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Support for Menendez Online Poker Bill Likely to Wane
The Poker Players Alliance is putting everything it’s got to push through a bill offered up by New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, which seeks to legalize online poker. But Menendez needs support from fellow Democrats to co-sponsor his bill. He’s not exactly winning over many of his colleagues in Congress however.
Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 12:21
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Ron Wyden Pulls Online Gambling Bill
The Congressman giveth and the Congressman taketh away. Such is the case with a bill that survived nearly 6 days before it was yanked on Wednesday. That bill, brought forth by Senator Ron Wyden (D - Ore.) would have legalized and taxed online gambling to help pay for healthcare reform.
Submitted by C Costigan on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 22:03
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iMEGA Faces Danger of Losing NJ Gov Jon Corzine
With just a few more weeks until the elections, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, a Democrat, appears to be in serious danger of losing.
Submitted by C Costigan on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 12:24
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Online Gambling Foe Jon Kyl Election Day Woes
Arizona Republican and the number two GOP leader, Senator Jon Kyl, may have trouble come Election Day. The good news for Kyl is that the Election Day in question won’t be until 2012. The bad news for Kyl: There is plenty of time to mount a campaign against the Senator from Arizona and get him out of public office once that Presidential election year does finally arrive.
Submitted by C Costigan on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 20:17
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Delaware Appeal of Sports Betting Rule a Losing Proposition
Delaware's filing of a 24-page petition to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals asking the court to hear whether the state should be allowed to offer single-game sports betting will likely go nowhere claims one expert speaking to Gambling911.com on the condition of anonymity.
Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 22:47
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Barney Frank: Odds of Healthcare Reform Passing
Front and center of healthcare reform is none other than House Financial Services Chairman, Democrat Barney Frank. Congressman Frank also happens to be an advocate for legalizing online gambling.
Submitted by C Costigan on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 08:58
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Wayne Root: The Big Obama Healthcare Lie
Gambling911.com special contributor and 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential candidate, Wayne Allyn Root, claims among other things that Obama saying healthcare won't add to our budget deficit is "one big lie"
Submitted by Wayne Allyn Root on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 08:41
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Ashcroft: Online Gambling Enemy Number One
There was a time early on in the Bush Administration when Attorney General John Ashcroft was considered among the biggest enemies of online gambling. Many believe it was he who got the ball rolling to quash the industry.
Submitted by C Costigan on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 21:44
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Delaware Sports Betting Conflict? Judges From NJ, PA
Following news this past week that an appeals court had found that Delaware sports betting violates current federal law, questions now focus on two of the judges who helped render the decisions. Both are from neighboring states, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Submitted by C Costigan on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 11:57
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Online Poker: Barney Frank Appalled by US Attorney Actions
Congressman Barney Frank has expressed outrage over actions taken by the US Attorneys Office in the Southern District of New York in recent months. In June, that office seized nearly $40 million in funds from two of the world’s largest online poker rooms.
Submitted by C Costigan on Mon, 08/31/2009 - 11:33
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Delaware Sports Betting: Single-Game Bets Were a Risky Gambit
In 2003, a legislative task force concluded that one thing about sports betting in Delaware was apparent: single-game bets "would be prohibited.''
Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/30/2009 - 21:26
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Obama to Take Control of the Internet?
CNet News reported on something interesting this past week. A bill was being proposed that would give the White House power to disconnect private sector computers from the Internet. Say what?
Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:40
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Delaware May Have Other Options With Sports Betting
I'm still on my magical mystery tour of Vegas and last night I was hanging at the Mandalay Bay with two guys who have a vested interest in what happened in Delaware yesterday: Joe Brennan, chairman of the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (IMEGA) and his lawyer, Eric Bernstein.
Submitted by Guest on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 22:19
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Gaming Attorneys Shocked by Complete Delaware Turnaround
Anthony Cabot, a Las Vegas gaming lawyer, was having lunch Monday with three other gaming lawyers when the conversation turned to the appellate court decision involving Delaware's planned sports lottery.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 09:31
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Judges Play Poker Too
The Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford recently released a slew of papers kept by the late Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist. Interestingly enough, a fellow home game player Walter Berns had a few notes included about the last games played with Rehnquist
Submitted by Guest on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 20:12
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Jon Corzine Still Has Support From Betting Market
One incumbent who appears to be in trouble is New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, a Democrat. Seeking re-election in November, Corzine has fallen behind Republican challenger Chris Christie.
Submitted by Jagajeet Chiba on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 00:39
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Root: Government Run Healthcare Just Like the Post Office
Wayne Allyn Root, a regular contributor to the Gambling911.com website and the former Vice Presidential runningmate of the Libertarian party, says President Obama has finally got it right: The proposed Government run health care reform will be exactly like the post office.....not that this is necessarily a good thing.
Submitted by Wayne Allyn Root on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 08:50
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Pro Leagues Want Quick Ruling on Delaware Betting
Attorneys for professional sports leagues and the NCAA asked a federal appeals court Monday to decide quickly whether Delaware's plan to allow betting on games should be halted before a trial can be held.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 21:25
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Wayne Root: Obama Ordering Intimidation by Union Thugs
It's all over for Obama. Only six months into his first term the economy is tanking into oblivion; tax revenues are falling the fastest since the Great Depression; deficits are rising to record highs never before imagined; Obama's polls already make him (at this point in any Presidency) one of the most unpopular Presidents in modern history
Submitted by Wayne Allyn Root on Mon, 08/10/2009 - 10:50
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Online Poker Advocate Robert Menendez Under Investigation
The Poker Players Alliance has haled Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) for introducing the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act.
Submitted by C Costigan on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 12:12
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Senator Menendez Online Poker Bill Barney Frank on Steroids
Professor I. Nelson Rose has been given an advanced copy of the 91 page bill to be released later today by Senator Robert Menendez.
Submitted by Guest on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 13:29
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Would Sarah Palin Really Make a Good Poker Player?
The question was asked a few days ago by Aaron Michaels of the Examiner: Would the former Republican Vice Presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin make a good poker player?
Submitted by Ace King on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 21:05
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Sarah Palin Not Getting a Divorce Says Oddsmaker
Over the weekend, AlaskaReport.com began swirling rumors that Alaska’s ex-governor Sarah Palin and her husband Todd were headed for divorce.
Submitted by Guest on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 11:49
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States Want Legalized Gambling, Sports Betting Now
With the recession and individual states hurting for ways to make money, over the next several months right into 2010 we will be reading a lot here at Gambling911.com about states wanting to get into the legalized gambling industry, everything from sports betting to online poker.
Submitted by C Costigan on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 00:45
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Prospect of Gambling Coming to A.C. Impacts Staten Island
According to a report filed by Staten Island Live, D.A. Daniel Donovan (above)is not thrilled with the prospect of legal sports betting coming to Atlantic City Casinos.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 17:56
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