PokerStars Merger Amaya – Rumors of a possible merger with the largest poker site and Amaya Network have been circulating this week.

Amaya Network have responded to the recent 30% increase of trading shares and potential merger with PokerStars.

The merger would see PokerStars entering the regulated US market under a new name or company as a loophole around the bad actor clause. PokerStars have failed to receive approval to operate in New Jersey, Nevada, Delaware and California.

The largest online poker site was suspended for up to 2 years for operating after the 2006 UIGEA came into law, preventing PokerStars from getting any US poker player action since Black Friday.

PokerStars Merger Amaya Responds to Rumours

The War on Online Poker has been dramatically increasing in 2014 with the villain Sheldon Adelson ready to spend whatever it takes to get a federal ban to Stop Internet Gambling.

The billionaire Las Vegas Sands CEO, Adelson has unfounded claims against gambling online including: targets the vulnerable, threatens public interest, promotes underage gambling, funds criminal enterprises and international terrorism.

A new organization, The Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection, has recently launched a campaign to counteract Adelson efforts to discredit online gambling in the USA.

The C4COP embraces regulation as it will protect minors, prevent money launderers and end the black market as it is currently doing.

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Five of the best online poker sites compared with a breakdown summary of the poker bonuses, software, features, promotions, poker games and traffic.

We compare 888poker, PokerStars, PartyPoker, iPoker Network sites and Bodog/Bovada to help players decide where to play poker online in 2014.

Online Poker has had many changes since Black Friday with many poker sites suffering major traffic losses with no USA poker players.

Finally poker is being regulated in certain USA states such as New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware with more to following in 2014.

PartyPoker and 888Poker have dominated the USA poker market while PokerStars has been suspended for up to two years.

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All In – The Poker Movie is out now in movie theaters across the US, the film focuses on the game of poker throughout the ages, and more recently the way the US government destroyed the poker boom.

The documentary shows how online poker became the victim of greedy politicians who took away the rights and freedom of US citizens to play a game which is part of American history.

Winner of the best documentary by CineVegas film festival directed and produced by Douglas Tirola. Download All In – The Poker Movie in digital format which is available directly from the official website.

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Full Tilt Poker may be reopening soon with hopes that Group Bernarde Tapie complete the deal and takeover the company on 16th March. FullTiltPoker could be back online as early as next month April 2012, players can finally expect to be re-payed with the GBT agreeing to refund all player outside of the US and the DOJ returning funds to US players.

Regaining players trust will be one of the hardest feats that the GBT will have to overcome since it’s been several months since the poker site has been offline. The silence and lack of communication with players has created much doubt in the poker community, but the recent news that the site may relaunch soon offers some hope.

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