From The Guardian: Betfair takes a £35m punt on American racing channel Betfair, of course, sponsors WSOP-Europe. And they\’re willing to take a $50 million gamble on their being able to somehow facilitate bets among American horse race fans? Very […]
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Interesting story out of Detroit, about a struggling horse track (and thriving bowling alleys) suddenly offering No-Limit Texas Hold\’em … thanks to a little legally creative finagling that allows third-party fundraisers to run poker games to benefit properly accredited tax-exempt
Poker Expansion in Detroit This time, charity helps the game, horsetracks
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I\’ve been thinking more and more about the current economic conditions … I hear more stories of old friends getting laid off — especially those who worked for newspapers — and it occurred to me that the frequency is resembling
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As Dan mentioned during his Poker Beat podcast debut last week, former New York Senator Alfonse D\’Amato is on the case of the UIGEA in Washington, D.C. He published a piece in Roll Call, the magazine of Capitol Hill, in
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Though I\’m not yet ready to declare football the new poker — or sports wagering for that matter — it is now safe to tell you about my dominance in something called U Pick\’em. You may recall a post a
Got a press announcement about a week ago: WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE DEBUTS SUNDAY, FEB. 1 ON ESPN ESPN’s first ever coverage of the World Series of Poker Europe will begin on Sunday, Feb. 1 with the first four
WSOP Europe to Be Seen by at Least 14 People Worldwide!Fans of figure skating outraged
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As Kevin points out, I\’m helping kick off a new podcast today in pursuit of my aspirations of becoming a talking head who mouths off smugly about things he only kinda-sorta knows about. The Poker Beat (a Scott Huff joint)
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Pokerati\’s own Dan Michalski and an all-star cast of poker media will appear on the premier episode of \”The Poker Beat\” with Scott Huff at 1pm PT Thursday afternoon over at PokerRoad. The lineup: John Caldwell (formerly of Pokernews) Gary
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KTRH-AM 740 out of Houston followed up the Morning News story about our efforts to legalize poker in Texas with one of their own. In their piece, the opposition claims we poker liberators* are simply seeking a regressive tax that
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This week we look atthe possibility that the UIGEA will be repealed in sometime in 2009. Plus, great news for online gambling from the US, as the state of Colorado joins Pennsylvania in declaring poker a skill game!
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