Haiti Lost Big Bucks by Snubbing Online Gambling

If you've been watching TV coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, no doubt you've heard numerous times how Haiti is "the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere."

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Pawn Stars Vegas Reality Star is a Real Con Man

The star of a Las Vegas-based, hit reality television show is a real-life con man, Gambling911.com can reveal exclusively!

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Somach: Tiger Woods Charles Barkley Double Standard

Why is Tiger Woods chopped but Charles Barkley boosted?  Are there double standards at play here?

Is there a double standard for judging two of America's most famous athletic figures?

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Delaware Finds Loophole in Sports Betting Law for NFL Playoffs

Did somebody say "loophole"?

As in loophole big enough to drive a truck through?

As in a Brinks truck full of money?

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Poker Blog of The Year

Among other things, 2009 was the year that professionl poker players embraced the web log or "blog," a kind of online diary.

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Super Bowl Shutout for Delaware?

Sunday, February 1, 2009, is Super Bowl Sunday, and two states in the USA have legal wagering on the National Football League (NFL)--Nevada and Delaware.

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Online Gambling: More Trouble for Jay Cohen?

Federal authorities in the USA are considering whether to recharge Internet gambling pioneer Jay Cohen with running an illegal online sports betting operation, after Cohen appeared on TV this wee

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Poker Ducks is Poker Dust

Another online poker room has bitten the dust!

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What to Buy Your Favorite Poker Pro For Christmas

With the Christmas shopping season underway, you might be wondering what to buy your favorite professional poker player for Christmas.

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Doyle Brunson Book Dazzles

Forget Sarah Palin going rogue.

The hottest new autobiography out this month is from poker legend Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson.

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Poker Pro Phil Hellmuth: “I’m a Lush”

Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth Jr. is drowning his poker sorrows in alcohol.

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Phil Hellmuth Pokes Finger in Eye of NCAA

Is poker superstar Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth Jr. endangering the Stanford University football team?

Looks like!

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Phil Ivey Decides to Promote World Series of Poker

Finally!

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Phil Ivey Poison to Internet Sportsbooks

Internet sportsbooks that offered betting odds on the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event are quaking in their boots.


And they've got good reason. 



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2009 WSOP Main Event Resumes Next Week

The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, which has been on hiatus since July, resumes next week.

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Tom Somach: The Poker Hall of Shame

The Poker Hall of Fame announced last week that Mike Sexton will be its lone inductee for 2009.

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Poker’s Top Five Feuds of All Time

Thomas Somach, now a staff writer for the Gambling911.com website, has written for the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times Syndicate, the Edmonton Journal and th

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Poker Pages Pulling The Plug

One of the most popular and comprehensive sources on the Internet for news and information about the game of poker is pulling the plug.

On itself.

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8 of 9 Inked in 2009 World Series of Poker

When the World Series of Poker (WSOP) decided last year to initiate a four-month break between the time the WSOP Main Event final table is set and the time it is played off, part of the reason was

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World Series of Poker Needs Phil-in: Phil Ivey Hides

The death of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy last week recalled memories of the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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