Howard Lederer settles with the Department of Justice. It costs him millions but he keeps his mansion and his freedom.
Schleswig Holstein Crisis
Greg Merson wins the Card PlayerPlayer of the Year title.
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- Scheinberg, a federal criminal case against the founders of the three largest online poker companies, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Cereus Poker Network (Absolute Poker/Ultimatebet), and a handful of their associates, which alleges that the defendants violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and engaged in bank fraud and money.
- Jan 02, 2013 Gus Hansen is down over $2.6 million since the Full Tilt Poker relaunch. The Poker Year In Review - December 2012. Of new German online poker.
- The German state of Schleswig-Holstein has reportedly made a number of amendments to its draft gaming legislation. Full Tilt's Alderney licence suspended. Alderney Gambling Control Commission has suspended the gambling licence of Full Tilt Poker, requiring it to suspend all operations with immediate effect.
Gus Hansen is down over $2.6 million since the Full Tilt Poker relaunch.
However he manages to claw some back before 2012 is over.
Phil Ivey also made his Full Tilt Poker return.
Schleswig Holstein Ship
Dan Smith wins his sixth tournament of 2012.
Former Card Player writer and poker author Lou Kreiger dies.
Ramzi Jelassi wins the European Poker Tour Prague main event for €850,000 while Marvin Rettenmaier, who would go on to claim the European Player of the Year title, won the HighRoller event for €365,000.
Ravi Raghavan wins the Five Diamond World Poker Classic.
Danish pro Theo Jorgensen is shot in a robbery at his home .
One in four Americans favor state-level online gambling .
The Card Player Poker Tour goes from strength-to-strength with three new stops.
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Zynga’s iPhone poker app finishes the year as number one.
PokerStars and 888 are among the beneficiaries of new German online poker licenses issued by Schleswig-Holstein while 888 was set to launch real money gambling on Facebook.
The World Series of Poker Europe is set to move to Paris for 2013.
bwin leaves the Ongame network and joins Party Poker’s liquidity pool while bwin.party does a deal in Belgium which will allow real money gambling and co-chief executive officer Jim Ryan announces his retirement.