Anti-Online Poker Casino Owner Buys Top Las Vegas Newspaper For $140 Million
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The online poker community's arch-nemesis is the new owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas Sands Owner Sheldon Adelson, who is still trying to see a federal online gaming ban pushed through Congress, had his son-in-law lead the $140 …

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NYX Poker Series to Begin on Dec 17
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The first-ever NYX Poker Series is going to have 22 online poker tournaments with a total guaranteed prize pool of €180,000. It will be held on the NYX Poker Network between December 17 and December 23. The highlight is going to be the €200+12 Main …

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Poker Community Loses Dianna Donofrio-Trigatzi
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Dianna Donofrio-Trigatzi, the former Nevada state director for the Poker Players' Alliance (PPA), died of cancer on Dec 14, 2015 at the age of 69. She is widely acclaimed for her support of poker and for promoting the game during the poker boom at the …

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Are Chinese Poker Robots Coming to America?
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In comparison to Asia, American casino labor costs are high, and with the market currently finding ways to reduce costs and improve profit margins, robotic dealers are likely to sound appealing to major operators. Following on the trend of electronic …

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Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open running Jan. 7-20
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The Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open WPT DeepStacks Main Event will take place Jan. 14-18. The $1,100 buy-in will feature a $1 million guaranteed prize pool, 25,000 starting stack and three starting flights. Players may play any of the …

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Bitcoin Poker Sites Suffer a Dismal 2015
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When 2015 began, a number of Bitcoin-only poker rooms were preparing to launch. Get Lucky Poker, BitnPlay and Burnturn Poker were a few that were aiming to take the online poker world by storm, embracing Bitcoin as perhaps the future of payment …

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Poker Hand Rankings: What Beats What in Poker
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Those of you who have been playing poker for a while will no doubt be aware of which Texas hold'em hands beat others, but not everyone is well-versed in poker hand rankings. Players new to the game of Texas hold'em often struggle, at least at first …

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Middle East showdown as chess? Better to view it as poker
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No, the situation is much more like the game of poker. In poker, the hands dealt out are of uneven value, but can be and are enhanced by effective bluffing; that is, poker, unlike chess, is a game dominated by emotion rather than reason, and the …

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Massachusetts Gambling Regulator Says Bill Could Create Regulation For Online …
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With the daily fantasy sports industry on the minds of a lot of gambling regulators across the country, the state of Massachusetts, home to Boston-based DraftKings, is considering regulations for the booming industry. It could be good news for poker …

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The €180000 Guaranteed NYX Poker Series Begins On RedKings Tomorrow
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The inaugural NYX Poker Series is about to begin with 22 action-packed online tournaments with €180,000 in guaranteed prize pools. The tournament series takes place on the NYX Poker Network from Dec. 17-23 and is highlighted by a €200+12 Main Event …

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14000 poker players say they deserve lawsuit winnings
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – About 14,000 Kentucky poker players are trying to get a piece of a multi-million dollar judgment against an online poker company. The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety cabinet sued the company that owns PokerStars in 2010 for …

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Former Poker Player Doug Kim to Produce Autobiographical TV Show
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Doug Kim, a former poker pro and finalist of the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006, has plans to produce a TV show that is partly autobiographical. The show, which intends to show how a professional poker player migrated to the …

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888 to shut down Lucky Ace Poker brand later this month
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Gibraltar-licensed operator 888 Holdings is preparing to shut down Lucky Ace Poker, an online poker brand launched seven years ago to target players in the German market. New customers sign-ups to Lucky Ace were blocked earlier this month, with these …

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Here's A First: NJ Online Poker Revenues Grow Year-on-Year
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The New Jersey online poker market celebrated a small victory this week, as according to financials reported by the Division of Gaming Enforcement, Internet poker revenue for November was up slightly over last year. This marks the first time that the …

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Poker Player Doug Kim to Produce Semi-Autobiographical TV Show
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Former poker player Doug Kim, a memorable member of the 2006 World Series of Poker final table, is taking his act to the big screen. The 32-year old New York native has been given the go-ahead to produce a semi-autobiographical television show that …

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BlogNews Weekly: Sunday Million, Big Slick, and Poker Etiquette
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Also striking it big as part of the deal were Chile's "padawan911" (2nd – $107,541.31), American poker refugee Daniel "DHUSTLER15" Aldridge (3rd – $78,898.80), Brazil's Pedro "77TheMayor77" Demeyère (4th – $97,565.49), and Slovakia's "16bobco" (5th …

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New Jersey Online Poker Revenue Up 2.3% in November
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Poker sites in New Jersey collected revenue totaling $1,957,513 in November, an increase of 2.3% over October's total of $1,913,403. Year-over-year, the increase amounted to 4.3%, as ipoker revenue in November 2014 was recorded at $1,877,603.

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The Big 5 Poker Winners of 2015
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With 2015 rolling to a close, many of us are crunching the numbers to see whether we're going to finish the year ahead or if we're going to chalk 2015 up to “variance.” Poker players and the industry as a whole have experienced a myriad of wins over …

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