Entries from January 2008

Would Obama revoke UIGEA? Don’t bet on it!

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The general media doesn’t pay much attention to how a candidate feels regarding the plight of poker players. Now that Nevada is having a caucus, gambling and the gaming industry are getting a little more mic time from the candidates, especially from Obama and Clinton! Obama has long been an opponent of the [...]

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Why Everyone Should Worry about UIGEA

January 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

FoxNews.com has an excellent article, Internet Gambling Ban: Why You Should Oppose It, explaining why its not just us poker players and gamblers (punters if you prefer) that should be worried about this legislation. The enforcement of this law will require an unprecedented amount of power to be given to industry and the government [...]

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