Calling the Clock: Sneaky RAWA Move; Bonomo Camera Shy; Schwartz SCOOP Ace

In this week’s Calling the Clock we remind you of a sneaky move to pass the Restoration of the Wire Act through the back door, why Justin Bonomo was a little camera shy at the European Poker Tour, and why Luke Schwartz is the Daddy when it comes to the Spring Championships of Online Poker.

We start this week’s Calling the Clock with a flurry of news stories from the world’s largest online poker room.

As expected, PokerStars arrival in New Jersey has increased online poker revenue as a whole, but their competitors have suffered slightly in the process.

Figures released by the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show the partnership between Pokerstarsnj.com and Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino Hotel contributed $1.18m to April’s online poker revenue. That was enough to push the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa and partypoker into second place with $745,000. Caesars Interactive Entertainment’s (CIE) WSOP.com and 888.com pulled in $664,000. The total combined figure for the month was $2.6m (a 30.4% increase for the state).