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Florida Governor Charlie Grist has signed a bill which will undertake a study into the impact of legalised intrastate online poker on the US state.
Grist signing the bill, which was passed by the state legislature in late May, could open the way for an implementation bill to be introduced into the legislature in early 2010.
The [...]

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By ERIC PFANNER

PARIS — Is online gambling coming in from the cold?

When the U.S. Congress cracked down on Internet betting in 2006, the big, publicly traded European companies that had dominated the business closed up shop in the United States. Growth in the booming industry shifted away from these companies, once the darlings of the [...]

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The recession is hitting many people and places hard.  Las Vegas is among the hardest hit and this week came the shocking news that Elvis Presley (a Vegas icon for years) is now being evicted.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, a group of investors who had planned on creating a $475 million Elvis Presley-themed [...]

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“Your money is no longer good here”
The Answer (Allen Iverson) has been banned from two different Detroit casinos, because of his “boorish” behavior. Considering how bad he is at gambling, we must be talking about some serious boor activity.
The NBA is looking into an incident involving one of Iverson’s bodyguards at the Greektown Casino.   Apparently [...]

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During the height of March Madness 2009, the Costa Rican-based Tradewinds post up arm, JustBet.com, has been down almost the entire time.
“Players who typically join ‘fly by night’ outfits might be a little scared about this new brand, but in truth JustBet.com is associated with a group that’s been offshore longer than most, around 15 [...]

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BookMaker.com announced today its acquisition of BetJoint.com. Effective immediately, BetJoint players can login to Bookmaker.com using their BetJoint.com username and password.  All player balances are 100% secured but BetJoint players will need to comply with a 3 time rollover on their transferred balances before any withdrawal requests can be made.

BetJoint players will have access to [...]

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(Reuters) - Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg all sought ways on Friday to fend off a global crackdown on tax evasion by making concessions on bank secrecy.
The trio held talks through the night with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which sets international standards for tax and data sharing and compiles a blacklist of [...]

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Despite winning a two month reprieve to restructure debts, auditors raised ’substantial doubt’ in whether MGM Mirage could continue operations. MGM Mirage, largest casino owner on the strip, has reported a painful $1.15 billion fourth-quarter loss after writing down properties because of shrinking gambling revenue.
The auditor’s comments increase the likelihood MGM Mirage will seek bankruptcy [...]

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Las Vegas’ colorful mayor, Oscar Goodman, wants President Barack Obama to apologize for saying that companies shouldn’t visit Las Vegas using tax payers money.
“What’s a better place, as I say, than for them to come here,” Goodman told KLAS-TV. “And to change their mind and to go someplace else and to cancel _ and at [...]

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INTERESTING COMPARISONS
   Yesterday: Jan 20- 2009:

1. Outgoing President George W. Bush quietly boards his helicopter and [...]

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Times are changing, things are out of control, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change
 
At the end of this note is a quote of the month by Jay Leno. If you don’t read anything else, please
read what he said.

Very well stated, Mr. Leno.

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO [...]

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By Selena Roberts and David Epstein

In 2003, when he won the American League home run title and the AL Most Valuable Player award as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids, four sources have independently told Sports Illustrated.
Rodriguez’s name appears on a list of 104 players who tested [...]

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ABORTIONS ARE FUN!

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In a shocking revelation, Premiership footballers are getting suspended intentionally by referees so they can take vacations.
The News of the World has revealed this weekend how Premiership “prima donnas” as they refer to them as are getting booked on purpose to miss matches and skive off.  The headline reads “Soccer Cheat Scandal“.
The astonishing betrayal of [...]

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Stretch Face Pelosi is an Idiot and Obama has No
Balls!  If he did, IF he was the leader that the media hyped before the election, WHY did he turn the entire bill over to Stretch Face Pelosi, and Harry the “Body” Reed to do all the work for him.  I’ll tell you why!  Because this [...]

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B.O. AND CONGRESSIONAL LEFT-WING MARXISTS DON’T CARE IF AMERICA BECOMES ANOTHER CUBA, AS LONG AS THEY ARE THE CASTRO:
1. $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
2. $380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program
3. $300 million for [...]

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 BOB RAISES HIS BLOOD PRESSURE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO!!

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WTF IS IT WITH YOU?

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RUSH LIMBAUGH & BARACK OBAMA

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ECONOMIC STIMULAS PLAN??

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That all important Cardinals vs. Steelers Super Bowl line had some value for anyone looking to place a bet on the Pittsburgh Steelers.  As a -6 ½ favorite at Bookmaker.com, a touchdown win by the Steelers would mean a winning bet as opposed by a “push” (no win, no lose) available at most online sportsbooks [...]

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Another alleged ponzi scheme has wiped people out of millions and this one reportedly has ties to gambling.
According to Jonathan Dienst of MSNBC, Nicholas “Nick” Cosmo is the founding president of Agape World Investments, and late Monday afternoon, a warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Friday, Cosmo received a police escort from the office after [...]

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It has been a very entertaining NFL season, and the day isn’t over yet which means we may get to see Norv Turner grimacing another 50 times in high definition (though I hope the Chargers end up winning).
Other than the Broncos and Chargers, the playoffs are set. The bad news from a ratings perspective [...]

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This year, 1,681 people have been charged with illegal gambling over the Internet in South Korea compared to just 248 this year.  The rationale behind this:  In a struggling economy desperate people will be looking for those big wins.
Sometimes they get lucky.  Just look at the number of online poker millionaires the industry churned out [...]

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This Navy vs. Wake Forest EagleBank Bowl betting preview is courtesy of Bookmaker where College Football Bowl Game Betting includes special Bowl Bonuses :
The Bookmaker Opening Line: Wake Forest -  3 ,  Total  41.5
The college football bowl season begins on Saturday morning with a regular season rematch as Navy takes on Wake Forest.  The teams [...]

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The 2009 Allstate BCS National Championship Game
Monday, January 08, 2009 - 7:00 PM
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
One game, one opportunity to step into gridiron greatness. For the top two schools in the country, [...]

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Glenn Haussman of Hotel Interactive spells it out:
“For the first time ever, the casino gaming industry is discovering they’re subject to the same immutable laws as the rest of the hotel business. In what was widely proclaimed to be a recession-proof industry, casino gaming executives are suffering through a wake-up call of billion dollar proportions.”
The [...]

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Did disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich really work as a bookie?  That’s what one informant is telling authorities.
A man who was once a mafia attorney and then became a federal informant claims that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich paid the mob to run a bookmaking operation in Chicago’s North Side, according to a Fox News report.
Robert Cooley, a [...]

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