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A seemingly innocuous bill that would implore the Department of Justice to begin investigating the future of online poker has quietly been one of the most closely watched bills among tribal gaming interests this year.

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CENTRAL POINT — Police are warning local poker players to be mindful of state laws outlining the rules of hosting gambling games in private homes.

Jackson County sheriff’s detectives say they are keeping a close eye on a popular weekly Texas Hold’em poker game hosted by Richard Troutman, who operates a game out of his home on Beall Lane in Central Point.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Celebrities turned out Wednesday to donate to Darfur charities — and to show their fellow stars just who the real card sharks were.

“I’m looking forward to whipping a lot of celebrity rear end,” talk show host Montel Williams said before beginning play in a charity Texas Hold ‘em tournament at the World Series of Poker. “I tweaked my game, and my game is really solid.”

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MISSION – A letter from a NEWSCHANNEL 5 viewer triggers a police investigation and an overnight raid of an illegal gambling operation in Mission.

A worried neighbor tipped us off with an anonymous letter. It says gamblers pack the neighborhood every Saturday night, and it’s been happening for eight months.

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7 to 1 passage through key committee for Levine poker bill

Good news from the Sunshine State this week is that AB2026, a bill to legalise Internet poker in California proposed by Democrat assemblyman Lloyd E. Levine (see previous Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa report), passed the state Senate Governmental Organization Committee in a 7-to-1 vote this week.

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SALEM, N.H. — Like so many young men, he was drawn to poker through television.

“Watching the pros, I decided to learn about the game,” says this local 18-year-old athlete. “I love to compete. I do pretty well.”

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LAS CRUCES — The New Mexico Gaming Control Board is investigating whether a poker tournament hosted earlier this week in Akela by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma was improper.

But the tribe contends the state has no jurisdiction over its 30-acre parcel of federal trust land, where the tournament took place.

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Slipping through a loophole, Mardi Gras Racetrack & Gaming has received state approval to operate a 24-hour poker room.

The first non-Indian poker room in Florida to go 24 hours opens July 1.

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NORTHPORT | Police in Northport have put a stop to the nightly poker games at One More Lounge, saying that the owners were illegally promoting gambling.

But the owners, Larry and Joyce Watson, said they didn’t believe they were breaking the law.

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