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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2014 10:06:37 GMT -8
If you find relevant and/or important news regarding internet poker legislative progress here in Washington and across the nation, post a link here to share with the group. Don't worry about formatting, just post the link and I will put in the descriptors.
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2014 10:09:32 GMT -8
| Another Andy Abboud Flubfest: Does Adelson Yank Him From Media Point?
Andy Abboud proves not up to the task of promoting a weak debating position, despite being on the wealthy side of the latest dollars-vs.-sense debate.
This week’s performance at the 2014 iGaming North America Conference by Las Vegas Sands Corporation Vice President of Government Relations, Andy Abboud, might have been shaky enough for billionaire political puppeteer Sheldon Adelson to give a final yank on Abboud’s strings and replace Abboud with a spokesman more knowledgeable on online gambling matters.
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Post by Admin on Mar 22, 2014 10:21:10 GMT -8
| How Dewey Tomko Sold Out the Poker Community
It was one thing when a no-name poker player (Bill Byers) was willing to sign on to James Thackston’s “I can prove collusion is possible in online poker” argument, but it’s another thing entirely for a Poker Hall of Famer and fairly well-respected player Dewey Tomko to sign his name on the dotted line of this abomination masquerading as legitimate research.
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Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2014 12:09:08 GMT -8
| PokerStars, Tribes and Bad Actors and California
Recent rumors hint the PokerStars and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians are working together to ensure that California law contains no “bad actor” clauses.
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Post by Admin on Mar 23, 2014 12:17:48 GMT -8
| PokerStars, Tribes and Bad Actors and California
Recent rumors hint the PokerStars and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians are working together to ensure that California law contains no “bad actor” clauses.
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Battle lines are being drawn, CA hopes could be dashed and tribes now dig in on opposite sides of the bad actors clasue Statement By Chairperson Leslie Lohse Regarding The Partnership Negotiations Among PokerStars, The Morongo Band Of Mission Indians, And Three Southern California Card Clubs SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent accounts in the media indicate that PokerStars is in partnership negotiations with the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and three large Southern California Card Clubs to offer online poker in California. The news accounts come at a particularly opportunistic time, when the California State Legislature will be debating two measures that will authorize the play of online poker within California's borders. continue reading . . .
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Post by Admin on Apr 21, 2014 17:20:22 GMT -8
| Washington State Advocates Fighting for Online Poker Reform
In 2006 Washington State passed what many consider to be one of the most draconian gambling laws in the country, a law that makes playing online poker in the state a felony.
With online poker players potentially facing jail time and stiff fines Washington State has without question the strictest online gambling laws in the country, but there are plenty of people fighting to not only repeal the current ban, but to take the next step and legalize online poker in the state.
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Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2014 11:09:41 GMT -8
| PokerStars Bought by Amaya For $4.9bn
In news that has upended the global balance of power in the online gambling industry, Amaya Gaming has reached a deal to purchase the Rational Group, parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.
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