Steve Ruddock, Author at Play CA

Revenue Sharing deal California online poker deadline

Santa Ysabel Plan Highlights Need for New Revenue Sharing Agreement

As Cali continues to work towards legalizing and regulating online poker there have been a number of problems and hurdles that have needed to be overcome.

Posted on: July 17, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

Unregulated new poker site for California

Rogue California Tribe Further Complicating Online Poker

The Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueño Indians in California (commonly referred to as the Iipay Nation) have decided to launch their own online poker room.

Posted on: July 14, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

California is in danger of not passing an online poker bill for yet another year.

California Is Running Out of Time to Pass Online Poker

As this years session comes to a close, the two opposing parties in California are still in a stalemate over the online poker bill, neither budging at all.

Posted on: July 10, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

Foxwoods Poker Room in Rough Shape Lately

Why Brick and Mortar Poker Needs Online Poker

This week I paid a visit to my old stomping grounds, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, with the intention to play some live poker. What I concluded may shock you.

Posted on: July 3, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

California iGaming and PokerStars ownership's effect

California iGaming Week in Review: Topsy Turvy iGaming Rides

Who even owns PokerStars? Because until everything is signed, sealed, and delivered Amaya technically doesn't own PokerStar or Full Tilt Poker.

Posted on: June 27, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

PokerStars bad for California's online poker

PokerStars Sale Harms Cali Online Poker Now; Helps Down the Road

With the sale of PokerStars to Amaya Gaming, online poker expansion in California could be breathing its last harried gasps of 2014. Does it help for 2015?

Posted on: June 25, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

Likelihood of iGaming bill slipping faster in California

Harvard Law Professor Assesses Bad Actor Clauses as iPoker Talks Cool Off

In a press release issued on Tuesday, Laurence H. Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, who has been retained by PokerStars to lobby on their behalf in California, concluded “that the ‘bad actor’ provisions in two proposed iPoker bills in the California Legislature likely violate the U.S. Constitution.” Tribe’s Conclusions Tribe identified […]

Posted on: June 18, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

Chances PokerStars will enter California online poker

Will PokerStars Partnerships in California Be Affected By Sale to Amaya?

Thursday's momentous news that PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the rest of the company's assets will now belong to Amaya. What does this mean for Cali?

Posted on: June 17, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

PokerStars and Amaya set to fight bad actor clause

Effect of the Amaya / PokerStars Deal on California Online Poker

Let's take a deeper look into the recently announced PokerStar and Amaya $4.9 billion deal. How will this affect the US regulated online gambling market?

Posted on: June 13, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock

At Least One Group in California Really Wants PokerStars

PokerStars stealing the show again in recent California iPoker headlines. This time it comes in the form of polling 1,200 online poker players in the state.

Posted on: June 11, 2014 | | Steve Ruddock