PartyGaming Plc Re: United States legislation
Party's official statement via the London Stock Exchange On 30 September 2006, the United States Congress passed The Safe Port Act. That measure also contained certain provisions known…
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So Far It Doesn't Look Pretty
PartyGaming and rivals warn of U.S. gaming ban PartyGaming said in a statement: "If the President signs the act into law, the company will suspend all real money gaming business with…
Read the articleUnlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act of 2006 - Thoughts
So a few thoughts on the new anti-gambling bill: It doesn't do anything making playing poker online illegal. Only accepting transactions will be illegal. This means that Party or Stars…
Read the articleKarma Can Be A Bitch
Sick F*ck Mark Foley (R-FL), who co-sponsored HR 4954, resigned shortly after voting on the anti-gambling bill. Seems the honorable Congressman from Florida got caught by ABC News trying…
Read the articleThe U.S. Congress is Trying to Ban Online Poker TODAY!!!
Below is an email from the Poker Player's Alliance U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is attaching the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act to a bill that is expected to be approved by…
Read the articleThe-Poker-Shark.com Scam
I'm in a scammer-busting mood today. I ran across The-Poker-Shark.com website the other day. This one was almost comical. Instead of analyzing the hype page line by line, I thought it…
Read the articlePPA Phone March on Capitol Hill Scheduled for Sept. 12
I'll be participating. Will you? Dear PPA Member: Your urgent action is needed! On September 12th the Poker Players Alliance with the support of leading poker blogs and forums,…
Read the articlePokerBot Pro - The Saga Continues
Seems I get a lot of traffic and emails from the posts I've done about PokerBot Pro . You may remember them as the poker bot written by some guy who is making outlandish claims about how…
Read the articleLet the people play Mr. President
According to Professional-Poker.com, Philip Ittleson has launched a website to combat the anti-gambling legislation before Congress. U.S. movie producer Philip Ittleson is following the…
Read the articleInternet Gambling Bill Derailed
Jersey Nick sent me a link to a banking industry website (registration required) that had a pretty interesting take on the internet gambling bill. A last-minute objection by the…
Read the articleWrite your Senator today, and voice your opposition to an Internet Poker ban!
Dear PPA Member: As the summer temperatures continue to rise, so does the heated debate in Congress over banning online poker. The Poker Players Alliance is working to ensure that the…
Read the articleSenator Feinstein Hates Online Poker
Someone on the BARGE list posted the following response that they received from Senator Feinstein. I've seen a few other people who wrote their elected reps get the same form letter from…
Read the articleWhy Poker-Bots are justifiable - A Painfully Ignorant Point of View
I ran across this article other other day that attempts to justify bot usage and cheating at online poker and I just couldn't resist responding. After getting some feedback on my…
Read the articleOnline Casinos: Hey Congress, Thanks!
Excellent post over at TechDirt. With the House of Representatives moving yesterday to try to ban online casinos in the US, you'd think that would be bad news for those casinos -- many…
Read the articleLetter From the Poker Player's Alliance Regarding H.R. 4411
Dear PPA Member: Thank you for all you do to promote and defend the great game of poker. On Tuesday, July 11, 2006, American poker players were dealt a bad hand by the U.S. House of…
Read the articleMore Details Emerge Regarding PokerHost.com
According to Gambling911, the hacker who hijacked PokerHost.com's website earlier today might be an (former) employee. Sources close to PokerHost.com confirmed this afternoon with…
Read the articlePokerHost.com Mystery Solved?
After a little sleuthing (e.g., Google searches, etc) it appears that the earlier story about the F.B.I. takeover of PokerHost.com is a hoax. Well, not really a hoax so much as not being…
Read the articleWelcome, You're Busted - Has the FBI Taken Over PokerHost.com?
Click on the photo for a larger view I haven't figured out what the dealio is here but it appears that PokerHost.com has been taken over by the F.B.I. I've never played there before so I…
Read the articleHow Can You Be So Wrong?
Ran across this beauty the other day and I couldn't help but tear it apart. "Lawless" Internet proving costly for gamblers By Kate Holton Wed May 24, 8:01 AM ET Scary headline that grabs…
Read the articleI Can Afford to Gamble
Interesting little piece over at CNN about the American Gaming Association's survey which seems to indicate that people who gamble online tend to be more affluent than most people think.…
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