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You may or may not have seen the report Barclay\’s put out assessing the impact of American DOJ actions vs. Online Poker on the European online gambling sector. Now Moody\’s, the venerable global credit rater, has put out their own […]
You may or may not have seen the report Barclay\’s put out assessing the impact of American DOJ actions vs. Online Poker on the European online gambling sector. Now Moody\’s, the venerable global credit rater, has put out their own […]
Don\’t Check-Raise Me: A South Carolina law permitting more-good real-money friendly poker appears be on the horizon. Small-but-big victory for poker players in South Carolina yesterday … with the state\’s senate judiciary committee voting 15-6 to debate a bill on
The PPA speaks out on the South Carolina Supreme Court\’s game-of-skill hearing, where they helped provide legal counsel for the five players contesting their misdemeanor illegal gambling convictions. This case has nothing to do with casinos or video poker. This
Poker is back in the state-level Supreme Courts … this time in South Carolina, with five appointed justices set to decide if playing Texas Hold\’em in a private residence is a crime. The decision, which will likely reverberate throughout the
I swear I\’m taking a vacation. But it may take me a while to get off the blogging sauce. Meanwhile, Full Tilt is addressing customers in Washington State — saying for now, carry on, but they\’ll let you know if
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As Stephen A. Murphy over at CardPlayer suggests, this news perhaps comes as a bit of a head-scratcher. But then again, poker players have come to expect high variance when it comes to state courts’ attempts to decide the issue
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Interesting story in the Miami Herald about Joe Cada, Kevin Schaffel (Florida\’s representative in the November Nine), skill vs. luck, and whether or not the game is good for you. My favorite line(s): \”We had 115 different countries have players
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Just a technical update, I believe … but courts in South Carolina have officially and full-on thrown out gambling charges against five South Carolinians caught up in a poker raid (that nabbed 20), after having their convictions reversed at least
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Five South Carolina poker players convicted of gambling in February — after a raid on a private home in 2006 — had their convictions overturned on appeal yesterday. From the Post and Courier: In a letter that supports the argument
Missed this article two weeks ago … but it\’s a good one, as they always seem to be when the non-poker media takes a more-than-cursory look at poker \”issues\”. From the LA Times: Taking their chances on poker\’s legality Is
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