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October 26, 2007

12:22
The Poker Players' Association took its fight to reform online gambling laws to lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week when more than 100 poker players took to the capitol. Professional poker players including Vanessa Rousso, Howard Lederer and Victor Ramdin joined PPA executives in Washington, D.C., to drum up support for two bills currently moving through the legislative process.
12:15
The Poker Players' Association took its fight to reform online gambling laws to lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week when more than 100 poker players took to the capitol. Professional poker players including Vanessa Rousso, Howard Lederer and Victor Ramdin joined PPA executives in Washington, D.C., to drum up support for two bills currently moving through the legislative process.
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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 have this week on Capitol Hill. The distinction involves a pot potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. Leaders of the Poker Players Alliance, claiming 800,000 members nationwide, visited congressional ...
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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 have this week on Capitol Hill. The distinction involves a pot potentially worth tens of millions of dollars. Leaders of the Poker Players Alliance, claiming 800,000 members nationwide, visited congressional ...

October 25, 2007

10:47
A group of about 100 people arrived in Washington this week to lobby for the legalization of online poker.  And considering that many of the 100 people are among America’s top poker players, it wouldn’t be wise to bet against them. Chad Brown, Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, and Vanessa Rousso showed up; if you enjoy poker (and even if you don’t), you’ll probably recognize some of these names.  ...
08:32
WASHINGTON D.C. - Supporters of online poker fanned out on Capitol Hill Wednesday trying to convince lawmakers to rewrite a federal restriction on Internet gambling. A lobby group that includes several of the game's biggest champions is trying to convince Congress that poker is a game of skill, not chance, and it should be regulated instead of prohibited. While some lawmakers are concerned ...
03:48
Poker is a game of skill and not luck, a panel of lobbyists, academics and gamblers argued Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
03:35
WASHINGTON - In a somber Rayburn House Office Building hearing room yesterday, one floor above where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was testifying about Iran, the discussion was of another threat:
03:32
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.
01:06
Poker stars push Congress to ease Internet gambling strictures
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WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) -- Poker players across the country have decided that when it comes to lobbying Washington, a combined effort is their best wager.

October 24, 2007

23:48
Back in 2005, there were a few stories circulating about people funding their startups and college educations by playing online poker. The passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in 2006 pretty much put an end to most of these plans.
20:21
WASHINGTON (Medill News Service) -- Poker players across the country have decided that when it comes to lobbying Washington, a combined effort is their best wager.
20:08
CAPITOL HILL (NBC) -- Supporters of online poker fanned out on Capitol Hill Wednesday trying to convince lawmakers to rewrite a federal restriction on internet gambling.
18:11
Supporters of online poker fanned out on Capitol Hill Wednesday, trying to convince lawmakers to rewrite a federal restriction on internet gambling.
17:22
A federal Internet gambling ban poses threats to lawful gaming online and must be amended right away, players argue in a Capitol Hill lobbying blitz.
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 ...
11:07
The next World Series of Poker Academy instructional camp, an intensive seminar designed to improve the poker skills of its participants, will focus on "mixed game" tournaments.

October 23, 2007

13:31
MICHAEL CORFMAN, a gentleman from Newton, Mass., just outside Boston, who has been a big help to me and the GOODTIMES RADIO SHOW, has a hugely popular internet site called CASINO CITY TIMES and another called CASINO CITY PRESS. One of the off-shoots of these enterprises is Casino City's NORTH AMERICAN GAMING ALMANAC and CD, which contains almost 600 pages on the North American gaming market, ...