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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 Massachusetss 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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President Barack Obama May Lend Legal USA Online Poker His Support

20. January 2009

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Brush up on your poker strategy because on his website Change.gov, then-President Elect/now-President Obama asked us, his constituents, to vote on the issues we found most pressing for our new president and his administration to face on our behalf, and of all the obvious issues cited–the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistant, immigration, a [...]

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Kentucy Players IP Blocked from Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker

4. December 2008

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Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker have closed their doors – to players residing in Kentucky, that is. But don’t blame UltimateBet.com or AbsolutePoker.com for it. This is the first in the online poker world’s reluctant efforts to comply with the recent court ruling threatening to close down all poker rooms one-by-one who continue to take [...]

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Sad News in Pokerville: US Online Poker Ban Finalized

18. November 2008

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Despite the arduous efforts of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) and various other online poker advocacy groups, last Wednesday night, the loathsome UIGEA has been made official and will be made effective as of January 19, 2009 (coincidentally the day before the White House administration changes hands – or maybe not so coincidentally). If you’ve [...]

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Doyle’s Room Accepting US Players Again, Defies Closure as Empty Threat

23. October 2008

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Doyle Brunson, the Godfather of Poker and the man behind Doyle’sRoom.com, one of the 141 online poker domain names seized by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, appears to think that the risk of his beloved poker room being forced to close is a dead issue. He only learned the story was “big news” when he saw [...]

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Ireland To Update Laws On Online Gambling

18. July 2008

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With the addition of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in America last 2006, the government of Ireland through its casino committee started drafting their own policies as a response to the passage of the new law by America. Seeing that a window of opportunity has opened when it included that some provisions on [...]

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