The Belgian Government has given approval to three online poker sites to offer their real money services to gamblers. The country’s ISP will block any unauthorized sites in accordance with Belgium’s new gambling laws.

Online Poker players have reacted with shock and surprise by Microgaming’s Poker Network’s sudden announcement last week when it revealed that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission regulatory authority had revoked the license of 24 Poker on 24th November, 2011.

Since the domains of many US facing online poker sites, including Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker, Poker Stars and Ultimate Bet 9 (UB.com) were sized by the United States authorities most players have not yet had their money returned to them.

Antanas Guoga, an online poker player also known as Tony G, has criticized the Alderney Gambling Control Commission for not protecting the funds belonging to players at the Full Tilt Poker site adequately.

Leading software giant, Microgaming has announced that it has established a new Network Management Board that will oversee the development and operation of the Microgaming Poker Network.

In an effort to comply with current US legislation, the Poker Pros Network (PPN) recently announced that its PPNPoker.eu domain will be leaving the Cake Network of online poker sites and that as from midnight on Wednesday, 31st August it will no longer be accepting US player registrations.

Online poker players waiting for their funds to be out by Full Tilt Poker are very angry after hearing that Full Tilt is once again seeking potential investors.

Bwin.com has just announced that it has developed Android-compatible software. This announcement should put a smile on poker enthusiasts’ faces as the games that have been developed are for real money mobile poker.

TitanPoker.com, the Playtech-powered online poker site, has informed players that despite the rapidly changing industry due to April’s “Black Friday” indictment which was followed by the “Blue Monday” prosecutions a little more than a month later, the poker site is still open for business and continues to offer players a secure gaming environment.

The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has announced that it has suspended Full Tilt’s license and shut down its entire international poker operation as from Wednesday, 29th June, 2011.