$20k to go towards final production and distribution costs raised in a day. BET RAISE FOLD, a documentary into the online poker industry from boom to Black Friday and beyond, successfully reached a fundraising goal of $20,000 in just over 24 hours over the weekend. @pokernews.com

Mark Yoseloff spent a career designing, developing and manufacturing electronic games. Whether it was handheld football in the early 1980s at Coleco Industries or slot machines at Bally Technologies in the 1990s or SHFL Entertainment Inc. @pokerati.com

The poker world has been rocked of late by new evidence regarding the mid-2000s “Superuser” scandals that changed the face of the online poker industry. @pokernewsdaily.com

Gaming industry conferences are a dime a dozen these days. GIGSE, IGNA, ICE, NIGA, NIGC … Barcelona, Amsterdam … G2E Vegas, G2E Macau … It’s often many of the same people talking about the same topics related to gaming — forward thinking statements, sure — but all the different wonk-fabs have their own unique flavor.. @pokerati.com

The World Series of Poker starts in five days and will sap the attention of the entire poker community for seven weeks. While all the hoopla happens in Las Vegas, lobbyists and industry executives are still taking THE FIGHT to statehouses around the country — including Massachusetts. @bluff.com

The Boardwalk can’t catch a break. For the past two decades, Atlantic City’s casino industry has been under siege from gaming competition in neighboring states. @pokerati.com

The first three months of 2013 have sparked cautious optimism for the economic recovery of Nevada’s casino industry. A new report for March appears to build on that trend. @pokerati.com

This week, Atlantic City gaming regulators released a draft of proposed regulations for the Garden State’s upcoming online gambling industry. The rules are pretty similar to Nevada’s set. @cardplayer.com

In Maryland, the brick-and-mortar casino industry helps keep horse racing alive. With brand new casinos scheduled to be built in the state, those within the horse racing industry are feeling.. @cardplayer.com

Global Poker Index, the latest acquisition of Alex Dreyfus’ Zokay Entertainment, announced Wednesday its most recent product launch, The Quarterly Industry Report. @pokernews.com

As chief regulator for New Jersey’s struggling casino industry, Matthew Levinson has an interesting balancing act. The Casino Control Commission must ensure the market is free of corruption. @pokerati.com

As a former dealer and pit boss on the Boardwalk, Mayor Lorenzo Langford is committed to seeing the city’s casino industry recover, despite his well-publicized disputes with New Jersey Gov. @pokerati.com

How is the gambling industry faring right now? Apparently that just depends on who you ask. Las Vegas casino boss Steve Wynn reportedly said last week when he was in.. @cardplayer.com

Gaming magnate Steve Wynn met behind closed doors with the governor and legislative leaders Wednesday, proclaiming in a brief interview that the gaming industry is not in a “healthy” condition and future growth will be in places other than Nevada. @pokerati.com

Bloomberg reported Monday that U.S. commercial casino revenue last year was $37 billion. The figure was based on the organization’s findings as well as data from the American Gaming Association,.. @cardplayer.com

A Pennsylvania legislator introduced an online gambling bill in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Friday, putting the Keystone State squarely on the map of states fighting to legalize online gambling. @bluff.com

The American Gaming Association on Wednesday named just its second president to lead the nearly 20-year-old Washington, D.C.-based organization that serves as the industry’s voice on Capitol Hill. @pokerati.com

Nearly two years to the day after torpedoing the online poker industry, the same lawyer who pushed those indictments has announced another round of litigation, this time targeting several poker professionals who are alleged to be a part of a massive scheme. @pokernewsdaily.com

The week ahead in the online gaming industry. Monday, April 15 marks the two-year anniversary of Black Friday, so tributes and reflections can be expected to dominate online gaming media. @pokernews.com

As PokerStars continues its fight for a New Jersey license, new issues emerge in Australia. Also, real money gambling for Zynga in the U.K. and industry news.. @pokerati.com

Amid the flurry of activity over the past year or so with online gaming and poker, there have been some success stories. The moves by Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey to enact online regulations for the industry (in Delaware and New Jersey’s cases for full online gaming and Nevada’s online poker only laws) have been.. @pokernewsdaily.com

The Nevada Gaming Commission, the state’s top regulatory body for the powerful and lucrative casino industry, just saw two of its members receive four-year extensions by Gov. @cardplayer.com

Moving a step closer to bringing its online gaming industry to life, the state of Delaware announced yesterday that fourteen companies have applied for online gaming licenses for their proposed online casino gaming system. @pokernewsdaily.com

Gaming revenues in January fell 12.4 percent statewide and 18.7 percent on the Strip based on a challenging comparison to figures produced by Nevada’s resort industry a year ago. @pokerati.com

PokerStars fires back in the escalating battle over the New Jersey online gambling market. Plus, industry news from New York and Illinois. @pokerati.com

BetVictor Poker launches its new, revamped Bad Beat Jackpot tomorrow Tuesday March 19. The all-time industry high of €921,603 should be enough to tempt many players to try out the.. @cardplayer.com

In the world of poker books, it is more often that you will see the “normal” process of the industry. A book will go to a traditional publisher, with that publisher paying the author(s) for their work through an advance of cash and then a percentage of the sales. @pokernewsdaily.com

In response to massive gambling expansion in neighboring Ohio, some Indiana lawmakers and casino interests are pushing to make legislative changes that are favorable to the state’s own gambling industry. @cardplayer.com

Approval of Internet gaming bills in Nevada and New Jersey less than a week apart helped fuel investors’ interest in the gaming industry during the last half of February. @pokerati.com

Given the stringent nature of the bad actor lockouts in state regulation, the reasons for Caesar's recent Barriere partnership become clear. Proposed legislation designed to bring online poker—along with expanded gambling—to Illinois carries heavy restrictions that could block many current industry leaders. @pokernews.com

On Monday, the American Gaming Association (AGA), a lobbying organization for the commercial casino industry in the United States, filed a brief with both the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and Division of Gaming Enforcement, urging them to deny Rational Group’s application for an Interim Casino Authorization (ICA). @pokernewsdaily.com

As promised, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed the online gambling legislation sent back to him with the requested revisions. Also, industry news from the European Union, Florida, and the last of the Black Friday fallout. @pokerati.com

Rhea Motley leads after Day 1b of the 2013 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Main Event. Also, the WPT Season XI Bay 101 is already the largest in history. @pokernews.com

Major corporations sell cards, chips and tables to poker players around the world. Online poker sites rake in millions from online grinders. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry. @pokerlistings.com

After not considering the legislation in their previous congressional cycle, the Iowa General Assembly could once again take a look at passing legislation that would make the Hawkeye State another player in the online poker industry. @pokernewsdaily.com

The concerns of online poker players can be valuable information to industry professionals and legislators. At the 2013 iGaming North America conference (IGNA) last week members of the global gaming industry including lawyers, legislators, operators, service providers and members of the gaming media, descended upon Las Vegas to discuss topics important to the industry. @pokernews.com

Full Tilt Poker announced Friday that is making every tournament on its schedule a guaranteed prize pool tournament, a first for the online poker industry. @pokernewsdaily.com

SNG/MTT Special: This week we pick out some of the best tournament strategy videos in the directory. After NL Hold’em, SNG/MTT is the next biggest category in our directory, with over 50 new videos getting added each week. @pokernews.com

Potentially seeing that citizens of their own state weren’t going to be enough to persuade investment in the industry (and other potential issues), the Nevada Legislature and Governor Brian Sandoval rushed a measure through the Nevada General Assembly today that will allow licensees of the state’s online poker operation to enter into compacts with other.. @pokernewsdaily.com

Annie Duke is one of eight members of the 2012 Power 20 not on the 2013 list. Each year BLUFF sends out ballots to a wide array of professionals in the industry to see who they think are 20 most powerful people in the game. @bluff.com

$2.35m plus an unspecified amount to be forfeited, but Chris "Jesus" Ferguson admits to no wrongdoing. Chris Ferguson, a founding partner and board member of the controlling entity behind Full Tilt Poker, and the largest individual shareholder of Full Tilt interests, has announced a tentative settlement with the Department of Justice in the civil case regarding Ferguson’s involvement with FTP and its former online poker services to US-based players. @pokernews.com

PokerRoom.com is closing down again, this time presumably for good. The one-time internet poker trailblazer announced the decision on its website, giving players little to no notice that it was going to join the likes of Planet Poker as former industry leaders who could not survive in a post-UIGEA world. @pokernewsdaily.com

Industry descends on Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas, for the annual iGaming North America conference. Frank Fahrenkopf, President and CEO of the American Gaming Association, is expected to address future political possibilities of legalized internet gambling at the iGaming North America conference in Las Vegas this week. @pokernews.com

Nevada’s casino industry posted its third straight annual gaming revenue increase in 2012 as the industry continues its modest recovery amid a sluggish economy. @pokerati.com

Not long after the web gaming industry took a giant step toward entry into the Garden State, the Borgata — the largest casino in floundering Atlantic City — announced that.. @cardplayer.com

Although we are only about six weeks into 2013, the various Player of the Year races in the poker industry are already being hotly contested. With several major events completed in January, there are players who are claiming their stake, albeit quite early, to being major contenders in the year-long battle. @pokernewsdaily.com

PokerStars has welcomed Governor Christie’s statements Thursday regarding conditions for the passage of an online gambling bill. In a statement issued to pokerfuse, the online poker industry leader stated it was “hopeful” that the state would “ work quickly to finalize the legislation in accordance with the important revisions and additions to this bill set out in the Governor’s statement. @pokernews.com

The Mississippi Legislature has reported that State Democratic Rep Bobby Moak’s bill to introduce online gambling has “died in committee.” Moak is a former Chairman of the House Gaming Committee with many contacts in the Mississippi casino industry. @pokernews.com

When does a net loss of more than $1.21 billion not seem so bad? When it’s compared with a net loss of almost $4 billion in the previous year. Nevada’s casino industry suffered through its fourth straight fiscal year net loss despite 4. @pokerati.com