Hey, check it out … former WSOP Commish Jeffrey Pollack has been elected to the Professional Bull Riders Board of Directors as Executive Chairman. Will make some calls to find out if he\’ll be in charge of running Mexican Sweat […]
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Remember those crazy pants worn by the Norwegian curling team at the 2010 Winter Olympics? They were designed by Loudmouth Golf, a company whose intention was to liven up golf-wear … when a few Norwegians saw them and thought they
From Curling to PokerLoudmouth Golf expands its reach with D-Bomber at the WSOP
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The first in a four-part series about Nevada Gaming wrangling with a new era of poker regulation as Harrah\’s and PokerStars fight … The inaugural NAPT-Venetian was by most accounts a smashing success. PokerStars announced the tournament in January, and
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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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I can always count on the APCW to keep me updated about issues and shenanigans related to the affiliate side of the poker (and general online gambling) industry … and in this week\’s episode of Perspectives Weekly, J. Todd gives
A Banner Year for Online Gambling Lobby $5.2 million in Q1 2010
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Our beloved Harrah\’s Entertainment Inc. is currently seeking buyers for the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, according to Bloomberg-BusinessWeek. Supposedly bids are in the $500 million range for the largest property currently in the Harrah\’s portfolio, which
Poker was exploding. On April 20, 2004 (420, dooood!) Pokerati.com went live. WTF was I thinking? Happy birthday to us. The concept was simple, and reflected in our subtitle: \”Are you thinking about poker?\” I was. A lot. And so
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Of course … France opens itself up, and then gets way in on the televised poker thing … and sure enough the WPT is there to follow with a new stop. No time to vet any of this (we\’re minutes
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The hedline pretty much says it all … Poker Channel France is coming soon, in June. See how international politics works? You change the laws to make things conducive for business, and before you know it, all sorts of new
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We\’ll be seeing the brackets for the National Heads-Up Poker Championship soon (drawing party is tomorrow) … and with some help from KevMath, I put together a list of who\’s going to be represented at the mini-tables in this made-for-TV
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