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Blanca Games News
PokerStars in settlement talks with prosecutors
PokerStars, along with Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, saw their websites seized and shut down by U.S. Department of Justice on April 15, 2011. Casino City Gang: Online poker one year after Black Friday In this week's podcast, Casino City's Vin Narayanan and Aaron Todd discuss the state of online poker one year after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted the founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and UB. They also review the documentary, All In: The Poker Movie and take some shots at the new tournament structure at Americas Cardroom. Top-10 things you'll find in "All-in: The Poker Movie" Documentaries about poker don't come around too often. So when one, like All-in: The Poker Movie comes out, it certainly piques my curiosity. Black Friday payment processor pleads guilty Ira Rubin, one of 11 men indicted on April 15 by the U.S. Department of Justice, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Top-10 gambling industry stories of 2011 There are times when the Casino City editorial team really has to scrape the bottom of the barrel to come up with enough items to fill a top-10 list. Putting together the top-10 gambling industry stories of 2011, however, was not one of those times. Absolute Poker founder pleads guilty to bank fraud and money laundering Absolute Poker co-founder Brent Beckley entered a guilty plea today in response to charges of bank fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling offenses and violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Top-10 gaming industry developments I'm thankful for Aaron Todd counts down the developments in and around the gaming industry which he's thankful for this year.
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