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In landmark ruling for the case for poker being a skill-based game, a New Zealand court has ruled that .net advertisements are not promotions for gambling operators, and that poker tournaments themselves are not gambling but a form of competition.

The Department of Internal Affairs recently brought charges under the Gambling Act 2003 against TVWorks Limited (which owns the television stations TV3 and C4). The DIA claimed that a number of advertisements for PokerStars.net (the play-for-free site) promoted an overseas gambling operator (PokerStars.com or PokerStars or APPT) or alternatively that the advertisements were likely to induce New Zealanders to gamble overseas.

In the first case of its kind, his Honor Justice David J Harvey has dismissed all of the charges.

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California led the way with the introduction of the issue of intrastate online gaming in 2008, but New Jersey not only began its own examination of the issue in January of 2010 but took it to committee by June and seeks to move it forward at just as quick a pace. The topic of intrastate online gaming is a somewhat controversial one, especially in states where Indian gaming claims it interferes with pacts but also as a topic that tends to divide progressive and conservative politicians. But the revenue that could be gained from such an endeavor has spurred the movement by several states to push the envelope, and New Jersey might be leading the way on it.The process began when State Senator Raymond Lesniak introduced S.B.
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Poker2Nite’s season finale took place on the Versus network last night, with the usual team of Scott Huff, Joe Sebok, and Dana Workman sharing the hosting chores.  It meant that there was just one more challenger in the season-long On The Clock competition to try and wrest the title from Trishelle Cannatella, who was poised backstage to claim the trophy.  And from whom would that challenge come?  None other than Amazing Race contestant and 2007 WSOP Main Event Last Woman Standing Maria Ho.  In
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If you make the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event the state of your personal circumstances will instantly skyrocket. After all, you’re guaranteed $1m and that, right there, has a major impact. Win the bracelet, or finish high enough to gain notoriety, and it’s a life-changing feat. Here is how four World Series neophytes were transformed by just one big game of Texas Hold’em.Chris Moneymaker, 2003 world champion – won $2,500,000The first thing that happened after I won was that I got a million phone calls from friends and relatives. Most of them wanted to borrow money. I pretty much ignored those people. But my dad had half of me, so I gave him his cut right away. Then, s
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The French parliament has approved a bill to regulate and legalize online gambling, including online poker. The new law is expected to come into force next year, and up to 100 operators are expected to apply for licenses. In an unexpected twist, an amendment was added to the bill which stipulated that any company wishing to apply for a license must close their current French player accounts for six months before they can be licensed. Another amendment means that only those online gambling operators that do not have subsidiaries or operations in tax havens (such as Gibraltar) can be considered for a license.
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Doyle Brunson in the thick of things at the World Series of Poker Europe.The first day of the main event at the World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair drew some of the game’s greatest players Saturday, including one living legend. At 76-years old, Doyle Brunson has seen poker grow from the illegal backroom games in Texas into a worldwide phenomenon. However, the first ever two-time WSOP Main Event champion says the game itself really isn’t that much different. “Essentially it hasn’t changed,” Brunson told PokerListings. “What people don’t understand is that the players that you’re playing against dictate the way you play.
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The case that began in June of 2009 looks as if it may go unresolved for years. When more than $30 million in online poker funds were seized in June 2009 by the Southern District Court of New York on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, there were holes in the case, as warrants were not presented in all cases and the banks that forfeited the money were not well-informed. However, with one of the payment processors affected being recently denied its claim to $13 million of that money, the ongoing Rennick case may deter any reimbursement for up to several years.The funds were originally seized from banks like Wells Fargo and Alliance Bank in an attempt to put a stop to payment processors who were transferring money on behalf of online poker players to and from online poker sites.
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If lawmakers won’t do it, masses of their constituents will. Some in Massachusetts know how the political system works and have launched an initiative to garner support for the regulation and taxation of internet poker in Massachusetts. The group of activists is reportedly led by Randall Castonguay, a 41-year old resident of the state who also holds the position of Massachusetts state director of the Poker Players Alliance.The plan is to obtain enough signatures to secure a spot on the 2010 ballot for online poker legislation, which will require 66,593 unique names on the petition that must be submitted by December 7, 2009. S
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