Author: John Mehaffey

There was no Super Bowl hangover this year for offshore poker sites that accept U.S. players.  Withdrawal speeds remain at an acceptable level with only a slight drop off in the time it takes to process payments.  This is great news for American online poker players. The most noticeable change from February is the loss […]

PokerStars New Jersey Launching Next Week PokerStars New Jersey announced its schedule for the beta and testing period.  The site will operate from 4pm to midnight on March 16 and 17.  It will then reopen at 8am on March 18 and remain open permanently.  This schedule is dependent on on the stability of the site […]

PokerStars Announces New Jersey Launch Date PokerStars New Jersey announced that it will launch on March 21.  Players that had an account on the .com site before Black Friday can log in with the old username and password.  New players can complete the new account creation process in a couple of minutes. PokerStars will offer […]

Western Union Says Federal Government Probing Company Western Union stated in a company filing this week that the federal government is probing whether it was known that illegal gambling companies were using its service. Costa Rica, Panama, Peru and the Dominican Republic were among the countries involved in these transactions, according to the Denver Post.  […]

The weeks after the Super Bowl are often the worst time of the year in terms of online poker payment speeds to U.S. players. That is not the case this year. That may have to do with the fact that the public backed the Carolina Panthers and lost. The offshore poker sites that accept U.S. […]

Partypoker Dumps Withdrawal Fees Partypoker announced this week that it would end withdrawal fees on ewallet withdrawals effective immediately.  All Neteller, Skrill and Webmoney cashouts will be processed without Partypoker taking a cut.  The decision was made based on player feedback.  This is part of its “Poker for the People” campaign. Partypoker Reenters Gray Markets […]

Partypoker announced today that it reversed a 2013 decision to charge for withdrawals to ewallets.  Effective immediately, payouts to Neteller, Skrill and Webmoney will carry no fee.  All cashouts from partypoker are now free. The concept of charging a fee to withdraw from partypoker drew the ire of professional players at the time.  It was […]

Euro Club Poker Bans UK Players Last week, we first reported that Win Cake shuttered.  Players in the UK were moved to Euro Club Poker.  All other players were moved to Juicy Stakes, which is not licensed in the UK. Euro Club Poker banned all UK players this week without explanation.  The site appears to […]

January 28, 2016 – John Mehaffey Win Cake shuttered its gaming site this week. This includes its online poker room, casino games and sports book. A bailout plan was emailed to players once this decision was made. UK players’ balances and promotional accounts were moved to Euro Club Poker. Accounts in other countries were transferred […]

New York Online Poker Bill Introduced New York Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow introduced a bill that would legalized and regulate online poker in the state.  This is the third attempt at legalizing online poker in New York.  The bill would not authorize any house banked games.  Only traditional poker games where the house takes a […]