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PPA Tries to Delay UIGEA

12. October 2009

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The time is almost upon us for the alleged “official” end of legal U.S. online poker. As of December 1st all online poker sites, other online gambling sites, and most especially internet payment processors are legally required to abide by the UIGEA “guidelines”. What this boils down to is a requirement that all these businesses [...]

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Two U.S. Congressman Present Bills Supporting Legal U.S. Online Poker

11. May 2009

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Not all members of Congress are anti-poker – not by a longshot. Just look at Representative Barney Frank of Massachussets. In the face of the oppressive and unfair UIGEA making legal US poker an oxymoron, Frank faces-off against the morons amongst colleagues who supported the act with an act of his own – the Internet [...]

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The State of the Nation on Legalizing US Online Poker

2. April 2009

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I read a recent blog posting asking whether legal online gambling in the U.S. was a state or a federal affair. My answer is that it seems to be both. On a federal level Massachussets Representative and Chair of the House Finances Committee Barney Frank tries to get a bill through Congress effectively knocking down [...]

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A Few Words On Poker Bots

5. March 2009

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All of a sudden the web seems abuzz with “news” stories of poker bots. Although these crafty little creatures–software programs that play on behalf of (and supposedly much better than) their human owners–have been around for a long long time, they haven’t hit the presses in quite a while. So what does the media have [...]

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