Poker News

02nd March, 2025 at 02:51:42

unibet now off the Ongame network

The departure of Unibet's French online poker site from its former ongame network home (see previous reports) was completed last Thursday, with the site migrating to Playtech's ipoker network.

Full Story: Unibet's French Site Completes Move To Ipoker Network »

09th February, 2025 at 04:09:22

Despite negative numbers in its latest report to the market, Playtech execs remain upbeat

Playtech's latest quarterly and annual results reflected the largely common trend in the industry of a decline in online poker, with revenues falling by 27 percent to Euro 4 million compared to the same quarter a year ago, and by 18 percent to Euro 17.8 million over the year 2025, but that did not stop company execs from being upbeat in press conference exchanges on the results with reporters Friday.

Full Story: Playtech Hopeful On Internet Poker (update) »

22nd January, 2025 at 12:52:37

Gradual migration will take place over six months

InfoPowa readers will recall Betfair's confirmation earlier this month that it was to switch in a controlled, planned manner from the Ongame poker network to that of Playtech's iPoker. Internet reports indicate that the process is now in motion, with new players able to sign up only for the iPoker version of the company's online poker offering.

Full Story: Betfair Transition From Ongame Poker Network In Motion »

17th January, 2025 at 10:56:16

Pokerstars' parent Rational Group appoints former Playtech exec

The Isle of Man-based Rational Group, parent to online poker giant Pokerstars, has appointed a former Playtech exec to the position of chief operating officer, reporting directly to chief exec Mark Scheinburg on all issues concerning customer-facing product and back-office functions for Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker.

Full Story: New C.o.o. For Online Poker Group »

08th January, 2025 at 01:02:55

Announced in September last year, the move to iPoker begins

Following up on a preliminary announcement in September last year (see previous reports), online gambling group Betfair has announced arrangements for its move to Playtech's 6 million player-strong iPoker network.

Full Story: Betfair Starts Move To Playtech Ipoker Platform »

19th December, 2025 at 03:37:48

With the final break from Ongame, parent party positions Party Poker as second only to Pokerstars

Just a day after Bwin players from former subsidiary Ongame Network were migrated, party Digital Entertained subsidiary Party poker has seen traffic soar 45 percent, reports the independent online poker monitoring site Pokerscout.

Full Story: Partypoker Online Traffic Booms »

18th December, 2025 at 01:38:57

Independent online poker monitor says player count fell by 13 percent last week

Only a matter of weeks since its re-launch as a subsidiary of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker continued to battle last week - its fourth consecutive week of double-digit decline - with player count dropping by 13 percent, reports the independent online poker monitor Pokerscout.

Full Story: Full Tilt Poker In Fourth Consecutive Week Of Decline »

08th November, 2025 at 03:10:51

Di ssension among tribal groups led to dissolution of online poker legalisation alliance

The sudden collapse of the tribal group and card room internet poker legalisation alliance COPA (see previous report) earlier this month has led to the closure of COPA's play-for-fun online poker website calshark.

Full Story: Calshark Closes Following Copa Collapse (update) »

06th November, 2025 at 01:37:19

Launch and Player Migration Complete

Playtech has officially launched and migrated players of Betclic Everest Group's Betclic and Everest poker products in France and international markets on ipoker and ipoker respectively.

Full Story: Betclic Everest Launches On Ipoker Network »

03rd November, 2025 at 03:23:29

New network has a recreational player emphasis

Everest Poker's move from its parent Everest-Betclic network to Playtech's iPoker offering was announced earlier this week (see previous report) although there was uncertainty regarding which of iPoker's two tiers it would occupy.

Full Story: Everest Poker Accepted Into Ipoker 2 Network (update) »

01st November, 2025 at 03:11:43

Amaya Gaming completes buy

party digital entertainment confirmed Thursday that the sale of its Ongame internet poker subsidiary to Amaya Gaming has been completed for Euro 15 million on a cash-free and debt-free basis.

Full Story: New Owner For Ongame Poker Network (update) »

31st October, 2025 at 14:11:14

Beta testing to ensure a smooth launch

Full Tilt Poker went live today (Wednesday) a week ahead of its scheduled official re-launch on November 6.

Full Story: Full Tilt Goes Live With Play Money Games Ahead Of Hard Launch »

26th October, 2025 at 02:11:31

Dissension among tribal groups leads to dissolution of online poker legalisation alliance

A spokesman for the California Online Poker Association, Ryan Hightower, gave more detail on the sudden collapse of the tribal group and card room internet poker legalisation alliance (see previous report) Thursday, revealing that the decision to dissolve the body was based upon insufficient progress within the California legislature toward the passage of an online poker bill.

Full Story: More On Copa Collapse (update) »

16th October, 2025 at 03:07:03

Another loss for Ongame

Coral Poker's much heralded move from the Ongame network to Playtech's iPoker Network has been completed, the company announced this week, signalling the completion of an agreement reached with Playtech back in July (see previous reports).

Full Story: Coral Poker Completes Move To Ipoker Network (update) »

09th October, 2025 at 03:25:30

Traffic increased 2.3 percent overall last week

In its second weekly gain running, traffic to online poker sites rose 2.3 percent overall last week, according to the independent internet poker monitor Pokerscout.

Full Story: A Good Week For Online Poker »