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US Eager for Legalized Online Gambling
The 2000s in the US witnessed a poker boom, characterized by heightened interest in the game, resulting perhaps by the TV coverage given to prestigious live poker events such as the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Home poker games and online poker became immensely popular in the US till April 15, 2011, a day commonly […]
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ARJEL Investigates 40 Partouche.fr Accounts
ARJEL, the French online gambling regulator, is now conducting an investigation on 40 poker accounts on Partouche.fr. Click Here For Sites Still Accepting USA Players Mediapart, an online investigative journal based in France, claims that it has viewed certain company documents indicating that employees of Groupe Partouche have been playing poker tournaments and cash poker […]
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Rational Group Could Bring Online Poker to the US
PokerStars, the online poker gaming giant, obviously feels that the first step toward bringing legalized online poker to the US is to acquire a struggling land casino resort in Atlantic City, which is why it is in the process of acquiring the Atlantic Hotel Casino Club. Click Here For Sites Still Accepting USA Players Internet […]
Read More... | Comment | By Renee | February 21, 2013
David Gonia Wins MSPT 2013 Minnesota Main Event
The Minnesota leg of the PokerNews Mid States Poker Tour (MSPT), which was held last week at Running Aces Harness Park at Forest Lake, Minnesota, attracted a field of 367 players, who generated a prize pool of $367,000. This was the fourth season’s first event, and it was David Gonia, who emerged as the champion […]
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David Tuthill Wins 2013 WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace Event
David Tuthill, a 24-year-old poker player from St. Petersburg in Florida, emerged as the champion of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 Circuit Caesars Palace tournament, an NL Hold’em re-entry event with a buy-in of $1,676. Tuthill had to defeat a massive field of 744 players to win this event. Click Here For Sites […]
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AGA President Fahrenkopf to Address iGaming Conference
American Gaming Association (AGA) CEO and President Frank Fahrenkopf is scheduled to speak about the future of legalized online gambling at a conference organized by iGaming North America in Las Vegas. Click Here For Sites Still Accepting USA Players The third edition of this annual conference will be held from Tuesday to Thursday next week […]
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Federal Online Poker Bill Could be Passed This Year, Says Fahrenkopf
American Gaming Association (AGA) President Frank Fahrenkopf said that another attempt should be made to pass an online poker bill at the federal level this year. He also revealed that Texas-based Republican Representative Joe Barton, who had one attempted to pass an online poker bill, is about to re-introduce an online poker bill soon. Click […]
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Delaware Seeks to Form Interstate Gambling Compacts
The state of Delaware is now mulling over the pros and cons of expanding its online gambling offerings by forming international and interstate compacts. Delaware’s lottery director has confirmed that the state wants to expand by forming compacts. Click Here For Sites Still Accepting USA Players The state’s gaming officials say that they want to […]
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Julian Thew Becomes Champion of GPS Birmingham
The winner of the Birmingham leg of the Genting Poker Series (GPS) is Julian Thew, who defeated an impressive field of 590 talented poker players to grab this title. The tournament action lasted for more than 4 days and Thew won a sum of $63,101 for his achievement. The Genting Poker Series had a buy-in […]
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GSA Forms Committee to Standardize Online Gaming Industry
An organization is making efforts to use collaboration for the development of online gaming standards so that both consumers and developers can be benefited. The average gambler has a wider choice today; he/she can choose to play table games either online or at a land-based casino. The online gaming industry also includes mobile gaming, which […]
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