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03 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Online Casinos Rally to Help Haiti: Double Your Donation

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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19 August 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Senator 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 [...]

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28 July 2009 ~ 0 Comments

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 [...]

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19 April 2008 ~ 5 Comments

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 customers [...]

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20 March 2008 ~ 0 Comments

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.
The point about [...]

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