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Bodog has become the latest casualty of Spain’s imminent online regulated gaming market, and has been ordered to withdraw its business from the country. Consequently, Bodog has now sent an e-mail to its affected players, explaining:

“We would like to inform you that due to recent regulatory changes, we are no longer able to offer our betting or wagering services to residents of Spain or Spanish territories. Your account will be disabled on the 31st of March 2012 and as of today; you are no longer able to make any further deposits to your account.”


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The 29-year-old faced a sentence of 75 years in a US federal prison but in 2010, while languishing in a New York jail, Tzvetkoff struck a secret deal with prosecutors and has become a star informant for the US government in its bid to prosecute the kingpins of three of the world's largest online gambling companies: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker.

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Have you been playing in the Black Diamond Poker Open? Why not? Satellites start at just $1 and with the Championship Series in full swing, you've still got the chance to get your share of up to $600,000, guaranteed! Let's take a look at the latest winners in the Championship Series and how much money they've walked away with, shall we?

Adam G won $1856.83 for winning Championship Series Event #5, the $5,000 guaranteed no limit hold 'em tournament. Championship Series Event #6 was a $10,000 guaranteed turbo rebuy event and the prize pool nearly doubled, ensuring that Alex C won $3683.05. Championship Series Event $7, the $10,000 guaranteed pot limit hold 'em event earned Brandon V a very tidy $2300 for his win while Keith R took down Championship Series Event #8, a $5,000 guaranteed 3X shootout six-max turbo tournament, earning $1706.34.

Coming up tonight is the Championship Series Event #9, a $2,000 guaranteed Stud tournament starting at 8pm(ET), and if you want to play a bit later, Championship Series Event #10, a $10,000 guaranteed hyper turbo tournament is kicking off at 10pm (ET). There are two more Championship Series events on Saturday night: #11 is a $15,000 guaranteed no limit hold 'em event starting at 8pm (ET) and #12 features a $30,000 guaranteed NLHE that will see a lot of action, starting at 10pm(ET).

With a variety of events aimed at every online poker player and satellites that start at just $1, it's easy to see why so many think the Black Diamond Poker Open is the best bet for players no matter how big their bankroll!


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In March, the Iowa state senate voted 29-20 to approve Senate File 2275, legislation to create an online poker network. Before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said he thought the bill would face stiffer opposition in the Republican-controlled House, an opinion shared by House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha.

This makes it clear that action is needed from Iowa’s poker players. If you’d like to see this bill passed, call your state senator and congressmen (numbers can be found at theppa.org).


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The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., hosted the World Poker Tour's inaugural Lucky Hearts Poker Open in mid-February. Instead of being shown on TV, the final table was streamed online with a 30-minute delay, and commentary for the event was my responsibility -- giving me a convenient professional excuse to be out of town on the sentimentally precarious corporate holiday known as Valentine's Day. It's always great to be able to simultaneously avoid and fulfill responsibility.


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When the Department of Justice seized the domains of major poker sites last year, it dramatically changed the poker landscape. Minnesota poker professional Jason Senti, best known for his seventh-place finish in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event, was affected by Black Friday for sure.

Senti didn’t play much online between the time he made the main-event final table and March 2011. He planned to get back to grinding lots of online poker from March until the beginning of the 2011 WSOP, where he planned to play about 30 tournaments. In fact, he did play 5-10 hours a day five days a week for the month leading up to April 15.


Read More:Featured column :: Poker pro Jason Senti making the most of situation

Have you been playing in the Black Diamond Poker Open? Why not?


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With the ever growing popularity of tablets and mobile devices, bwin the online gambling operator has announced that its has launched a new real-money poker app specifically designed for the Apple iPad tablet computer.

Bwin.Party revealed that the new iPad Poker client is based on the mobile interface for the iPhone and Android apps it introduced last year and is available to download from the Apple iTunes Store.


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A popular California newspaper has published an op-ed piece that comes out against any proposals by the state’s political or business factions to bring online poker to the state.

In an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, writer James B. Butler pens an op-ed entitled, “Worth A Gamble? Legislation Is Losing Bet For State.” He opens his opinion piece by saying, “Why would the state Legislature pass a bill that would increase the rate of crime, unemployment, welfare, homelessness, bankruptcies and suicide? The short answer: It is what the very rich and powerful gambling interests want them to do.”

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With several states at least considering the option of intrastate online poker and the federal government still seemingly entertaining the idea of licensing and regulating the industry, the state of Utah has decided to head in the other direction.

Earlier this last week, Governor Gary Herbert signed into law a bill that makes online poker illegal in the Beehive State. The bill, titled HB108, was passed earlier this month by the Utah House by a 62-10 vote and sailed through the Senate unanimously. In enacting this new legislation, Gov. Herbert has made Utah the ninth state to officially have a law on the books that outlaws online poker and gaming, making it a misdemeanor crime under its statutes (it was considered to make it a felony). Additionally, the language of the bill has far reaching effects that will impact citizens of the state in the future.

Read More: Utah Becomes First State To Opt Out Of Any Federal Online Poker Regulations

After four years of shedding sweat on the field, former UB football player Travell Thomas put down his jersey and walked away from the game. He traded his helmet and pads for a different type of competitive sport – one with significantly less contact, but an equal amount of excitement: poker.

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Hello,

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Wow that will be a nice movie....

So he turn down his anger of 4 years and do this activity...

Hi,

I work for a production company in Los Angeles, California and I am doing research on poker/casino games. I need to know the answers to these questions:

1.) About how many physical poker tables are there in America/ north America?
2.) How many casino games utilize a "dealer button"?

Any answers/sources to these questions are greatly appreciated, thanks!!

Utah has earned the title as the first state in history to pass laws which makes it illegal for residents to play poker online. The bill, which is titled HB108, was signed into law by Governor Gary Herbert after it passed through the House by an overwhelming vote in its favor.

Utah’s dubious claim to fame as the first state to pass this type of law comes in response to a trend by other states to shift the other way and ready themselves for changes in online poker laws on a federal level, which will allow them to offer intrastate online poker. Utah, which is one of two states which doesn’t allow gambling of any kind, decided to end any dilemma which lawmakers might have in the future if and when federal laws change and simply passed a law making it a misdemeanor to play online poker and casino games.

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Italy's online poker industry is the biggest in the entire European Union now that it has passed the United Kingdom in statistical terms, according to figures published by leading gaming data specialist H2 Capital.

Italy Online Poker Leader

Italy was one of the first major European countries to officially legalize and regulate online poker, casino and slots, although it initially only allowed tournament poker. However, in July 2011 the country introduced laws which allow Italians to play real-money poker online for the first time.


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The ever increasing poker team at Bet24 now sees four new faces added in to the mix. The addition of Paul Foltyn, Michael Schuerpf, Stjepan Jokic, and Mads Åmot brings the team’s total up to 20, just four from its goal.

Read More: Four More Added to Bet24 Poker Pro Team - European Poker News

As a professional poker player with career winnings of $3.5 million, Phil Gordon usually is the guy making big bets. But the 41-year-old Gordon — a computer scientist and former Netsys exec — just had some folks make a nice-sized gamble on him.

Gordon’s new company, Newport, Washington-based Jawfish Games, recently landed $885,000 in seed capital from Right Side Capital and other angel investors, GeekWire has learned.


Read More: Poker pro Phil Gordon lands cash for online gaming tourneys, nabs former Zynga and Netscape execs - GeekWire

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