer has grown into much more than a local Russian payment solution. In the years they have been online, Webmoney has expanded into a global payment system transacting billions of Dollars, Euros & Rubles each year. Soon, it appears they may also offer a gold based Webmoney currency type, but no there is official comment on this yet. That is really exiting.
The technology and software (WM Keeper) behind Webmoney is so refined and tested that by accepting Webmoney Transfer payments, any account holder can create an almost seamless ‘automated’ Internet business. Buying, selling...
07/03/2007 - Online gaming leader Bodog.com is pleased to announce its iPhone contest, which will award 15 lucky Let 'Em Ride players the hottest new tech toy of the year.
"As an internet company we are always into the latest technology, and we all love the new iPhone, as it's a mobile phone, MP3 player and wireless web browser all rolled into one, so we decided to give away 15 of them," says Bodog.com founder and billionaire entertainment mogul Calvin Ayre of the contest, which starts today.
In addition to giving away 15 iPhones, Bodog.com is also awarding 30 $50 iTunes gift cards and 30 $25 cred...
06/14/2007 - PartyGaming has signed an exclusive agreement with online advertising network Traffic Marketplace for the rights to resell advertising and sponsorship opportunities on the US facing versions of PartyPoker.com and PartyPoker.net. The online gaming group plans to increase brand awareness in the US market and generate revenues in compliance with the current legislation.
Calvin Lui, president of Traffic Master, said; "PartyPoker provides a tremendous opportunity for Traffic Marketplace advertisers to reach a highly-coveted demographic; young, affluent, entertainment-seeking consumers, in a ...
05/24/2007 - Team PokerNews (www.pokernews.com/wsop-2007) in association with Party Poker (www.pokernews.com/party-poker) are pleased to announce one more $12,000 Team PokerNews WSOP 2007 Freeroll tournament on Saturday June 16 at 13:00 EDT.
Three players have already won their way to the World Series Main Event in Las Vegas with Party Poker and PokerNews, and one lucky player will get to join them as they battle the world's best in the largest poker tournament in the globe.
The winner of this Party Poker $12,000 Team PokerNews Freeroll will receive a prize package consisting of entry into the 200...
05/07/2007 - Online poker room, Pacific Poker, from online casino group 888 and PokerNews.com, announce the start of the third series of their PokerProForAYear tournament.
The current round of tournaments form part of a 48-week league that will finish with one player taking the title 'PokerPro'. This is an all-inclusive sponsorship deal for the winner who will get to participate in four of the world's greatest tournaments in 2008.
The Series 3 global freeroll includes a $12,000 package to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.
Each series offers many restrictive tournaments: weekly $10 ...
03/29/2007 - The online poker rooms have been working to find new deposit methods for U.S. players over the last few months since many of the e-wallets have closed their doors to Americans, but many of those options have been one-way. Cashouts still needed to be made via a physical check, which makes it difficult to move money in and out of multiple rooms. Absolute Poker has now introduced a way for U.S. players to get their money transferred directly into their bank accounts.
Now available is ACH (Automated Clearing House) withdrawal right from the Absolute Poker cashier. This is similar to requesti...
03/22/2007 - Qualify for the biggest poker event of the year at PartyPoker.com. We are running qualifiers 24 hours a day to give you the chance to win a World Series of Poker Main Event package worth $11,000. That covers the $10,000 buy-in and $1,000 spending money.
That’s not all: We’ll pay for your hotel accommodation for the duration of your tournament if you win a Main Event package through PartyPoker.com.
Our World Series of Poker package includes:
· Main event buy-in of $10,000
· $1,000 cash
· Hotel accommodation for the duration of your tournament
Our tournament schedule is crammed ...
Neteller, one of the biggest and perhaps used online money movers, recently announced that, like US poker players, Canadian players would no longer be able to use their services to move money to and from online poker rooms.