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Massachusetts Rep Wants Three Online Poker Licensees to Pay $10 Mil Each
Norfolk, Massachusetts Republican Rep. Dan Winslow is looking to create three Massachusetts licenses for intrastate internet poker.
Winslow wants to make his colleagues in the House aware of options to generate additional state revenues in the state, according to the Boston Herald. He hopes to have his measure passed in the House and Senate in the coming months.
From the Boston Herald:
The Thrilla in Manila as First Ever Manila Millions Super High Roller to be Held Friday
In a matter of hours, 25 players are expected to compete for a piece of the $3,000,000 plus prize pool at the first ever Manila Millions Super High Roller tournament, kicking off the 2012 Asian Poker Tour.
Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Johnny Chan, John Juanda, Andrew Robl and Sam Trickett were among those slated to take part in the HKD$1,000,000 ($129,000) buy-in tournament. A handful of wealthy businesspersons were also likely to join the pros in Friday’s event.
Brent Beckley Sentencing Slated for Today (April 19): Headed Up Absolute Poker
One of the individuals caught up in a massive online poker probe last April was scheduled to be sentenced today (April 19, 2012) after pleading guilty to money laundering and bank fraud.
Brent Beckley was an executive and co-founder of the now shuttered online poker firm, Absolute Poker.
US Attorney Overseeing Online Poker Investigation Among Time’s Most Influential People
The man who is in charge of the investigation that took down three of the world’s largest online poker rooms last April 2011, US Attorney in the Southern District of New York, Preetinder S. Bharara, has been named among Time.com’s “Most Influential People”.
PokerTableRatings Removes PokerStars Profiles After Lawsuit Threat
The following is PokerTableRatings.com notice that they have removed PokerStars player profiles from their database following a threatened lawsuit by the world’s largest online poker venture.
Whether we are providing replays of infamous hot streaks, colossal downswings, finding critical security breaches in poker software clients or publicly outing bot and collusion rings for the sake of game integrity, PokerTableRatings has had a long history of being actively involved in the online poker community.
LockOps Online Satellites Now Underway
The highly anticipated LockOps: Lock Online Poker Series kicks off in May with online satellites already running here.
Gambling911.com has been getting quite a bit of search traffic for the LockOps event so here it is in a nutshell below.
EPT6 Copenhagen Champ Anton Wigg Chip Leader at EPT Berlin 2012 (Video)
EPT6 Copenhagen champion Anton Wigg led the way after Wednesday’s play. He is also fresh off his victory in the prior night’s €2k NL Turbo Bounty event (for €37,250).
A total of 102 players will be returning for Day 3 on Thursday including Vanessa Selbst, who ranked among the top 10 chip leaders with 374,500, Jan Heitmann and Ana Marquez (99,000).
Caterer Who Pulled Gun on Police During Poker Raid Was Serving Up More Than Chow
Police on Wednesday released surveillance video taken from inside a Chattanooga, Tennessee catering hall that became the center of a high stakes poker raid and shooting.
The sting operation happened last week at ATC Healthcare on Gunbarrel Road.
Police Chief Bobby Dodd invited the media to review the video, however, no recording was permitted since the evidence was yet to be turned over to the prosecution or defense.
Catering Clifford Billups, 32, was shot by police after pulling out a gun while trying to escape.
Amarillo Slim Near Death: Brunson Insists his Friend was Not a Child Molester
As Amarillo Slim (real name Thomas Austin Preston, Jr.) lay in critical condition in a hospice preparing to die, fellow poker icon Doyle Brunson has found fit to defend his friend and allegations that he once molested a young girl.
“For the record, no way was he ever a child molester,” Brunson tweeted.
Betsson Acquires Nordicbet
Betsson AB (publ) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire substantial parts of the business of Nordic Gaming Group plc, which is the owner of the NordicBet, TrioBet and Tobet gaming operations. Once the transaction is approved by competent regulatory bodies, the acquisition will be finalized in the end of second quarter 2012.
Betsson is one of the largest Scandinavian online gambling firms offering a wide range of first-class online gambling products and games in a safe and user-friendly gaming environment.
Judge Can Now Accept Misdemeanor Plea in Online Poker Case
A federal judge has confirmed he is prepared to accept a guilty plea from John Campos, one of the men indicted in April of 2011 for handling transactions on behalf of three online poker rooms including Full Tilt, PokerStars and Absolute Poker.
Americas Cardroom Received an ‘A’ for Online Poker Payouts
Poker Affiliate Solutions has graded Americas Cardroom online poker room with an ‘A’ for its payouts.
Watch as NUTTYNUTS303 Hits Bad Beat Jackpot for More Than $250k (Video)
Watch as BetDSI Poker player NUTTYNUTS303 has his quad Jacks railroaded by a straight flush only to trip the Bad Beat Jackpot and take home $86,077.92.
BetDSI.com is one of many online poker rooms offering the increasingly popular Bad Beat Poker Jackpots, which often result in massive cash winnings as illustrated above.
Laurant Tapie Named Director, Secretary of New Full Tilt Limited: Invests €1m in Poker Firm
The Full Tilt Poker saga continues with the registration of a new Irish company: New Full Tilt Limited, for which Adidas savior Laurent Tapie has invested a reported €1m.
EU Commission Online Gambling Manifesto Too Little, Too Late
While the European Gaming and Betting Association has published a manifesto for a sustainable EU policy for online gambling, countries like Belgium and the Netherlands continue to engage in their own policy of quashing foreign competition, including that from neighboring European Union countries.
4th Arrest Made in Shooting Death at Brampton, Ontario Poker Tournament
A 4th individual has been arrested exactly one year after the shooting death of Kearn Nedd, 28, who was competing in a poker tournament at a Brampton, Ontario banquet hall.
Another Bad Beat Poker Jackpot Goes Off Online: This Time at Carbon
They just keep coming! Yet another Bad Beat Poker Jackpot has hit.
Carbon Poker advised Gambling911.com late Tuesday of the $97,401.45 payout (with all details appearing below).
Oh, and here’s a trend we at Gambling911.com are noticing of late…
Internet Gambling, Horse Racing Regulated Simulcasting on Agenda in Massachusetts
By STEVE LeBLANC, The Associated Press
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is pressing lawmakers and Gov. Deval Patrick to push back a key deadline for the panel to take over the regulation of horse racing and simulcasting, saying the expanded duties will make it harder to get new casinos up and running.
Commission chairman Steven Crosby said Tuesday that the panel will meet the May 20 takeover deadline if needed, but said delaying the change makes more sense for the state.
EPT Berlin 2012 Day 1b End of Day Chip Leaders
Turkish player Cengiz Ulusu was the chip leader going into Day 2 of EPT Berlin. Survivors after Day 1b included the likes of Viktor Blom, George Danzer, Alex Kravchenko, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Juan Manuel Pastor, Matthias De Meulder and Nuno Coelho as well as tennis legend Boris Becker.
Sid Rosenberg Fired Following DUI Arrest
Radio personality Sid Rosenberg has been fired following an arrest for DUI in Hollywood, Florida earlier in the month.
WQAM program director Lee Feldman confirmed to a local television station that the controversial host had been terminated.
Liberty Quarter Million Online Poker Tournament Winner Crazymichael1 Talks to G911
This past weekend’s Americas Cardroom Liberty Quarter Million online poker tournament grand prize of $50,000 was won by a New Jersey player who just barely made the cut as one of the last two qualifiers in the final satellite.
Bernard Tapie’s Fingerprints Now All Over Full Tilt Poker Company Registration
Several months after it was announced Group Bernard Tapie was to acquire shuttered Full Tilt Poker, Tapie’s name now appears on the company’s registration.
EPT Berlin Day 1b Chip Leaders
EPT Berlin Day 1b chip leaders had Andreas Vlachos on top prior to the end of the day’s play. Vlachos is a relative unknown on the live circuit.
Salman Behbehani, with the second largest chip stack, has over $1 million in live winnings to date that includes a second place finish at last November’s Partouche Poker Tour Main Event and the $860,709 that came with it.
Some Strange Occurrences at Full Tilt Poker: All Systems Currently Operational
A frenzy of activity is taking place over on the Full Tilt Poker website, not that it matters much when players are waiting more than a year to get paid.
A systems status report featured a green light with the message: “all systems are currently operational”.
From Poker News Report:
Investors Unnerved by Playtech Planned Acquisitions: Shares Fall
(Reuters) - Playtech, the world's biggest provider of online gaming software, plans a string of acquisitions as it branches out into the social gaming market but news that it will be buying the businesses from its main shareholder unnerved investors.
The Estonia-based firm said on Tuesday that it planned to spend 95 million euros ($124.1 million) buying assets owned by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi who founded Playtech and still owns a 48 percent stake in the company.
Purple Lounge Parent Media Corp Looks to Acquire The Poker Channel
Media Corp, parent company to the popular online gambling venue Purple Lounge, is looking to take over The Poker Channel parent company Gaming Media Group (GMG), it was reported on Tuesday.
Media Corp suspended its shares and issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange Tuesday morning upon announcing its plans.
The Poker Channel launched in 2005 and is seen in the United Kingdom and across 30 territories with a reach of 30 million subscribers. Most recently, the channel signed on to air programming in France, Mexico and Argentina.
Income Access Network Launches Kaffiliation and Sklots.com
Income Access network, one of the top online affiliate programs in the world and one that caters to the online gambling sector, has launched its newest affiliate platform - Kaffiliation!
iPoker Pulls Away With Number Two Spot for Most Trafficked Online Poker Room
The iPoker Network has remained on top, assuming we were to remove PokerStars from the equation. For the better part of nearly 5 months, PartyPoker has held a tight grip on the number two spot of most trafficked online poker rooms in the world. During the month of March, iPoker has regained the position and currently holds a 200 to 250 on average real cash player lead over Party.
PokerStars Takes Legal Action Against Poker Table Ratings
PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room for real money play, has reportedly filed a legal action against the website PokerTableRatings.com.
Breaking News: Poker Legend Amarillo Slim on Deathbed
One of the greatest poker icons ever, Amarillo Slim, was reportedly in a hospice late Monday evening, April 16, 2012, clinging to life.
Amarillo Slim, whose real name is Thomas Austin Preston, Jr., is 83 years old.
Below is one of Amarillo Slim's last interviews from the 2008 WSOP....
Preston won the main event at the 1972 World Series of Poker and was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1992.
Preston has four World Series of Poker bracelets with his most recent win in 1990.
