Poker Fuse – Ultimate Poker released a new version of its online poker software for players in Nevada last week bringing it closer in line with its New Jersey counterpart. The update included several changes, the most significant of which may be the improvement of the geolocation services. Details of the upgrade claim that the new geolocation is more accurate, but that currently the software is presenting a dialogue box telling all players that they are “not location verified” when they first log in. Ultimate Poker’s advice is to ignore the banner and “try sitting at a table.” If this…

My News 4 – Ultimatepoker.com turns one-year-old on Wednesday. The first regulated, real-money online poker site in the United States led Nevada’s charge into online gaming. Online gaming in the Silver State is booming. Since the first regulated pay-to-play poker website in America launched a year ago, two more operating real-money poker websites have also started. ““Ultimate was the first,” said Nevada State Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett. “Right now, the three internet poker websites collected $926,000 is revenues for last month.”  The Nevada State Gaming Control Board said the numbers keep growing. “For the first 11 months of operation,…

iGaming Business – Online poker operators WSOP.com and Ultimate Poker are to adopt the NETELLER payment processing solution in an attempt to solve problems players have in depositing and withdrawing from websites in regulated US states. According to the Pokerfuse.com website, WSOP introduced a NETELLER option for customers in New Jersey last month and has now received approval to use the Net Plus card for its Nevada online poker service. The US version of Net Plus is a pre-paid Discover card that players can use to withdraw and deposit funds, with access to cash at ATM machines. The card can be…

Nevada’s first online poker site made a big announcement Thursday. The Ultimate Poker deal will allow it to expand its customer base in the Silver State. The online firm, owned by Station Casinos, has struck a partnership to be the official online poker site for the company that owns Reno’s Peppermill Hotel Casino, as well as four other carpet joints in the northern part of Nevada, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Station Casinos itself owns 17 casinos in Nevada. By adding more brick-and-mortar properties into the mix, customers will have more options for cashing out and depositing, as well as…

Ultimate Poker has announced a 19-event live tournament series that will take place this summer at the Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The Ultimate Poker Challenge kicks off Aug. 30 and runs through Sep. 8, featuring buy-ins from $120 to $550, with a $1,100 main event starting Sep. 6. The main event, which boasts four starting days, will guarantee at least $200,000 to the prize pool. The event launched on April 30 as Nevada’s first licensed and regulated online poker room. It then spent the next two and a half months following a trial period of strict guidelines…

Ultimate Gaming gained final approval Thursday from the Nevada Gaming Commission to operate what is currently the state’s only legal Internet poker website. The company, which is majority owned by Station Casinos, launched Ultimate Poker on April 30 and then began a field trial to prove the website meets state regulations covering interactive wagering. The field trial is now complete. Ultimate Gaming Chief Technology Officer Chris Derossi provided commissioners with a detailed report on the system. Figures, including financial details, were not made public. Derossi said Ultimate Poker has dealt more than 9.1 million hands of poker and operated some…