The Financial Times in London is reporting that a federal grand jury in Manhattan has been investigating Full Tilt Poker and is ready to indict the online poker site along with several players who represent the site, including Chris \”Jesus\” […]
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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Boycotting may be too strong a word … \”avoiding\” could work, as could \”snubbing\”, as could \”pissing off its own players by telling them they can\’t go.\” Supposedly, highly reliable sources are saying, Full Tilt brass in Ireland are telling
More than Rumorati: Full Tilt Boycotting NAPT? Branding Wars escalate
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A cover story in the latest issue of Forbes magazine (the main story asking if Al Qaeda is bankrupt) features an article discussing the US government\’s possible crackdown on online poker with the impending June 1 deadline for the UIGEA
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It took some three years, but the mainstream media finally \”gets it\” … if not in print, than at least online. Check out the Newsweek blog post, \”High Stakes for Online Gamblers\”. Not only have they finally figured out how
As you know, poker players gotta eat … From the official non-gaming pimpers for the Palms, on Friday night: Phil Gordon, professional poker player, author and commentator, had dinner at N9NE Steakhouse with five friends on Friday evening (11.6.09). He
Poker Restaurant News You say tomato, I say D’Amato
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As you all have probably heard, Phil Ivey didn\’t exactly want to do a bustout interview after his AK lost to Darvin Moon\’s AQ. But as he tried to sneak out the back hallway — to the back lot at
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A few fledgling careers getting a bankroll boost, a couple accomplished players cementing their stati as big-time pros, and one not-so-old legend proving (to himself?) he\’s still got something … all in the last two weeks of October: New Yorker
Two players in California have sued presumable principals of Full Tilt Poker in LA Superior Court. Lary Kennedy (aka Poker Girl) and Greg Omotoy (a Vegas-reared LA nightclub manager) claim that Full Tilt confiscated $80,000 from their accounts, believing they
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The Full Tilt Poker legal team is busy. On the heels of the presumably still-unresolved Clonie Gowen $40 million lawsuit, another case was filed in the Nevada court system on September 11, 2009. This is the only information available thus
Jason Newitt Sues Full Tilt, Lederer, et al.Another Ex-FTP Employee Suits Up
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