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Poker Players Fear New International Electronic Funds Transfer Policy Proposal
Online Gambling Processor Daniel Tzvetkoff Likely To Get Reduced Sentence
Poker Players Alliance Disappointed in Washington State Supreme Court Ruling
Lucchese Crime Family Gambling Case “Incredibly Massive Volume of Evidence”
Sportingbet Online Gambling Settlement Agreement Obtained By Gambling911
Sportingbet Settles For Nearly One Quarter of PartyGaming Forfeiture Deal
Online Gambling Show Yet To Replace Jailed Keynote Speaker
With only weeks until the 9th annual European iGaming Congress and Expo (known also as the EiG Online Gambling Conference) slated to be held in Barcelona, Spain, organizers are said to be scrambling to replace California State Senator Roderick Wright, who was indicted last week on 8 counts voter fraud and other alleged improprieties. Wright was behind a movement to legalize online poker in that state.
Wright wasn’t just any speaker, he was scheduled to deliver the keynote address at this year’s show.
Efforts to Legalize Online Poker in California Quashed For Now
Poker Voters of America Legislator, EiG Keynote Speaker Rod Wright Jailed
The primary legislator backing Poker Voters of America lobbying efforts to legalize online poker in the state of California, Senator Rod Wright, has been hit by 8 felony charges including voter fraud, false declaration of candidacy and two counts of perjury. The Senator was also a scheduled key note speaker for the upcoming 9th Annual European iGaming Congress and Expo.
Atlantic City Could Get Boost With HBO Series Boardwalk Empire
Mayweather – Pacquiao Fight Bets Likely to be Refunded Soon
Following news of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s arrest on domestic assault this week, it is almost a guarantee that there will not be a Mayweather – Pacquiao fight before year’s end. Still, North America’s oldest established online sportsbook, Bookmaker.com, was offering odds on Mayweather – Pacquiao, with Manny Pacquiao the +115 underdog.
Beth Holloway Meets With Joran van der Sloot
The mother of missing teen Natalie Holloway, Beth Holloway, met with Joran van der Sloot in a Peruvian prison on Wednesday. Van der Sloot is the prime suspect in Natalie, who went missing in Aruba just over five years ago. He has also confessed to the murder of Peruvian student Stephany Flores earlier this summer while participating in the Latin American Poker Tour sponsored by PokerStars.net.
Beth Holloway is taking part in a Dutch documentary on the van der Sloot case.
Online Poker Processor to Serve a Mere 6 Months Probation for Money Laundering
Poker Pro Jason Newitt Subpoenaed in Regard to Full Tilt Poker?
Joran van der Sloot Admits Extortion
Dutchman Joran van der Sloot has reportedly admitted to extortion, a Netherlands paper said on Monday.
Van der Sloot, who is awaiting trial in Lima, Peru for the murder of college student Stephany Flores while attending the Latin American Poker Tour, is said to have admitted to extorting money from the family of Natalee Holloway during an interview with the Telegraph. He is the primary suspect in her 2005 disappearance from Aruba.
Las Vegas Casino Bomb Threat A Hoax
LAS VEGAS — A man claiming to have a bomb around his chest prompted an evacuation of a Las Vegas casino for several hours.Australian Cricket Players approached by Illegal Bookie in England
Couple Jailed For Leaving Newborn in Casino Parking Lot While They Gambled
A Northern California couple who left their newborn daughter in a casino parking garage while they went gambling are heading to jail.
A Placer County Superior Court judge sentenced Thuan Huy Nguyen and Panfila Phu Phan on Wednesday to 60 days. He also ordered them to attend a mandatory parenting class as part of a four-year probation sentence that could result in their regaining custody of the baby.
Another Poker Tournament Busted
Another high stakes poker tournament has been busted, this time in North Carolina.
