Poker Online

Category: Poker Online

The big news of the month is that after the US authorities (FBI) clamped down big time on online poker sites with owners being indicted, the partnership between Wynn Resorts and PokerStars has now been severed. PokerStars was probably the best online poker room on the internet.

Wynn Resorts and PokerStars were supposed to fight together for the legalization of online gambling. But Wynn Resorts said that it made its decision to terminate their partnership with PokerStars because” the indictment unsealed by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York.” PokerStars were charged in the indictment for illegal gambling and breaches under the 2006 UIGEA by US federal prosecutors. The other online poker rooms also indicted are Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker.

When Pokerstars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker were forced to leave the US market, 95% of the market share for US poker players also went as well as $200 million worth of advertising money. What this means is that poker television shows will go as well like “The Big Game” on Fox and “Poker After Dark” on NBC. So the poker landscape in the US has completely changed in such a short period of time.

PokerStars has recently given back more than $100 million to US players.