By Mike Brunker, MSNBC.com
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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Allegations that a long-running cheating scheme bilked players on a leading Internet poker site have triggered an $85 million claim against a Canadian company whose employees allegedly manipulated the cyberspace card room’s software so that they could see their opponents’ hole cards, msnbc.com has learned.
By Patrick Crowley, Cincinnati Enquirer
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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In a major departure from a long-held position, Kentucky Sen. Jack Westwood, a Crescent Springs Republican facing a re-election battle, says he would consider voting to put the issue of casino gambling on a statewide ballot.
By Tom Bell, Morning Sentinel
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
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A Las Vegas casino developer is now leading the campaign to change state law to allow a casino to be built in Oxford County.
By Poker Players Alliance
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
By Poker Players Alliance
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
By Wayne Brough, Townhall.com
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
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Technology is a driving force in society, for both businesses and consumers. Indeed, the cyberspace revolution promises gains on the order of those achieved in the earlier industrial revolution. The implications are profound, not just in terms of economics, but in terms of quality of life. The flow if information at the speed of light has empowered individuals across the globe, with the number of worldwide internet users fast approaching 1.5 billion. Unfortunately, these gains can be trampled by government—through censorship, taxation, or regulation.
By PokerPages.com
Monday, September 15th, 2008
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Italians have been quick to play on the newly legal and licensed online poker sites in their country. In the few days since online poker was launched in Italy, figures released by Microgame and Gioco Digitale, the two operators who managed to connect their real money table systems to the SOGEI government database, show that poker is popular.
By Greg Avery, Denver Business Journal
Monday, September 15th, 2008
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There’s gambling on launching a company, and then there’s Gene Gioia’s startup.
The Denver entrepreneur is trying to translate his lifelong love of poker into creating a website players can trust because it deals hands based on the automated shuffling of real cards.
By Matt Clough, 9News
Monday, September 15th, 2008
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KUSA –A casino-backed group has raised more than $6 million to promote a ballot proposal aimed at allowing Colorado casino towns to operate more like Las Vegas.
By Remote Gambling Association
Monday, September 15th, 2008
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Congress and members of the executive branch will be visited by a team of European Union investigators this week, headed by senior E.U. trade official M. Jean-Francois Brakeland, head of the European Commission’s dispute settlement office. The E.U. delegation is looking into allegations that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) breaches international treaties by continuing to enforce WTO-violating laws against E.U. businesses and individuals who once, but no longer, participated in the U.S. online gaming industry.
