In late breaking news on Thursday night, a PokerStars New Jersey gaming license will be temporarily denied for online. According to Poker Player Newspaper, “three insiders” with direct knowledge of the ongoing procedures in the Garden State – and at least one of those insiders being from “the other side of the pond” – have said that the potential PokerStars partnership with Resorts International for the upcoming opening of the New Jersey gaming scene will be denied. Poker Player Newspaper reports that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement is having “concerns” about the criminal case that is still plaguing…

Poker News – With Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa receiving New Jersey’s first Internet gambling permit last week and the announcement that online gambling will begin in the Garden State on Nov. 26, everyone is wondering if PokerStars — by far the world’s most popular real-money poker site — will be allowed to participate. New Jersey State Sen. Ray Lesniak, a longtime catalyst for Internet gaming in New Jersey, believes that PokerStars will get a license. “The biggest and the bestest with the mostest is going to have a presence here in New Jersey,” Lesniak told PokerNews. Lesniak clarified that…

From North Jersey Resorts Casino Hotel and The Rational Group, operator of PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, have reached an agreement to provide online gaming in New Jersey, the companies announced today. The agreement links the first casino to open in Atlantic City with one of the biggest online gaming companies in the world. Meanwhile, Donald Trump wants in on the action, too:   “This is another blue chip partner for Resorts to complete a wonderful series of brands – Mohegan Sun, Margaritaville and now PokerStars,” said Morris Bailey, Resorts’ Company Chairman. “Resorts is a fantastic partner for…

From NBC The world’s largest online poker website is appealing a judge’s ruling that cost it the right to buy an Atlantic City casino. The PokerStars website’s parent company, The Rational Group, had a deal to buy The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel – and had already paid $11 million of that to keep it afloat during the winter. But a judge last month let the Atlantic Club out of that deal, ruling that a deadline for Rational to obtain preliminary approval from state authorities to own a casino had passed. The Rational Group appealed that ruling this week. “This is…