Now it’s poker players who are getting into the congressional lobbying game. Next week, nearly 100 members of the Poker Players Alliance will mass on Capitol Hill to press lawmakers not to outlaw online poker playing. Last year, Congress passed an anti-Internet gambling measure, and federal regulators are now assembling the rules to put the…
GoldenCasino is a brand new casino site and was launched by the Golden Palace group using the Odds On Gaming platform. This new online casino offers a big $555 bonus and is targeted at USA players. (They also offer several different bonuses every week such as on Friday’s you can get 100% bonus up to $250…
Today, all that remains of the Sands is more than 100,000 tons of rubble from the casino and the 21-story hotel tower, which is scheduled to be removed in 5,000 truckloads for recycling into road construction material. More than 700 guests of Pinnacle attended the implosion, including Gov. Jon S. Corzine, other prominent state and…
Horse track betting is a game of chance, but it is also game of skill and expertise. The more you know, the more likely you are to win. That’s why horse wagering is often referred to as the *Smart Man’s Bet.* However, developing your own system is the key. There is no one single successful…
– Malaysian casino king – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysia’s third-richest man who turned a forested hilltop into a thriving casino resort, died Tuesday, leaving behind a diverse business empire worth US$22 billion. He was 90. Lim Goh Tong a migrant from China, battled against the odds to build Genting Highlands, a casino hotel resort that…
Casinos and other sponsors of poker tournaments next year will be required to report most winnings and winners to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the agency announced Friday. The new requirement, which goes into effect March 4, 2008, was contained in guidance released Sept. 4 by the Treasury Department and the IRS. The guidance is designed…
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 this week to end federal restrictions against playing for money online. Nearly 100 of the PPA’s 809,000 members, from professionals Annie Duke and Chris Moneymaker to former U.S. Sen. Al D’Amato…
A pro-gaming group supports improved regulation instead of letting U.S. residents continue online gambling by processing their transactions through foreign banks. Proposed rules to prevent Internet gambling would place a high burden on U.S. financial institutions, according to an analysis published by a pro-online gaming group. The national firm found that, under proposed rules that…
Professors and students at the Law School are placing their bets on the legal legitimacy of online poker. Weld Professor of Law Charles R. Nesson 60, the founder of Harvards Berkman Center for Internet and Society and of the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, is exploring the possibility of a bill that will remove congressional limitations…
This past weekend, the ruling party in Sweden voted to end support for their government’s monopoly on Sweden’s online gambling industry, and also to privatize Svenska Spel. The European Commission, headed by former Irish finance minister Charlie McCreevy (58), has been pressing Sweden to open up its gambling monopolies, and threatening a lawsuit in the…