Ken Weitzner May be Poster Child for Anti Online Gambling Folks

It may not be long until we start hearing online gambling foes in Washington throwing the name "Ken Weitzner" into their self-absorbed agendas to ban Internet poker and sports betting.

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Weitzner’s Rivals Speak Out

Owners of rival websites are speaking out about the shocking double suicide of gambling-themed website owner Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner and his wife last week in a Virginia garage.

Weitzner had been the owner and operator of The Prescription (www.therx.com), a website featuring sports handicapping selections, a posting forum and news articles about sports wagering, until selling the lucrative site to Marty Jensen in 2001.

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Gambling911.com Founder Discusses Ken Weitzner

As many Gambling911.com readers may know, Gambling911.com founder Chris Costigan once worked for TheRx.com, a website owned and operated by Kenneth "The Shrink" Weitzner.  This past week

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Daly Says Shrink ‘Obsessed’

A former employee of Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner says the controversial gambling news website owner who died last week was an "obsessed" man whose desire to dominate a rival fue

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Cops Won’t Release Weitzner Details

Police in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, said today that they will not be publicly releasing the official police report about the deaths last week of gambling news website operator Ken "The Shrink

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Shrink Would Often Read About Suicide

Speaking exclusively to one of Kenneth Weitzner's former lovers, Gambling911.com can reveal that "the Shrink" had a preoccupation with suicide to the point where he would often read up on

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Casino Raiders Strike Upscale Casino

by Peter Allen, Daily Mail

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Ken Weitzner: Not a Doctor, But Played One On The Internet

Some years back, a now-infamous television commercial began with a man declaring, "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV."

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Foul Play Ruled Out in Shrink’s Death

Foul play is not suspected in the deaths of gambling news website operator Kenneth B.

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Kenneth Weitzer and Wife to be Cremated

He was a man of the Jewish faith and, while cremation is not commonly permitted, EOG.com founder Kenneth Weitzner will be cremated along with his wife following a memorial on Tuesday.  Weitzner's

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Online Gambling Portal Owner Bizarre Death 2nd in 12 Months

The death of Kenneth Weitzner marks the second time in less than 12 months that an online gambling portal owner has died under mysterious circumstances.  Weitzner was confirmed dead shortly after

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Kenneth Weitzner Death Confirmed

It's official: Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner is dead.

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Costa Rican Sportsbooks Respond to Recent Arrests

By Chrissie Long, Tico Times Staff

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UK Poker Champion Closer to US Extradition for Murder

Marcus Bebb-Jones, a United Kingdom poker champion, could be facing charges of murdering his wife Sabrina in 1997.  He is one step closer to being extradited back to the United States according to

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Weitzner Son Claims Suicide: Still No Official Reports

The son of online gambling portal owner Kenneth Weitzner revealed on Sunday that both his stepfather and mother died of an apparent lethal dose of pills and carbon monoxide some time late Wednesday

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Gambling, Bikies, Drugs, Porn And Vice Inc. Down Under

Underbelly and vice is alive and well down under in Sydney, Australia.

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Nephew Tells Friends EOG.com Owner Killed in Car Crash

While the online gambling community continued to speculate on the cause of "death" of an industry portal owner, the nephew of the supposedly slain man has told close family friends outsid

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EOG.com Owner Kenneth Weitzner Dead?

Speculation was running rampant late Saturday that the founder of theRx.com and later, www.eog.com, had been killed (mysteriously).  Nobody has been able to confirm the fate of Kenneth Weitzner, a

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Jazz Sportsbook Caught Up in $178M Online Gambling Sting

A popular Costa Rican based online sports betting company, Jazz Sportsbook, has been implicated in an alleged $178M sting led by Queens District Attorney Richard Brown as part of a three year inves

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Target Full Tilt Poker: Feds, State Aim for Online Poker Room

It's bad enough having the Federal Government breathing down your back.  On Monday, the Financial Times of London reported on how

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Shaun Rogers Arrest Prompts Bookie to Release Odds

In what fans are hoping is not the first in a long line of typical NFL offseason arrests, Cleveland nose tackle Shaun Rogers was arrested for carrying a loaded gun an in airport last week. With the offseason posing as a usual trouble spot for NFL players, and fans looking for answers, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on which NFL team will have a player arrested next.

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Financial Times: Full Tilt Poker Pros Under Investigation

The Financial Times of London is reporting that a grand jury in Manhattan is investigating the world's second largest online poker room and "

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World Cup Race War Possible After Murder

The murder of a white supremacist is raising concerns over a possible race war at this year's FIFA World Cup.

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Sports betting as Big Business

By George Anastasia 

Inquirer Staff Writer 

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Erin Andrews Death Threats: What Does It Mean for DWTS?

ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was among the favorites to win this year's Dancing With The Stars, having odds of +500 (with a payout potential of $50 fo

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Multi-State Raid Leads to Arrest of Alleged Gambling Kingpins

By: Christopher Ruvo, phillyBurbs.com

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Officials Backhoe Lawn of Gambler Looking for Money

By George Anastasia, Bonnie L. Cook, and Derrick Nunnally

Inquirer Staff Writers

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Poker Robber Convicted in Ohio

An Ohio man is facing several years in prison for his role in a poker tournament robbery.  Sentencing was slated to take place shortly. 

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DOJ Begins Civil Forfeiture for Online Poker Funds Seized

The DOJ has started a civil forfeiture action for the funds they seized through Baltimore.

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Macau Murder for Hire Tie-ing Las Vegas Sands

Reuters was revealed on Wednesday (local time) the ties to casino gambling in Macau and the underworld of organized crime which threatens to place the Las Vegas Sands in jeopardy. 

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