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Lawmakers Push to Regulate, Tax Online Gambling
By KEVIN FREKING (AP)
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Annie Duke to Host Charity Poker Tournament
In her continuing quest to save the world with a deck of cards, Team UB pro Annie Duke will be hosting a celebrity poker tournament on Thursday night in support of After-School All-Stars, a charity
Online Poker: 2010 SCOOP Player of the Series, George Lind
Making the money in a poker tournament, be it online or live is a strong accomplishment. Outlasting a large field of players takes the right mix of luck and skill.
PokerStars Acquisitions a Death Knell to Affiliates?
Neil Mitchell of eGaming Review Online this week wrote an interesting piece regarding the number one online poker room, PokerStars, recent purchase of various poker news portals.
Hearings on Internet Gambling Tax Enforcement Conclude
John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group, with more than one million members nationwide, today released the following stateme
Bachus: “Internet Poker Is The Crack Cocaine of Online Gambling”
In an interview with ABC News, Rep.
Supreme Court Nom Elena Kagan Could be Online Poker Asset
For the past several years, the online poker landscape has been in a perpetual state of flux.
UFC 15 Package Giveaway at UB.com
When tickets were released for sale earlier this month for the Ultimate Fighting Championship® ("UFC") 115 event in Vancouver, mixed martial arts ("MMA") fans set a new record
Cereus Poker Completes Security Upgrade
Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG ("Tokwiro") has announced that a new version of its CEREUS software was released yesterday, upgrading security at both of the Network's online poker rooms, UB and
Hearing on Internet Gambling Taxation Bill Set for Wednesday
What: The House of Representatives' Ways and Means Commi
Busted Exec Has Poker Ties
The owner of an American radio network that aired the country's first nationally broadcast radio show about poker has been arrested on fraud-related charges.
According to media reports, Michael Metter of Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, was arrested last week by the FBI and charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit securities fraud--both felonies--in connection with activities surrounding another company, Spongetech Delivery Systems Inc., of which Metter is CEO.
Pappas on UIGEA: “We Haven’t Had Much Success Legislatively”
With June 1 looming, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has been busy trying to understand what will become of current online poker prohibition in regard to its enforcement.
Brunson: “I’d Hide In The Bushes With My Shotgun”
After my fifteen game winning streak on TV cash games was broken on Friday the 13th (shudder), I've been getting lots of calls and e-mails about it. I don't watch that stuff much. Why?
Australian Mark Webber Leads Monaco Grand Prix
It's hard to dispute that in the world of professional sports (and pseudo sports), there's brands and individuals that have a tendency to dominate the headlines (and grab the best sponsorship deals
Despite Wild Swings, Tom Durrrr Dwan Still up $3.1 Mil in 2010
Just because Tom "Durrrr" Dwan has made millions upon millions playing online poker does not make him immune from the swings that are part of the game. Although he remains 2010's top money earner, Dwan has been taking a relative beating as of late and it has him searching for answers or merely hoping that the natural downswing of this round of negative variance will simply run its course so he can begin dominating once again.
Joe Sebok Gets Hot and Sweaty With Sarah Underwood
UB.net's Poker2Nite returned last night at 11pm EDT on VERSUS with talk of Phil Ivey's star status in the game, and Jason Mercier's take on the Big Game.
Doyle Brunson Breeds Another Poker Powerhouse
The Brunson 10 aren't the only DoylesRoom.com players to do well on the international poker tournament scene. Pam Brunson and a group of non-pros showed the world that DoylesRoom breeds some of the top poker talent by finishing second out of 43 teams in the Throw Down Poker Championship on May 7th and 8th.
Feds Investigate Las Vegas Online Poker Business Deals
What started off as a Washington State investigation has now turned into a full US federal probe.
EveryMatrix Partners With Cake Poker
In a deal that will create a strong new alliance in online gaming, Malta based sports betting white label service EveryMatrix has partnered with the
Elena Kagan: Here Comes The Poker Judge
Poker just got a shot in the arm in the USA.
Cake Poker Launches Cake Shop Rewards Store
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles - May 12, 2010 - Playing at Cake Poker (
Poker Pro Michael Mizrachi Owes $339K in Back Taxes
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi finds himself in a real serious bind these days. The Sun Sentinel out of Fort Lauderdale reports that Mizrachi owes $339,000 in back taxes and lost his Ho
Tzvetkoff Might Get Lucky After All
Daniel Tzvetkoff might have been the only man smiling today over the guilty plea entered by fellow online poker payment processor Douglas Rennick. That's because Tzvetkoff is essentially accused
Online Gambling Processor Douglas Rennick Pleads Guilty
A Canadian man indicted last year for processing payments for the world's two biggest online poker rooms has plead guilty.
Douglas Rennick, 35, of Alberta, entered his guilty plea today (May 11, 2010) in federal court in New York. Michael Pancer, a lawyer for Rennick, said in court that his client agreed to forfeit $17.1 million and could face a prison term of six to 12 months when sentenced Sept. 15.
Rennick was charged with laundering nearly $350 million in funds for PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker over a two year period from 2007 to 2009.
World Series of Poker VIP Prize Package Announced
UB and Absolute Poker are getting in on the prop bet action that's raising stakes and eyebrows as these last longer challenges at the poker tables continue to be more about a healthy dose of
Online Poker: Gus Hansen Loses $556K in Just 6 Hours
He was the "Comeback Kid" at the start of 2010. Having been down a few million dollars coming into this year, Gus Hansen managed to become one of the winningest online poker players.
350 Beautiful Guests Celebrate as Tzvetkoff Rots in Jail
Some of Australia's most gorgeous people turned out to celebrate at majority owner Daniel Tzvetkoff's Zuri Bar and Lounge while Tzvetkoff himself languished in a US prison cell, quite possibly faci
Chinchilla Hopes to Tax Online Gambling in Costa Rica
The first female President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, looks to raise money by taxing that Central American nation's expansive online gambling business. Most of the North American facing onl
Sinful City: Mike Matasow To Run Down Vegas Strip Naked
On this week's episode of Poker2Nite, the popular UB.com poker show, discussion centered on a bet in which Mike Matusow wo
