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[KY] PPA Amicus Brief – 09/26/08

By Poker Players Alliance
Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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[KY] Kentucky Takes Queue From China; Censors Internet – ATR (09/24/08)

By John Kartch, Americans for Tax Reform
Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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Selected Coverage of Kentucky Internet Poker Battle

By Poker Players Alliance
Sunday, September 21st, 2008

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[OH] Westwood weighs gambling vote – Cincinnati Enquirer (09/17/08)

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.

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[ME] Casino campaign gets new leader – Morning Sentinel (09/17/08)

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.

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[CO] Denver man hopes online poker system will score – Denver Business Journal (09/12/08)

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.

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[CO] Supporters of gambling proposal raise $6 million – 9NEWS.com (09/14/08)

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.

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[WV] Table Gaming up for a Vote in Greenbrier County – WOWK-TV (09/11/08)

By Hillary Crowder, WOWK-TV
Friday, September 12th, 2008

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS- — During an emergency meeting Thursday morning, the Greenbrier County Commission agreed unanimously to put the issue of table gaming at The Greenbrier Resort up for a county vote.

Unions representing about 1,200 service employees at the resort asked commissioners to take up the issue.

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[KS] Want to gamble online? Vote – The Kansas City Star (09/10/08)

By Jay Lakin, The Kansas City Star
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

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The debate over internet gambling has raged since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was ushered through Congress in the fall of 2006.

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[Press Release] Successful Charity Poker Events Highlight the Political Conventions

By Poker Players Alliance
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

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