Adjarabet’s long running Magic Hands promo, which ran from last December to this March, has finally come to an end. PokerDom, a fairly new site, is starting to make an impact on the global online poker scene.

PokerStars has now chosen to revoke their recent rake increases. Ladbrokes has joined the exodus out of Russia and will no longer be serving residents of this country.

The Santa Ysabel Indians of California have been proclaiming their desire to offer online poker in spite of whatever the wishes of state legislators may be. At the same time Russia has passed a bill that clearly makes playing online poker illegal in the country.

Santa Ysabel Indians of California launching a real money online poker site PrivateTable. Connective Games, the Russian based company which operates Europe Bet has now set up shop in Malta.

Online poker has been banned in Russia for 5 years now, but the government’s hard line stance seems to be softening. Amaya Gaming announced their attention to pursue a secondary listing.

Worldwide online poker traffic fell by a further 2% this week, a pretty significant dip, making this the tenth week in a row that traffic levels have fallen.

Online poker traffic fell an additional 1% this week, an improvement from last week’s decline of 3% but the seventh week in a row that overall traffic has gone down.