As most folk know by now, unless they’ve been living under a rock or in a third world country, the small island of Haiti has been devastated by an earthquake with a 7.0 on the rector scale. With thousands upon thousands dead, and buildings laid out like an atomic bomb went off, they are needing [...]
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RSS feed for this sectionSenator Robert Menendez Introduces Bill S.1597: Legislating Online Poker in the USA
New Jersey’s Democrat Senator Robert Menendez has now introduced Senate Bill S.1597, which is a bill designed to legislate internet poker gaming in the United States. The way this bill will work is that tax revenue will be coming due to taxation of major casinos online – as well as protect consumers from sites with [...]
Poker Pros vs Joes: Face the Ace Poker Reality Show Airing on NBC
There’s a new reality show coming to TV,(Do we really need another one ?) and this one will be about poker players. Titled Face the Ace, it began filming in early July at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas, and is scheduled to air on NBC Saturday, August 1st at 9pm [...]
ePassporte Closing Down Services for Online Casino Players
At first, there were only rumors. Now it’s official. ePassporte is shutting down all services for the online casino community. On April 11th, the most popular and remaining payment solution went down for most of the day, claiming that they were having some technical issues. However, news later broke that online casinos were advising their [...]
Go to Jail Now and Collect a Poker Chip
How’s this for weirdness. Over in Polk County (based in Florida) they came up with an interesting way to get the Crime Stoppers’ Crime Reporting tip line into the minds of their citizens. Give inmates booked out of jail poker chips. With the tip line phone number, which is 1-800-226-TIPS (8477) in case you’re wondering. [...]
Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 7: Cash Winnings and Recap
Did you check out the Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 7? It was hosted by Peter “Nordberg” Feldman and had a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000. We’ll hook you up with a recap of the event. Entrants = 2,254 Re-buys = 3,193 Add-ons = 1,188 Prize Pool = $600,000+ 1st Place Winnings = $121,719.08 [...]
Poker Burglary: Robbers Break Into Home Poker Game & Shoot
Seriously, what is up with all the shootings in poker games recently? I quote from Jack Nicholson in the movie Mars Attacks: “Why can’t we work out our differences? Why can’t we work things out? Little people, why can’t we all just get along?” This new shooting goes on in New Smyrna Beach, Florida where [...]
How Spiderman Can Make You Money in Online Casinos
Do you like Spiderman? Did you know the first Spiderman comic book was created in 1962? How about the Fantastic Four? Well, that comic’s been around since 1961, which is a crazy long time ago. Well at least for me, since, well I hadn’t been born yet. So, yeah, I wasn’t even an embryo at [...]
Video: Proof that Gambling Saves Lives
Be grateful to gambling and casinos. They could save your life someday. Bet you didn’t know that. Well, the story starts like this. There’s a fisherman whose name is Olin Kennedy and he was fishing off Cape Canaveral. All was going well, he was fishing, grabbing some fish and just chilling out on the waters [...]
Police Raid Richard Lee’s Home & Seize Almost $2.8 Million Cash
Would you pay $2.2 million dollars for your freedom? That’s how much poker player Richard Lee would have had to pay in order to place bail. Instead, he forfeited this as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors from San Antonio. Why was Richard Lee arrested and detained? Richard Lee and four other players were [...]
