Timeline Of Online Poker

Online Poker Timeline



Early 90s

IRC Poker becomes the first Virtual Poker, though no gambling takes place.



1998

January 1, 1998:

Randy Blumer launches PlantPoker.com. The first real money poker site.



The Kahnawake Gaming Commission enacts regulations concerning interactive gaming.



ParadisePoker.com

Paradise Poker opens for business and quickly becomes the #1 poker site.



1999

2000

ultimatebet.com

Ultimate Bet launches



2001

Poker Stars

October 2001:

Pokerstars opens its virtual doors.



Party Poker launches and promotes online tournaments revolutionizing online play.



The World Poker Tour is formed, and with it advertising for online poker to the masses.



2002

2003



World Series Poker

Amateur Chris Moneymaker wins the WSOP main event by qualifying at an online poker site.



Online Poker explodes after his $2,500,000 win that started from $40 pm pokerstars.com



2004

Full Tilt Poker.com

With the backing and endorsement of many poker pros, Fulltiltpoker launches in 2004.



WTO rules against the United States over its online gaming regulations



Multiple poker sites go public, and the world sees just how much money online poker is making.

2005

Online Poker is now a $2 billion dollar a year industry.

Ultimate Bet and Professional player Russ Hamilton are ensnared in a cheating scandal.



2006

October 13, 2006

President Bush signs The Security and Accountability For Every Port Act which prohibits the transfer of funds from a financial institution to an ���illegal�۝ Internet gambling site.



PartyPoker stops accepting US players, eliminating 80% of its customers overnight.



2007



Scandal erupts as Absolute Poker admits that cheating has occurred by an employee.



The first attempts are made to make online gaming legal again in the United States.



The Treasury Department issues regulations detailing how banks must comply with the 2006 Internet gambling law.



2009

December 27,2009

Pokerstars sets the record for the biggest online tournament with 49,196 people.



Online Poker is now a $6 billion + a year industry that is growing larger by the day.



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