On April 15, 2011, a day that would later become known as Black Friday in the online poker community, the Department of Justice shuttered two major online poker giants, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, accusing the company founders of fraud, money laundering, and operating a Ponzi scheme. (inc.com)
Pokerstars is currently the most used poker gambling application around the world; a large number of the poker community members use Bitcoin regularly, and if the major online poker provider starts to accept Bitcoin it would be great news. (bitcoinist.com)
The online poker community is hopeful that a bill to categorize their pastime as a game of skill in New York, thereby legalizing it, has a shot at becoming law this year. (nystateofpolitics.com)