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PPA just released a statement of support for intrastate bill AB258 – that is currently heard right now in the Nevada State Legislature. Here is the complete statement from PPA below ->
The Nevada Legislature\’s Assembly Judiciary will be hearing the PokerStars-backed iPoker bill, aka AB258 (complete bill text here) this morning at 11am PT. The hearing is the next step in the process for this bill to become a law, though
The CampBill is now available on www.govtrack.us. A copy of the bill is here. ( As mentioned in the press release by the House Financial Services Committee and in my blog post from this past Saturday, this version is the same
H.R. 1174 (the #CampBill) Released on GovTrack Read More »
Mike Sexton Gives Up Announcing Career in Pursuit of Long-shot Poker Dream WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, San Jose, California There were a ton of storylines on display at the final table of the WPT\’s Bay 101 Shooting Star event
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Last month saw a civil complaint filed against a number of online penny auction sites in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois. This is the same district in which the Crespo v. Seth et al case was filed last year. It\’s
Bryant v. Entertainment Shopping: Read More »
Big congrats to Aaron Alanen … who won what may well have been the fastest 490+ player tournament in history this weekend in Las Vegas at the Palms … by taking down the inaugural Zynga Pokercon bracelet. He\’s a software
Meet the New Zynga Billionaires Aaron Alanen takes down Pokercon Event #1
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Just because some of us got busy covering an actual tournament a freeroll doesn\’t mean we slacked on our duties as the top parking lot correspondent in poker. This import (from Illinois) has gotta belong to a poker player, right?
License for Internet Poker? Read More »
Laurence Toney didn\’t make the Bluff Power 20 even though he runs the largest online poker site in the world. (38 million active players, they say, 7.5 million a day!) I know I know … I didn\’t vote for him
Lo and Behold’em Meet the Zynga Poker Boss
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One thing that is very different here compared to other tournaments seen around Vegas has been the LACK of patched up players in the field. Surely it\’s gotta be a matter of politeness from Full Tilt and Stars, right —
Team Pokerati @ZyngaPoker Another Mincast and Zynga player profile
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I wanted to sit down and pull together some thoughts on H.R. 1174 (The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act). This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. John Campbell (R-CA) this past Thursday, has two
Some Thoughts on H.R. 1174 (the #CampBill) Read More »
