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Wimbledon 2008 on High Alert for Gamblers

June 24th, 2008 No Comments

We really can’t wait for someone to turn around and use this as proof of while online gambling is bad for the world:
The high alert is aimed at big-time gamblers and the tennis pros who they are increasingly trying – sometimes successfully – to corrupt.
Coincident with opening day for the grass-court extravaganza, there are plans [...]

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PurePlay: US Legal Internet Poker Club Raises Funding

May 6th, 2008 No Comments

According to VentureBeat, PurePlay, a poker and proto-gambling site that today announced $15 million in funding from various venture capital firms and other investment sources.
PurePlay is an online gambling site where everyone, including US residents can play for, and win, money in online poker games. There is only one other popular online poker website that [...]

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Qualify for WSOP via DupliatePoker.com (Legal in USA)

April 28th, 2008 1 Comment

In years past many online casinos and poker rooms held poker tournaments and send the winner to the World Series of Poker as the prize. After UIGEA was enacted, the online casino operators were forced to leave the US market, they took the ability for an average online poker player to win a [...]

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Unintentended Consequences: Smoking and Bingo

April 26th, 2008 1 Comment

In a recent article, The New York Times looked at the affect of the indoor smoking ban on bingo games across the US.
Charlie Lindstrom, who runs the bingo nights at an American Legion post in Fergus Falls, Minn., said… on a good night, bingo at the post used to attract 50 to 75 players. Nowadays [...]

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GorillaWars: Video Game Tournament Site Opens for Beta

April 17th, 2008 No Comments

Gorilla Wars is a new Chatsworth, CA based website that facilitates online PS 3, Xbox 360, and Wii video game tournaments in FIFA08, Madden 08, Fight Night Round3 and other games for cash prizes. Gorilla Wars supports Xbox 360, Wii and Playstation 3 consoles. The [...]

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