Carbon Poker sent emails out to affiliates on Friday with bad news.  The site decided to stop offering its affiliate program effective June 1.  There is a silver lining.  Action given by players referred to Carbon Poker before June 1 will continue to generate revenue share for their affiliates. This move comes amid the slowest payout times in the past year at Carbon Poker.  U.S. players report waiting 10-12 weeks for checks to arrive from Carbon Poker.  Skrill was recently dropped as an option for players outside the U.S. Players outside the U.S. had their pending Skrill requests recently reversed. …

So-called Internet cafes have long been regarded as little more than thinly veiled gambling sites by law enforcement and prosecutors. The General Assembly banned video poker and other games in 2006, but the industry has fought hard in court and “adjusted” the games to slip under the legal radar for years. The ongoing battle and the maneuvering by the industry have been a sort of perfect storm of lobbyists rallying for a special interest group, lawyers for that special interest finding ways to follow the technicalities of the law while sidestepping its spirit, law enforcement beating its head against the…