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blog.newsweek.com - 11/20/2009
High Stakes For Online Gamblers
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By Jeremy Herb Between online gambling and the countless ESPN reruns of the World Series of Poker, poker has become a mainstream "sport." More than 6,000 people paid $10,000 to enter this year's World Series main event, and gambling experts say 10 to 15 million Americans wager $100 billion ...
High stakes online and poker all over TV
sports.espn.go.com - 11/17/2009
High stakes online and poker all over TV
— sports.espn.go.com — Although the WSOP main event has finally wrapped up, the news in the poker industry has been... anything but stale. After the announcement that Jeffrey Pollack was stepping down as commissioner of the World Series of Poker, attention turned to the online poker rooms for a number of reasons. > With the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act primed to be enacted on Dec. 1, many industry insiders have been wondering what will happen to the online poker scene in the United States. Although the bill... (more) High stakes online and poker all over TV
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PTP News Hit and Run: November 20th
Part Time Poker — ... There’s a blog post over at Newsweek.com talking about the upcoming Dec. 1 deadline for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. If you’ve been following the issue, where the rules to enforce law will be implemented when the calendar turns, there’s not a whole lot new here. One interesting tidbit — the entry says neither the Federal Reserve nor the Treasury Department have said whether they plan on implementing the law by the deadline, yet. And in another mainstream spot, CNBC’s “Closing Bell” ...

Newsweek Blogging about the UIGEA Lederer: If Congress won’t undo it, we’re ready to sue!
Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — ... It took some three years, but the mainstream media finally “gets it” … if not in print, than at least online. Check out the Newsweek blog post, “High Stakes for Online Gamblers“. ...

The Door is Closing: Hoping for UIGEA Delay
Hard-Boiled Poker — ... On November 20 (last Friday), an article titled “High Stakes for Online Gamblers” popped up over on the Newsweek blog regarding the impending deadline and the recent request for a delay. The article, by Jeremy Herb, makes reference to an unnamed “Federal Reserve official” saying that a decision regarding delaying compliance had yet to be made. ...

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