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Nevada Online Poker Falls 7.62% To $985k In July
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Nevada Online Poker Falls 7.62% To $985k In July The Nevada Gaming Control Board has announced its gambling results for July, revealing a 0.65% increase in revenues to $932 million, compared to the $925.8 million generated in the same month last …

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Revised California Poker Bill to Modify “Bad Actor” Language
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Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, whose California online poker draft bill was shelved this year due to a lack of time to prepare for a vote, has said that the submission of a new bill at the beginning of the 2015/16 legislative session will be one of …

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Top Poker Tweets Of The Week: Hellmuth's Golf Record, Brunson's Favourite Gun
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“Got denied alcohol in Vegas due to no ID on me. As if I look 21. #WishfulThinking #NoVinoWithLunch #SadPanda.” Daniel Negreanu. “In 140 characters or less tell me what you would do if someone gave you $500 with no strings attached.” “Read through …

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Goodrich Petroleum Playing High Stakes Poker In The Tuscaloosa (GDP)
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A mere handful of new well results from Goodrich and the few other meaningful players in the TMS have been trickling in, dealt like cards in a hand of stud poker, each providing new and precious public hints about the value of the play. There's time …

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What Raising for Effective Giving Can Teach us About Promoting Poker as a Sport
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Brannan's worry is the big non-gambling brands will be too scared to be affiliated with poker because of our image. As Dreyfus once pointed out in another article, “all we seem to be doing is writing about the latest robbery, cheating scandal or death.”.

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Poker Is Not a Sport, But That's Ok
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I love sports and I love poker but let me be perfectly clear about this, poker is not a sport. While everyone's definition of “sport” is a little different, I think we can all agree that a sport requires the practitioner to predominately use motor …

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Phil Ivey Now Down $5.1 Million Under His 'Polarizing' Online Poker Screen Name
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Prior to the old Full Tilt Poker shutting down, gambling legend Phil Ivey was arguably the most dominant online poker player in history. Since the site relaunched under new ownership close to two years ago, he has been one of the worst the software has …

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888 Launching Interstate Poker, Mattingley Out of CEO Position
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888 Poker may be in the best position of any brand to fully take advantage of the newly regulated US online gambling markets. They're a relatively big name with no issues that bother regulators, and they're already established (to various extents) in …

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Deadline day is like playing 'poker games' claims Arsene Wenger
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ARSENE WENGER has a unique view of deadline day, with the Arsenal boss likening it to playing poker games. By: Charles PerrinCharles Perrin. Published: Fri, August 29, 2014. Arsenal, AFC, deadline day, poker games, transfer window Arsene Wenger is …

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Gaming Board: charity poker thriving under new rules
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DETROIT – The Michigan Gaming Control Board said Thursday it has issued 161 millionaire party licenses equal to more than 500 event days across the state since emergency rules regulating poker-room charitable gambling were imposed last month.

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Heartland Poker Tour Arrives in California
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The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) begins its next tour stop today at the California-Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage where 12 days of exciting poker action will conclude with the final table of the $1,650 Main Event on Monday, Sept. 8.

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NEW INFORMATION: Poker run raises $1675 for La Crosse non-profit
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"Augie," who owns Augie's Bar and Grill in Bangor and organizes the event, said nearly 80 people participated in the 4th annual Augie's Poker Run on Saturday. He said the turnout was down a little bit from last year. He believes poor weather conditions …

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Big names, big money at Seminole Hard Rock poker
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Big-time warfare is on at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, with a second annual tournament that guarantees $10 million in prize money to the top finishers, making the casino's ballroom-turned-poker-parlor the world epicenter of …

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Norwegian Poker Players Robbed at Home Game
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Around 15 Norwegian poker players were robbed at gunpoint at a private poker game held at Stromstad in Sweden early on the morning of August 22, Friday. Reportedly, four men wearing masks and holding guns barged into Hogdal Bygdegard, …

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Study: You're Like A Pigeon When You Play Poker
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Well, this is an odd one—but may be of some use to those interested in understanding the psychology going on at their poker table. Researchers at Warwick University in the U.K. have come out with comments that claim there is a parallel between the …

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Nevada Online Poker Sites Collect $985K In July
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Nevada's three online poker sites took in roughly $985,000 during the month of July, down from June's $1.037 million, according to figures released Thursday by the state. The World Series of Poker ended in mid-July, after starting in late May. The …

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Station Casinos Shuts Down another Live Poker Room
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USPoker.com has reported that a poker room located at Texas Station to the north of Las Vegas will be shut down this week. Although Station Casinos Incorporated, which owns this eight-table poker facility, has an online poker business in Nevada, it has …

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Screen Actors Guild Foundation 4th Annual Poker Classic Benefiting the Don …
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Actors, voice-over talent and poker players who turned out to support the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD FOUNDATION's DON LAFONTAINE Voice-Over Lab included POWERS BOOTHE, JOE CIPRIANO, SHARON LAWRENCE, FRED MELAMED, PAUL PAPE …

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