05 Oct 07
Frank Questions Study's Value
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., though he is a co-sponsor of Nevada-backed legislation to study Internet gambling, on Tuesday questioned its value.
"Studies don't do much," said Frank, who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
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04 Oct 07
Tournament Winners Get Time To Pay Uncle Sam
Rather than forcing casinos to withhold players' winnings, the IRS will require casinos to report winnings on a W-2G form. Players will continue to be responsible for paying taxes on their winnings at tax time. The policy will take effect March 4.
The American Gaming Association, which has butted heads with the IRS regarding the rate of casino worker tip taxes, is cheering the new rule.
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04 Oct 07
Extreme Poker Sydney: a Real Cliff Hanger
onlinecasinonews.com - Situated opposite Sydney’s Harbour Bridge, six players battled it out on the precariously positioned platform - not only to claim the title, but also escape the 295 foot drop that awaited the 5 losing finalists.
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04 Oct 07
U.S. Takes Final Steps To Ban Online Gambling
[M]any banks and credit card companies have not taken any action to stop making payments to illegal sites, awaiting the rules to determine what procedures they need to have in place.
Yesterday's announcement details those rules, calling on all banks, credit card companies and automated payment system companies to have "policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to prevent payments being made to gambling businesses."
SOURCE: www.telegraph.co.uk
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03 Oct 07
PPA asks players to comment
parttimepoker.com - The Poker Players Alliance is staying on message with a recent press release on the “misguided path” of the UIGEA. Emphasizing poker as a “game of skill,” the PPA is calling on all those affected to familliarize themselves with the proposed regulations and respond during the public comment process, which continues until December 12, 2007.
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03 Oct 07
European Championship of Online Poker
pokernews.com - The end of November is going to be an exciting time for the UK's online poker players. Titan Poker, iPoker's largest room, is hosting the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP). The ten-day online poker event offers a guaranteed $2,500,000 prizes!
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02 Oct 07
Book Review: Ghosts at the Table
pokernews.com - Des Wilson returns to the world of poker literacy this month with the follow up to the hugely successful Swimming with the Devilfish with another offering to further teach us the story of poker. This time round, Ghosts at the Table tells us the history of poker around the world, and looks to uncover and expose some of the great poker myths.
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02 Oct 07
Real estate agent tops Asian poker
manilastandardtoday.com - The Asia Pacific Poker Tour produced yet another young champion—Ziv Bachar of Israel—prompting the organizers to expect a rush of young participants in the tour’s final stop in Sydney, Australia late this year.
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02 Oct 07
Matusow to Develop Poker Content with iAmplify
cardplayer.com - Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has officially signed with iAmplifyVegas to develop poker content. The new video series will bring Matusow’s unique perspective on poker play to the masses and will be offered through iAmplifyVegas.com.
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01 Oct 07
Negreanu: Online games can be a great training tool
chron.com - You can play online for free — or for money — to sharpen your skills. That's exactly what many of the world's top players do on a regular basis.
If you're considering online play as a form of practice, there are a few key adjustments you'll need to make to your game. Because as much as playing online poker is a good training tool, it's simply not the same as playing live poker.
Therefore, online poker must be approached in a different way. ...
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01 Oct 07
Lebanese wins Poker Stars EPT London
online-casinos.com - Lebanese poker ace Joseph Mouawad made poker history for his country when he took down the Poker Stars European Poker Tour London final table this week to pick up a main prize winner's check of GBP 611,520.
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01 Oct 07
Poker Diehards Unsure About PPA
gambling911.com - The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), which claims close to 800,000 members heading into October, is rallying the troops for an October 22 thru 24 Washington, DC "fly-in". But not all poker players believe the PPA is acting in their best interest.
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01 Oct 07
Software Gives Players a Full View of Their Game
cardplayer.com - Poker Academy Prospector is a fantastic piece of software that is a must-have for any online player who is trying to get better. The many different features packed into this easy-to-use suite help give players a better understanding of their game by taking the player’s actual hand histories from online sites they use to generate reports about the player’s game.
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28 Sep 07
France To Be Online Gambling Friendly?
online-casinos.com - In an interview with Agence France Presse this week a French minister, Eric Woerth, asserted that the French government was “not hostile to opening up to online gaming” as long as it was done in a “controlled” way.
Woerth will play an important part in discussions next (October) month in Brussels when the possibility of allowing private online gaming operators to take bets from French citizens will be on the table.
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28 Sep 07
Norway may nix online poker
pokerlistings.com - It's an ironic twist that just weeks after online sensation and resident Norwegian Annette Obrestad won the biggest tournament in European history, the government is talking about banning the online rooms where Annette15 earned her poker chops.
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27 Sep 07
Moneymaker on strong run in EPT London
parttimepoker.com - Former WSOP champion and ‘man you owe a few drinks to if you’ve made a profit playing online poker ever in your life’ Chris Moneymaker is making a strong run at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London event.
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27 Sep 07
Landmark Legal Victory for UK Poker Club
cardplayer.com - History was made today at Nottingham Magistrates Court when Dusk Till Dawn (DTD) was issued a casino license, making it the UK’s first legal poker club and the largest in Western Europe.
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26 Sep 07
U.S. Offers EU Compensation for Revenue Losses
cardplayer.com - The Financial Times today reported that gaming interests in Europe are “pressing” the European Union to rebuke an “inadequate” U.S. compensation offer for losses suffered since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was introduced last year.
According to the paper, the U.S. has proposed opening opportunities in the storage, warehouse services, and technical testing sectors to compensate for the restrictions in gaming.
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26 Sep 07
The Future of Ladies-Only Poker Tournaments
cardplayer.com - [T]he percentage of women entering poker tournaments is growing faster than any other gaming demographic. The biggest organization continually assisting this growth is the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS), whose main goal is to provide women with the opportunity and support needed to enter the poker realm. The controversy that occurred last weekend at the California State Poker Championship — where six men, including former baseball playerJose Canseco Jose Canseco, demanded entry into the ladies only event — resurfaced the issue concerning women-only tournaments.
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26 Sep 07
BING Poker Holds First $.25M-Guaranteed Tournament
cardplayer.com - BINGpoker, part of the International Poker Network, has a unique way of handling increasing blinds. The amount of time for each level of blinds increases during the final stages of the tournament, thus allowing for more play when the money is on the line. This type of blinds structure has been a recommendation of many top poker pros for some time, and BINGpoker is one of the first online poker sites to hold tournaments this way.
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