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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.

HR 2267 Might Have Tough Time in House: Pelosi No Fan

An important milestone was met Wednesday when HR 2267, legislation that looks to fully legalize online poker in the U.S., passed by markup in the House Subcommittee.

Specifically, HR 2267 amends title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing of Internet gambling activities by the Secretary of the Treasury, to provide for consumer protections on the Internet, to enforce the tax code, and for other purposes.

Next stop: The House, where HR 2267 author Barney Frank has some degree of sway. But there is one slight obstacle.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/29/2010 - 16:09

UB.com Rewards World Series of Poker Reps Generously

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/29/2010 - 15:48

Online Poker: Unleashed Poker Vows to Give Best Customer Care

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:34

PokerStars Reacts to Successful Markup of H.R. 2267

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/29/2010 - 10:03

Bwin, PartyGaming Looking to Merge

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/29/2010 - 09:38

Doyle Brunson Mocks His Colleagues With “World’s Shortest Book” Tweets

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/29/2010 - 00:00

Poker Community Chimes In On Internet Poker Measure Markup

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 23:20

Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars Done As We Know Them?

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 22:36

UBOC5 Super Satellites Guarantee a Total of 40 Seats

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 20:22

PPA Praises Passage of H.R. 2267, Internet Gambling Regulation Bill

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 17:09

Online Gambling Bill HR 2267 Passes With Amendments

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 17:02

HR 2267 Online Gambling Bill Passes in Subcommittee: 41-22 Vote

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:11

Las Vegas Sands Corp, Playtech Report Results

The Las Vegas Sands Corp. consolidated second quarter adjusted property EBITDA increased by 91.2% to record $473.5 million on record net revenue of $1.59 Billion.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Wed, 07/28/2010 - 11:05

France Online Poker Rooms Show Great Potential

Who would have known that online poker in France was so popular, especially being that, up until recently, it was pretty much illegal.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:50

Online Poker: Cake Poker Regains Some Market Share

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 07/27/2010 - 20:30

Me & Mr. Jones: Joran van der Sloot Movie in the Works

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 07/27/2010 - 19:04

Europe, U.S. All Mull Over Legalized Online Gambling: Markup Delayed

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 07/27/2010 - 15:08

Full Tilt Poker, PKR Land Online Poker Licenses in France

Submitted by C Costigan on, Tue, 07/27/2010 - 11:12

Bodog Poker Dives to 21St Place Among Global Online Poker Rooms

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 07/26/2010 - 23:34

Florida Doubles Its Bet On Poker

Roger Bull, Jacksonville.com

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 07/26/2010 - 23:20

53 Online Qualifiers Share $265,000 in UB.com Online Poker Promo

UB’s Show Up, Get Paid promotion asked their qualifiers to turn up in Las Vegas, take their seat at the World Series Of Poker*(“WSOP”*) Main Event, and wear the UB logo. That’s all that it took for UB’s online qualifiers to claim a share of the progressive prize pool that swelled to an impressive $265,000 when each of them chose to join Team UB in Sin City. Even more impressive is they didn’t even have to finish in the money at the WSOP* Championship event to earn the extra dollars in cold, hard, ‘line-your-wallet-with-it’ cash.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Mon, 07/26/2010 - 22:14

New Opponents Line Up for New Tom Durrrr Dwan Challenge

Submitted by C Costigan on, Sat, 07/24/2010 - 13:29

What Voters Want Most From The GOP: Legalized Online Poker

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 07/23/2010 - 22:17

Pennsylvania Gets Casino Games: Atlantic City's Death Knell?

Legal poker was played for the first time in the State of Pennsylvania this week as table games came to the state's casinos.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 07/23/2010 - 16:42

Van der Sloot “Twin” Becomes Latest Member of Team Doyle Brunson

Submitted by C Costigan on, Fri, 07/23/2010 - 12:35

Online Poker Bill Markup Scheduled Earlier Than Originally Thought

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/22/2010 - 23:14

Joran van der Sloot Still Among The Hottest Trending Topics

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/22/2010 - 22:36

Phil Ivey Net Worth $100 Mil: Tom Dwan Net Worth $50 Mil. Claims Announcer

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/22/2010 - 12:26

Online Poker Foe Spencer Bachus Likely to be Ousted

Rep. Spencer Bachus could find his role as the senior Republican on the Financial Services Committee concluding if the GOP has anything to do with it post election time.

According to Politico.com, House Republicans are plotting again to oust Bachus from the position of senior Republican on the Financial Services Committee. This time, the challenge is likely to come after the November election from conservatives, including some on the committee.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Thu, 07/22/2010 - 12:02