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Australia May Trial Legal Online Poker SoonAustralia may be on the brink of legalizing online poker according to a report in the Daily Telegraph which suggests the government has briefed the gambling industry that the move will happen in the next six to 12 months. The online newspaper said it had seen documents indicating the shift in policy was imminent and […]
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Betfair To Pay Up To €10 Million In Spanish TaxOnline betting exchange Betfair will pay up to €10 million in back tax to Spanish authorities ahead of its anticipated receipt of an online sports betting licence on June 1. The company also said it also intends to apply for an online poker licence and will initially offer a fixed odds sports book rather than […]
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bwin.party Gets Schleswig-Holstein Gambling LicenceOne of Germany’s biggest online gambling operators, bwin.party has been awarded a six-year sports betting licence by Schleswig-Holestein. The company will now pay a 20 percent gross gaming tax to the German state authorities. Last year sports betting revenue for the company in Germany was €96.1 million. Chief executive officer of bwin.party, Norbert Teufelberger, said, […]
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Rettenmaier Leads Final Nine In WPT ChampionshipOnly nine players are left in the 2012 World Poker Tour Championship $25,000 main event, with the prestigious title and the $1,196,858 first prize on the line. The chip leader is Marvin Rettenmaier with 3,757,000 in chips, with a number of other notable players still in the mix including Michael Mizrachi, Hafiz Khan and Nick […]
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Myspace Founder Dabbles in Web PokerIconic Myspace co-founder Tom Anderson is involved with social gambling startup RocketFrog, which launched a Facebook app Monday. The company is the latest to see potential opportunity from casino-style games on the social networking giant. The free-play platform runs poker, blackjack, slots and roulette. It already has 9,000 “monthly users” vying for “real world prizes.” […]
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Player of the Year Update: Truesdell, Josephy WinThe 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker, is about to see some major movement in the coming weeks. The World Poker Tour Championship is currently underway, and the first event of the World Series of Poker is just days away. There was plenty of action going on in the […]
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Sportingbet To Pay €17 Million Back Tax In SpainSportingbet Plc has become the second online gaming operator to accept it must pay back taxes in Spain having operated there between January 2009 and May 2012. The company said yesterday it had self-assessed its liability at €14 million plus up to €3.2 million in surcharges and interest which, it claimed, would, “maximize[s] the likelihood […]
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Switch Poker Rewards New Players With Cash PrizesSwitchPoker.com has announced a 100 percent bonus for new depositors to its mobile poker service. New players just need to deposit using the code 20TO600 and they will receive the full amount of the original deposit in increments of €10 for every 2,500 Switch Poker Points they accumulate as they play. Players can earn back […]
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Colorado Casinos Draft Online Poker LegislationThe Colorado Gaming Association has drafted a bill that would aim to legalize online gaming in the state, the group’s executive director Lois Rice told Card Player Tuesday. The coalition of the state’s casinos considered introducing an Internet poker proposal this year, but had its hands full with another gaming-related issue. Rice said the Association […]
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Win Two Tickets to Karma's Kandyland
It’s not too late to play free poker for your chance to win two tickets to the hottest party of the summer at an exclusive Beverly Hills Mansion. Karma’s Kandyland gives guests the opportunity to indulge in Kandy Decadence throughout the Mansion and estate grounds in many different Kandy themed rooms, including the Grand Ballroom, […]
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Latest Issue Of CP Magazine Now OnlineThe latest edition of Card Player Magazine is now available online and features David Sands, who recently finished runner-up at the WPT L.A. Poker Classic. Sands, who was making six figures at an internet marketing firm in California, quit his job for a chance at poker success. The gamble paid off and Sands now has […]
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Nick Grippo Wins PokerStars SCOOP $10,000 Main EventThe 2012 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker came to a close with the running of three main events, one at each of the low, medium and high buy-in levels. The largest of all was the $10,300 buy-in, which attracted 517 entrants to build a massive $5.17 million prize pool. The field was littered with […]
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WSOP Designates One Drop As Official CharityIn addition to the Big One For One Drop, a $1 million buy-in bracelet event taking place later this summer at the Rio in Las Vegas, Caesars Entertainment has also announced that the One Drop Foundation has been designated as the official charity of the World Series of Poker. The WSOP and One Drop will […]
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Justin Truesdell Wins WSOP Circuit New OrleansWith the conclusion of the $1,600 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event at Harrah’s New Orleans, the 2011-2012 World Series of Poker Circuit season has come to a close on a high note. The main event drew the largest turnout in the eight-year history of the New Orleans WSOP Circuit stop, with 694 total entrants and […]
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Maltese Regulator Washes Hands of Purple LoungeThe closure of Media Corp online poker room and casino PurpleLounge.com one month ago seems no nearer resolution after the Maltese regulator which oversaw the site, the Lotteries & Gaming Authority, said there was nothing it could do to help online poker players who had money trapped there. In a short statement the LGA said, […]
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WSOP Express Returns To BetVictor Poker This WeekThe World Series of Poker Express returns to BetVictor Poker this week with two packages to WSOP side event 56 up for grabs for just one VIP point. Each evening between Monday May 21 and Saturday 26 and Monday May 28 and Saturday June 2 BetVictor Poker will run two WSOP Express qualifiers at 18:30 […]
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Marvin Rettenmaier Joins Team PartyPokerGerman poker pro Marvin Rettenmaier has inked a new sponsorship deal with PartyPoker.com. Twenty-five year-old Rettenmaier split with Titan Poker earlier this month. The London-based player, originally from Stuttgart, has over $1.7 million in lifetime tournament earnings. He said of his new deal, “I am pleased to join Team PartyPoker.com. It feels like a natural […]
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Welshman Wins UK & Ireland Poker Tour DublinWelshman Richard Evans has won the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin taking down €75,500 for being the last man standing from 597 entrants at Citywest Hotel in the Irish capital. The 46-year-old qualified for just €44 and now plans to do up his house and ‘”live mortgage free”. Evans was part of a […]
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WPT Championship Prize Pool Set at BellagioAfter two and a half days of play, registration is now closed in the 2012 World Poker Tour Championship main event. A total of 152 players posted the $25,000 buy-in, building a prize pool of $3,660,500. Eighteen will make the money — with a min-cash worth $40,266 — but all the remaining competitors have their […]
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Delaware Eying West Virgina and Rhode IslandA bill in Delaware that would legalize online poker and expand other forms of gambling in the state has been voted out of committee and sent to a House vote, The Associated Press reported on Friday. The governor’s office told Card Player in March that it would take up the issue in order for its […]
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Pennsylvania Tops Nevada In Gambling Tax RevenueOf the 22 states that currently collect casino tax revenue, Pennsylvania, not Nevada, is leading the way, taking in $1.456 billion in 2011. Though Nevada remains the largest gaming market in the U.S., it ranked second for tax revenue thanks to a much lower tax rate, generating $865.25 million for the Silver State. Indiana ranked […]
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White House Responds to Online Poker PetitionAfter an online petition with the message of legalizing and regulating web poker was created by the Poker Players Alliance in Sept. 2011, and after it garnered nearly 10,000 electronic signatures, the White House responded. Brian Deese, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, said in the press release: Thank you for taking the time […]
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A Look At The Week In Tournament PokerIn this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from May 21st through the 28th. Head to our Tournament […]
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Pablo Rojas Wins Estrellas Poker Tour IbizaPablo Rojas has won the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza topping the 269-strong field in the €1,000 + €100 buy in main event. Rojas took down just €40,800 from the official top prize of €65,800 after a three way deal saw him take €36,000 while his opponents Amaury Legait and Daniel Ericson accepted €50,000 and […]
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bwin.party To Pay €33 Million Spanish Back Taxesbwin.party today announced it would pay €33 million to Spanish authorities in back taxes and penalties to clear the way for receiving an online gambling license next month. The company accepted that it was liable for back tax under two laws, one from 1966 and one from 1977, which had previously been applicable to offline […]
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UK & Ireland Poker Tour Final Table SetThe final table of the PokerStars UK & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin main event is set with just eight players remaining fom the original 597 players who paid the €700 + €70 buy in. The table is dominated by UK & Irish players with one Dutch hopeful representing mainland Europe. The seating and chip counts […]
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Shaun Deeb Captures 4th SCOOP Title in 10 DaysOn Saturday, Shaun Deeb won his fourth PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker title in just 10 days — defeating 85 in the $2,000 H.O.R.S.E. However, he doesn’t think his record-breaking run is that special. “It’s not as sick as everyone is making it out to be,” he told Card Player. “All fields were under […]
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Online Poker Film Could Resemble 'Rounders' PlotAccording to reports from Variety Magazine, the new gambling film starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake will depict the shadowy past of abysmally regulated online poker — and could loosely parallel the plot of the 1998 film Rounders. Runner, Runner, which is slated for 2013 on IMDB.com, will reportedly involve Timberlake’s character traveling to Costa […]
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Bart Hanson: Crushing Live Poker With TwitterSometimes the board runs out in such a way where a very strong hand becomes just a bluff catcher The nuts change street by street. Good poker players realize that sometimes their very strong hands may only beat a bluff with the given action. Weaker players do not know that their own hand strength is […]
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Win WSOP Package For Free At Paddy Power PokerThe action is always hopping at PaddyPowerPoker.com and over the next few weeks it’s about to intensify as the site prepares to give away four World Series of Poker packages for free. The VIP packages for WSOP event no. 59 will be up for grabs between May 7 and Jun. 4 and players have four […]
