Joe Barton\’s online poker: \”And then he three-bet me on the turn with — get this — jack-high! How sick is that?\” US Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) will be in Las Vegas for Friday\’s shuffle-up-and-deal … and possibly to unveil […]
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The Poker Players Alliance continues to evolve, with Rich Muny, aka @TheEngineer2008, appointed Vice President of Player Relations. Now it is officially The Engineer\’s job to communicate for the PPA on various blogs and social media forums, from Twitter to
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I know it runs counter to conventional poker(ati) wisdom that this could be true, but, well, it kinda is: Republicans offered some hope Tuesday to online poker players sidelined by the Obama administration’s “Black Friday” crackdown. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)
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Fahrenkopf: We\’re ready to bring American casinos online (starting with poker)! Who\’s with me? The political arm of America\’s brick-and-mortar casino industry is working on its own federal online poker bill, Frank Fahrenkopf, CEO of the American Gaming Association, revealed
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Poker player and industry interests are preparing to hit Congress with selective aggression in DC later this month. The surge actually goes down on a Monday and Tuesday, but do days even matter any more when Americans can\’t compete against
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Tom Schneider OP-ED It’s time to have a poker player run for President of the United States. Forget Joe the Plumber. How about Tom the Gambler? I actually gave serious consideration to running for President in 2012. However, when I
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The Feds\’ allegations tell a rather compelling narrative of illegal gambling, bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to circumvent US law — that if proven calls for the forfeiture of not just domain names, but also: $1.5 billion from PokerStars
Just before the hearing on AB258 held in the Nevada Legislature this morning, the PPA released an official press statement supporting the \”interstate\” iPoker bill. This announcement made an for an interesting preface to over three hours of testimony on
Only two states in the US have no legal gambling — Hawaii and Utah. Could be just one soon, say supporters and opponents alike of a bill in Hawaii that would specifically legalize Texas Hold\’em and Omaha poker, live and
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
