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The other day I received an invitation to conduct an interview with Jay Lakin from Pokersourceonline.com, a very large poker affiliate site. My first inclination was to decline the invitation since my articles generally don’t focus on poker. But as a result of many incidents occurring with online poker of late (including the scandals at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet), I decided to take Mr. Lakin up on his offer.

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BRANFORD — Police raided a West Main Street restaurant Tuesday and broke up an illegal poker tournament, police said.

They seized about $1,400, along with poker chips and playing cards, from the SBC Restaurant at 850 W. Main St.

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Imagine playing poker and not being able to hear what’s going on at the table. That’s the challenge for deaf players, but it doesn’t keep them away from the game they love, nor does it discourage them from pursuing opportunities to compete against the best players in the world.

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Freed from the burden of getting league permission and paying millions of dollars in licensing, fantasy sports businesses are likely to expand and proliferate. Already, the FSTA estimates, 18 million Americans play fantasy sports. Mostly they do it for fun, but they can also win prizes, ranging from bobble-head dolls to cash awards as high as $25,000.

In other words, sports fans are paying for the chance to win money in contests that hinge on the performance of professional athletes. Why isn’t this gambling?

One answer is that playing fantasy sports requires knowledge and skill. But so do sports betting and poker.

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NEW YORK – A Canadian company has agreed to pay $9.1 million to resolve charges that it facilitated illegal Internet gambling by processing payments for U.S. customers.

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The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced multiple arrests related to an alleged illegal gambling operation in Midway.

Investigators with the DCSO vice and narcotics unit Thursday seized poker tables, playing cards, poker chips and $1,748 in cash from the premises of Corporate Entertainment Solutions, 11141 Hickory Tree Road, Suite 8.

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MILL CREEK — A Mill Creek bar owner took the safe bet and changed his mind Friday about taking on the Washington State Gambling Commission.

Stephen Dorn, owner of Jet Bar & Grill, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gambling charge. A judge suspended the one-year jail sentence and ordered Dorn to pay a $1,000 fine. He’s on probation for a year and also is prohibited from allowing any gambling at his business without a valid license.

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The 39th World Series of Poker got going in earnest Friday, and perhaps the most common question pondered about the game is this:

Luck or skill, which is it? The obvious answer, of course, is:

Both.

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