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Online Casinos: Hey Congress, Thanks!
Excellent post over at TechDirt. With the House of Representatives moving yesterday to try to ban online casinos in the US, you’d think that would be bad news for those casinos — many of whom admit the majority of their customers are from the US. Not so, apparently. The stock market has driven the stock …
Letter From the Poker Player’s Alliance Regarding H.R. 4411
Dear PPA Member: Thank you for all you do to promote and defend the great game of poker. On Tuesday, July 11, 2006, American poker players were dealt a bad hand by the U.S. House of Representatives. In a 317 to 93 vote the U.S. House passed H.R. 4411, sponsored by Jim Leach, R-Iowa, which …
More Details Emerge Regarding PokerHost.com
According to Gambling911, the hacker who hijacked PokerHost.com’s website earlier today might be an (former) employee. Sources close to PokerHost.com confirmed this afternoon with Gambling911.com that employees with password access to the domain name had hijacked the PokerHost.com website, adding the ominous message. Gambling911 also notes that PokerHost.com’s General Manager was terminated just a few …
PokerHost.com Mystery Solved?
After a little sleuthing (e.g., Google searches, etc) it appears that the earlier story about the F.B.I. takeover of PokerHost.com is a hoax. Well, not really a hoax so much as not being accurate. At Poker Room Review, the following warning was posted: PokerHost.com was hacked this morning and if you go to their website, …