16 Jan 07
Poker Gang Used Hidden Cameras
uk.pokernews.com - Yesterday a gang of three London-based people (two men and a woman) were sentenced in a London Court for their involvement in a high-tech scam at several casinos involving the use of micro-cameras, hearing devices and a white van!
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15 Jan 07
Wyoming Supports Social Poker
pokerpages.com - The Wyoming Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resource Committee committee unanimously endorsed a bill this past Thursday to permit the return of 'social' poker games to state bars and restaurants.
"If you just get some folks who decide to come down and play poker and they're also buying drinks from you, that's legal," Sen. Mike Massie, D-Albany, said. "It's called social gambling."
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15 Jan 07
PokerStars Sunday Million Tops $1.5M
pokernews.com - January's second full Sunday of online poker action saw a record-setting turnout in the PokerStars Sunday Million, where the prize pool of $1,526,400 set an all-time record for a non-WCOOP online event.
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15 Jan 07
Skill or chance? UK court will decide
reuters.com - A court in East London is expected to decide this week whether poker is a game of skill, chance or a combination of both.
A jury has been asked to weigh up the role played by Lady Luck in the world's most popular card game, after police accused a club owner of illegally hosting a poker session and levying winnings and stakes without a licence.
Britain's Gambling Act states that a licence is needed for hosting a game of chance but not those of skill, like chess.
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15 Jan 07
Accused Claims "Poker Is Skill"
casinotimes.co.uk - Derek Kelly, 46, denies two counts of contravening the Gaming Act by organising poker games at the Gutshot Club in Clerkenwell, central London.
The act says a licence is needed to host games of chance but not games of skill, like chess and quiz machines.
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard Mr Kelly said he could prove that poker is a game of skill.
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15 Jan 07
SC Lawmaker Says "Legalize Home Poker"
cardplayer.com - In South Carolina, it’s illegal to buy a deck of cards on Sunday. It’s also illegal to wear pants with back pockets, and bathe a horse in a bathtub, but Republican Representative William Scarborough isn’t tacking these outdated and ridiculous laws. He’s trying to get, in his opinion, another one changed.
This week, Scarborough introduced a bill that would allow people to play poker in their own homes.
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12 Jan 07
Season 3 of High Stakes Poker Begins
poker.bodogbeat.com - Huge wads of cash and some of the biggest names in poker will mark the beginning of season 3 of High Stakes Poker on GSN. The series will begin airing weekly on January 15th and will feature some interesting twists and, well, high stakes poker, as both professional and amateur players put their own money at risk ...
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12 Jan 07
2007 WSOP Event Schedule Announced
pokerplayernewspaper.com - The 38th edition of the world ' s most prestigious poker tournament, set for June 1 through July 17, 2007, at the Rio ® All-Suite Hotel & Casino – and televised exclusively by ESPN – features 55 bracelet events with buy-ins up to $50,000. Among the additions to the schedule are $2,500 HORSE event and $5,000 Mixed Hold ' Em Events and a $5,000 Heads-up No-Limit Hold ' Em World Championship.
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11 Jan 07
Biggest Prizepool Yet In Full Tilt Poker Challenge
online-casinos.com - The high popularity Full Tilt Online Poker Series is to be held again this year...and the already substantial multi-million dollar prizepool is to be further boosted to an impressive $3.6 million, according to a internet poker companys spokesman.
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11 Jan 07
Prosecution sets out case in poker trial
morningadvertiser.co.uk - The twelve members of the public who make up the jury at Snaresbrook will decide the fate of Derek Kelly, licensee of the Gutshot poker club in London.
Kelly hopes to argue that he does not need a gaming licence for his club because poker is a game of skill and therefore exempt from the 1968 Gaming Act.
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11 Jan 07
Louisiana man wins first WSOP Event of 2007
pokerplayernewspaper.com - "I was watching ESPN and I saw the World Series of Poker on television," he said. "It was the year after (Chris) Moneymaker win it (in 2003). I had never played much poker before. But after I saw that, I decided to start playing."
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10 Jan 07
Jurors to get poker lesson at landmark trial
timesonline.co.uk - The members of a jury were told that they will get a free lesson in how to play poker during a landmark trial which opened today that could decide the future of poker gaming in the UK.
Derek Kelly, 46, chairman of the Gutshot Private Members' Club in Clerkenwell, Central London, has been accused of illegally holding two poker games under the 1968 Gaming Act.
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10 Jan 07
Jury to rule on nature of poker
news.bbc.co.uk - Club owner Derek Kelly, 46, is accused of running unlicensed poker games at the Gutshot Private Members' Club in Clerkenwell, central London.
But he has argued that poker is a game of skill and he therefore does not require a licence.
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10 Jan 07
£258,000 For £1 Bet On Poker
mirror.co.uk - A mum scooped more than a quarter of a million on one hand of poker after staking only £1.
Warehouse worker Anne Taylor, who earns £200 a week, walked away with £258,982 after playing for 15 minutes in a casino.
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10 Jan 07
Sundance to Feature Celeb Poker Tournament
gambling911.com - “Sundance is one of the premiere events for Hollywood and the film industry and I’m so glad to be a part of it,” said Doyle Brunson. “I can’t wait to get out to Utah and show those celebrities how we play poker in Texas.”
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09 Jan 07
Harrah’s Announces 2007 Schedule For WSOP
businesswire.com - Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) said today the 2007 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will offer the most diverse event schedule in the tournament’s illustrious history.
The 38th edition of the world’s most prestigious poker tournament, set for June 1 through July 17, 2007, at the Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino ...
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09 Jan 07
Paradise searches for poker King of Canada
casinocitytimes.com - Canada is a hotbed of great poker players and Paradise Poker is in search of the best one to crown him or her King of Canada with a $50,000 prize. This first-ever exclusively Canadian poker tournament kicks off with daily freerolls at ParadisePoker.com on January 8th and concludes with an online main event on April 15, 2007.
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08 Jan 07
Ottawa student wins cool million
eog.com - An Ottawa graduate student climbed out from under his $30,000 debt Sunday in a novel way: he won $1 million US in a poker tournament in the Bahamas.
Quillan Nagel, 30, is actually scheduled to defend his master's thesis next week at Carleton University's Norman Patterson School of International Affairs ... he is a former professional ballet dancer with the Washington and Cincinnati ballets before having to retire because of injuries.
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08 Jan 07
Legal in-House Poker in South Carolina?
pokerpages.com - South Carolina state Rep. Wallace Scarborough, R-Charleston is drafting legislation to legalize in-house poker games, as long as they are a 'recreational activity.'
The bill would be part of an overall effort to update antiquated state gaming laws dating from 1802. If strictly interpreted, these laws prohibit card and dice games and even some common board games like Monopoly.
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08 Jan 07
Woman's Mag To Sponsor Author's Tourny
pokernews.com - Woman Poker Player Magazine will be sponsoring the First Annual Poker Authors Challenge Las Vegas, which will take place at Binion's Hotel and Gaming Hall on January 21st. For a cost of $125, poker players will have the opportunity to meet and play a poker tournament with the people behind some of the best poker books on the market today.
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