Its not only poker: August 2007

Friday, August 31, 2007

Cops hold 'em after raid on poker parlor (New York Daily News)

A high-class poker club in midtown frequented by fans of Texas Hold 'Em was raided by cops, witnesses and law-enforcement sources said yesterday.

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It pays to play online poker

It pays to play online poker - especially if you’re one of Absolute Poker’s VIPs. Starting September 1st, Elite VIP Members will earn 9% interest per annum on their Absolute Poker account balance with a new interest bearing account.

The 9% per annum interest bearing account is based on a player’s daily balance and requires an average daily balance greater than $1,000. The maximum eligible balance is $500,000.

The popular online poker company rewards its VIP players with exclusive bonuses and front-of-the-line service through three tiers: VIP, Platinum and Elite. To enter the VIP, Platinum and Elite levels, a player must earn 5,000, 20,000 and 40,000 VIP points respectively. Players must also earn a specified number of points each month to maintain their status. These points are earned by playing poker ring games, tournaments and blackjack.

Elite VIP Members will earn 9% interest per annum on their Absolute Poker account balance with a new interest bearing account.

Full details -terms and conditions at: Absolute Poker

UltimateBet Poker Offers Double Dose of Heads-Up

You don’t need a 60″ HDTV this weekend to experience one of the most intense sporting events of the year. The championship match of the inaugural UltimateBet Heads-Up Smackdown tournament is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 2. And it’s only happening at UltimateBet.com.

A total of 64 players began competing in a fierce one-on-one battle on August 4. With only one player surviving each heads-up match, the field of players was cut in half every week. On Sunday, the two players left standing will battle it out for a first place prize of $11,200, a limited edition Heads-Up Smackdown championship ring and entry into the end-of-year Heads-up Bracket of Champions where the winner gets to play 11-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth for $30,000.

Players won’t have to wait until Sunday to witness the heads-up intensity. The first bracket of the second one-on-one tournament begins on Saturday, September 1, one day prior to the championship battle of the first tournament. On September 30, the second championship match will be carried out online.

Well credit your Ultimatebet account 100% - up to $650 - in bonus dollars!.

Details on a third tournament have yet to be released. However, a visit to the UltimateBet Heads-Up Smackdown promotion page reveals that several more rounds are planned.

Full details can be found online at: Ultimate Bet

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Court Reinstates S.C. Video Poker Suit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

A divided federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's law banning video poker. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed on Wednesday U.S.

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Poker Room in Little Rock Plans to Open Despite Warnings (KATV Little Rock)

Little Rock - A Little Rock poker room will open despite warnings from city officials. The National Poker Challenge markets itself as legal poker and it is now set to open in Little Rock in September.

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Video poker lawsuit reinstated (WCBD-TV Charleston)

A divided federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's law banning video poker. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed U.S. District Court Judge David C. Norton's ruling that Jimmy Martin's lawsuit did not belong in federal court.

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Brown hedges bets on reforms Gambling New measures in force (Financial Times)

Gordon Brown is starting to row back on new laws liberalising gambling even before they come into force tomorrow in order to appease conservative opinion, senior gambling industry executives claim.

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Poker Fights the UIGEA (Online Poker News)

It seems that people cannot and will not take the UIGEA hands down. Some of the biggest poker rooms in the country have been fighting back.

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NFL Online Sport Betting Tips

The most important part of handicapping is discipline and money management. Discipline will be reflected in our selections. Money management you must learn yourself.

Read newspapers -if you come to know a given sports writer, you will be able to pick up on the difference between his facts and opinions, and on any bias present. And some publish their NFL picks. There are some shows on TV that may help.

*To be more accurate -good NFL football tips from a reliable source can generate a very healthy level of profit over a long period of time.*

When NFL betting you should always be looking for a correlating cause and effect that is not considered by the bookmakers and the NFL betting public. When you find this you have a tremendous edge in beating the line!

NFL Online Sport Betting Tips.

My advice is to look at the components that make up the game not the line.

NFL Gambling: Bookmaker Sportsbook Bodog Sportsbook Intertops Sportsbook

Remember: The challenge is accumulate and analyze the greater amount of possible information about the game, heft the probabilities of winning of each equipment, and of comparing its opinion with the official prognoses. Have good criterion and you win. That simple. Regards team ixgames.

Time to regulate Internet gambling

Antigua and Barbuda -a tiny twin- island nation of 80,000 people in the Caribbean, is the mouse that roared on Internet gambling. It could force the elephantine United States to reconsider laws prohibiting online wagering with offshore casinos. Antigua challenged that prohibition before the World Trade Organization and won - twice. Congress should accept that reality and replace the ban with regulation designed to ensure the financial integrity of gaming in cyberspace, to screen out minors and to make sure that the United States gets its cut in taxes. Legislation introduced by Rep. Barney Frank provides a good jumping - off point for debate in Congress.

Antigua and Barbuda is home to 32 online casino operations. It initiated a trade complaint in 2003, claiming that the U.S. ban violates its rights as a member of the global free trade community policed by the WTO. It won in 2004 andagain in 2005, after the United States appealed: and the ruling was reaffirmed yet again this year. All that’s left is for the WTO to decide what damages to impose.

Time to regulate Internet gambling.

The organization’s credibility is on the line. It can’t risk the rap that it aggressively enforces trade rules against small nations but timidly allows the world’s economic powerhouse to skate. The integrity of the United States is also at issue. This country can’t respect trade rules that benefit us and ignore those that don’t without undermining valuable free trade agreements. Washington may be left with only two choices: Allow Americans to wager online with offshore casinos or ban all Internet gambling - including popular pastimes like fantasy sports leagues and off-track betting on horses, and maybe even the sale of lottery tickets online. Antigua argued that by permitting some online wagering while making it illegal for financial institutions to handle payments for Internet casinos abroad, the United States impermissibly discriminates against cyber-casinos. Washington should (must)respect the WTO ruling, permit Internet casino gambling and do all it can to protect American consumers.

The Football season just days away

Is it just me or are the days getting brighter -the nights feeling more refreshing -and just life in general better than a week ago? No, I’m not in love but I do know football is just around the corner.

We are now less than 48 hours from the first kick of the 2007 NCAA College Football Season. It’s a great time of year. A time both wives and employers dread as productivity at home and the office literally falls of the cliff. So, if you are going to waste time following football you may as well make some $$$$$ from the endeavour……

The Best Football odds you will find at: Online Sport Betting Reviews

The Football season just days away.

Regards from team ixgames ….and please make money this season!!

PartyGaming fighting back after US online ban (Daily Telegraph)

Partygaming, the world's biggest online poker and casino group, plunged $47.1m (23.4m) into the red at the half-year as America's crackdown on internet gambling took its toll, but still pleased the market with a better-than-expected performance from its continuing businesses

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PartyGaming beats expectations and shares surge (Market Watch)

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares in online poker and casino operator PartyGaming surged off record lows Wednesday after a sharp rise in new customers helped it beat earnings expectations, though it swung to an overall net loss due to the U.S. crackdown on Internet gambling.

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US gambling ban pushes PartyGaming to 23m loss (Guardian Unlimited)

Online gambling group records $47m (23m) half-year loss in the wake of US legislation.

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Court reinstates suit challenging video poker ban (The Post and Courier)

RICHMOND, Va. A divided federal appeals court reinstated on Wednesday a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's law banning video poker. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed U.S. District Court Judge David Norton's ruling in Charleston that Jimmy Marti...

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A New Addition to B4Playing Tool - Euro Partners (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

B4Playing adds Euro Partners to its smart tool for online casino and poker rooms program. Euro Partners is a great addition with over 10 properties.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

PartyGaming still in talks to cut U.S. deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Online gambling firm PartyGaming Plc reported first-half earnings in line with previously lowered expectations and said it was still trying to cut a deal with U.S. authorities following a crackdown on gambling there.

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Online Gambling Firms confident about its future prospects

PartyGaming- the world’s biggest online gaming company, has said that it is confident about its future prospects, despite the discontinuation of its US operations. The online gaming industry is ripe for consolidation once the barrier of retrospective legal action from US authorities has been removed and PartyGaming PLC is well-placed to be at the centre of such activity, according to its chief executive Mitch Garber.

PartyGaming, along with rival 888 Holdings PLC, initiated talks with the Department of Justice in June seeking clarity regarding actions taken by law enforcement agencies against other internet gambling companies which had US-facing operations before the enactment of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act last October. We continue to move along and we continue to move towards what we hope will be considered by all a satisfactory resolution. Once that’s done, I think there’s going to be quite a lot of consolidation activity.

Online Gambling Firms confident about its future prospects.

(At 9.45 am, PartyGaming shares were trading at 24-1/2 pence, up 1-3/4.)

U.K. Stocks Rise, Led by Antofagasta, Whitbread, Standard Life (Bloomberg.com)

Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks advanced, led by Antofagasta Plc and Whitbread Plc on positive profit and sales reports. Barclays Plc and Standard Life Plc also gained.

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Web poker firm ravaged by US ban (Guardian Unlimited)

PartyGaming revenues drop 70% in first quarter.

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Online Gambling site Bodog

Online gambling website Bodog.com was out of service Monday and remained inoperative Tuesday, apparently due to a $48.6-million default judgment obtained by a Las Vegas company against Bodog in a patent infringement case. By Tuesday afternoon, Bodog had established a new website, NewBodog, which is virtually identical to the old site and enabled Bodog clients to resume their online gambling activities.

In a news release issued late Tuesday, Bodog founder and part-time Vancouver resident Calvin Ayre, said “the problems result from a dispute over the ownership of the Bodog.com domain name.”

“We are fighting this dispute and are confident that we will win,” he said in the release.

The release provided no details, but according to Nevada court documents, 1st Technology LLC of Las Vegas obtained a $48.6-million default judgement on June 14 against Bodog Entertainment Group S.A., Bodog.net and Bodog.com.

Online Gambling site Newbodog.com.

The Las Vegas company obtained the judgment after the Bodog companies failed to answer allegations, filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada, that downloaded software used by Bodog customers to facilitate its gaming activities infringed upon 1st Technology’s patents.

It is not clear why Bodog officials did not respond to the allegations. One possibility is they were scared away by the U.S. Department of Justice, which has declared war on Internet gambling.

Through a series of high profile arrests of online gambling executives, the Justice Department has made it clear that online gambling is illegal and anybody operating or facilitating such activities is subject to prosecution.

Since then, Ayre has avoided stepping on American soil, but he continues to return to Vancouver, where Bodog runs a marketing-support business in Vancouver called Riptown Media and a call centre in Burnaby called Triple Crown Customer Service.

Ayre was in Vancouver as recently as Friday, when he attended a Bodog-sponsored mixed martial arts fight night at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre in North Vancouver. The event is sold as a pay-per-view television event.

Meanwhile, 1st Technology has been steadily tightening the noose on Bodog, which was previously run out of Costa Rica but is now based in Antigua.

In an affidavit filed in conjunction with the court action, 1st Technology lawyer Kristopher Rath complained that, despite the default judgment, Bodog “continues to act with impunity in the United States.”

“The Bodog entities infringing activities are responsible for over $65 billion in cumulative transactions to date, with approximately two-thirds of this revenue currently being derived from infringing United States activities,” he said.

The lawyer noted that, according to a Forbes interview with Ayre, “Bodog handled $7.3 billion dollars of revenue which translates to over $4.8 billion in revenue in the United States with revenue growing 300 per cent per year since 2004.” He also noted that, according to the Forbes interview, Ayre “has amassed a current wealth of $1 billion, which was derived in large part through infringement of 1st Technology LLC’s patent.

“However, despite reaping the rewards of U.S. commerce, the Bodog entities evade United States law and courts, and Mr. Ayre gloats about his companies’ ability to operate above American law.”

The lawyer said 1st Technology “continues to suffer massive and irreparable harm because of the Bodog entities’ wrongful conduct”, and the “only way to stop this harm is to enjoin Bodog’s United States activities.”

In the early 1990s, Ayre got into trouble with the B.C. Securities Commission over his dealings with Bicer Medical Systems, listed on the former Vancouver Stock Exchange. In 1996, he admitted to serious offences in connection with that company and agreed to a 20-year ban from the B.C. securities market.

Malta will be the next Online Gambling Headquarter

Online gambling giant InterCasino, one of the world’s largest and most popular online casinos, recently announced they are moving their operations to Malta, after having been granted a license from the Malta Gaming Authority.

Malta is riding high on the wave of UK-regulated online gambling, with 27 online gambling companies planning to shift their operational headquarters to the sunny Mediterranean island, according to a report carried by the Malta Times.

Malta will be the next Online Gambling Headquarter.

A number of CryptoLogic-powered online casinos have already announced they will be transferring their online gambling operations from the Caribbean to Malta and Gibraltar.

The Chairman of the Malta Gaming Authority announced they are currently processing almost 30 application from foreign gambling companies wishing to be regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority.

ONLINE GAMBLING IS HERE TO STAY

PartyGaming revenues drop 70% (Guardian Unlimited)

11.15am: Company slipped into the red after the US government's decision last year to ban all online gambling. By Julia Kollewe.

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Bodog lost its domain name

Bodog seemingly had lost its domain name on Tuesday thanks to a winning judgment in a patent infringement case, apparently due to a $48.6-million default judgment obtained by a Las Vegas company against Bodog in a patent infringement case.

“We are fighting this dispute and are confident that we will win,” the owner of bodog say!

Bodog is encountering DNS issues related to several of its websites and is directing customers to an alternate site -with little or no interruption to service.

Bodog lost its domain name.

I sincerely apologize to any customers affected by our interruption and will continue to provide updates as they become available. says Ayre!

Alternate site: NewBodog

(We are working to resolve any remaining issues on the temporary site as soon as possible, and fully expect to have our original site back up shortly.)

UPDATED BODOG LINKS:

Police smoke out gambling dens in industrial malls, charge unlucky 7 (Toronto Star)

Police have charged seven people with running illegal gambling houses as a result of a series of raids in Mississauga.

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PartyGaming shares bounce off lows on customer growth (Market Watch)

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Shares in online poker and casino operator PartyGaming bounced off record lows Wednesday after a sharp rise in new customers helped it beat earnings expectations, though it swung to an overall net loss due to the U.S. crackdown on Internet gambling.

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Brett Parise wins first leg in asia pacific poker tour

A 22-year-old university student from Indiana won the first leg of the inaugural PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour in Manila on Monday after three days of high-stakes gambling. Brett Parise win $180,000 in prize money and a place in December’s grand final in Sydney.

Parise, a student of political science and economics at the University of California, was the youngest player in the final nine. More than 200 players from 30 countries had started the three day event. Favorites Joseph Hachem, World Series of Poker champion in 2005, and Vanessa Rousso, one of the stars of the American poker circuit, were eliminated on the first day. Parise, who has been playing poker since he was 18, won his seat in the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) through a free online competition.

His mother, Jayne, said she did not know her son had won his trip to Manila “until he told me. I guess his dad will go with him to Sydney now.” All nine finalists shared a pool of $500,000 in prize money. Parise said he saw the game as a good way of making money but he doubted whether he would take it up full time. “I’ll finish my degree but I don’t have any idea what I will do after that. I like poker but it won’t be my life,” he said.

Brett Parise wins first leg in asia pacific poker tour.

The Final Results:

1. Brett Parise (USA) $179,775
2. Ira Blumenthal (Thailand) $113,858
3. Nicholas Bamman (USA) $62,921
4. Van Marcus (Australia) $44,940
5. Maor Feldinger (Isreal) $35,955
6. Roger Spets (Sweden) $26,966
7. Bas van Liere (Netherlands) $20,974
8. Kazuhiro Sato (Japan) $14,981
9. Derrick Hernandez (Philippines) $11,386
10. Steve Junhee Yea (South Korea) $8390
11. Carlo Gosselin (Thailand) $8390
12. D’amor Nario (Philippines) $8390
13. Alexander Fitzgerald (USA) $5993
14. Carlos Lascano (Philippines) $5993
15. Ronald Javier (Philippines) $5993
16. Se Jin Lee (South Korea) $5993
17. Eric Sia $4794
18. Nicolas Chouity (Lebanon) $4794
19. Steven Djingga (Indonesia) $4794
20. Kelly Flynn (USA) $4794
21. Seung Soo Jeon (South Korea) $4794
22. Ronald Singson $4794
23. Jean-Marc Hauducoeur (France) $4794
24. Dan Idema (Canada) $4794

The next leg of the APPT takes place in Seoul in September and two other venues in Asia yet to be decided before finishing up in Sydney.

Susan G. destroyed every online slot machine

Bodog’s Online Casino Winners

Like getting the No. 1 pick in your fantasy football draft, we are super stoked for our online casino winners.

There are many slot machine in this world, and they all fear one woman - Susan G. she destroyed every online slot machine that stood in her way, winning $38,872, $36,004, $25,495, $20,345, and $9,030 on the slots. THAT’S Crazy!
It’s not easy being second fiddle to Susan, but Rich M. pulled it off nicely. He made $10,605 playing blackjack!
Jong K. was making money off blackjack as well, he made $7,500!
Judy B. was all about the 7’s and Stripes online slot, she made $6,810.

Bodog has a page describing all of their online slot games, arranged in logical categories: Real Series Video, 3-reel games, and 5-reel games. With Bodog slots, you wont have to worry about downloading the casino software only to find out that you dont like the games; you can check them out before you download.

If you want to play online slot games, play at Bodog Casino.

If you want to play online slot games, playat Bodog Casino. Theyre the best around!!

Venetian Macao Resort

The $2.4 billion Venetian Macao Resort, the world’s largest casino, will open on Tuesday. The Venetian has more floor space than four Empire State Buildings. The hotels slot machines, baccarat tables and other games of chance sprawl across a casino more than three times the size of the largest casino in Las Vegas. The 15,000-seat sports arena nearly rivals Madison Square Garden, the convention center has a 6,000-seat banquet hall and the luxury shopping mall has three indoor canals with singing gondoliers; the Venetian in Las Vegas has just one.

The $2.4 billion Venetian Macao Resort, the world's largest casino.

China has already surpassed the United States in the manufacture of everything from steel and cement to DVD players and microwave ovens. Now, China is on its way to establishing itself as the global leader in a service industry: gambling.

The Venetian Macao is buying its own ferries to serve a second ferry terminal being built with more lines for passport checks.

Bingohall still one of the best online bingo rooms

Bingo is enjoyed by so many people that we expect it only to get bigger and bigger as the years go on…….

So what up in the online bingo hall:

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Bingohall.com still one of the best online bingo rooms

Bingo Hall is pleased to announce a small tournament for all of our non Bingo loving members! All you have to do is play any of the following three machines

1) Get Crackin
2) Trolling for Treasure
3) Keno

And wager $300 or more; for every $300 that you wager Bingo Hall will automatically consider this as one point. At the end of our promotional period Bingo Hall will award the following prizes to 4 LUCKY members!

1) Grand prize of $2500
2) Second place prize of $1000
3) Two Third place prizes of $500 each

All Guidelines At: Bingohall.com

Hundreds Pack OP Town Hall To Attend Poker Room Debate (WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News)

A Poker Room push is under way in Clay County to determine if a new legal gambling option is in the cards for Orange Park.

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Bodog lost its domain name

“We are fighting this dispute and are confident that we will win,” the owner of bodog say!

Bodog is encountering DNS issues related to several of its websites and is directing customers to an alternate site -with little or no interruption to service.

Bodog lost its domain name.

I sincerely apologize to any customers affected by our interruption and will continue to provide updates as they become available. says Ayre!

Alternate site: NewBodog

(We are working to resolve any remaining issues on the temporary site as soon as possible, and fully expect to have our original site back up shortly.)

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

State proposes deal on virtual blackjack machines (The Providence Journal)

PROVIDENCE With the threat of casino gambling looming in Massachusetts, there is a move to bring virtual blackjack to Twin River, possibly as early as next month.

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Bodog Poker Sunday $100k Winners

Proving the old adage that nice guys do in fact finish last, *slimebag* goes home with $25,000 first-place prize in Bodog Poker’s Sunday $100k guaranteed online poker tournament.

More big names came out to compete last night for the $25,000 first-place prize cash in Bodog Poker’s weekly $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament. After battling through the field of 828 entrants, notable internet guns Thayer “THAY3ER” Rasmussen and Blake “BallaB13? Cahail and Bodog leaderboard fixture “dannenmann” all collided at the final table.

The first departure from the final nine was *BallaB13* when he fell victim to *dannenmann*’s small pocket pair, losing his race to the river. Not to long after that hand, *THAY3R* claimed the chip lead and would maintain it all the way to heads-up play against *slimebag*. *THAY3R* entered the head to head match with an almost 3 to 1 chip advantage, but *slimebag* held on and slowly chipped away the lead eventually emerging victorious.

This is the first major victory at Bodog for *slimebag*, who we should expect to see more often with his bankroll significantly expanded.

Bodog Poker Sunday $100k Winners.

Here are the full final table results and payouts:

1) -slimebag - $25,000
2) -Thayer THAY3R Rasmussen - $14,000
3) -monkai - $9,000
4) -Dannenmann - $6,500
5) -juuuicy - $5,400
6) -renegade440 - $4,400
7) -cast - $3,400
8 ) -Bulletman99 - $2,400
9) -Blake BallaB13 Cahail - $1,550

Head over to Bodog Pokerand qualify for as little as a dollar for your chance at winning one of the largest prizes in online poker in the Bodog Sunday $100k Guaranteed.

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Poker and Drugs - Do the Two Mix? (Online Poker News)

The World Series of Poker is fast becoming muddies with drugs, as the Tour de France is. What is the future of this sport, if it is to stay clean and popular?

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State proposes deal on virtual blackjack machines (The Providence Journal)

Rhode Island Lottery Director Gerald Aubin says he has asked two vendors if they would supply the machines at Twin River, adding that he has received legal assurance that the games do not constitute a new form of gambling.

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Monday, August 27, 2007

CARBON POKER FREEROLL SCHEDULE

Our new freeroll schedule includes at least one freeroll every 2 hours!

$50 Freerolls every 4 hours = Open to any CarbonPoker member!

$500 Freeroll for New Depositing Players = Make an initial deposit at CarbonPoker and you will gain a coupon valid for 14 days entry into our daily $500 Freeroll for New Depositing Players.

$1,000 Freerolls = Every Monday through Friday, CarbonPoker holds a $1,000 freeroll for players that have earned at least 1000 comp points in the previous 72 hours prior to the tournament start time.

$2,000 Freeroll = Every Saturday at 15:00, CarbonPoker holds a $2,000 freeroll for players that have earned at least 1000 comp points in the previous 72 hours prior to the tournament start time.

$10,000 Freeroll = Every Sunday at 15:00 (except the last Sunday of every month), CarbonPoker holds a $10,000 freeroll for players that have earned at least 2500 comp points in the previous 159 hours prior to the tournament start time.

$50,000 Freeroll = On the last Sunday of every month at 15:00, CarbonPoker will run a $50,000 Freeroll that is open to all players who earn 5000 comp points so far in the current month.

CARBON POKER FREEROLL SCHEDULE.

Carbon Poker is largely populated by medium stake players and a great place to anyone who does not aim for the highest stakes + Triple Draw and Badugi (a Chinese type of poker).

UW, WSU players aware of gambling's dangers (The Columbian)

On top of a hill on the south side of Pullman is a family entertainment center called Zeppo's. It is a magnet for college students. Located about a mile from campus, Zeppo's has an arcade, a bowling alley, and a restaurant.

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Tim Donaghy will overstate extent of betting

NBA officials say casual gambling exists among their ranks, but at the National Basketball Referees Foundation Conference this weekend, their main concern was that Tim Donaghy would exaggerate the extent of the gambling. One veteran referee at the conference, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the collective bargaining agreement prohibits officials from talking to the media without the NBA’s permission, said the topic of private discussions this weekend among the referees was that Donaghy would try to better his situation at their expense.

Gambling other than at a racetrack in the offseason is a violation of NBA rules for referees. Commissioner David Stern said Sunday that the referees need not worry about repercussions from Donaghy’s accusations.

Tim Donaghy will overstate extent of betting.

“Why would we believe anything he says?” Stern said. “What we’re going to do is give all 60 referees a chance to give us information about their activities, while legal, that violate our rules.”

Donaghy, an NBA referee for 13 years, has pleaded guilty to two felony gambling charges, including betting on games he officiated. He has said he will name at least 20 other referees who were involved in gambling activities.

Sunday, August 26, 2007

South Africa plan taxation of internet gambling

Tax policy will be used to constrain the growth of internet gambling, says trade and industry acting deputy director-general Fungai Sibanda. He told Parliament’s trade and industry portfolio committee yesterday that this was the policy framework within which discussions were taking place between the trade and industry department and the treasury on the taxation ofonline gambling.

Many states try to prohibit online gambling because of characteristic dangers, including internet fraud, children’s access to gambling sites, a rise in gambling addiction and the need to preserve state revenue generated from legally enforced and state-run gambling operations. The absence of tax measures for internet gambling in the National Gambling Amendment Bill was a concern raised by the Casino Association of SA (Casa) during a public hearing this week.

Casa chairman Jabu Mabuza said the tax regime would be fundamental in determining the success of internet gambling and its consequences for bricks and mortar casino operations. Sibanda said the bill could not include tax measures as this was the remit of the treasury, which would have to introduce a separate money bill.

*The level and rate of tax will be determined by the policy approach which will be motivated by a desire to cap and limit the expansion of gambling. Taxation is a powerful instrument to control gambling activities.*

South Africa plan taxation of internet gambling.

Sibanda said studies on internet gambling provided no convincing proof that existing casinos had been affected negatively by interactive gambling. Casinos in SA were profitable and required no protection. Sibanda rejected suggestions to give casino operators the automatic right to operate interactive gambling, saying the two activities required different licences. Automatic licensing was in principle a bad idea.

*We believe licence applicants must prove that they are fit and proper and have the expertise to conduct this form of gambling.*

He rejected criticisms that the bill was poorly researched and hastily drafted. It had been under consideration and widely consulted on since 2005, when a committee was established to formulate a policy approach on regulating internet gambling. Further investigation was needed on whether to allow person-to-person gambling or tighten restrictions on access of minors to internet gambling. The bill prohibits anyone other than bookmakers from providing player-to-player gambling. UK-based internet sports betting and gaming company Betfair argued for inclusion of player-to- player gambling. It objected to the requirement that licensed providers locate all their interactive gambling equipment in SA. The Online Institute for Cyberspace Law and Policy estimated in 1998 that by the mid-2000s internet gambling would be worth at least $10bn a year.

Is a casino in the cards? Players await word from Patrick (The Standard-Times)

To put it in poker terms, the Mashpee Wampanoag and the town of Middleboro are all in, pushing their chips to the center of the table in a go-for-broke bid to develop the state's first resort casino.

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Take a class and hit the deck. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

LAS VEGAS - I was a poker virgin in Vegas. Poker is big here in the gambling epicenter of the universe. Huge. This is where movie stars play in those popular TV tournaments, and casinos throw daily competitions for the public.

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Everest Poker Freeroll Tournament

Everest Poker today announced that the online poker room would be hosting a freeroll poker tournament with a unique prize - a one-year sponsorship of the winning player’s chosen UK amateur adult football team. The tournament, held in association with BLAPO, is open exclusively to players residing in the UK.

“With the amateur football season about to start, we thought it was a perfect time to offer something like this to our dedicated UK players,” said Jonathan May, Everest Poker property manager. “If you’re a fan of British or Scottish amateur football, then you can help your favorite team out in a way they’ll really appreciate!”

The prize for the freeroll online poker tournament, held on 31 August, 2007 at 20:00 GMT is a predetermined set of football equipment sufficient to outfit the winning player’s chosen football team worth 1,000. Entry into this tournament is awarded when a UK-based player enters Bonus Code FOOTBALL07 when making a deposit with Everest Poker.

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

Pokies in club benefit city (The Border Mail)

MUCH has been made of the dreadful results of problem gambling, but little has been acknowledged of the benefits derived by the judicious introduction of poker machines into clubs in Victorian country towns.

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Antigua And Barbuda Internet Gambling

A number of legal experts and observers in the United States say Washington is in a bind over its on-going online gambling dispute with Antigua and Barbuda. In statements issued here Thursday, many of them said if the United States complies with the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling, the Legislature and the Bush administration would either have to reverse course and allow Americans to place bets online legally with offshore casinos or they would have to impose an “across-the-board” prohibition on all forms of Internet gambling.

These include the online purchase of lottery tickets, participation in Web-based pro-sports fantasy leagues and off-track wagering on horse racing. At the same time, the experts said if Washington does not comply with the WTO it would present “big problems of its own”.

“Think of this from the WTO’s point of view,” said Charles R. Nesson, a Harvard Law School professor, in a statement issued here.

“They’re this fledgling organisation dominated by a huge monster in the United States. People there must be scared out of their wits at the prospects of enforcing a ruling that would instantly galvanize public opinion in the United States against the WTO,” he said.

In April 2005, the WTO gave the United States one year to comply with its ruling. But despite its non-compliance, Washington said it has reviewed its laws and concluded that it has not contravened the laws.

The case is now before a WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DBS), which is charged with assessing damages.

Antigua and Barbuda is seeking $3.4 billion in compensation from the United States for its non-compliance.

If Washington refuses to accept the DBS ruling, Antigua and Barbuda has also asked the WTO to grant permission for Antiguans to violate intellectual property laws by allowing them to distribute copies of American music, movie and software products, among others.

Antigua And Barbuda Internet Gambling.

“The stakes here are enormous,” Professor Nesson said, while Lode Van Den Hende, an international trade lawyer based in Brussels noted “Geneva is certainly buzzing about this case”.

Van Den Hende said one reason for the global interest in the case is its “David-and-Goliath aspect.”

He said other reasons for the dispute include the fact that the case is likely to serve as a “major precedent” in establishing rules of commerce in the new information age, as well as “that the US is not behaving as one would expect”.

“One day they’re out there saying how scandalous it is that China doesn’t respect WTO decisions. But then, the next day, there’s a dispute that doesn’t go their way and their attitude is: The decision is completely wrong, these judges don’t know what they’re doing, why should we comply?” he added.

Mark Mendel, a US trade lawyer, who is representing Antigua and Barbuda in the dispute, said the issue is not one of “forcing gambling on a population that has decided they don’t like it.

“This is the world’s biggest consumer and exporter of gambling services trying to prohibit a small country from developing its economy by offering these same services and we find that deeply hypocritical,” he added.

State raids VFW over video poker (Small Town Papers News Service)

State and local law enforcement officials raided the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Saturday and confiscated five video poker machines and about $30,000 in cash. No arrests we...

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Friday, August 24, 2007

Gambling site changes hands (Toronto Star)

Gambling software firm CryptoLogic Ltd. will acquire the gaming portal casino.co.uk and related Internet casino and poker room assets from Media Corp. for 3 million, or about $6.4 million (Canadian.)

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Online gambling company lobby group

Just a few days after the UK was not-so-shocked to find that Bet365, an online gambling company, gave more than 150,000 pounds in contributions to Gordon Brown’s Labour Party, the US lobbying group, The American Gaming Association, released their reports that declared more than $900,000 was spent lobbying Washington politicians the first half of 2007. The American Gaming Association represents the majority of the major land based gambling companies in the US, such as Harrah’s Entertainment, Bally Technologies, and MGM -Mirage. There are fifty more gambling related companies that the group represents.

All lobby groups in the US are required by federal law to report their spending if their intentions are to influence the executive or legislative branches. It is unknown what the group has lobbied for, but the amount of money is so great that it makes the Christian lobby groups, who are often seen as the opposing force to gambling groups, seem like nothing.

Online gambling company lobby group.

Expansion of gambling in the US is the concern of the major groups Price was referring to. It is unknown whether the companies would like to see gambling expanded to the Internet, where there has been much heated debate over the past year. Last year it was speculated that land based groups were actually one of the forces behind the passing of the UIGEA, but this year it has been revealed that companies like MGM would be very interested in putting their brand online if the opportunity were to arise.

Cryptologic buys gaming portal (The Globe and Mail)

TORONTO Gambling software firm CryptoLogic Ltd. has struck a deal with Media Corp. to acquire the gaming portal casino.co.uk and related Internet casino and poker room assets for 3-million, or about $6.4-million.

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Ladies Only Event At The Bicycle Casino In Los Angeles

The daughter of poker legend Doyle Brunson, Pam Brunson, took home the title at the Ladies Only event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. As part of the *Legends of Poker* series that is currently ongoing and will culminate this weekend with the WPT Championship event, the Ladies event is in it’s second year as a charity fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast-cancer research. The casino donated 15 percent of each $1000 buy-in to this cause and the 125 participants were given special treatment if they donated to the charity. Other pros in attendance were Karina Jett, Kathy Liebert and Bodog poker pro Evelyn Ng. As winner of the event, Pam gets an invitation to play in the televised WPT Ladies Night on Aug. 31.

The WPT Championship event.

Poker pros in attendance this year will be Linda Johnson, Mimi Tran, Kristy Gazes, Melissa Hayden and the defending champ, JJ Liu. The winner of that tournament gets a $25,000 seat into the WPT World Championship at the Bellagio. This makes for some very interesting discussions about gaming as possibly a genetic trait as Doyle has another kid, Todd Brunson, who is also an accomplished poker pro.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Poker Players Alliance Changing Locations

The Poker Players Alliance broke the news today that it is both changing leadership and picking up and moving to Washington D.C. -the hub of where all of its efforts are concentrated.

PPA President Michael Bolcerek stepped down in order to stay with his family in San Francisco, where the organization is currently based. John Pappas, who has served as vice president of government affairs for the PPA since May and acted as an outside consultant before that, became the executive director of the PPA following Bolcerek’s resignation.

*This is the right time for me to step aside as we move the PPA operations to Washington, D.C.,* said Bolcerek. I am happy to have helped the cause of American poker players and expect to see continued success from the efforts of Senator Alfonse DAmato and our new executive director, John Pappas.

Poker Players Alliance Changing Locations.

Moving the base of operations to Washington, D.C., will likely produce positive results for the organization, as it will be easier and faster to orchestrate lobbying efforts from such a centralized location. The move is especially significant considering that legislation regarding online poker that has grown legs recently. The proposals, H.R. 2046 and H.R. 2610, the brainchildren of Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.) are meant to help Internet poker become a regulated, rather than restricted, industry in the U.S.

*This is an exciting time for the PPA and our members,* said D’Amato. The PPA has become an influential force fighting for the rights of poker players to enjoy this game of skill. There is wide support and momentum in the U.S. Congress to enact sensible legislation to regulate online poker and provide the necessary safeguards to all players. It is vital that the PPA centralize its efforts in DC, so we can best serve the interests of our 660,000-plus members.

The PPA’s current contact information (in San Francisco) is (415) 975-0897, and the organization will formally announce new contact information when the move to WashingtonDC -is complete.

Dozens charged in Manitoba poker sting appear in court (CBC Manitoba)

A court case against 63 Manitobans charged with gambling offences after raids on three social clubs earlier this year is carrying on, to the surprise of many of the defendants.

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Dozens charged in Manitoba poker sting appear in court (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

A court case against 63 Manitobans charged with gambling offences after raids on three social clubs earlier this year continues, to the surprise of many defendants.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Tuesday August 21, 2007 - 12:45 EST (Rolling Good Times)

The World Poker Tour expanded its online gambling offerings yesterday when it signed a software agreement with Cryptologic to provide Las Vegas-style casino action in addition to its themed online poker room.

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Poker Room Raises Questions Over State Gambling Laws (KATV Little Rock)

Little Rock - A Little Rock poker establishment is postponing its opening after the city said the venue would go against Arkansas gambling laws. The National Poker Challenge has already set up shop in Little Rock, and was set to hold its first poker tournament last weekend.

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Is Poker the Way to the Future? (Online Poker News)

Professors at Harvard believe that Poker is the way to the future and that teaching it in schools is the way to diminish crime and poverty. Is it?

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Monroe Co. Gambling Bust (WVLT-TV Knoxville)

(Monroe Co.) WVLT - Sweetwater police respond to a loud music complaint at an area hotel and instead find what they believe to be a high stakes poker game.

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Asian ISP bets on gambling (vnunet.com)

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Campbell Hooper United Kingdom: The Gambling Act To Come Into Play... "Dad, what's a Casino? How do you play Poker? What's a "Texas Hold 'Em"?"Can I have my party there it looks great fun?"

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Appeals court sides with state in fight over Indian gambling (KLTV 7 Tyler)

Associated Press - August 20, 2007 7:15 PM ET AUSTIN (AP) - A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to expanding gambling at an Indian casino in Texas.

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Appeals court sides with state in fight over Indian gambling (KXAN 36 Austin)

AUSTIN (AP) - A federal appeals court has dealt a blow to expanding gambling at an Indian casino in Texas. The court today decided federal rules undermine the state's power to restrict gaming.

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Aggressive Poker Playing Tips (Online Poker News)

Select and aggressive playing practices are the way to win at poker. Here are a few tips that will help you8 became a far better player at the online casinos.

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Card dealer gives tips (KXMA-TV Dickinson)

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Table games challenge possible (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

Gambling foes could announce today whether they plan to challenge the declared results from Kanawha County's special election, which approved casino table games for Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center in Nitro.

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Bad Beat Jackpot Winnings

If you thought winning at Texas Hold’em was rewarding, wait until you hear how lucrative losing can be. Absolute Poker today announced that $1,297,394.94 in jackpot money has been won since the popular online poker site launched Bad Beat Jackpot on June 22nd.

*In less than seven weeks, our players have won an unfathomable amount of cash at our Bad Beat Jackpot tables,* stated David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker. “The numbers we released today amount to an average of $185,000 being paid out every week for losing hands.”

The latest jackpot was claimed on August 7th by DAMETGARM who lost four nines to a straight flush and instantly won over $50,000 for his loss. If a poker player loses a hand holding four 8s or anything better at a Bad Beat Jackpot table, they’ll win a piece of the Bad Beat Jackpot. A percentage of the jackpot is shared amongst the players where the bad beat occurred and a fraction of the jackpot is placed back into the pot for the next jackpot.

The nearly $1.3 million figure includes money won by all players every time the jackpot has been hit. It does not take into account pots won through regular Texas Hold’em play at the Bad Beat Jackpot tables.

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Gambling patron ignored nature's call at Caesars (Louisville Courier-Journal)

A Caesars Indiana patron complained after sitting in a chair that a previous player left soaked with urine.

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

Pair Accused of Using Snakes as 'Hit Men' (FOX 31 Denver)

Two Lakewood men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to use rattlesnakes as hit men to collect on a gambling debt. The men were allegedly trying to kill Matthew Sowash, owner of Amateur Poker Tour in Wheat Ridge because he owed them $60,000, the Rocky Mountain News reported.

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Suspects Allegedly Planned To Kill Man With Snakes (CBS4 Denver)

Two Lakewood men have been arrested on suspicion of trying to use rattlesnakes as hit men to collect on a gambling debt.

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Friday, August 17, 2007

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New Four Winds brings Vegas closer to home (Chicago Sun-Times)

The state-regulated and Native American casino properties that are within reach of residents of the greater Chicago area collectively have done a good job bringing Las Vegas-style casino gambling to this region without having the space or capabilities to recreate the complete Las Vegas experience.

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Absolute Poker last minute to enter Dream Package

The Absolute Dream Package final event gets underway this Sunday.

At stake in the final event of the Absolute Dream Package is access to over $100 million in Texas Hold’em prize pool money. The winner of the tournament will walk away with seats in the richest poker tournaments including a WPT event and next year’s World Series of Poker. The tournament champion will also secure an $8,500 Aruba prize package that includes a $5,500 buy-in to the 2007 Aruba Poker Classic this September and $3,000 for travel and accommodations. Other package highlights include a season’s pass to Sunday’s $150,000 guaranteed tourney and training with the world’s best pros at WPT Bootcamp.

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Taking a big gamble (Contra Costa Times)

ASSUMING THAT a proposed initiative from someone named "Tuff-Fish" is serious about bringing California into the Internet poker business, we suggest that anyone interested in signing this petition to first take a tough look at the contents and ramifications.

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Donald Trump repeal of casino smoking ban

Donald Trump wrote to Mayor Bob Levy and City Council President William Marsh on Wednesday calling on the city to repeal a partial casino smoking ban that he claims is scaring away business. In his two-page letter, Trump said gamblers are fleeing Atlantic City en masse for competing casinos in Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut that don’t have smoking restrictions.

“The negative impact of the city ordinance is even more than the mere loss of a large number of smoking patrons to Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut casinos and the perhaps permanent decline in Atlantic City gaming revenue,” Trump wrote. “It also requires that each casino operator expend millions of dollars to enclose its gaming floor smoking areas with structures which will significantly obstruct the customary flow of gaming patron activity and at the same time look absolutely terrible.”

Atlantic City’s partial ban, which took effect on April 15, limits smoking to no more than 25 percent of the gaming floor at the 11 casinos. Smoking is off-limits in the remaining 75 percent of the gaming space.

Donald Trump repeal of casino smoking ban.

Marsh said Wednesday evening he had not yet seen Trump’s letter but noted that the 75-25 smoking compromise was supported by the Casino Association of New Jersey, the gaming industry trade group that includes the three Trump casinos.

“At this point, I think the 75-25 split is very favorable,” Marsh said. “That is something that the Casino Association supported along with the majority of the casinos. So at this point, I don’t know if Mr. Trump has additional information that we don’t have.” Levy, who also said Wednesday evening he had not yet seen Trump’s letter, stated that it would first be up to City Council to repeal the partial smoking ban. Only then would he have to decide whether to use his mayoral veto power.

Tim Donaghy facing up to 25 years in prison

Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy did more than officiate a Raptors-Seattle game at the Air Canada Centre last March; he spent part of the day getting paid for providing betting information and picks to gambling associates. A two-count felony indictment against Donaghy handed up in United States district court New York says the 40-year-old former official “had a meeting with a co-conspirator in Toronto, Canada, and received a cash payment” on March 11, the same day he officiated a Raptors-SuperSonics game. It was one of two meetings outlined in the eight-page indictment between Donaghy and two co-conspirators.

Donaghy pleaded guilty to two counts on the indictment yesterday and faces up to 25 years in U.S. prison for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce.

Donaghy began betting on NBA games including ones he refereed about four years ago.

He is free on $250,000 (U.S.) bond and is to be sentenced Nov. 9. He faces a fine of up to $500,000 and is liable to pay at least $30,000 in restitution to the U.S. government. Donaghy, who resigned from the NBA in July after officiating for 13 years, told a Brooklyn federal court judge yesterday he is receiving psychiatric treatment for a gambling addiction and taking medication for anxiety and depression.

Donaghy began betting on NBA games including ones he refereed about four years ago and began receiving payment for information he started passing on to bookmakers in December, 2006.

Video poker draws crowds to Gardena (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

Six solemn poker players engrossed in hours of consecutive poker hands at the Normandie Casino in Gardena didn't need chips, a dealer, or even cards. They were using the card club's newest innovation to draw in younger, Internet-age players: a video poker table.

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Greensburg lawyer's poker games under scrutiny (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

A Greensburg lawyer is trying to recover more than $11,000 and other property that was confiscated after state police raided a Texas Hold'em poker tournament he operated at a fire hall.

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Poker players gamble on new deal in town (The Wilmslow Express)

THE chips are down for amateur poker players in Wilmslow. Gamblers have found the odds stacked against them after being told they can no longer hold weekly card games at their usual town centre pub.

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Tax Online Gambling Instead Of Banning It

U.S. Representatives Steve Israel and Pete King (R-NY) published an engaging editorial in the NewYork Post yesterday outlining why they are such staunch supporters to regulate and tax online poker and online gambling instead of banning it.

Under Frank’s bill, online gambling would be licensed and regulated by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and exempt from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). It would also be taxed. (Simply taxing Web betting would generate significant revenues that could be used for a variety of domestic priorities).

Tax Online Gambling Instead Of Banning It.

US residents will always find ways to gamble online! (In the end -there is the question of how much we want government to be involved in our private lives: For many, playing poker with friends on the Internet is a way to unwind at the end of the day. Technology aside, Web gambling isn’t so different than the way Americans have relaxed and enjoyed the company of friends for decades)

In Britain -where Internet gambling is legal and regulated, technology checks ensure that gamblers are of age and are not problem gamblers: watch lists work to prevent money-laundering.

Free Online Bingo Added to Casino Gambling Web Free Casino Games Arcade (PRWeb)

Casino Gambling Web, a free online gambling information web portal, has added a new section to their free casino game arcade. Now the site is offering free online bingo through their partnership with InternetBingo.com. (PRWeb Aug 15, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/VGhpci1Ib3JyLVRoaXItSGFsZi1UaGlyLVplcm8=

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