The Daily Kos has a fairly good writeup on the entire struggle over the last 10 years to get some sort of gambling ban through Congress. While many have been blaming Bill Frist over recent Harrah’s campaign contributions, just wait until you see the disgusting amounts of money the Republican party has shaken down Vegas …
I haven’t completely vetted this list but this is the Enemies of Poker list put together by Let the People Play. Ted “The Internet is a Series of Tubes” Stevens (R – AK) Richard Shelby (R – AL) Jeff Sessions (R – AL) Chafee Lincoln (D – AR) John Mccain (R – AZ) Jon Kyl …
One of the things that I speculated about when I first analyzed the impact of the UIGEA was that the real force of this law was in drying up the money supply. Cut off the money and you kill the game liquidity. So, two and some odd weeks into this bill being law, let’s look …
Really interesting story about some kids who decided to buy a video poker machine, decompile the code, and figure out a way to beat the system. Everything went according to plan until one of them got backroomed. There comes a magical gambler’s moment when simple thrills magnify to become 3-D fantasies; a moment when greed …
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