John Campbell & Barney Frank Joining Forces for Online Gambling
California Representative John Campbell has announced that he plans to introduce a newly drafted bill for regulating online poker in the United States sometime this year. The new bill will be co-sponsored with Barney Frank the Massachusetts Democrat that tried diligently to get his last bill H.R.2267 passed in Congress last year to no avail. Together these two highly respected and visible Representatives are giving new hope to the online gambling community that legislation is still possible. Representative Campbell is one of the seven Republicans in the House of Representatives that voted yes to Rep.
2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Complete Field
Liv Boeree is one welcome addition to this year’s NBC Heads-Up field…
The NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship announced its complete 2011 field today.
As always, there’s some “Way to get that right, nice call” additions and some complete head-scratchers.
A couple first-timers that fall into the welcome addition bucket would be the man the myth the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim as well as Daniel “Jungleman12″ Cates. Pilgrim s
Has Governor Christie Sold Out?
What was once thought to be an automatic shoe in has now turned into something that may not happen because of personal aspirations, perhaps? The Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie had seemed all along to be a pro-intrastate online gambling supporter, at least that’s the impression that was given. However, it has now been over a month since the Senate passed the legislation approving intrastate online gambling for New Jersey in a overwhelming approval and the only thing left is the Governor’s signature which was thought to 99% sure to happen. How
Natalia Nikitina, A Woman, Wins WPT Paris
Natalia Nikitina, a woman, has done what no woman before here has done: win a WPT open event.
It happened.
It finally really happened.
Since the World Poker Tour formed all the way back in 1921, there had never been a female open event winner. Ever. Not even once.
That all changed this week, as Natalia Nikitina, a woman, won the WPT Paris event. Of course the first WPT female event winner would happen in France.
UIGEA Unfair Towards Handicapped Online Gamblers
For almost five years now, the US Federal Government has been enforcing the UIGEA bill, which tries to prevent online gamblers from enjoying any type of gambling entertainment from their home. Gambling in the US is legal if visiting your local land based casino, but not from the comforts of your home which has outraged millions of gamblers. Focus groups, Senators and Gambling Associations have tried tirelessly to get the UIGEA bill repealed with no success as of yet, but there is one group of people in the United States that are being forgotten about by our Federal Government and that’s the “handicapped gambler”.
The UIGEA bill discriminates against handicap gamblers in such a way that they have been totally left out in the cold concerning their gambling rights and their freedom to enjoy gambling entertainment like the next person. Wheel