Leading poker site, UltimateBet, holds their premier Online Championship Event (UBOC) for poker players. From December 1-10th poker players world over will compete for huge prize pools totaling a guaranteed $2,000,000.
Inspired by 10 time world poker champion and UltimateBet poker pro Phil Helmuth, the UB Online Championship provides players to the opportunity to play in [...]

Frank Catania, former New Jersey gambling regulator who now lobbies on behalf of the online gambling industry, argued that the Federal Reserve is not expected to force banks to screen personal cheques or any payment methods that are more difficult to track, and hence players sending in cheques would be ‘fine’.

November 13th, 2006 (London, UK) – Bowmans Poker is poised to take the East by storm, as it launches its sexy online poker brand in both Russian and Chinese languages.
In anticipation of significant future growth and marketing efforts in Eastern Europe and Asia, Bowmans has expanded its site to include both Russian and Chinese-language versions. [...]

The World Poker Tour announced that it will produce a new special entitled, Fathers and Sons(TM). Filming on the WPT set at the Foxwoods Casino Resort in Mashantucket, Conn., the unique special will feature poker’s most prominent personalities and players competing for family pride and a $25,000 seat in the WPT World Championship.

Internet Gambling and online poker software maker Playtech agreed to buy rival Tribeca for $75 million (39 million pounds) on Monday to create a company twice the size of its nearest competitor.Playtech said the deal was in line with its strategy of extending its geographical reach, after the United States effectively banned online gaming at last month.

Internet poker software company Tribeca Tables has decided to withdraw its poker room from the USA, Israel, and Hong Kong.
The online poker solutions company has insisted that it will endeavour to assist it’s US facing clients in particular with the transition as much as possible.
The move comes after the recent introduction in the US of [...]

Some of the world’s best Internet poker players will move from on-line to ‘on-land’ at the third annual Caribbean Poker Classic(TM), an event featuring world-class poker action in the splendor of a tropical paradise. The tournament, offered exclusively through licensees of WagerLogic, CryptoLogic’s wholly owned subsidiary, will take place in St. Kitts from November 24th [...]

The European Poker Sports Association (EPSA) will organize an upcoming event, Poker Sports European Masters tournament “‘em 07″, which will take place in the German Spielbank Berlin and the Hotel Grand Hyatt Berlin from April 2 untilApril 13, 2007. “‘em 07″ will be the biggest poker sports tournament in European history and participants will try their skills in five different championships and 9 million Euros will be played out.

Executives of UK bookmaker Ladbrokes have flown to Israel and conducted preliminary talks with 888 Holdings over a potential £470 million takeover of all its assets including online poker site, Pacific Poker. Chief executive Chris Bell is reported to have met with John Anderson, his 888 counterpart and former Ladbrokes executive director, as well as brothers Aharon and Avi Shaked…

Leading online poker rooms Absolute Poker (AP) and Ultimate Bet (UB) will announce their official merger on Monday, with Absolute Poker to buy out UltimateBet Poker.
The two poker room sites continue to take U.S. players and are looking to consolidate liquidity levels after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enfrocement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) was enacted [...]