The Belgium government has blacklisted online gambling firms 888, Everest, Chilipoker and Titan as part of its new regulatory policy.

The four largest internet service providers in Belgium are expected to prevent customers from accessing domain names on the list either through DNS or IP blocking, according to PokerFuse.com. [more]

Dublin, Ireland: February 7, 2012 –

Nils Jarefjäll from Sweden has won the first European Masters of Poker season IV title at the Card Casino in Prague, Czech Republic. [more]

By Jon Harnish
In a very recent announcement, PartyPoker has announced it will sponsor the new “Montreal PartyPoker Classic” charity poker tournament in the ballrooms of Le Windsor from March 25th to 28th, 2012. The $275 (with re-buy and options) event will be held to help raise money for the Jodi Lazarus Fund for Hereditary Breast Cancer. [more]

New York Federal Judge Dismisses RICO Class Action Suit Against Full Tilt Poker

The Ifrah Law firm today announced they have won a favorable ruling on behalf of Full Tilt companies and the individual poker professionals who were named as defendants in the first class action suit brought by former U.S. players in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York last summer. [more]

U.S. prosecutors seized 16 websites that streamed live sports events on Friday, just two days prior to Sunday’s Super Bowl. A Michigan man was charged with running nine of those websites.

Yonjo Quiroa (AKA Ronaldo Solano), 28, faces one count of criminal infringement of a copyright and will likely not serve any prison time. [more]