From a British gambling-info website: Seven individuals and four companies are the latest to have been charged by the US Department of Justice for conspiring to violate the USA’s ban on internet gambling in a $150 million credit card scam. […]
Online Gambling Crackdown Continues, more serious charges
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The World Series of Golf commences today at Primm Valley. Our very own Donkey Bomber has paid the $10,000 entry to participate in the inaugural event that is being billed as \”Golf meets Texas Hold\’em.\” The unique structure of this
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Really good story in yesterday\’s Star-Telegram about the rise and fall of Eon Marshall, grandmaster of WorldPokerParty.com. It gives a little background on Marshall from his pre-poker days … where he seemed to be running something scammy in California …
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A Pokerati friend whose name may or may not rhyme with Rudy Giuliani writes in with some good reminders about how the political process works: Condolences on your temporary setback, but don\’t give up. If the Texas legislature is anything
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Sorry I didn\’t post immediately after HB 3186 saw its untimely demise this week, but I went out and drank to bed Thursday night after it became evident that we weren\’t gonna get there. Lets bring the vitriol down a
I\’m sure this won\’t piss anyone off … but check out the letter Rep. Brian McCall (R-Plano) sent to a concerned poker citizen who requested his support on HB 3186 Wow. Way to encourage participation in the political process, sir.
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Just because our little poker bill in Texas didn\’t make it over its biggest hump doesn\’t mean the fun of fighting for legal poker is over. We got all sorts of federal fisticuffs on hand, and here we are talking
On a lighter note…Bluff Magazine and PokerNews announced today they would be partnering up at the WSOP. Bluff, who will be covering the action in the Amazon Room and future circuits, has PokerNews.com providing the live updates. Also on Pokernews,
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Lavigne in Austin just called me with something close to a concession speech. He won\’t say it\’s definitely not gonna get through, but he would be surprised. They\’ve made it about halfway through the calendar in about eight hours. We
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OK, I am losing faith … I am thinking a few people need to die before poker becomes a priority. Right now the debate on the Texas House floor is about some consulting fee to improve county jail standards —
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