Centrelink High-Rollers Ordered to pay Back Millions
The Federal Government is ordering people caught losing huge amounts of money gambling while on Centrelink payments to pay back more than $9 million.
Indicted Online Poker Room PokerStars Contributed to 68 Nevada Political Campaigns
A total of $227,000 was reportedly contributed to the mid-term election campaigns of 68 Nevada candidates, the Las Vegas Review-Journal claimed on Saturday.
Gambling911.com Twitter has all the Latest Updates re: Online Poker Indictments
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Full Tilt Poker Supports Poker Players And Its Chief Executive
Dublin Ireland (April 15, 2011)- Full Tilt Poker is saddened by today’s charges against its CEO Raymond Bitar and offers its full support to Mr. Bitar and Nelson Burtnick.
Online poker is a game of skill enjoyed by tens of millions of people in the United States and across the world. And, Full Tilt Poker remains as committed as ever to preserving the rights of those players to play the game they love online.
Gambling911.com Obtains Counts and Maximum Sentences in Online Poker Case
Prosecutors Felt Compelled to Act Following Publication of Courier-News Article
In Another Era, Daniel Tzvetkoff Would Have Been Whacked, Shot or Garroted
University of San Diego President Plays Down Sports Bribery Scandal
Mary Lyons, President of the University of San Diego, does not believe a recent point shaving scandal that has rocked the school’s basketball program will have any long time effect.
The USD President told the San Diego Union-Tribune Thursday: “The (sports bribery) incidents that have brought our University into the national spotlight are indeed serious, but they do not define us."
The implications are serious nonetheless.
Report: Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney Close to Signing Paddy Power Deal
Iowa Cans Internet Poker Plans for Now
Iowa has become the latest state to back away from legalizing Internet poker this week.
No Internet Poker in Florida
There will not be any legalized online poker in Florida any time soon.
Online Sports Bettors Freaked Out Over Pinnacle Sports Going Down
The popular online sports betting website, PinnacleSports.com, has been out of commission over the last 12 hours, but have no fear.
State of Nevada Approved Amended Online Gambling Bill: Must Get Justice Dept Approval
A Nevada legislative panel approved amendments to a bill that would make Nevada the first state in the US to legalize online poker.
The amended version of AB258 directs the Nevada Gaming Commission to begin drafting rules to regulate online poker. It stipulates that Nevada would not begin offering online poker until permitted by the US Congress and Justice Department. The measure is being pushed by PokerStars, the largest Internet poker room in the world.
Bill Maher on Internet Gambling Zealot Jon Kyl: “In a World of Political Liars, Kyl Takes the Crown”
Appearing on Tuesday night’s Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, comedian Bill Maher blasted online gambling’s biggest opponent, the outgoing Republican Senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl.
Discussing Planned Parenthood, Maddow mentioned how Kyl claimed “90 percent of what that organization engages in is abortions”. She clarified by pointing out that only 3 percent of what Planned Parenthood does relates to abortions.
Kyl’s office also later attempted to clarify what the Senator said by suggesting Kyl did not intend his statement to be taken as factual.
Online Gambling Becomes Legalized in United States Thanks to Washington DC
Washington, D.C., with its under 1 million population, has become the first jurisdiction in the United States to legalize online gambling.
Gambling Stash Found in South Korea Garlic Field
(BBC) - South Korean police have dug up a stash of 11bn won ($10m, £6.2m), most of it buried in a garlic field, reports say.
SWAT Team Used to Make Arrests in University of San Diego Point Shaving Case
Rift Between Founding Shareholders of 888.com and Gigi Levy Reason for Sudden Exit
