By Pauline Diamond
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
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Across the country increasing numbers of women are taking up the ultimate man’s game.
Ever since Lana Wood draped herself over the green baize table in Diamonds Are Forever, women have suffered a particular image problem when it comes to gambling.
By PokerPages.com
Friday, July 11th, 2008
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An Irish government committee set up in 2006 to review how to improve regulation of gaming and casinos, which would apply to both live and online poker games, has stated that Ireland could benefit from the restrictions the United States placed on Internet gambling with passage of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), if the right reforms and legislation were made.
By Peter Walsh
Friday, July 11th, 2008
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“Right now we’re forcing (the issue),” Dooly’s vice-president Pierre Lariviere said from headquarters in Moncton, NB. “We’re trying to push government to make a regulation, to say listen guys you can have a game of Texas Hold ‘em and here’s the limit and no game should be bigger than this and that’s how you should do it.”
It’s risky business because the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary has said poker games where money changes hands are illegal.
By Clara Ho
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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EDMONTON – A computer created by a group of U of A programmers changed the face of poker on Sunday night, when it defeated some of the best players in the world.
In the second man-versus-machine competition held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas over the weekend, Polaris II narrowly defeated seven players from the online poker training site stoxpoker.com.
By Don Ross
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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IN SA, as elsewhere, whenever there is public debate about the regulation of commercial gambling, whether gambling at casinos or online, one of the topics that receives central attention is problem gambling.
It is generally supposed that the more gambling opportunities are around, the more problem gamblers there will be. This is often said to be the main reason why most people in democracies think that although some gambling should be allowed, it should be carefully restricted.
By Noam Sharvit
Friday, June 27th, 2008
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The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court has convicted Eran Rock, a well known figure in the Israeli poker community, of organizing and conducting an illegal game. The court ruled that the Texas Hold ‘em game is not legal
By Associated Press
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – This Caribbean nation’s top finance official says another deadline has been set with Washington to resolve a feud over Internet gambling after recent talks have fizzled.
By Josh Nagel
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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Several big-name poker pros and celebrities have decided to ante up for a worthy cause. The second annual Ante Up For Africa poker tournament, co-founded by actor Don Cheadle and poker pro Annie Duke, will be played at the 2008 World Series of Poker. The tournament, designed to raise money for the victims and bolster public awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, will start at 2 p.m. July 2 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, the WSOP announced in a news release Wednesday.
By Roger Blitz
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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A transatlantic feud over online gambling is set to intensify after the US brushed off claims from the European Union that it was discriminating against its companies.
The European Commission is taking up complaints from online gambling operators that US gambling laws are being targeted at European companies to protect certain US operators, such as the websites run by the US horse-betting industry.
