Poker Legend Lyle Berman Joins FourCubed LLC Advisory Board (via PRWeb)
FourCubed LLC announced today that Lyle Berman, founder of the iconic World Poker Tour as well Poker Hall of Fame inductee, has officially joined the organizations advisory board. Lyle Berman joins FourCubed LLC advisory board As additional regulated…
Payment processing times for offshore sites have improved over last month. This is likely due to the backlog that has been reduced since the Super Bowl.Last month’s report may be found here. Note that this report will now be featured at Poker Affiliates Listings.
BovadaBovada maintained its #1 spot in our report. Players can expect checks to arrive in 2-10 days. The checks reported on the high end appear to be delays on the delivery side. The average check time is 4-5 days. That is exceptional in today’s environment. The maximum check amount is $3,000. Bank wires are processed in about two weeks. Players may receive one free bank wire or check each month. Additional checks incur a $50 fee. Western Union and Moneygram transfers are processed in 5-7 days. The amounts and fees are as follows:
Winning Poker NetworkThe Winning Poker Network cashier services players on Americas Cardroom, Black Chip Poker and True Poker. The network continues its consistently fast payment processing times. Checks are delivered in 1-3 weeks. This is an improvement of about seven days over last month. The maximum check is $2,995. Players may receive one free per month. Additional checks carry a $65 fee. Debit card withdrawals are still processed in 1-2 days. The fee to receive the card is $25 and it arrives in 3-4 weeks. There are also fees to load the card, withdraw money at the ATM, and a monthly maintenance fee. Western Union is also available. The times and fees are as follows:
IntertopsIntertops continues its consistent payout speeds. Players may request a check up to $3,000 for a $50 fee. It arrives in about one week. Bank wires are processed in about two weeks and also have a $50 fee, in addition to the ones charged by intermediary and receiving banks. Western Union withdrawals are processed in about two days. These are the fees for each amount:
PokerHostPoker Host recently moved from Merge Gaming to the Equity Poker Network. Checks are available to many players. The maximum amount is $3,000 and the fee is as high as $85. These arrive in about one week. The most common option available to Poker Host players is cash transfer. These are available in amounts up to $850 and have a fee of up to $65. Cash transfers are processed in 1-3 days. The grade only went down due to the improvement in cashout speeds at other sites that offer one free withdrawal each month.
SealswithClubsI have taken some heat from Bitcoin enthusiasts for my grading of SealswithClubs in previous reports. My issue is not with the site at all. I simply feel that players should understand that there is a risk in the price fluctuations of Bitcoin. For example, prices are down around $100 since our last report, however it has bounced back from six-month lows in the past few days. Players should understand that playing at a Bitcoin site involves an additional level of currency exchange risk. SealswithClubs processes withdrawals in about 12 hours.
Juicy StakesJuicy Stakes is a member of the Revolution Network that has seen a complete turnaround under new management. Checks and cash transfers are processed in about seven days. Fees can run as high as $100. Juicy Stakes offers reduced or free withdrawals to players that continue to give the site action.
Merge GamingThe Merge Gaming cashier services Aced, Carbon Poker, PlayersOnly, Sportsbook.ag and Super Book. Merge Gaming shed its last major skin last week when Poker Host left it for the Equity Poker Network. Merge Gaming merged all of its tables and added a bad beat jackpot after the move was completed. Merge Gaming processed checks in 17-30 days. The first check each month is free. The maximum withdrawal amount is $2,500. Additional monthly checks have a $40 fee. Select players have additional methods available.
Lock PokerLock Poker owes $943,000 to players that have reported late cashouts to IHasTehNutz at Two Plus Two. There has been little movement in the backlog of withdrawal requests. According to reports, over 80 players have been waiting over one year for a withdrawal. This includes U.S. players waiting for checks and Western Union transfers, as well as international players with pending ewallet requests. Lock Poker chips are trading around $.07 on the dollar. |
It’s back, the annual PAL March Madness Bracket contest! This years contest promises to be an exciting one too! This year’s sponsors are Chipsplit.com and PokerAffiliateSolutions.com. As always, this contest is FREE to enter! Courtesy of our sponsors however, there is a whopping $1000 up for grabs to to the top 3 finishers in this years contest.
Another exciting aspect of the PAL March Madness Bracket Contest is that players have the opportunity to earn bonus points for picking underdogs. You can find all the rules in the forums, as well as talk smack and keep up with the results by visiting the official 2014 PAL March Madness thread.
LAS VEGAS – FEBRUARY 12, 2014 – Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) today announced the following results from Borgata’s online gaming operations in the month of January 2014. Combined, Borgata and partypoker generated $3.9 million in online gaming revenue, giving the network a market-leading 41% total share of New Jersey’s online gaming business. Borgata accounted for $2.7 million in revenue, a 15% increase over December 2013. Keith Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boyd Gaming, said: “Our market-leading performance is testament to the quality of our online product and the power of the Borgata brand. These results also once again demonstrate online gaming’s potential to expand our business. About 85 percent of our online players have not had rated play at Borgata in at least two years, showing there is little overlap with our land-based business. Online gaming is growing our database, creating a long-term opportunity to market Borgata to an entirely new group of customers.” Tom Ballance, President and Chief Operating Officer of Borgata, said: “As we continue to refine our technology, we believe there is significant upside to our business. In January, Borgata launched a mobile gaming app for iPhones and iPads, and we are scheduled to roll out a version for Android devices shortly. As Borgata expands into mobile gaming, we believe we will further grow our business and the overall market.”
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Last week, news broke that the Merge Gaming Network announced it would no longer accept new players or allow existing players in New Jersey and Delaware to play for real money on a number of it’s sites.
Immediately following this abrupt announcement, speculation began to mounting across the various player’s forums on the internet. Whether it was a legal issue, a specific threat, or strictly a precautionary measure, it still is unclear to exactly why Merge withdrew from these states.We reached out to an operator on the Merge network, and this is what we were told:
“To our knowledge, the network (Merge) leaving NJ and DE had nothing to do with any existing legal threats. It was more than likely done strictly out of precaution. It would also not be surprising if payment processing within those borders had been severely cut-off over the past several weeks.”
While it’s impossible to guess the exact reasons behind Merge’s departure from these states, it would be a logical assumption that payment-processing issues were one of the primary reasons. With credit card companies and banks more cognitive to gaming transactions than ever before in NJ and DE, it would make sense that perhaps Merge began experiencing additional processing issues.
As more states continue to regulate online gambling, it will be interesting to see what the short and long term effects on the unregulated markets will be. It seems unlikely that both regulated and non-regulated poker sites would be able to work harmoniously in the same state. It also seems unlikely that states would continue allowing non-regulated gambling, as this would obviously take away from tax revenues.
PLAY TO GIVE TO TOMS RIVER/ORTLEY BEACH THIS SATURDAY
WITH PARTYPOKER.COM AND HOMETOWN HEROES
Second of six online Poker Tournaments to support those
still in need in Ortley Beach
Main Event of NJ’s first online poker festival: Pokerfest Micro Turbo** takes place Sunday
January 30, 2014: Atlantic City, NJ – The next installment of partypoker and Hometown Heroes’ Restore the Shore poker tournament series hits the virtual felts at 7pm (ET) this Saturday at nj.partypoker.com.
Once again, the Texas Hold ‘Em tournament will carry a $20 ($10+$10) entry fee, $10 of which goes into the prize-pool and the other $10 donated directly to Hometown Heroes. partypoker will then also match each player’s $10 donation and donate it to Hometown Heroes, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that helps people in a crisis.
The second of six tournaments will benefit Toms River/Ortley Beach, a town designated by Hometown Heroes as still in the great need of support more than year after Superstorm Sandy.
“Even though its cold in Jersey right now, its not too early to think about summer down the shore,” said team partypoker member and Monroe native Jamie Kerstetter. “Toms River, Ortley Beach and so many other shore towns still need support. The Restore the Shore tournament series is a great opportunity to play to give in order to support Hometown Heroes and the Jersey Shore.”
To register for the tournament go into the lobby of nj.artypoker.com and click on the tournaments tab.
Following this Saturday’s action, there will be four more tournaments benefitting Hometown Heroes and the following Jersey Shore towns still in need:
March 1, 2014 – Brick
April 5, 2014 – Union Beach
May 3, 2014 – Ocean Gate
June 7, 2014 – Lavallette
Tournament schedule is subject to change. To play to give, visit www.nj.partypoker.com to sign up today. For more information and links to the terms and conditions of the tournaments, see: http://nj.partypoker.com/whats-going-on/tournaments/restore-the-shore.html.
Sunday February 2nd marks the grand finale of New Jersey’s first online poker festival. The Main Event of the 18 day Pokerfest: Micro Turbo Edition is a $10 buy-in $10,000 guaranteed Deepstack Turbo event 49) at 2pm, the perfect way to warm-up for the Big Game in New Jersey! What’s more there is a mega satellite into the main event at 12.30pm the same day with 100 seats guaranteed. Entry is just $2. See: http://nj.partypoker.com/whats-going-on/tournaments/pokerfest-micro-turbo-edition.html
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For 21 years +. In NJ only. All rights reserved. © 2013 bwin.party entertainment (NJ) LLC.
Contact:
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About NJ.partypoker.com
NJ.partypoker.com is operated under license and is regulated by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement in accordance with the Casino Control Act N.J.S.A. 5:12-1 and its implementing regulations. Our games are tested by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to provide games that are fair and operate correctly. Only customers 21 years of age and over in New Jersey are permitted to play our games. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.
About Hometown Heroes
Hometown Heroes’ main purpose is to foster an environment of goodwill, generosity, and encouragement by supporting local communities when unexpected needs arise during a crisis without discrimination towards an individual’s ethnicity, gender, and age. The organization provides an opportunity for all of us to give back to the community through professional assistance, financial assistance, and advocacy. Hometown Heroes helps those in need, often with little or no time, to find a solution to a problem that at the time appears overwhelming.
As most poker affiliates are aware, the New Jersey regulated online gambling market is off and running. Unfortunately, at this time there are still no live affiliate programs. However I do expect that to change around the beginning of the 2nd quarter of 2014. And when it does, if you’re even remotely interested in promoting New Jersey regulated offers, you better be ready.
So I made this post today to share some great links and resources of places you can go if you’re interested in learning more about the New Jersey online gambling market.
But first, if you’re interested to get a quick snapshot of how each room is performing right now, have a look a the most recent New Jersey online gambling report card.
Obviously Google News will usually yield you the best results for general type New Jersey gambling inquiries. However for the most up to date and breaking New Jersey online gambling news, I have to give this to OPR, followed by Pokerfuse.
Everything you will ever need to know about New Jersey online poker, and then some can be found in this post right here.
And one other great information site I’d like to share as well. Steve Ruddock is the main writer at this site, need I say more? But seriously, this site is packed with great information about gambling in the Garden State, as well as individual reviews of each operator.
There are so many good Twitter accounts to follow if you’re trying to stay up to date, or learn more about the business side of the New Jersey online gambling industry. A wise man once told me this, so now I will pass it on to you. Follow everyone on my personal twitter account, less the Nascar drivers and Chicago Bears of course, and you will never miss a story or news item about the New Jersey online gambling market. @JeremyEnke
Every Tuesday afternoon, I publish a column over at Poker Affiliate Solutions titled The Inside Scoop. In this column I dedicate most of the content to the regulated online gambling market in the U.S. You can be assured that as soon as any news or developments about affiliate programs in any regulated market breaks, it will posted in this blog.
Email me at jeremy AT pokeraffiliatelistings.com or PM me through the forum. I’m always happy to help other affiliates get into the exciting world of the U.S. regulated online gambling markets.
For the past several years, U.S. facing poker affiliates have been left with very few options of where to send their U.S. poker traffic. In fact, you could probably count on on one hand the amount of trusted U.S. online poker affiliate programs.
Recently however, a new online poker contender has entered the market, and is quickly making waves. Full Flush Poker, the flagship brand on the new Equity Poker Network is now live and seeing impressive growth numbers.
According to poker tracking site PokerScout.com, the Equity Poker Network’s 24-hour players average is holding steady at 92 players with a peak 24-hour player number of 192 players. It should also be noted that as of this writing, there are currently 541 players online. We expect to see the 24-hour and peak player number continue to rise in the weeks ahead.
This is exciting news for poker affiliates, as there is now another viable option and poker site to send players. The Full Flush Poker Affiliate Program is managed by FlushAffiliates.com and offers affiliates a terrific 25% -35% revenue share, as well as great tools, bonuses, and promotions to help affiliates convert their traffic.
Only time will tell how successful Full Flush Poker will be in the U.S. market, however one thing is certain; no other room has been able to enter this space over the past several years and capture as much traction as Full Flush has.
To take FullFlushPoker.com for a test drive as a player, click here now.
To get signed-up as a FullFlush Poker Affiliate, click here now.
Breaking yesterday on twitter from @PPAPoker, the news quickly spread that the DOJ had approved the release of $82 million dollars to over 30,000 U.S. players. It should be noted however that the approved funds are only for “undisputed claims” and also does not include affiliate funds or money in the accounts of Full Tilt Red Pro’s. The funds of these two groups still remains in limbo. Likewise, although these funds have been approved to be released by the DOJ, it is still unclear exactly when players will begin receiving payments.
More information on eligibility and the entire process can be found at FullTiltPokerClaims.com. There is also a write-up over at Pocket Fives that gives a better explanation of the latest announcement on Full Tilt claims.
While good news overall for players, it still stings for those of us affiliates, who for years invested our time, money, and energy to make Full Tilt the powerhouse brand that it was. Share your thoughts in the community in the official thread running in the forums about this latest Full Tilt news. Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences there.
It’s that time of year again, and one of the best days of the year! Yes, in less than two weeks, one of the largest sporting events in the world is slated to take place. The 2014 Superbowl is guaranteed to be a good one with the Seatle Seahawks and Denver Broncos meeting up for the very time in history at the Met Life Stadium in New Jersey. Will weather be a factor? Only time will tell.
While there is the NFL Pro Bowl this coming weekend, most football fans realize that is the least serious and aggressive game of the year. Players are there to have fun with other players in the league, and most importantly, not get injured. But, that doesn’t mean that your Sunday this weekend should lack excitement! Our friends at Carbon Sports are hosting an exclusive freeroll event for PAL members on Sunday evening at 9:00 P.M. EST with over $500 in free Superbowl bets added!
The top 15 finishers of this freeroll event will receive free cash into their Carbon Sports accounts where they can place any kinds of wagers on the Big Game come Super Bowl Sunday.
This promises to be a great PAL event, with exceptional value to our members. You can get registered and read all the details in the forums at the official PAL thread here.
See you all at the tables this weekend!
