03 Aug 07
Gambling and the Law: Is It Safe To Play Online?
eog.com - You are not going to go to jail for merely playing poker online. It is not a federal crime to make a bet. Half the states do have ancient laws on the books making it a crime, sometimes, to make a bet. But these are never enforced. I have been unable to find anyone who has been charged, let alone convicted, for playing Internet poker.
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03 Aug 07
Full Tilt Pulls Moscow Poker Sponsorship
online-casinos.com - The Moscow Millions poker tournament scheduled for October 20 to 22 this year suffered a serious blow this week when online poker company Full Tilt Poker withdrew its sponsorship and team appearance due to over-full commitments.
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02 Aug 07
Poker Petition Gets Support in California
onlinecasinonews.com - A petition drive in California that could result in the creation of a State-owned online poker site is gaining support from existing gambling communities and independent experts.
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02 Aug 07
Player competed against superstars in Vegas
wltribune.com - Chuck Christensen got a lucky break, or not, sitting at the TV table at the recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event held at the Rio in Las Vegas.
Christensen, who has been playing poker for 30 years, sat at the table with poker legends TJ Cloutier and Mike “the Mouth” Matasow during his first round of play. ...
He says Matasow didn’t play so well and, during one hand, Christensen took many of Matasow’s chips.
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02 Aug 07
Bad Beats Are A Reason For The Gambling Craze
casinogamblingweb.com - Poker has been around for years and years, and for as long as I can remember, the thought was that it was the game itself that draws players worldwide to the tables.
After doing some investigation into this matter, I have changed my opinion. I have come to realize that the bad beat, above all else, is what keeps players coming back for more.
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02 Aug 07
Representative Dismayed: Poker Lacks "Cohesiveness"
gambling911.com - Representative Jim Kasper (R-Fargo, ND) ... expressed dismay at the online poker's industry's lack of cohesiveness and organization. He has reached out numerous times with suggestions on what these online poker rooms can do to help legitimize themselves, and has received little, if any, response.
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01 Aug 07
Negreanu: Resisting Pressures
I recently played in the $10,000 buy-in main event at the World Series of Poker, and the key reason I was eliminated was because I did something that I haven't done in a very long time: I cracked under the pressure.
What led to my demise was not just the final hand, but also, and more importantly, the previous hands that caused me to lose my cool.
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01 Aug 07
Michael Mizrachi is Planet Hollywood's In-House Grinder
bodogbeat.com - Planet Hollywood has signed Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi on to play in their poker room, and have done so for an event accessible to the average poker player, a $480 buy-in no limit hold'em tournament. The Grinder will be there every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to play in the 7pm tourney. Any player who knocks him out gets their buy-in as a bounty.
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01 Aug 07
New Report: More Brits Playing Online
bodogbeat.com - The body that oversees gaming activities in the UK, The Gambling Commission, released a report that the number of adults in Brits who gamble online has increased by over one percent, or roughly 700,000 people, over the last year. Online poker has become one of the most popular forms of gaming in the UK, exceeded only by The National Lottery
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01 Aug 07
Harrah's Expands 2007-08 WSOP Circuit
cnn.com - Harrah's License Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. , will launch the fourth season of its popular World Series of Poker Circuit with an expanded schedule of 12 tournament stops that will bring high-stakes poker action and excitement to players at nine Harrah's casinos around the country.
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31 Jul 07
Bluff Opens Voting For Second Reader's Awards
bodogbeat.com - "The first Bluff Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards were a tremendous success and gave the readers clout and a say in shaping the future of poker. We’ve expanded the categories this year based on readers’ input including ”Best Poker Blog” which will make this year’s voting that much more compelling for the poker fan,” said Eric Morris, Co-President of Bluff Magazine.
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31 Jul 07
Weekend Players Set Online Poker Record
online-casinos.com - Initial reports on the weekend's online poker tournament activity at Poker Stars.com indicate a full and action-packed weekend attended by over 20 000 entrants to popular events such as the Sunday Hundred Grand, the Sunday Warm-up, the Sunday Million and the High-Stakes Showdown.
Poker Stars still accepts American poker players in tourneys that build significant prize-pools and therefore big winner payouts.
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31 Jul 07
Gambling Banned in Second Life
foxnews.com - In a sign of real-life authorities' increasing interest in the activities in virtual worlds, all forms of gambling in Second Life have been banned.
Linden Labs, the company that runs Second Life, said that as of this week, its policy on 'in-world money wagering' was changing, and that casino games such as black jack, poker, roulette and slot machines would no longer be permitted.
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30 Jul 07
NETELLER Now Allowing Withdrawal Requests
cardplayer.com - Starting today, U.S NETELLER customers whose accounts were frozen since January have access to their accounts and can request withdrawals.
U.S. customers can access their accounts until Jan. 26, 2008. No fees will be charged for withdrawing funds. Customers will receive their money either through electronic transfer — if they have registered their bank — or by check. Customers can request withdrawals only for the full amount of their accounts.
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30 Jul 07
WPA Code Of Ethics For Poker Players
online-casinos.com - The growing membership of the World Poker Association, founded two years ago by poker professional and successful businessman Jesse Jones has a practical Code of Ethics to guide them in standards and behaviour in tournament play following the publication of the Code last week.
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30 Jul 07
WSOP '07: Be Worried, Be Very Worried
gambling911.com - World Series of Poker organizers seem content that they have attracted 6358 players in the 2007 event. ...
[T]here was actually more than a 25% decline in actual attendance this year over last year.
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27 Jul 07
World Poker Congress: November Gathering
pokernews.com - Following in the success of last year's inaugural World Poker Congress gathering, the WPC has once again scheduled Jeffrey Pollack and Steve Lipscomb as speakers for the keynote address for the second annual WPC event in late November.
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27 Jul 07
AOL Enters UK Online Sports Betting
From next month, AOL UK customers will be able to place bets on international horse races and other sporting events using the betting platform of JAXX UK Ltd, the British subsidiary of FLUXX.
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27 Jul 07
Party Poker Dutch Open to be filmed in UK
uk.pokernews.com - The first Party Poker Dutch Open will be filmed in London between 11th and 14th August under the guiding hand of TV poker regulars Matchroom Sport.
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27 Jul 07
Shannon Elizabeth denied access to Aussie casino
pokerlistings.com - Actress and aspiring poker-pro Shannon Elizabeth is in Australia to play the 2007 Victorian Poker Championship. ...
But she found out the hard way that being a celebrity won't always help you, especially if you are not recognized. She was denied access to the Victorian Poker Championship because she had forgotten her id.
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