In this week\’s episode: Sweden, Germany, and France… What a big week for online gambling, with lots of great news mostly coming out of Europe! Sweden wants into the industry… Germany says any ban on internet gambling is impossible… and […]
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A poker room in Kingsport, Tennessee, got raided Friday night — 15 people arrested, one of those being Paul McKinney, winner of the 2005 WSOP Seniors event. Police confiscated nearly $20,000 in cash, and apparently believe McKinney, age 82, was
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FYI, another episode is up … for those of you who haven\’t yet subscribed or synced your iPods. In this episode, our favorite non-bracelet-wearing cruiser-stakes pro sits in for Tom. Robert G drinks the BTT Kool-Aid. WSOP scheduling, the Houston
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Fourteen of the 15 people arrested in last week\’s raid at The Palms in Houston have been charged with engaging in organized crime. From KHOU: The district attorneys office has now charged 14 of those arrested with engaging in organized
In a sign of how hard it is to convince non-poker people how different types of poker work … the Illinois liquor police are shutting down the amateur bar tournaments that so many of us (nationwide) know and love: Rather
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The Houston Police Department has fired back at Pokerati\’s assertion that the SWAT team was necessary for their raid on The Palms. From KHOU: HPD\’s Vice Division was so concerned about being able to get inside what they said was
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This is not a stock photo. It is recent KHOU footage of poker players being rounded up so they can plea down to a traffic ticket and receive deferred adjudication. So I just took a look at the pictures from
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That\’s about all we know right now. We\’ll try to find out a little more … please feel free to share what you may know, particularly if you were there.
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A temporarily anonymous reader writes in with an update on some cases against \”alleged\” poker dealers and room operators at the Audie Murphy VFW, which was raided (as opposed to just busted) in April: I just thought you might want
Some dudes in Georgia are making a documentary … \”Underground Home Game, The Movie.\” No release date yet … they\’re still in the process of making it as they follow a posse of low-stakes players engaging in civil disobedience.
