Sometimes I find myself wondering if women are really human beings or not. I don’t mean this is in a qualitative sort of Taliban sense – women have every bit as much to offer society as men do and should enjoy each and every one of the same rights. But I swear that you women [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Peter Laurrell | March 20, 2008

Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), a group formed by the Harvard School of Law, teamed up with the Poker Players Alliance and the iMEGA Internet freedom pressure group in a protest rally this week in Boston, Massachusetts. The rally took place outside the state legislature’s offices where a debate concerning brick and mortar casinos [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | March 19, 2008

Three years ago who would have predicted that academics from one of the most prestigious universities on earth would organize a rally defending online poker players from criminal discrimination in the most educated city in the United States? This week the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), a group formed at Harvard Law school to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | March 18, 2008

Sixty-two World Series of Poker seats have been awarded so far at Full Tilt Poker, and many, many more are still up for grabs. It seems as though Full Tilt is the happening poker room to nail down a spot at the year’s most anticipating poker event, and the site is giving people many ways [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | March 18, 2008

Two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Jennifer Harman, hosted a charity poker tournament this past Sunday to benefit abandoned pets in her home state of Nevada.The tournament, which was held at Full Tilt Poker, raised $15,045 for the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
The amount that went to the cause [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | March 18, 2008

Online gamers in South Africa may finally be able to breathe easy as they may not have to worry about being fined and escorted to jail for partaking in Internet gambling. A bill calling for the legalization of Internet gambling has made it the Select Committee of National Provinces and will soon make it to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | March 17, 2008

Any poker player planning a trip to Australia had better think twice. Australia’s poker machines, also known as “pokies” down under, have been branded as the hungriest in the entire world, often sucking up the average weekly wage in less than an hour.
A warning released by the Australian Federal Government comes in light of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | March 14, 2008

Last month Tight Poker published an article discussing freelance journalist Ed Brayton’s quest to learn the details on the recently brokered US-European Union deal and how he was denied access to information compensation package. US Trade Representatives informed Brayton that the details of the package were, “…properly classified in the interest of national security pursuant [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | March 13, 2008

When Josie Richards decided to run for the office of Town Trustee of Estancia, New Mexico, she probably thought she would win the election by conventional means.You know, like getting more votes than her opponent, Michelle Dunlap.
So much for ballot boxes.
Because the election ended in a tie, New Mexico state law required that the winner [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | March 13, 2008

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and perhaps the leading Congressional proponent of online gambling regulation, has schedule a third hearing regarding the matter.Slated for early April, the hearing will address the current proposed UIGEA regulations.
The regulations have received criticism for their ambiguity, as they do not attempt to differentiate [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | March 13, 2008