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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.

Poker Pro Joins Libertarian National Congressional Committee

 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/02/2010

ABC News: Legalized Online Gambling a “Crap Shoot”

 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/02/2010

Donald Trump Says He Supports Legalized Online Gambling

 

Speaking to the New York Post this past week, real estate and casino magnate Donald Trump said that he supported efforts to legalize online gambling.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Aug/02/2010

European Online Gambling Firms Want Into U.S. Market: Hopes Are High

 

Nearly all European online gambling firms, including the poker sites, have shied away from the U.S. market for the past 3 years following passage of the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) back in October 2006.  The first step towards appealing that law took place Wednesday with a markup in a House subcommittee.  Now it’s off to the House and Senate where further amendments are likely.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/30/2010

New Online Gambling Company Would Be Worth $3.7 Billion

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/29/2010

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, Jul/29/2010

UB.com Rewards World Series of Poker Reps Generously

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/29/2010

PokerStars Reacts to Successful Markup of H.R. 2267

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/29/2010

Bwin, PartyGaming Looking to Merge

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/29/2010

Poker Community Chimes In On Internet Poker Measure Markup

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars Done As We Know Them?

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

UBOC5 Super Satellites Guarantee a Total of 40 Seats

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

Online Gambling Bill HR 2267 Passes With Amendments

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

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, Jul/28/2010

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, Jul/27/2010

Online Poker: Cake Poker Regains Some Market Share

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

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

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

Full Tilt Poker, PKR Land Online Poker Licenses in France

Full Tilt Poker and PKR are the latest online poker ventures to obtain licenses in France.  That nation granted nine new licenses on Monday.
Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

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

 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/26/2010

Florida Doubles Its Bet On Poker

 

Roger Bull, Jacksonville.com

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/26/2010

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, Jul/26/2010

New Opponents Line Up for New Tom Durrrr Dwan Challenge

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/24/2010

What Voters Want Most From The GOP: Legalized Online Poker

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/23/2010

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