Poker Law Archive

  • New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez continues to make news for allegedly taking part in underground poker games in California, a type of activity he has been warned against taking part...

    A-Rod reacts to illegal poker charges

    New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez continues to make news for allegedly taking part in underground poker games in California, a type of activity he has been warned against taking part...

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  • There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for those having online poker withdrawal. According to The Hill, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton and other Republicans are drafting...

    Congress considering online poker legalization

    There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for those having online poker withdrawal. According to The Hill, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton and other Republicans are drafting...

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  • With no source of income and no prospects for the shutdown of internet poker to change anytime soon, many poker pros are considering other option s –becoming ex-pats and playing overseas according to...

    Poker pros consider moving their games overseas

    With no source of income and no prospects for the shutdown of internet poker to change anytime soon, many poker pros are considering other option s –becoming ex-pats and playing overseas according to...

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  • Arizona Sen. John Kyl has been opposed to online poker, but Poker Player Newspaper notes that the sonn-retiring senator may be changing his tune and considering an exception in the...

    Arizona senator changing tune on online poker?

    Arizona Sen. John Kyl has been opposed to online poker, but Poker Player Newspaper notes that the sonn-retiring senator may be changing his tune and considering an exception in the...

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  • Black Friday continues to have massive ramifications in the poker world from bankruptcy and raids to arrests and prosecutions. It is indeed a black time for the online poker world....

    Online poker crackdown in high gear: Raids in Costa Rica, out of work pros, possible bankruptcy

    Black Friday continues to have massive ramifications in the poker world from bankruptcy and raids to arrests and prosecutions. It is indeed a black time for the online poker world....

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  • Reporting on the world of poker raids, busts, arrests, and roundups across the country and around the globe. PokerTraditions supports the legalization of poker in a fair, safe, drug-free, and...

    PT Original – Poker raid roundup: Canadian man gets poker conviction overturned

    Reporting on the world of poker raids, busts, arrests, and roundups across the country and around the globe. PokerTraditions supports the legalization of poker in a fair, safe, drug-free, and...

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  • Michelle Minton, a policy analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, penned a great piece on Friday for FOX News about the government’s online poker money grab. Prosecuting online gambling sites...

    Columnist: Online poker persecution about $$$ for federal government

    Michelle Minton, a policy analyst with the Competitive Enterprise Institute, penned a great piece on Friday for FOX News about the government’s online poker money grab. Prosecuting online gambling sites...

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  • Time magazine’s Curious Capitalist weighed in last week on Black Friday. We especially liked this paragraph about the economic impact legalizing and regulating Internet poker could offer: The outlawing of...

    Time notes the impact legalized online poker could have on economy

    Time magazine’s Curious Capitalist weighed in last week on Black Friday. We especially liked this paragraph about the economic impact legalizing and regulating Internet poker could offer: The outlawing of...

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  • FOX Business Channel’s John Stossel penned a great column this week about online poker and how the government, quite frankly, should just butt out. He notes various governments’ hypocrisy in...

    John Stossel: Leave gamblers alone!

    FOX Business Channel’s John Stossel penned a great column this week about online poker and how the government, quite frankly, should just butt out. He notes various governments’ hypocrisy in...

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  • Good news for inline poker players – FullTilt Poker and PokerStars have reachedagreements with the federal government to return players’ money in the coming weeks. Despite the Black Friday halting of...

    Online poker cashouts may begin soon

    Good news for inline poker players – FullTilt Poker and PokerStars have reachedagreements with the federal government to return players’ money in the coming weeks. Despite the Black Friday halting of...

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  • The New York Times weighs in with a great article about online poker’s rocky history and ultimate finale. The article also looks to the future of the game in the...

    Online poker’s rocky history – from Moneymaker to ‘Game Over’

    The New York Times weighs in with a great article about online poker’s rocky history and ultimate finale. The article also looks to the future of the game in the...

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  • Law enforcement and government officials in Illinois are considering more enforcement against charity poker games, according to the Chicago Tribune. Charities and bingo halls have held casino and poker nights...

    Illinois law enforcement officials targeting charity poker

    Law enforcement and government officials in Illinois are considering more enforcement against charity poker games, according to the Chicago Tribune. Charities and bingo halls have held casino and poker nights...

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  • Las Vegas casinos and other casinos around the country are counting on an upswing of player at their own tables. With so many players now denied a seat at a...

    Brick and mortar casinos counting on upswing after online crackdown

    Las Vegas casinos and other casinos around the country are counting on an upswing of player at their own tables. With so many players now denied a seat at a...

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  • ESPN has decided to pull the plug on poker  programming linked to online poker. We would assume this action would not include the World Series of Poker. The Black Friday...

    ESPN pulling plug on online site-related poker programming

    ESPN has decided to pull the plug on poker  programming linked to online poker. We would assume this action would not include the World Series of Poker. The Black Friday...

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  • The New York Times detailed yesterday the lobbying efforts undertaken by several online poker sites to keep the game legal in the U.S. as well as efforts to legalize the...

    Online sites spent millions on legalization efforts

    The New York Times detailed yesterday the lobbying efforts undertaken by several online poker sites to keep the game legal in the U.S. as well as efforts to legalize the...

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  • The feds’ war on online poker reached a pinnacle today with executives of three of the top online poker sites being indicted by the FBI and the Department of Justice....

    PT EDITORIAL: Poker sites targeted, execs indicted – another personal freedom attacked

    The feds’ war on online poker reached a pinnacle today with executives of three of the top online poker sites being indicted by the FBI and the Department of Justice....

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  • Las Vegas is embracing the idea of online poker and is moving closer and closer to legalization in Nevada, according to CNBC. According to the network: Nevada’s gaming commission cleared...

    Online poker clearing hurdles in Nevada

    Las Vegas is embracing the idea of online poker and is moving closer and closer to legalization in Nevada, according to CNBC. According to the network: Nevada’s gaming commission cleared...

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  • Taking advantage of a law allowing gambling benefiting charity, poker rooms have popped up in Massachusetts. The state gets a tax cut, the charity gets a nice slice, and poker...

    Poker rooms break out in Boston – benefitting local charities

    Taking advantage of a law allowing gambling benefiting charity, poker rooms have popped up in Massachusetts. The state gets a tax cut, the charity gets a nice slice, and poker...

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  • As we noted recently, Washington D.C. has beaten many states legalizing online poker and cleared congressional hurdles this week The Washtington Examiner notes: A District law to establish Internet gambling...

    D.C. online poker clears federal hurdles

    As we noted recently, Washington D.C. has beaten many states legalizing online poker and cleared congressional hurdles this week The Washtington Examiner notes: A District law to establish Internet gambling...

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  • A New Jersey man allegedly has quite a talent for knowing his opponent’s cards. He should – he’s been accused and arrested for marking cards at the Sands Casino Resort in...

    Sleight of hand: Man arrested for marking cards in poker game

    A New Jersey man allegedly has quite a talent for knowing his opponent’s cards. He should – he’s been accused and arrested for marking cards at the Sands Casino Resort in...

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  • The fight to play poker legally and classify it as a game of skill continues in Ohio, where several poker clubs have popped up – challenging the accepted law in the...

    Poker clubs flourish in Buckeye State

    The fight to play poker legally and classify it as a game of skill continues in Ohio, where several poker clubs have popped up – challenging the accepted law in the...

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  • Longtime casino impresario Steve Wynn is backing online poker and has even reached a partnership with online poker giant PokerStars in the effort. The casino mogul changed his mind on the...

    The story behind Steve Wynn’s partner ship with PokerStars – and support of online poker

    Longtime casino impresario Steve Wynn is backing online poker and has even reached a partnership with online poker giant PokerStars in the effort. The casino mogul changed his mind on the...

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  • Reporting on the world of poker raids, busts, arrests, and roundups across the country and around the globe. PokerTraditions supports the legalization of poker in a fair, safe, drug-free, and...

    PT Original – Poker raid roundup

    Reporting on the world of poker raids, busts, arrests, and roundups across the country and around the globe. PokerTraditions supports the legalization of poker in a fair, safe, drug-free, and...

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