[Press Release] PPA Disappointed in Ruling in KY Domain Name Seizure Case (10/16/08)
By Poker Players Alliance
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Legal
[KY] Attorneys fight against Ky. Web gambling lawsuit - Associated Press (10/07/08)
By Joe Biesk, Associated Press
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
excerpt:
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Lawyers from around the country packed a Franklin County courtroom Tuesday asking a local circuit judge to dismiss Kentucky’s attempt at blocking residents’ access to numerous online gambling Web sites.
[MO] Charitable poker dances at law's edge - The Kansas City Star (10/06/08)
By Rick Alm, The Kansas City Star
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
excerpt:
Texas Hold ‘Em charity poker tournaments have been proliferating for years at the fringe of state gambling laws.
The latest manifestation is scheduled for Saturday night[10-11] in Kansas City and aims to raise money for a very good cause — the area YouthFriends[vf] mentoring program.
[NC] Yadkin Road poker bust nets 40 people, $21,000 - The Fayetteville Observer (10/06/08)
By Nancy McCleary, The Fayetteville Observer
Monday, October 6th, 2008
excerpt:
Police seized $21,000, drugs and weapons when they raided an illegal poker game in a building off Yadkin Road on Friday.
Misdemeanor citations were issued to 40 people, many of them identified as Fort Bragg soldiers, said Lt. Chris Davis of the Fayetteville Police Department.
[NC] Poker Bust in Fayetteville - Triangle Poker Journal Blog (10/03/08)
By Triangle Poker Journal Blog
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Hello fellow poker players, I have news of the latest bust! I was at a game in Fayetteville last night on Yadkin Road otherwise known as Yadkin poker house and we we’re raided at about 10pm. There about 50 to 60 people there playing a “freeroll Friday tourney” and they shut it down, arrested everyone, and confiscated everything including our money in our pockets which was not even on the table.
[TX] Texas law says no dice to charitable poker - Stephenville Empire-Tribune (10/03/08)
By Amanda Kimble, Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Monday, October 6th, 2008
excerpt:
All bets are off.
That was the news organizers of Erath County United Way’s benefit poker tournament received just days before the charitable game was set to get rolling.
[KY] Bluegrass Institute calls emergency summit on infringement of Internet freedom - BlueGrass Institute (10/03/08)
By BlueGrass Institute
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
[INTL] CAP releases statement on ASOP tournament raid - PokerListings (10/03/08)
By Arthur Crowson, PokerListings.com
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
excerpt:
Late last month in Barcelona, Spanish undercover police raided an event held by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com (CAP) called the Affiliate Series of Poker (ASOP). Now, roughly a week after the incident occurred, CAP has issued an official statement on the raid.
[CO] DA cleared to prosecute poker cases - The Pueblo Chieftain (10/03/08)
By Patrick Malone, The Pueblo Chieftain
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
excerpt:
Despite allegations that its top brass had ties to the local poker scene, the district attorney’s office in Pueblo will not be disqualified from prosecuting a handful of defendants accused of participating in illegal card games.
[INTL] Dutch Professor Challenges Poker's Chance Classification with Formula - PokerPages (10/03/08)
By PokerPages
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
excerpt:
This past Friday, Professor Ben van der Genugten, an expert in probability and mathematical statistics, challenged the Dutch Supreme Court’s classification of poker as a game of chance, citing how a formula he co-developed and is used by the courts pegs poker at a higher skill level than most fantasy sports, which the court rules are a game of skill. Because of this inconsistency, the Professor is calling for the court to revoke the classification of poker as a game of chance.
