If you were hiding under a rock, you missed the two-hour-long fear-mongering fest that was a House Judiciary Subcommittee’s hearing on Restoring America’s Wire Act, a bill that comes at the behest of Sheldon Adelson. It ended with a threat for a markup and among those in the room on Capitol Hill during the hearing… Continue reading PPA On RAWA Hearing: “This Bill Should Die Today”

In a thread on PocketFives, the Poker Players Alliancehas confirmed that the first round of disputed Full Tilt payments for US players “is on track” to be sent by the end of March.

This week, the official claims website for former US Full Tilt Poker players was updated to reveal that a new round of payments will be sent in mid-June. Totaling $15 million, the latest round of funding will be sent to players who “submitted complete, timely, or late petitions confirming their FTP account balance. Also included… Continue reading PPA: Disputed Full Tilt Poker Claims Will Now Receive More Attention

You’ll recall that, late last month, the Poker Players Alliance(PPA) issued a letter to Lock Poker’s “owners, officers, and managers” asking for the reasons behind prolonged player cashouts, whether Lock Poker segregates player funds, what logic the room uses when processing withdrawals, and its timeline for paying out. Two weeks later, the site has not… Continue reading Lock Poker Silent on PPA Letter, PPA Recommends Record-Keeping

We’re four months into 2014, a year that has been a mixed bag on the legislative front. While a bill proposed by Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) would lay the groundwork for regulated online poker in the US, bills from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) would ban the game, including the legal markets… Continue reading PPA: “We Have Been Playing Defense Against the New Federal Bills”