# News & Speculation
On Today’s DonkDown Radio we are joined by Scott Fischman to discuss bitcoins, and Rawolf called in to make the point that Scott should give all of his salary from Full Tilt back to the DOJ. We call Raymond Davis for the Chainsaw Check-in, where we l…
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I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. Whether or not you believe in the divinity of Nazareth’s most famous failed carpenter, there’s nothing like a holiday. For other people, that is. While everyone else was outside enjoying the sunshine I remained chained to my laptop, rearranging this jumble of letters until they coalesced [...]
Does Federated Gaming's domain obsession reveal "wicked" intent?
URL-envy? FS+G apparently wanted to own all things epic, wicked and otherwise on the web. Lawsuits and bankruptcies are a corporate voyeur’s dream. Legal disclosures offer an upskirt peak at a company’s financial panties. In the case of Federated Sports & Gaming, parent of the troubled Epic Poker League, bankruptcy filings reveal a full-fledged internet [...]
Navy Seals on the lookout for Steve Wynn drama bombs
Trouble at Spring Mountain and Paradise … But is Seal Team Six really necessary to protect a casino boss with relationship problems? It seems now wherever he goes, Steve Wynn has a team of bodyguards trailing behind him. And according to this article, Steve is supposedly drawing his protection from a pool of ex-Navy Seals. [...]
Feds change stance on deductible expenses
David in Dallas sends an FYI about a big ruling in Tax Court that should prove rather beneficial to poker players: The key take-away is that poker losses are now deductible for professional gamblers beyond your profits, so you can carry them forward and backward to offset income in other years. You can file on [...]
New room (with hole-card cams?) part of high-tech sportsbook overhaul
The poker room at Palms Casino Resort will close on May 2, with a new room, in a new location, under new management opening May 5. Cantor Gaming confirmed recently that an 8-table poker room will be part of the Palms’ redesigned sportsbook (currently under construction) and say the new room will be state of [...]
DON’T MISS THIS SHOW – Sam Stein special guest tells us how he came up in poker, and I school you guys with the help of Mark Newhouse. But you prolly want the drama, and SrslySirius and Marco from Quadjacks came on and aired their beef surrounding th…
Gilbert puts his money where your mouse is
Prediction: there will be a WSOP-Cleveland this year … or maybe a WSOP-Cincinatti next year … if not both. The Caesars poker empire has made no bones about its expansionist desires … and now the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, through his company Rock Gaming, has bought a $61 million stake in the Empire’s online [...]
PPA Update
The drumbeat for action on online poker legislation continues to grow on Capitol Hill and in statehouses across America. Much credit is due to the commitment of the poker community. We have all refused to back down and have told Congress that we will never fold in this fight! Telling our elected representatives that we [...]
It’s fine guys, really, it’s fine. You can all come out and admit it. In between pots, poker players can’t resist chewing on some weeds and rolling up a whiskey joint. I’m very knowledgeable on the subject and I know that substance abuse is an inevitable result of playing online poker. Don’t believe me? Check [...]
Gavin Smith Co-Hosts this episode as we discuss a handful of topics with Crazier Mike. Iceman doesn’t answer the phone but luckily Jean-Robert Bellande does while playing a large game at Aria. Pokerati Dan drops some heavy next level ideas about ho…
Old internet gambling foe now an ally
I have terrific breaking news to report. The National Fraternal Order of Police sent Senator Harry Reid, Senator Mitch McConnell, Speaker John Boehner, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi a letter in support of “a strong regulatory framework for legal gaming”! As FOP supported the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, this is significant for us. Click [...]
Chris Moneymaker on tour in documentary as accidental movie star, subcultural icon
For those who weren’t up at 6am pacific last Thursday watching news, Chris Moneymaker appeared on Morning Joe (MSNBC’s start to the mainstream news day) with Doug Tirola, director of ALL IN: The Poker Movie … the documentary you’ve been hearing about for years (it won an award at the Cinevegas Film Festival three years [...]
Black Friday informer, UK Chancellor gambles, Bwin stutter, Alderney celebrate, and the iSeries lives.
Today my mum phoned to explain how important it was that I go outside to get some sunshine. I had to tell her: So committed am I to gathering up the choicest morsels of news-meat that I will heedlessly flout my body’s basic Vitamin D requirements. Noble reader, if you find me sprawled in bed [...]
Nothing Dies in the Desert
There are times when a gambler yearns for a fresh start, when past losses magically disappear. You could also say that the gambling city of Las Vegas is built — and rebuilt — on the idea of fresh starts. Rooms are gutted and names are changed at a frenetic pace, all with a goal to [...]
