October 7, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- There wasn’t time or, apparently, support enough in the last half of 2009 for the plan to legalize and regulate Internet poker within California’s borders to successfully play itself out ... but that doesn’t mean that the driving force behind the plan — the Morongo Band of Mission Indians…
October 7, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Months after the Russian government implemented a huge, nationwide ban on casinos and gambling (with only a few exceptions allowed in remote, hard-to-reach areas), the number of Internet cafes has reportedly tripled in the region. And no wonder: The casino and gambling industry in Russia “had a turnover of…
Miami, FL (Marketwire) October 7, 2009 -- UltimateBet today announced the final prize pool for the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic Main Event. With buy-ins being accepted up until early afternoon on Tuesday, last-minute travelers made their way to the island and bumped the prize pool up to an impressive $2,303,750. A total of 475 players…
October 7, 2009 (CAP PR Wire) -- Team Everest Poker’s Antoine Saout, the quiet but deadly Frenchman from Brittany, followed his November Nine performance by finishing 7th at the WSOPE Main Event in London. Antoine saw off some of the best players in the world to record another final table with a prize of £114,228.…
October 6, 2009 (CAP PR Wire) -- Starting Saturday, October 3rd through Sunday, October 25th, if your top 10 players rake more than any other affiliate’s top 10 players, you’ll be in sunny Florida by November 1st and enjoying your first day of poker and golf lessons from the pros. A leaderboard will be up…
October 6, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- As the date for full implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) draws closer (it’s December 1), some lawmakers in the U.S. are getting more vocal about their opposition to the anti-gambling rules. And, somewhat surprisingly, this chorus of disapproval isn’t coming from just Democrats like Barney…
October 6, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Stewart Scott, who made history earlier this year by winning the Aussie Millions — the first time an Australian has done so in the modern era — has signed a deal to represent Party Poker, the company recently announced. A former gourmet chef turned professional poker player, the 37-year-old…
October 6, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Offering an alternative look at Barney Frank’s bill to implement regulation (and taxation) on the online gambling industry in the U.S., GamblingReview.com’s Jeremy Schrute isn’t so sure that the idea is a good one. Basically a supporter of Frank’s efforts in the past, this new analysis by Schrute is…
October 5, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Barry Shulman has won the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), beating out Daniel Negreanu and the rest of the other 339 players to score the title. The event unfolded over the past few weeks at the Casino at the Empire in London. "It's a lot of fun for…
October 5, 2009 (CAP Newswire) -- Online poker industry news source PokerPages.com has announced that it is shutting down, according to a statement recently posted on the site. “It is with sadness and regret that we must announce that Poker Pages and all of its related services will be closed on October 31, 2009,” the…
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