Wednesday\’s hearing on HR 2267, which would regulate and license Internet gambling, brought out strong opinions from both sides in over two hours of testimony in front of the House Financial Services Committee. The next step in the legislative process […]
HR 2267 Hearing Recap Congress Considers Poker Position in Online Gambling Regs
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UPDATE: A series of roll call votes will delay the hearing until at least 2:15pm. This afternoon, Barney Frank\’s House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing scheduled for 2pm to discuss HR 2267, a bill to license and regulate
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That\’s the word Annie put out about 10:30 pm last night, via twitter: AnnieDuke Heading to DC tomorrow. Testifying Wednesday at 2pm in front of Chairman Frank\’s Committee on his new legislation to regulate online gaming. about 4 hours ago
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The big story Thursday evening is Phil Hellmuth\’s attempt to win his 12th bracelet in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better, currently on dinner break with 8 players remaining. Here\’s the standings when play resumes shortly to blinds of
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I just voted for the Maven Awards. Not usually my bag to give out all my confirming email data (in a time-consuming way) that lets someone else plausibly sell or profit from my internet ID. In fact, many know I
Maven Award Voting Endorsements Giving it up for the ladies +1
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Second place, not first. That other guy won. I\’m sure we\’ll remember his name eventually … \”This was a huge shot in the arm for the gambling community,\” said Mike Matusow to his table in the $10k Stud-8 World Championship,
Old news, but first time I\’m seeing it … (thanks KevMath for the embed code) … a very positive-for-poker segment on Good Morning America, with George Stephanopolous playing a private Poker After Dark sunrise sit-n-go against Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth,
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The PokerStars.it EPT San Remo reached their final table earlier and the most notable player remaining in the field when play resumes Wednesday afternoon (6am ET for those in the US) will be Liv Boeree. Following the wins of Annie
Liv Boeree makes EPT final table Does the year of the woman continue?
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Before it gets too late, big congrats to Pokerati blogger-player Jon Katkin, who took 2nd place out of 220ish in the Opportunity Village Celebrity Poker Tournament at Caesars Palace last Saturday. Nice! Katkin bought in for a single $300 tax-deductible
Poker for a Good Cause Notable charity scores for Katkin, Darfur, Full Tilt
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HR 2268, now HR 4976, aka the McDermott Bill, aka the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2009 2010, got re-introduced yesterday … it\’s pretty similar to IGRTEA 2009, with two key differences: IGRTEA 2010 specifies money for
McDermott Bill Gets New Juice States, tribes, foster kids promised slices of rev-share
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