California To Legalize Online Poker?

May 18, 2013 by b78ny

There is a lot of news about online poker over the last week. The first thing is the Wall Street Journal had an article with the headline “PokerStars Dealt Setback In Bid to Enter U.S. Market”. The talk about New Jersey is that Land Casino’s are going to be the only places to have online poker rooms. This means PokerStars would have to buy out a Land Casino in order to obtain an online poker room. Is this going to be difficult for PokerStars to obtain?

This may not be as difficult as it sounds as the Atlantic City Boardwalk has been hit with super storm Sandy. There has been a lot of devistation done to some Land Casinos which means some Casino may want to sell.

On the other side of the United States of America California has been the talk of the online pokersites California has been extremely persistant in trying to legalize and regulate online poker. Many online poker experts have been saying the odds are about 50/50 that California will get online poker legalized in 2013.

How much money do the Tribal Networks Bring In? There is a ton of money the Tribal networks bring in through brick and mortar Casinos. It is speculated that in 2010 Tribal Gaming brought in over six Billion dollars. This is about 20% of all of the gambling revenue that the United States of America saw in 2010.

Minted Poker To Migrate Their Online Gambling Platform?

The word in the online poker industry is that Ultimate Poker is going strong and has supposedly dealt its millionth hand. This is good news for Ultimate Poker because currently they are accepting players from Nevada and no other states.

Another online poker room has been in the news; Minted Poker supposedly announced that they are switching platforms. For the players many of the people in the top USA online pokersites have been worried about the Rakeback offer. They word is that they are allowing the players to obtain their funds by using the 100% Rakeback offer.

There has been tons of rumors and speculation that the Everleaf Gaming Network has held players funds. Why would Minted Poker Migrate Their Online Gambling Platform? American Poker Directory read in an online poker forum that Everleaf Gaming Network refused payout requests. This is the reason American Poker Directory continues to find the best online poker rooms.

Minted Poker is allegedly migrating their platform to Plutos Network. We have read that players are concerned about their money because they feel that Plutos Networks traffic is not as high as other top online pokersites. We hope the migration goes well and the players get their funds easily.