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In a bout of Democrat-on-Democrat tongue-lashing, longtime online gambling champion Rep. Barney Frank pointed to the Obama Administration, which oversees the DOJ, for pointless prosecutions and an unsmart use of resources, but came short of defending any indicted online poker […]
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Not everyone is unhappy about the elimination of PokerStars and Full Tilt from the American online poker marketplace. Shares of Bwin/Party soared today on the London Stock Exchange, closing up nearly 35 percent on rather high trading volume. And while
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Jon Katkin OP-ED The DOJ dropped an A-bomb on the online poker industry Friday, and, as you\’d expect, the impact was devastating. Within hours of the DOJ\’s indictments, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker had shut down real money gaming in
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Pokerati Morlock here…we\’ve installed and activated the Disqus commenting system. This addition allows you to now log in and comment with any number of popular social networking platforms like that Twitter dealio the kids use, and that Facebook whatchamacallit that
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A few interesting things have taken place since the implosion of online poker we\’ve been warning you about here at Pokerati for about nine months became a reality. We\’ll save the 9/11 comparisons for later — because no one has
The first visible indicator that we will be able to see after Friday\’s indictments might be coming up in just a few hours. The National Heads-Up Poker Championship is the first new show to air in this new online-pokerless environment
First Test in the Post-FTP/Stars Era: NHUPC Read More »
The Feds\’ allegations tell a rather compelling narrative of illegal gambling, bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to circumvent US law — that if proven calls for the forfeiture of not just domain names, but also: $1.5 billion from PokerStars
Poker players (who tend to bitch the most?) love to hate on the Poker Players Alliance, the most vocal of DC advocacy groups for poker-related matters, and, obv disclosure, an advertiser of ours here at Pokerati. Discern for yourself my
The War on Poker? Video message from the PPA
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**Intro** I\’m not someone that makes their income from online poker (ok, I dreamed someday I could get out of the micro-grind), which may seem odd given how much time I have devoted to covering the topic of poker legislation
We drop everything and do a 6-hour breaking-news type show as the huge story develops regarding the 11-count indictment by the US Department of Justice against Full Tilt, Pokerstars, and Absolute Poker. Brandon Adams and Eric Morris (CEO of Bluff M…
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