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UltimateBet Poker Bad Beat Jackpot Hit
Oct 1, 2007
Category: General Poker News
As if there wasn't already enough reasons for Texas Hold'em fans to be thrilled with UltimateBet but now they have learned that a lucky 343 online poker playe...
Online Gambling School Starts Open Enrollment
Sep 29, 2007
Category: General Poker News
When you think of college, you think of hard Math and English courses...but what about online gambling courses? Yes, as of 9/29/07, the Los Angeles Valley College has...
The Luck Of The Irish and Online Poker
Sep 29, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Twenty-two year old James McManus of Dublin Ireland is a recent college graduate in math, and he is now also nearly $100,000 richer than he was two months ag...
No Increase in Online Gambling Addicts Since 1999
Sep 28, 2007
Category: General Poker News
While the Interactive Gaming Council, (IGC) and others had fears of increased gambling problems among British citizens due to online and mobile gambling, it seems tha...
NRL - For now still dependant on Poker Machines
Sep 24, 2007
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Hollywood actor and Co-owner of the South Sydney Rugby team, Russell Crowe continues to express his annoyance on the National Rugby Leagues’ dependence
More TV Time at Poker News Cup
Sep 23, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The opportunity to become known by poker fans across the world just got better!
In a recent on site announcement, PokerNews announced additio...
The World's Next Top Celebrity Poker Player
Sep 21, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Can months of impassioned competition paired with unparalleled online activity result in the next poker superstars? Well, Team CelebPoker will try to prove just that....
Pennsylvania and a Poker Table
Sep 21, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Recently Pennsylvania approved a number of slots parlors requesting to operate with in the state. Many have started business, however some are still in the final...
Sheikhan Facing Deportation
Sep 21, 2007
Category: General Poker News
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, high-stakes poker regular Shahram "Shawn" Shei...
Knowing When To Pay Your Poker Taxes!
Sep 21, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Beginning in 2008 land based casinos and poker card rooms will be required to hold back 25% of your poker tournament winnings if the prize won is more than $5000....
UIGEA brought to YouTube
Sep 20, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) is getting some hard hitting attention from YouTube visitors.
Earlier this week the Association ...
Further Poker Backlash from South Carolina
Sep 20, 2007
Category: General Poker News
South Carolina authorities recently charged fourteen people with participation in illegal gambling activities. In Greenville County deputies dealt out 14 citations at...
DTD Trying to be UK's First Legal Poker Club
Sep 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Europe's Largest Poker Room in Next Stage of Battle to Become UK's First Legal Poker Club
Nottingham Magistrate Court will be the place on Sept 24th th...
South African Poker Open
Sep 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Last year the world had only heard about the South African Poker Open. This year is different because South Africa has their Poker Champion, Raymond Rahme. This South...
Who gambles online? 3.5 million Britons do...
Sep 19, 2007
Category: General Poker News
According to British Gambling Commission, some 3.5 million Britons make a regular habit of gambling online. Over five years, the number marked a six-fold increase, st...
Crowe vs Poker Machines
Sep 18, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Hollywood has always had the activist crowd, now they are spreading abroad. Australian actor Russell Crowe has been reportedly speaking out against the South Sydney L...
Illegal Gambling in Iowa Update
Sep 17, 2007
Category: General Poker News
With the available legal means of playing poker these days, some people continue to push the limits until they are burned. This was the case recently in Iowa, wh...
Pennsylvania and a Poker Table
Sep 16, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Recently Pennsylvania approved a number of slots parlors requesting to operate with in the state. Many have started business, however some are still in the final...
Iowa Woman Arrested for hosting Illegal Cash Game
Sep 16, 2007
Category: General Poker News
With the available legal means of playing poker these days, some people continue to push the until they are burned. This was the case recently in Iowa, when the polic...
North Carolina arrests Poker Stars for Illegal Activity
Sep 16, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Johnston County Sheriffs Office and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol partnered with the North Carolina State Alcohol Law Enforcement Division to execute a raid...
The Perfect Summer Job
Sep 16, 2007
Category: General Poker News
For most teens their summer job consists of doing yard work or flipping burgers, but one teen and the sun of a kindergarten teacher his summer job was playing
Taking poker to the Extreme
Sep 15, 2007
Category: General Poker News
What is Extreme Poker? Well, so far they have played poker in the Arctic, in a plane and underwater. Now they will play in Sydney, Australia on October 4th, while dan...
Online Poker Rooms Recruiting Young Guns
Sep 15, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Online poker rooms are finding it harder and harder to recruit big name players for their sites. The top online poker players normally have already signed lucrative s...
Is Online Poker The New Income For Teenagers?
Sep 14, 2007
Category: General Poker News
It seems every year teenagers are becoming smarter and learning new ways to make money. As for one California teen, he has found the perfect way to earn an income fro...
Gambling Pill Tested
Sep 13, 2007
Category: General Poker News
A recent study was done at the University of Minnesota involving gambling and a supplement known as N-acetyl cysteine. This was an eight-week study that included twen...
PPA's voice on 2+2
Sep 13, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is reaching out to the broader poker player base. In the effort Executive Director, John Pappas recently posted a very engageing message ...
New Partnership for Card Player
Sep 12, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Card Player has done it again. They have contracted with one of the major tournaments in the United States to be an exclusive media partner. Card Player and Caesars P...
The Face of Million Dollar Poker - Gus Hansen
Sep 11, 2007
Category: General Poker News
'The Great Dane' is showing his talents in new ways. He created a name for himself as an aggressive, motivated and yet serious poker player through high stake...
24hr Cash Game Returns
Sep 11, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Poker Den: The Big Game II is in place and ready to play. On Monday, September 17th 2007, PartyPoker's 24 hour cash game event will be played. This years event is...
Poker Skill Transcends All Forms of the Game
Sep 11, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Sit n Go Poker website, Sitandgoplanet, recently released astounding results from a broadly conducted survey. The survey was designed to uncover the actual winners an...
Online gambling site launches WSOP Academy Aruba Edition
Sep 10, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Aruba Classic of this year is just a short way off, and UltimateBet, the online gambling site, recently announced a major addition to their signature poker event....
World Series of Poker Academy
Sep 9, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The World Series of Poker Academy is a 2-3 day poker camp that the WSOP puts on in different cities year around. This gives up to 200 poker amateurs a chance to learn...
Swedish Officials on a Rampage
Sep 8, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Swedish gambling monopoly has been in the news lately as the European Commission wants answers or for Sweden to change these laws, in the mean time Sweden has tak...
Doyle Brunson partners with Leonardo DiCaprio
Sep 8, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In partnership with Leonardo DiCaprio Doyle Brunson, presented a extremely important project to everyone at the Doyle Brunson Poker Network, global warming.
Bodog Poker roll out promos
Sep 8, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Internet-Poker.co.uk, the world's best online poker guide, and Bodog Poker, the high-rolling wi...
Sweden Targets Illegal Poker
Sep 6, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Lotteriinspektionen, the gaming board in Sweden, has said to the police to adopt a tougher and more active approach to what it called ‘underground poker clubs&#...
InterCasino, InterPoker obtain Malta license
Sep 5, 2007
Category: General Poker News
InterCasino and InterPoker companies have successfully completed the stringent requirements of the Maltese government to operate their online gaming business from Mal...
Online Gambling Eager to Advertise
Sep 5, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The UK new white list restrictions are not likely to cause a decrease for British television companies in advertising revenues. If anything, it is more likely to have...
New law New Revenue for the State
Sep 4, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In the United States, Florida has new state figures for the 18 regulated poker rooms, and the state representatives are imp...
The Gaming Bug Strikes India
Sep 4, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In Cyber cafes and even in private homes gamers will be finding their way to these sites as of Tuesday, September 4th , even though it is illegal to gamble in India a...
Asia Opens Up to Online Gambling
Sep 4, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In May of this year a prediction was made by Marc Lenick that the Asian gambling market would open up to online casinos very soon; one of the largest problems has bee...
Pokerstars Poker Pro Daniel Negreanu wins again
Sep 4, 2007
Category: General Poker News
In a $10 thousand dollar heads up competition against the formidable malicious222, Negreanu was successful, once again. Through the entire game, melicious222 disp...
Many Fear Effects Of UK Gambling Act Ammendment
Sep 3, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Many UK organizations including the reputable Salvation Army has expressed their fear over the possible effects of the amendments to the UK Gambling Act of 2005. Thro...
Survive The Workweek at Everest Poker
Sep 2, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Everest Poker announced that their online poker room will be having a special promotion during September. Everest Poker'...
UK Gambling Addicts Increasing In Number
Sep 2, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The Gambling Prevalence Study reveals that the number of gambling addicts in Britain is on the rise. The study was commissioned in 2005 as a follow up to a 1999 study...
NPL Raises Money For Kids
Sep 1, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The National Poker League (NPL) held its UK Open poker tournament in London recently. In conjunction with the well publiciz...
Ladbrokes Pub Poker Championship
Sep 1, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Ladbrokes, one of the biggest names in the online gambling industry, is poised to take advantage of the new advertising ve...
Day One of Legends of Poker Finished
Aug 27, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Francois Safieddine is sitting on top of the leader board at the WPT Legends of Poker Event at the Bicycle Casino. Francois as got 165,000 in chips in front of him an...
Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot Nearly $700,000
Aug 27, 2007
Category: General Poker News
Absolute Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot has now shattered its all-time high. By 9am ET on Monday, the jackpot had reached $667,000. With $0.50 collected from ea...
The First Annual California Poker Players Conference
Aug 26, 2007
Category: General Poker News
The First Annual California Poker Players Conference will be held on Saturday, October 20, and Sunday, October 21 at the Hollywood Park Casino, Inglewood, California,...
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