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Popular member of boy band “Take That” has been criticized for planning to launch a new online poker site.

Anti-gambling campaigners and fans have been enraged that the singer is launching the website as they claim that 37 year old Williams, a former drug addict, will be raking in cash from vulnerable addicts.

According to Williams’ site, RobbieWilliamsPoker.com is where poker players and Robbie Williams’ fans play each other in order to score great prizes and create the craziest avatars. The site goes on to say that it is NOT a Gambling Offer as all games are played with virtual game money with no value.

International software and content provider to the online and land-based gaming industry, Playtech, has announced that it has become the first UK gambling group to sign a licensing agreement to provide the Californian Online Poker Association (COPA) with online software before the anticipated relaxation of the internet gambling restrictions.

Playtech’s Sciplay International joint venture will also provide the California Poker Association (COPA) with “play-for-fun” internet games. COPA is made up of a coalition of Indian tribal governments and card rooms and is licensed to offer land based poker.

Intertops Poker has announced that it will soon be installing a major new software update that will include a large range of special features which have been designed for tournament players and those who are desirous of improving their game.

The site stated that the new poker software will include lots of new features and conveniences for tournament organization and registration and will also customize the look and feel of the poker room.

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According to new figures that have become available, there is now concrete numbers to the decrease in traffic in the online poker world since the US government shut down PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker in the United States on 15th April, 2011, which is now known as Black Friday.

The statistics that were released highlight how much online poker has suffered as a result of Black Friday when the US government indicted 11 online poker executives and seized the domain names of three of the largest poker rooms operating in the United States.

After years of opposing online poker and gambling in the United States, the head of Wynn Resorts, the billionaire casino tycoon Steve Wynn, announced that his group has signed an alliance deal with the world’s most popular online poker room, Poker Stars. The announcement was made on Friday, and has attracted much excitement in the online gambling world, considering that Wynn was such a vocal opponent of the legalization and regulation of this form of entertainment in the past. In a joint statement, the two groups said that they would be working together to bring about a change in current legislation, following with the creation of a joint PokerStarsWynn.com online poker site.

Nevada is the latest state in the US to consider legalizing and regulating online poker. It was announced this week that Nevada introduced AB258, which, according the Wall Street Journal, is being pushed by Rational Entertainment Enterprises – aka Poker Stars.

What happened to Chris Moorman, one of the best online poker stars to come out of the UK in many years, when he was due to take part in the largest event of the UK poker year, the World Series of Poker Europe? The event got underway on Tuesday 14th September 2010 at the Empire Casino in London. Many poker fans were looking forward to see Moorman in live tournament action.

Following a lengthy battle by the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB) for a ban on online casinos in an attempt to protect South Africa’s R16 billion (US2.2 billion) gaming industry from fierce competition from online companies the Gambling Board has finally won its case.

In the North Gauteng High Court, a judgment was handed down by Judge NB Tuckten on August 20th 2010 making online poker and all forms of online gambling strictly prohibited in South Africa and anyone found breaking this new anti-online gambling law will face a fine of up to R10 million (US$1.36 million) or up to ten years in jail.