Pokerati » tennis http://pokerati.com Texas Hold'em and WSOP Poker Blog with Las Vegas PLO Sun, 27 May 2012 18:41:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tennis Pros + Gambling + Twitter http://pokerati.com/2009/08/tennis-pros-gambling-twitter/ http://pokerati.com/2009/08/tennis-pros-gambling-twitter/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:17:36 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=11521 While poker seems to like what tweeting from the field of play brings to the table, tennis people — specifically the Tennis Integrity Unit (wow) — do not want to see anything on twitter saying, “returning serve. whoa! that was close!” because of fears the communications will be misappropriated by gamblers.

From the New York Times:

The signs, written by the Tennis Integrity Unit, point out that Twitter messages could violate the sport’s corruption rules. Tennis appears to be the first sport openly concerned about Twitter’s possible effect on gambling.

The signs say tweeting is not allowed on court during matches. They also warn about using Twitter away from the court, saying sending “certain sensitive information” could be considered passing along inside information.

]]> http://pokerati.com/2009/08/tennis-pros-gambling-twitter/feed/ 3 Online Gambling News from the US, EU, and UKPerspectives Weekly (June 26, 2009) http://pokerati.com/2009/07/online-gambling-news-from-the-us-eu-and-ukperspectives-weekly-june-26-2009/ http://pokerati.com/2009/07/online-gambling-news-from-the-us-eu-and-ukperspectives-weekly-june-26-2009/#comments Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:34:25 +0000 J. Todd http://pokerati.com/?p=10091 Editor’s Note: The previous week’s episode never made it up on Pokerati … but it should’ve — particularly as we enter into a summer-fall of political discourse on the plusses and minuses of online gambling regulation. Specifically, check out about 7 minutes in, where J Todd discusses how our good friends at Betfair were able to help protect the integrity of tennis by alerting authorities to a noticeably heavy bet-load on an obscure Wimbledon match.

Three more guilty pleas in the BetOnSports case in the United States, and the European Commission is now warning the American government to reconsider its ban on online gambling. Plus, industry news from Antigua and Wimbledon.

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In this episode:

Jon Kyl is Facing Reality!
It’s Lonely at the top of Morality Mountain…
There are still no regulations for UIGEA… Banks don’t want to police UIGEA… and others in Congress want to overturn UIGEA… I guess it’s time to face facts, Jon.

Chuck E Cheese is Facing Prison?
Pizza Selling Rat also promotes illegal gambling…
The great legal minds of South Carolina have concluded that the Skee ball and Whac-a-Mole games at Chuck E Cheese are a slippery slop to illegal gambling… and they must go!

News from both sides of the Atlantic
Lottery to Tennis… Texas to France…
In Texas, lottery officials are warning consumers about buying tickets online… and with good reason! And out of France, a judge has returned a ruling in the French Open vs Online Gambling case.

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