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- Rick Fox != Russ Fox
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In a recent post I made the unfortunate mistake of calling Russ Fox, Rick Fox. As we all know Russ Fox is a noted poker author and organizer of the Escargot poker series. Rick Fox used to play [...]
- Why Supporters of the UIGEA Are Full Of It
I recently posted an letter that Focus on the Family sent out to members. Unfortunately it was so full of complete crap that in an attempt to replay to each and every issue I was not very thorough in my responses. Here are their talking points. We should make my responses the [...]
- Radley Balko’s testimony before Congress
Thanks to Wil for pointing this out. Radley Balko made an excellent presentation to Congress regarding online gambling. Below are some of my favorite quotes.
No one is hurt when two or more consenting adults sit down for a game of poker, be it online or in person. Why any of this should be [...]
- Meet Thy Enemy
Someone on 2+2 posted a link to the website for Focus on the Family who is actively campaigning against Barney Frank’s bill. Their passion and zeal should be frightening for all online poker players.
Internet Gambling Take Action
3-29-2007
by Chad Hills
In 2005, U.S. citizens illegally exported $6 billion dollars to unknown, unaccountable foreign online [...]
- Better Know A Congressman: Robert Wexler
Today Rep Robert Wexler from FL is supposed to put forth a bill offering a UIGEA carve out for games of skill such as poker. So who is Robert Wexler?
The only two things I know about the guy are:
a) His interview with Steven Colbert on the Colbert Report. Wexler was running [...]
- Neteller, Party and 888 - Let’s Make A Deal!
Some folks have been asking me to give my take on the most recent announcements to come out of the online gaming world. Okay, so here we go.
Neteller: It’s been announced that Neteller has struck a deal to give people their money back. Woohoo! As Drizz recently commented, I’m the blogging [...]
- An Answer to My Critics
Recently a few people have come out shooting at my previous post about the state of the state of online poker. The point both Dragonystic and It’s Always an Off Deuce dispute is whether or not the online poker market is larger or smaller than it was in the past.
Now, before I [...]
- Terrence Chan != Johnny Chan
I’m not going to add fuel to the fire here but I just wanted to sum it up in case anyone missed it:
Terrence Chan plays in the Playboy mansion charity tournament and makes the final three
The TD and event organizers decide that instead of paying extra rental on the mansion and for the staff that [...]
- Kyl Proves To Be A Complete Scumbag
Haley has the text of a letter Sen Kyl sent to President Bush back in March. Of note was this passage:
As we noted in our letter dated October 30 of last year, the best blocking procedures vary by the type of payment system. For instance, credit cards code their merchant accounts by type of [...]
- Another Look At Online Poker’s Numbers
Now that we’re several months into the new year I wanted to take a moment to discuss the current state of affairs in online poker.
Neteller’s Jan pullout from the US market had a pretty negative impact on the overall industry. Of six big name card rooms, peak players dropped from about 42,000 [...]
