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Absolute Poker Invites Nat Arem to Costa Rica
Posted on October 25, 2007Nat Arem, one member of a large poker community that was instrumental in identifying the scandal that has rocked Absolute Poker, has been invited to the AP headquarters in Costa Rica.
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USA Gets December 14th Deadline from WTO
Posted on October 25, 2007The European Union and other U.S. trading partners have agreed to give the United States until December 14 to negotiate a package of trade concessions to compensate World Trade Organization (WTO) members for the U.S. pulling Internet gambling out of trade agreements, a U.S. trade official said on Monday. This extension of time to reach agreement also provides Congress further opportunity to avoid paying trade concessions worth an estimated $100 billion by regulating Internet gambling through legislation.
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Macau Hosts Its First Live Poker Tournament
Posted on October 25, 2007Pokerstars' Asia Pacific Poker Tour is bringing China it's first live poker tournament; the APPT Stop in Macau. It's worth repeating; this is the first ever No Limit Texas Holdem tournament to ever be held in the People's Republic of China.
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PartyGaming Revenue Up 24%
Posted on October 25, 2007Online gambling company PartyGaming PLC reported a 24 percent increase in revenue in the third quarter, as big gains in casino revenue more than offset a decline from poker betting.
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PartyPoker Available in Swedish
Posted on October 25, 2007PartyPoker is now available to Swedish players in their native language!
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Titan Poker Running EPT Prague Satellites
Posted on October 25, 2007Titan Poker is running four satellites to give its players a chance to score big in the live arena in Prague.
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Antigua Unfreezes BetOnSports Assets
Posted on October 25, 2007An Antiguan Court has lifted an order that barred the removal of any funds held by BetOnSports, allowing the company to pay off some of its creditors.
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Unibet CEO Released on Bail
Posted on October 25, 2007Unibet CEO Peter Nylander has been released on bail, but will be transferred to France next week to face further investigation in a case spurred by a compliant made by France's state-run gambling monopolies, based on two 19th-century French gambling laws.
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David Singer Wins $10k Event at Caesar's
Posted on October 25, 2007The $10,000 main event at Caesar's featured one of the most star-studded final tables of the year with David Singer, Justin Bonomo, Tony Cousineau, Scott Fischman, Alex Bolotin, Kido Pham and Vivek Rajkumar in attendance.
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MA Casino Proposal Attacks Online Poker
Posted on October 23, 2007Before you jump for joy at Governor Deval Patrick's attempt to open up 3 casinos in Massachusetts, read closer. If the bill passes, playing online poker is punishable by two years in prison or a $25,000 fine.
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PPA Converges on Washington, D.C.
Posted on October 23, 2007The Poker Players Alliance is converging on Washington, D.C. today, lobbying for the repeal of the UIGEA and the regulation of online poker.
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Unibet Poker CEO Arrested in Holland
Posted on October 23, 2007Peter Nylander, Unibet Poker CEO, was arrested by Dutch authorities after attempting to board a flight to his home in the UK.
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Macknot, BluffMagCV Sunday's Big Winners
Posted on October 22, 2007Macknot and BluffMagCV won close to $400,000 combined in tournaments online this weekend. Read for the official results from the big Sunday tournaments!
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WPT Adds Two Major Executives
Posted on October 22, 2007Supporting the company’s strategic growth and diversification of its management team, WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) announced today that it will welcome two additions to the company. Former Vice President of Poker Software Development for CryptoLogic, Andy Goetsch joins WPT as Executive Vice President of Online Gaming, while Rohin Malhotra brings a vast knowledge of television networks, production, and distribution to his role as Managing Director - International Sales & Marketing.
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$500,000 Buy-in Cash Game Debuts on GSN
Posted on October 22, 2007Beginning Monday, November 5, GSN's HIGH STAKES POKER raises the cash buy-in for the world's best poker players from $100,000 to $500,000. This television first presents over five million dollars of the player's own money at risk. Unlike poker tournament shows, HIGH STAKES POKER is the only "cash game" televised of no-limit Texas Hold'em and airs Mondays at 9 PM ET/8:00 PM CT on GSN.
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Painting Contractor Takes HPT Crown in Deadwood
Posted on October 22, 2007In a town famous for lawlessness and gun slinging cowboys from the Old West, six poker players filled the Heartland Poker Tour’s final table at the Lucky Nugget Card Club in what can only be described as a good old fashion shootout. When the smoke cleared after only 64 hands of final table action, Scott Eckert, a painting contractor from Fargo ND, took down the championship, leaving with a first place prize of $64,133, plus a prize package worth $3000 into the year-end HPT Open Championship.
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Trump Taj Mahal Hosts $1,000,000 Tournament
Posted on October 22, 2007Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal will host a tournament with a $1,000,000 prize pool after ten players buy-in at $100,000 apiece.
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European Poker: Coffeehouse Game in Amsterdam
Posted on October 22, 2007Amsterdam's infamous red-light district was bustling. It was Saturday morning, 4 a.m. This is what we came for. My friends and I had booked an impromptu trip to Holland to celebrate a birthday, and we were living it up. We had slept until 5 p.m. so we could stay up and party all night, and our goal was near completion.
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