Many of our lives changed five years ago today, as George W. Bush signed the Port Security Act into law. At the time, many wondered if this marked the end of online poker, which had been booming at a rate […]
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Though I\’m not expert enough to confirm or deny any validity, this video did give me pause. To the untrained eye, it sure does look like possible (if not certain) cheating software in play on ClubWPT, the World Poker Tour\’s
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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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The midterm elections and the November Nine are over, but interesting things keep happening in the gaming world. For starters, the lame-duck session of Congress is underway; time will tell if anything that affects Internet gaming will pass before the
I swear I\’m not the Facebook police any more than I am a Harrah\’s attorney … but when the shit just gets served up while I\’m busy liking stuff … it\’s kinda hard to miss! Yet another example appeared on
Time for some of the major legal developments in gaming over the past week, as selected by @GamingCounsel: # Netherlands I-Gaming Attitudes – Probably the most interesting international story of the past week is the ruminations from the Netherlands that the
The bad news: People in France were recently blocked — just last week — from playing on PokerStars.com. The good news: They\’ll be able to play on PokerStars.fr, in a fully legal and regulated way. They just won\’t be able
Fugk! I know I shouldn\’t bemoan someone else\’s success, but I just read about Steve Lipscomb and Lyle Berman\’s new venture, an energy company called Voyager Oil & Gas. (Seventh item down.) Back in November, when I first learned about
Stock Donkey Report Lipscomb, Berman start new energy company
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The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling earlier this month that American plaintiffs are not entitled to get their day in American courts for discrepancies with offshore online poker sites. This case specifically addressed two players in
US Appeals Court Says Online Poker Lawsuits Are Un-American PartyPoker FTW!
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photo: BJ Nemeth A shocker but not really … Jeffrey Pollack and Harrah\’s are breaking up. The WSOP Commissioner, President, and Twitterer in Chief\’s last day with Harrah\’s and the World Series is today. \”I\’ve made the decision after four
