A PokerStars Casino has often been discussed as the easiest way to instantly and massively increase their profits. A gaming company would expect to make at up to 10 times profit or more from the same money put into an online Casino as from the rake taken from Poker. There are a couple of suggested … continuation reading bet
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Hourly Rakeback – Revolution Gaming
Hourly rakeback – Hot on the heels of Revolution Gaming increasing rakeback from 33% to 36% from June 1st, it has been hinted at by the Lock Poker owned network that hourly rakeback payments could soon be a permanent fixture of the brand new network. On the face of it, it sounds great, nay, it sounds positively … continuation reading bet
Purple Lounge Saga: Lessons To Be Learned
We Should Be Wary Of Microgaming / Prima Some would correctly argue that you should be wary of Microgaming / Prima Poker already. If you are unaware then here and here are some links to Two Plus Two to bring you up to speed. It seems convenient that Microgaming stopped providing poker software to Purple … continuation reading bet
World Poker Ombudsman or Country regulated markets?
Can a World Poker Ombudsman run the live and especially the online poker industry and sites? Or will it eventually be seen and realised that due to all the different gambling licensing jurisdictions the only way to protect poker players is with each country having its own regulated poker market/industry? How can a World Poker … continuation reading bet
Revolution Gaming – let them eat Rake Cake?
Revolution Gaming has started its poker revolution by … introducing more rakeback for its players. While this is fantastic news for poker players its not good for the long term health of the network. How has this high rakeback policy worked for its network in real life? Rake the Cake If you look at the … continuation reading bet
Who owns Action / Chico Poker Network and skins?
Who actually owns the “old” and “new” Action Poker Network and its skins? Does Chico Poker Network (Julian International Holdings Ltd) own them? Or is Playsafe Holding still involved and more importantly liable to pay affiliates their missing revenue share payments from 2010 and 2011? Even if it is only morally? She sells Seychelles by … continuation reading bet
Liver Boeree or A Net Obrestad?
It is a serious question … Liver Boeree or A Net Obrestad? Or none of the above? Lock Pokers proposed takeover of the Cake Network – to create Revolution Gaming network – revealed plans of the new online sponsored pro – the always online sponsored pro, the Red Arsed Pro. Most of the old pro … continuation reading bet
Viva la Revolution Gaming?
Will the Revolution Gaming poker network be that revolutionary? Will its player led ideas work? Most importantly will poker players be able to say Viva la Revolution Gaming in a few years time? The basic poker news is that Lock Poker are leaving Merge and buying the Cake Poker Network. The new Cake + Lock … continuation reading bet
3rd Party Affiliate Shaving
Affiliate shaving is where a poker or casino site deliberately retags or untags (link or unlinks) affiliates players, so that the players no longer earn the affiliate commission. Has the use of Data Protection, player privacy etc been and being used to help affiliate shaving? More and more poker sites or networks are protecting their … continuation reading bet
Wacky Rake Races
Rake Races eh? Does anyone actually like them? Didn’t think so. For poker rooms they’re a unique way of giving even more of their profit margin away and for players they’re an evil mechanic that ties them to their computers for days and weeks on end with just an ever more full bottle of piss … continuation reading bet
PokerStars Full Tilt merger: A force for Good or Evil?
A PokerStars Full Tilt Poker merger is, at the moment, a big rumour and just a rumour. PokerStars themselves have not confirmed it and the only real mention of them buying FTP is by Groupe Bernard Tapie in their ‘resignation letter‘ of their failure to buy Full Tilt. If it is true and PokerStars do … continuation reading bet
PokerStrategy.com: A force for good? Or a force for evil? – Part 2
With seven years’ experience in the online poker industry I have naturally had a lot of dealings with PokerStrategy.com. As we alluded to in Part 1, the biggest names in online poker fall over themselves to do business with them, and the companies that I have worked for are no exception – handing them the … continuation reading bet
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