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ePassporte Closing Down Services for Online Casino Players

April 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · News, Online Casinos, Security

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 [...]

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Go to Jail Now and Collect a Poker Chip

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments · News, Poker

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 [...]

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Full Tilt Online Poker Series Event 7: Cash Winnings and Recap

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments · News, Online Casinos, Poker

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
We’re talking $100 buy-in no limit [...]

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Poker Burglary: Robbers Break Into Home Poker Game & Shoot

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments · News

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 Dennis Michael Turner, [...]

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How Spiderman Can Make You Money in Online Casinos

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments · News, 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 that [...]

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