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What are some of the hottest headlines in the world of poker? Here you will find all the latest juicy stories along with other important news and tournament results. A must read for the poker enthusiast with articles published throughout the day.

PokerStars Reacts to Successful Markup of H.R. 2267

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/29/2010

Bwin, PartyGaming Looking to Merge

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/29/2010

Poker Community Chimes In On Internet Poker Measure Markup

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars Done As We Know Them?

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

UBOC5 Super Satellites Guarantee a Total of 40 Seats

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

Online Gambling Bill HR 2267 Passes With Amendments

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

Las Vegas Sands Corp, Playtech Report Results

The Las Vegas Sands Corp. consolidated second quarter adjusted property EBITDA increased by 91.2% to record $473.5 million on record net revenue of $1.59 Billion.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/28/2010

France Online Poker Rooms Show Great Potential

Who would have known that online poker in France was so popular, especially being that, up until recently, it was pretty much illegal.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

Online Poker: Cake Poker Regains Some Market Share

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

Me & Mr. Jones: Joran van der Sloot Movie in the Works

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

Full Tilt Poker, PKR Land Online Poker Licenses in France

Full Tilt Poker and PKR are the latest online poker ventures to obtain licenses in France.  That nation granted nine new licenses on Monday.
Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/27/2010

Bodog Poker Dives to 21St Place Among Global Online Poker Rooms

 

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/26/2010

Florida Doubles Its Bet On Poker

 

Roger Bull, Jacksonville.com

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/26/2010

53 Online Qualifiers Share $265,000 in UB.com Online Poker Promo

 

UB’s Show Up, Get Paid promotion asked their qualifiers to turn up in Las Vegas, take their seat at the World Series Of Poker*(“WSOP”*) Main Event, and wear the UB logo. That’s all that it took for UB’s online qualifiers to claim a share of the progressive prize pool that swelled to an impressive $265,000 when each of them chose to join Team UB in Sin City. Even more impressive is they didn’t even have to finish in the money at the WSOP* Championship event to earn the extra dollars in cold, hard, ‘line-your-wallet-with-it’ cash.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/26/2010

New Opponents Line Up for New Tom Durrrr Dwan Challenge

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/24/2010

What Voters Want Most From The GOP: Legalized Online Poker

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/23/2010

Pennsylvania Gets Casino Games: Atlantic City's Death Knell?

Legal poker was played for the first time in the State of Pennsylvania this week as table games came to the state's casinos.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/23/2010

Joran van der Sloot Still Among The Hottest Trending Topics

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/22/2010

Online Poker Foe Spencer Bachus Likely to be Ousted

Rep. Spencer Bachus could find his role as the senior Republican on the Financial Services Committee concluding if the GOP has anything to do with it post election time. 

According to Politico.com, House Republicans are plotting again to oust Bachus from the position of senior Republican on the Financial Services Committee.  This time, the challenge is likely to come after the November election from conservatives, including some on the committee.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/22/2010

PokerStars Confirms Illegal Bot Ring

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/22/2010

FBI Raids Houston Poker Tournament

 

The FBI in conjunction with the Harris County Sheriffs Department conducted a raid on a Houston, Texas underground poker game late Tuesday night.

Submitted by C Costigan on, Jul/21/2010

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