Sunday, April 30. 2006
Minister for Justice Michael McDowell has vowed to bring the country’s gambling clubs to their knees. For decades, Irish gambling clubs have operated in a legislative grey area because, unlike every other country in the EU, Ireland has no law specifically governing casinos.
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The popularity of Texas Hold 'Em Poker has swept right into the Sarasota Kennel Club.
On Wednesday, the Sarasota County commissioners approved a resolution allowing poker rooms to be established at the facility.
More than 40 people attended the discussion before the ...
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FORGET trivia. Poker nights are taking pubs by storm as the new way for bar flies to while away the hours.
It could be the sight of the sexy desperate housewives playing a few rounds, or the win by Australian Joe Hachem at the World Series of poker last year, which made ...
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The Greens have called for another Victorian Government review of poker
machines, saying the current one fails to address the most significant
issues.
The State Government has asked for ...
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One of Northern Ireland's leading bookmaking firms suspended betting on three Carnegie League matches on Saturday afternoon.
Sean Graham removed the Cliftonville v Armagh, Glenavon v Limavady and Larne v Portadown fixtures from their list.
"Only small bets were ...
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''Pokernomics," the title of the fifth chapter of this tantalizing tour de force on high finance and gambling, would have been a more fitting title for the entire tome.
Brown's Wall Street-specific title also suggests that he has woven an elaborate gambling-extended metaphor ...
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HERE IS MY list of the top 10 mistakes rookie players make at the poker table. If you see yourself represented here, it's time to make some changes to your game.
Bluffing too much — Most rookies have watched too many Hollywood movies and have convinced themselves that poker is all ...
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Some prefer to do it in the quiet of their own home. Crouched over the computer. Eyes glued to the screen.
The shady - and illegal - online gambling world has now been brought into the light. Carson City residents who favor the privacy of wheeling and dealing in front of the PC no ...
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Saturday, April 29. 2006
Look around any poker room today, especially in the higher limit section, and you'll definitely find a game of Omaha Hi-Lo. The game is vastly different from Seven-Card Stud or Texas Hold'em as far as strategy is concerned, as it caters to a more conservative, mathematical approach, which ...
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A BRITISH law graduate who has vanished in Australia may have gambled her air fare away two days before she was due to leave the country. Frances Embleton, 24, told her sister the day before she vanished how much she was looking forward to coming home, her father said yesterday. She ...
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A FORMER footballer who turned drug dealer to pay gambling debts was jailed for four years yesterday.
Gerry Farrell, 30, whose clubs include Dunfermline, Airdrie and Partick Thistle, was threatened with a bullet ...
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About a month ago, I wrote a column about efforts in Congress to ban Internet gambling. There are lots of specific problems about those bills. But the broader issue is troubling, too: Why does our government insist on policing our personal lives for bad habits?
Because ...
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The Ministry of Finance is drafting for government consideration an ordinance on lottery, betting rules for sports and entertainment activities, reports Vietnam News Agency.
Regulations on betting will be applicable to Vietnamese citizens within Vietnam’s area or Vietnamese ...
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LONDON -- Online gaming companies, led by giant PartyGaming PLC (PRTY.LN), are expanding the traditional gaming industry they were once expected to thwart, as they attract new clients and big windfalls.
The $13 billion online gaming industry is growing at a rapid pace by attracting a ...
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In a positive not on the online gaming industry Numis has buy ratings for BetonSports, Empire Online, FireOne, NETeller and PartyGaming, an add rating for Sportingbet and a hold stance on 888 Holdings.
Among other recommendations:
Numis has a hold stance and ...
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