The company has been accused of processing more than $100 million in sportsbets to US players from 2006 – 2012. The Feds had undercover agents create Bodog accounts, deposit and cashout from Maryland, USA. Tip offs from an employee gave Feds further insight on how the business operated and who the directors of the company were.
Calvin Ayre and three other Canadians were also indicted James Philip, David Ferguson and Derrick Maloney.
Satellite tournaments are running now offering players a chance to win a seat to the 2012 Poker Maximus Series for as low as $0.55.
Sign-up for a free poker account and get a first deposit bonus when depositing at least $10.
It’s been a strange year for poker especially online poker with the industry turned upside down on Black Friday. Online poker traffic has decrease by 31% as a result of an unstable US market.
Not all online poker rooms suffered a loss in traffic, CarbonPoker and Merge Gaming Network experienced an increase of traffic up to 76%.
Notable Poker players for 2011 include: Erik Seidel new leader on the poker all time money list, Phil Hellmuth, Ben Lamb (Player of the Year) and Pius Heinz (2011 World Series Of Poker Main Event Champion)
Read more for the top poker articles and major event winners of Poker 2011.
Both poker rooms are the flagships sites on their poker networks, CakePoker on the Cake Poker Network and CarbonPoker on the Merge Gaming Network.
While neither of the two sites can be compared to PokerStars or Full Tilt Poker, but they are still great alternative poker rooms where the recreational poker players can still play poker online for real money.
The Carbon Poker 2X October promotion also features a Carbon Poker reload bonus code for a 75% bonus up to $375 for October 2011.
Carbon Poker US players are welcome to sign-up for new player accounts since the temporary USA player ban following Black Friday. New players get a 100% first deposit bonus up to a maximum of $600.
