2008 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Peter Eastgate has signed on to represent Team Betfair Poker. The popular Danish player, who was last seen jumping off a bridge into a frigid canal after losing a $6000 prop bet, hasn’t exactly had the greatest impact on the live poker circuit of late. He only [...]

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If you’ve always wanted to be a poker pro, where someone else pays your entry fees to play in casino poker tournaments, your day has come! HogWildPokerLeagues.com, the original online poker league community, is launching today a new program that rewards multiple players each month for their outstanding play by staking them to $500 toward [...]

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An Iowa Senate subcommittee consisting of three panelists approved an online poker bill for the Hawkeye State despite objections from opponents that legalization would be harmful to Iowans, believing that minors would find ways to gamble online and gambling addiction among state residents would skyrocket. Iowa Senate Study Bill 3164 now makes its way to [...]

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A bill to legalize Internet poker in Iowa is anticipated to be fast tracked through the legislative committee over the coming days. Iowa could potentially become a Midwest hub for online poker should a system be put in place similar to that of the multi-state Powerball lottery. From the Quad City Times: A late-arriving bill [...]

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By: Corey Moullas Jonathan Duhamel’s WSOP Bracelet FoundWe have just learned that Jonathan Duhamel`s stolen bracelet was found late on Wednesday night in a dumpster. The bracelet was only found by chance, it seems, as the dumpster was being hosed down following a street cleaning operation near the Ville-Marie tunnel in Montreal.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday put an end to rumors that a measure to legalize Internet poker might be attached to a Payroll Tax Extensions bill.

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PokerAddict.net is the latest industry news site to blast the Everleaf Gaming poker network for its sudden withdrawal from the U.S. market, suggesting it has more to do with liquidity issues than with a seizure of funds confirmed this past October.

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Following an abrupt announcement (or lack-there-of) by the Everleaf Gaming poker network that it will no longer be serving U.S. players, a few dozen of its skins may be looking for new homes. Most of these online poker rooms were relatively small.

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The music industry has been behind a massive push to knock file sharing and download websites offline while engaging in the same practice they condemn last week.

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The Belgium government has blacklisted online gambling firms 888, Everest, Chilipoker and Titan as part of its new regulatory policy. The four largest internet service providers in Belgium are expected to prevent customers from accessing domain names on the list either through DNS or IP blocking, according to PokerFuse.com.

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