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Five South Carolina poker players convicted of gambling in February — after a raid on a private home in 2006 — had their convictions overturned on appeal yesterday. From the Post and Courier: In a letter that supports the argument […]
Barron Boutte, 1985-2009 The funeral for Barron Glenn Boutte is today in Houston. He\’s the 24-year-old shot and killed while attempting to rob a Houston underground poker room earlier this month. His shooter is not being publicly identified, though police
RE: Houston Poker Room Gun Battle (3) More details emerge as fallen robber is buried
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I know we poker people hate lotteries (unless of course there\’s a ridiculous Powerball overlay), but recent results in Bulgaria seem worthy of mention … The numbers for the Bulgarian Lottery on September 6: 4, 15, 23, 24, 35, 42
What Are the Odds … Is the Bulgarian lottery rigged?
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The WSOP-E gets underway today … and as part of the celebratory ti-doo, they\’re unveiling celebrated Lego artist James Fentiman\’s latest work at the Casino at The Empire, Leicester Square … an image of the Queen constructed out of £1
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Nolan Dalla\’s latest article on Poker News Daily has a point. Much of the focus is on the men who helped pass the UIGEA, giving little attention to the powerful women in Congress who now oppose our attempts to pass
Advice to Congresswomen Opposing Online Poker Bills: Man Up? Read More »
So this Face the Ace lawsuit … yeah … you\’ve got a lone amateur TV-show concept-creator trying to take on (lawyers for) PokerPROductions and NBC with claims that they stole his legally protected idea to put out a ratings-bomb game
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The Feds have made another grab at money in US banks that at some point passed through online gambling and/or poker sites — seizing three more accounts held by payment processors with claims that the undisclosed sums in them are
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Oklahoma Indians have long fought against gambling in Texas, but one tribe might be willing to switch teams if they can have this piece of land for $27 million. Whether it\’s a hedge on their part or a sign of
WinStar Nation Closer to Owning Lone Star Park Poker-friendly Indians coming to Texas
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We know her, of course, as something between the Tracy Austin of Poker and Johnny Moss of WSOP-E. But that makes no difference … even in the UK, poker is still poker, and thus Britain\’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned
Annette_15 Ad Banned in UK British government squelches marketing of WSOP-Europe champ
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I\’ve got a buddy named Adam who believes there\’s no such thing as an original idea. Then you\’ve got guys like Pauly, who, according to one of his closest friends and colleagues, \”if you use the word \’and\’ in your
Face the Ace $85 Million Lawsuit Was the worst show in poker a stolen idea?
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