May 21, 2012 Despite a law passed in the Nevada legislature the World Series of Poker has decided to not ban men from entering the Ladies-Only tournament –WSOP lawyers advised against this after reviewing the law—so it’s possible that a female poker player may not win a single bracelet at the 2012 WSOP. But the [...]

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  May 20, 2012 In a letter to petitioners, the Obama administration affirms the right of States to govern online gambling but also admits its “open to solutions” to protect consumers. After almost eight months, petitioners calling on the Obama administration to license and regulate online poker have finally received a response. An email was [...]

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May 19, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO — (Market Watch – Shares of Zynga Inc. were halted in morning trades Friday after the stock fell by more than 13 percent. Trading was halted after Facebook Inc. began trading in its much-awaited initial public offering. Other social networking shares were also down in morning trades. LinkedIn was trading [...]

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May 18, 2012 Bookmaker has released odds on the Facebook closing price at the end of opening day May 18, 2012 (find odds here). Facebook has priced its IPO at $38 million ahead of Friday’s opening bell. Fronted by 20-something CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook could raise $16 billion in funding as well as an overallotment [...]

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May 17, 2012 It was an interesting week in the world of tournament poker. Even though there were no WPT or EPT events on the schedule there was still plenty of action taking place at a variety of stops around the globe, and poker pros continued to dominate with names like Deeb, Serock, and Glazier [...]

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May 16, 2012 Toby Maguire, who is best known for his role of Spiderman in that comic strip film franchise, has fully settled with victims in a highly publicized ponzi scheme involving Hollywood underground high stakes poker games. A hedge fund manager named Bradley Ruderman is currently in prison for operating the ponzi scheme, defrauding [...]

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May 15, 2012 The 2012 running of the PokerStars SCOOP (Spring Championship of Online Poker) tournament series has been wild so far, with a number of online poker players dominating the early tournaments, including the impressive run by Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, where the Team PokerStars Pro won back-to-back SCOOP tournaments, capturing Event #2 and Event [...]

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May 14, 2012 There are at least two more known competitors in the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for OneDrop poker tournament that will take place during the 2012 World Series of Poker: Sam Trickett and Andrew Robl. The duo announced that they would be playing in the prestigious, and incredibly exclusive, poker tournament via their [...]

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May 13, 2012 MGM Resorts International is looking to release its first online casino game next month (June 2012). Chairman James Murren referred to the game as “Casino Mogul”, however, partners of the firm have not decided on an official name as of yet. “Internet gaming is here!” Murren declared at the 19th annual Southern [...]

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May 12, 2012 Respected poker pro Barry Greenstein has made a slightly tenuous link between the rights of gay couples to be married in the USA and the difficulties faced by internet poker players in the States. US President Barack Obama stated on Wednesday that he backs same-sex marriage in his nation, ensuring that controversy [...]

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