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October 24, 2007

16:10
WASHINGTON — You've got to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em — and that means poker is a game of skill and not luck, a panel of lobbyists, academics and gamblers argued Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The distinction involves a pot potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. Federal law classifies poker as "a game subject to chance," and for such games it bars the transfer of funds ...
12:49
WASHINGTON (AP) - Internet poker players are raising the stakes in Washington.
12:35
MACAU, Oct. 24, 2007 -- PokerStars , the world's largest online poker site, today announced the first ever real money No-Limit Texas Hold'em poker tournament to be held in the People's Republic of China.

October 23, 2007

12:42
Threatened by a federal law that restricts online gambling, the Poker Players Alliance, a two-year-old lobbying group that says it represents 800,000 poker enthusiasts nationwide, plans on pressing Congress this week to consider several new bills that would exempt poker from the law or regulate the gaming industry.
05:57
American poker players count, according to estimates, anywhere between 15 and 23 million. Needless to say they are all of voting age… One of the largest lobbying groups, representing over 800,000 poker enthusiasts, the Poker Players Alliance, is organizing a two day campaign in Washington, DC.

October 22, 2007

23:01
WASHINGTON — Coming off a resounding defeat in Congress a year ago, the country's top poker players are trying their hand at a time-honored Washington parlor game: lobbying. Nearly 100 leading card players are flying into the nation's capital this week to urge lawmakers to roll back a ban on Internet gambling. They are led by Senator D'Amato, the New York lawmaker turned lobbyist who serves as ...
18:04
Poker might not be a sport, but it is a game of skill. That's according to the Poker Players Alliance, which is mobilizing support Tuesday and Wednesday for legislation that would end federal restrictions against playing for money online. Nearly 100 of the PPA's 809,000 members will lobby legislators for changes to Internet gaming bills.
16:05
Internet poker players are raising the stakes in Washington. Threatened by a federal law that restricts online gambling, the Poker Players Alliance, a two-year-old lobbying group that says it represents 800,000 poker enthusiasts nationwide, plans on pressing Congress this week to consider several new bills that would exempt poker from the law or regulate the gaming industry. It's legal to play ...
15:53
Internet poker players are raising the stakes in Washington.
15:53
Internet poker players are raising the stakes in Washington. Threatened by a federal law that restricts online gambling, the Poker Players Alliance, a two-year-old lobbying group that says it represents 800,000 poker enthusiasts nationwide, plans on pressing Congress this week to consider several new bills that would exempt poker from the law or regulate the gaming industry.

October 17, 2007

03:01
The next poker stars, the talented players that will win the next WSOP may have already been discovered.

October 16, 2007

16:18
The world's top professional poker players, poker enthusiasts and industry leaders will converge on Capitol Hill next week for two days of meetings on Oct. 23 and 24 to discuss the future of Internet gaming.