The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabela announced 4 months ago that they would be bringing Internet poker to California. They followed through on their promise this week, with a twist. Instead of virtual poker, online bingo is now available for real money play in the Golden State. Santa Ysabel Interactive Director of Marketing Chris Wrieden stated in an interview that it takes a lot of effort and time to “put all of the pieces together” to deliver any type of online gambling operation. The Santa Ysabela tribe still plans to deliver online poker to California residents, in addition to the real money bingo site they just launched.
Month: November 2014
Poker Players Alliance Targets Political Jokers
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has announced its 2014 edition of “The Jokers,” a listing of 22 politicians who have advocated to prohibit online poker in the United States, either at the federal or state level, and are up for election this year. The PPA is urging site visitors who reside in the states of the respective politicians to contact those lawmakers prior to Election Day on Tuesday to express their opinion on controversial legislation regarding online poker. The announcement concludes by suggesting that, “It’s time to take the ‘jokers’ out of the deck!”