Poker News

10th February, 2025 at 03:13:33

PlanetWin365 to take Play2b on board

The Austrian online gambling website PlanetWin365 is to augment its online poker offering by bringing on board Malta-licensed Play2b network action.

Full Story: Malta Poker Provider In Austrian Deal »

07th February, 2025 at 13:59:10

Growing player reports refute LGA claim that majority of players have been paid

A statement from Malta regulator the LGA earlier this week that the majority of the Everleaf poker network's owed players have been paid has been hotly refuted on a number of websites, including Facebook, by a growing number of disgruntled players.

Full Story: Is Malta Regulator Up To Speed On The Everleaf Situation? »

12th November, 2025 at 15:47:47

MPN busy with new network integrations

Following the announcement of iGAME Malta 's move to the Microgaming Poker Network, iGame's poker sites iGame, 24HPoker and Pokerihuone have all gone live following a smooth transition from its previous network (believed to be IGT's iPoker Network).

Full Story: Igame Malta Live On Microgaming Poker Network »

18th October, 2025 at 14:34:35

Now based on Malta, Haxton has easier access to European action

High-profile poker pro Isaac Haxton has joined the Pokerstars professional player team, the Isle of Man company announced Thursday.

Full Story: Haxton Joins Pokerstars Professional Player Team »

24th September, 2025 at 16:17:57

Gambling authority approves repayment measures

French gambling authority ARJEL will temporarily lift is Rekop Limited licence suspension to allow registered Full Tilt Poker players access to their accounts for the recovery of outstanding credit balances through the pokerstars platform from November 6, 2025 until November 9, 2025.

Full Story: French Ftp Players To Recover Funds »

21st September, 2025 at 03:47:31

Yorane Kerignard bests a field of 168 at Portomaso Casino

French poker pro Yorane Kerignard is Euro 120,000 wealthier this week after taking down the World Poker Tour Malta tournament for his third largest career win yet, taking him into million-Euro territory.

Full Story: French Victory In World Poker Tour Malta »

19th September, 2025 at 04:34:18

Database of over a million players in new member

The Microgaming Poker Network has scored a major coup, announcing Wednesday that iGame Malta Ltd is to join, bringing with it a player base of over a million members with skins like 24hpoker, pokerihuone, casinohuone, noiq and igame.

Full Story: Igame Malta Ltd To Join The Microgaming Poker Network »

02nd September, 2025 at 11:30:15

With aggrieved players collaborating on possible legal remedies, liquidated poker room's parent company gives its perspective

Players left unpaid when the UK listed company Media Corp shut down its Purple Lounge online casino and poker room earlier this year (see previous reports) have no intention of meekly writing off their in some cases considerable losses, it transpired this week with the news that at least 50 punters are assembling information and consulting with lawyers on losses that allegedly total over $500,000.

Full Story: Media Corp Speaks On Purple Lounge Poker Debacle (update) »

22nd August, 2025 at 03:30:45

Bluff Gaming is and it's not a good deal for the players

The latest Malta-licensed online poker room to hit the skids is Bluff Gaming on the Enet poker network, which emailed players this week giving them the news and advising that they would be transferred to the network's own poker room, but hardly under advantageous conditions.

Full Story: Online Poker Site Runs Out Of Bluff »

17th July, 2025 at 06:11:04

Liquidators confirm that Purple Lounge Malta owes the but that entity has no real substance

With plans for Purple Lounge poker players to combine in a legal action apparently forging ahead on the twoplustwo message board, the management at Media Corp could find their liquidation of Purple Lounge UK challenged as unpaid players seek redress.

Full Story: Is Media Corp Using A Maltese Paper Company To Void Paying Its Purple Lounge Players? »

29th June, 2025 at 05:20:07

Lotteries and Gaming Authority institutes a player complaints procedure

On Thursday, following news that Microgaming had pulled 5050Poker's software licence for contractual breaches involving financial obligations (see previous reports), the Malta regulator Lotteries and Gaming Authority announced that it had suspended the poker company's operating licence.

Full Story: 5050poker's Malta Licence Suspended »

18th June, 2025 at 07:27:12

Operator in 'material breach of contract'

The Microgaming Poker Network has suspended the operations of licensee 5050 Poker Limited, claiming in a public statement that the operator is in 'material breach of contract', and that the directors of 5050 have been aware they were in breach since June 14 this year.

Full Story: Online Poker Site's Software Licence Suspended By Microgaming »

13th June, 2025 at 04:21:35

Three major failures are leaving players out of pocket this year alone

With 2025 only half way through, there have already been three major disasters involving online poker rooms, resulting in players suffering prejudice.

Full Story: Online Poker Debacles Do Little For The Industry's Reputation »

11th June, 2025 at 03:29:24

How much due diligence is expected of an online poker network?

The failure of the Purple Lounge online poker room and casino, leaving players unpaid and generating widespread criticism of its Malta LGA licensing jurisdiction (see previous reports), was linked to another company over the weekend.

Full Story: Purple Lounge Failure And Entraction Network Linked (update) »

24th May, 2025 at 03:00:39

Players still owed by yet another Malta-licensed online poker company

Almost eclipsing the ongoing Purple Lounge - Media Corp debacle this week (see previous reports) is the long-running saga of similarly LGA-licensed Everleaf Gaming, a small network comprising a number of mainly anonymous skins that has been accused of slow-pay behaviour generally, and leaving US players in particular in the lurch.

Full Story: Everleaf Poker Crisis Drags On »