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by John Hartness on February 28, 2007
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut -- (PRESS RELEASE) - Mohegan Sun announced today that beginning May 1st all slot machines in its Casino of the Earth and Casino of the Sky will be 'coin free.' This...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 28, 2007
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, and they expect a French one even less! From Earthtimes.org - February 28, 2007 Former chief executive of gaming company 888 Holdings John Anderson has been...
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Filed in archive Poker
by John Hartness on February 28, 2007
No, that's not her in the pic, but you get the idea. From the Associated Press - Seventy-nine-year-old Amelia "Midge" Cheseborough thought it was a joke when police raided a home poker...
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by John Hartness on February 27, 2007
No, really. This is a story from Reuters news service. A teenage girl in southern pakistan, whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 27, 2007
from Press Release It's finally here! For the loyalty and trust all players have given SBG Global through the years, I am proud to announce that our Loyalty rewards program will officially launch...
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by John Hartness on February 26, 2007
The L.A. Poker Classic Championship (LAPC) event at Commerce Casino smashed records for largest field and largest prize money ever for a $10,000-buy-in World Poker Tour(R) (WPT) event and for a WPT...
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Filed in archive Casinos
by John Hartness on February 26, 2007
As reported by the UK Guardian: "When a Hong Kong teenager walked into a casino in the Chinese territory of Macau, chaperoned by her mother and grandmother, she can have had little idea of the...
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by John Hartness on February 26, 2007
LAS VEGAS - February 26, 2007 - The World Series of Poker®, the planet's most prestigious poker tournament, is extending its international reach this year by launching the World Series of Poker...
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by John Hartness on February 26, 2007
The Tournament Director's Association (TDA), founded by industry vet Matt savage (photo courtesy of his site) and others, met last week and announced some new rules for tournament poker and...
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by John Hartness on February 21, 2007
If the rumors running along the message boards are true, pictures like this one (taken by FlipChip of LasVegasVegas.com will be nonexistent at this years WSOP. According to unconfirmed reports,...
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by John Hartness on February 21, 2007
In a not-exactly unexpected but disheartening announcement, Doyle's Room, home of 10-time WSOP champion Doyle Brunson, announced this week that it will no longer accept deposits or real money...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 20, 2007
According to PokerPlayer Newspaper, former New York Senator Alfonse D'Amoto has been selected as the new Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance, the lobbying group for legalizing poker in the US....
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 18, 2007
Pokertek, the maker of the PokerPro automated poker table, announced that Princess Cruises has plans to expand their intsallation of PokerPro tables by the end of 2007. The cruise line has recently...
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Neteller, the leading e-wallet processor based on the Isle of Man, is cutting 250 jobs as it withdraws from the US gambling market. 220 jobs will be lost in Calgary, Alberta, and another 30 in the UK...
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by John Hartness on February 17, 2007
Tribeca Tables, the online network that provides the skin for Doyle's Room and other online poker sites, announced this week that it would withdraw from the US market as of February 28th, and US...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 15, 2007
From Tony G's Poker Blog, looks like everybody's favorite smack-talking Lithuanian may have to fold his hand in the US poker market. "It's a very, very sad day for Tony G. There are...
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by John Hartness on February 14, 2007
So eventually we'll graduate from the cheapo dice poker chips and want to move up to a nicer chip. Here are some things to keep in mind as you navigate the treacherous waters of buying your first...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 12, 2007
We're gonna start a new series here on Gambling Weblog - Home Gaming Supplies. This first few articles will focus on a topic near and dear to my heart - poker chips. Someone once said "the...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 08, 2007
In a press release today Neteller announced that funds in transit by US players had been seized by the US Attorney's office. This had been a rumor for several weeks, as transfers were held up and...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 07, 2007
2006 WSOP Champ Jamie Gold and Crispin Leyser have decided to settle thier lawsuit out of court, reports the Associated Press. Probably a good move for Gold, as things were not looking good for him...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 05, 2007
So you're thinking, "No big deal, I've got some money in Neteller, but I'll just move it onto my Neteller card and get it that way." WRONG. Neteller debit card usage has been...
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by John Hartness on February 05, 2007
Even as other ewallet sites are closing their doors to US customers and blocking gambling transactions even before they get started, full tilt poker has announced a new service - MyWebATM. \ Their...
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Filed in archive by John Hartness on February 02, 2007
New e-wallet Wirecard announced recently that it would no longer allow US customers to transfer fund to online gambling sites. Heralded as a potential replacement to Neteller, Wirecard was offered as...
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