Most of you may already know that there has been some changes. First, the poker room here at Make Poker Legal has a new

Tobey Maguire has just filed legal docs, categorically denying that he participated in illegal celebrity poker games. Tobey is…

Winners from our poker network free-rolled their way to the 2011 World Series of Poker…

In light of today’s news that Alderney Gambling Control Commission has suspended Full Tilt Poker’s license, PokerStars…

The executive director of the Alderney Gambling Commission says he decided to suspend five egambling licenses of Full Tilt Poker because of “several issues” that arose as part of a special investigation involving forensic auditors that was prompted by the U.S. government’s online poker crackdown.

Celebrities who won big money in secret high-stakes poker games at Beverly Hills luxury hotels were paid with funds stolen from investors who had been lured into an illegal Ponzi scheme, a series of federal lawsuits contends. Actors Tobey Maguire, Nick Cassavetes and Gabe Kaplan, along with professional poker player Dan Bilzerian, two nightclub owners and a Los Angeles lawyer are among at least 11 people…

Now the owners of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ are going after Jaime Gold again. The Borgota won a default judgement against Gold for $52,279.47 in a New Jersey Court in 2010 for a bounced check…

Ty Warren (founder of Make Poker Legal, a Short Stacked LLC Company) will be on hand Saturday, July 2 at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the first-ever U.S. Ladies Only Team Event – the HHPT “Red Stiletto” Event, sponsored in part by The Majestik Poker Tour, Pro Poker Gear, Ciroc Vodka and…

U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt in Las Vegas, in an order dated Friday, noted “inconsistencies” and a “suspicious” transaction in denying the request by Johnson, who was arrested June 11 on a mail fraud charge. Months before his arrest, Johnson and several of his companies were sued by the Federal Trade Commission in…

Matt Hawrilenko was a junior public policy student and varsity wrestler at Princeton University when he first started dabbling in online poker — just as the so-called “poker boom” of 2003 was taking off. Using the online handle “Hoss_TBF,” Hawrilenko began at the smallest of stakes of 25 cents and 50 cents. “Between wrestling and my studies, poker was really just a hobby at Princeton,” he recalled recently. “I played with friends and online a bit, but toward the end of my senior year, when most of my school work was out of the way, I started…

he Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act, H.R. 2230, was introduced Thursday by Reps. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), John Campbell (R-Calif.), and House Financial Services Committee ranking member Barney Frank (D-Mass.). The bill would not legalize online gambling…

Toronto lawyer Steven Cohen loved playing seven-card stud with his buddies so much he decided to quit his $200,000-a-year legal career to become a full-time poker player. It didn’t go well….

The World Series of Poker expects record participation this year, despite a “boycott” from one of the world’s best players and legal troubles of three online poker websites. Phil Ivey, one of the world’s best poker players, announced he is suing his sponsor for $150 million and is staying away from this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP), which began…

“…According to news reports, Gov. Brian Sandoval signed the interactive gaming bill…”

…defendants as Tiltware LLC, Full Tilt Poker, Pocket Kings Limited, Pocket Kings Consulting Limited, KolyMa Corporation, Tiltproof Inc, Raymond Bitar, Howard Lederer, Andrew Bloch, Phillip Ivey, Christopher Ferguson, John Juanda, Phillip Gordon, Erick Lindren,Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Michael Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen, Patrick Antonious.

A Utah man tied to Las Vegas casinos, Internet poker companies and a big Las Vegas fraud case was arrested Saturday on a mail fraud charge. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City announced the arrest of…

We have an important link going around facebook and our website. We are endorsing United Cancer Alliance (U.C.A.R.E.) and…

Time’s Running Out! Freeroll your way to Win A $10,000 Seat to the 2011 World Series Main Event Winner Receives a $10,000 Entry into the World Series Main Event – PLUS – $750 Las Vegas Travel Expenses

A magistrate judge in New York denied bail for Ira Rubin, a so-called “payment processor.” His indictment was announced in April, when the U.S. government seized the Internet domain names of the three largest Internet poker companies: Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars. Rubin’s lawyer, Stuart Meissner, told the court that his client wanted to

There is something going on at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Information is coming in but it looks like something is wrong with the deck, possible marked cards. It is not confirmed yet. Here are some pics

Affiliates for Poker Affiliate World just received an email as follows…

Senate Republican Jon Kyl announced he would retire when his term ends at the end of next year. Kyl has been the most persistent opponent when it came to online gambling. He wanted to prohibit Internet gambling in 1998. The end resulted in Kyl agreeing to..

MakePokerLegal.com & The Majestik Poker Tour teamed up several weeks ago and to kick things off, we offered a free sweepstakes for everyone. This is the first, of many free sweepstakes where our loyal fans and supporters can win some very nice prizes. And the winners are…

County officials said they will spend their share of the proceeds of the seizure of millions of dollars stemming from a federal investigation into illegal online gambling on new equipment.

Merge Network will be temporarily disabling registration for new US players. Apparently, this is being done in an effort to allow payment processing