A Harvard Law School professor and a group of his students formed an organization this fall dedicated to demonstrating that poker has educational benefits.
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Concepts: Mobile/Cell phone Poker
It’s a pretty obvious idea: People like poker, and people like cell phones. All anybody would really need to pull off a slamming cell-phone poker company, then, is the starting capital and a couple of programming nerds.
No doubt, this was the logic behind Pokerroom.com’s 2005 launch of the world’s first cell-phone poker room. And, as the number of cell-phone poker providers grows, it still seems to be a notion many companies are willing to bet on.
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High-Stakes Poker Games Were Rigged, Say N.J. State Police
The tools in the swindle included tiny video cameras, earpiece radio receivers devised to be undetectable and laptop computers.
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Is Brian Townsend’s Multiaccounting Excuse Legit?
Brian Townsend is a player whose name is quite well known in the big cash game circles. He plays a lot at the “Big Game” in Bobby’s Room and has made a pretty good living taking money off of those who have sat at his tables over the years. He’s also a frequent online player too. In fact, he plays so much he thought that he needed a second account at Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars.
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Lottery winner donates $3M jackpot to church
A Long Island, N.Y., congregation was praying for pennies from heaven to help expand their church, but instead they were showered with millions.lottery, Winner Stories, New York, Scratch Games, Charity
Read more »$2.25M winning lottery ticket sold at Branchurg Quick Chek
A winning Pick 6 Lotto ticket worth $2.25 million was sold at the Quick Chek on Route 28 in the township's North Branch section.
Read more »Customer Theft The Basis Of Lawsuit Against Harrah's Casino
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. will have to pull out all of the stops to get out of their latest legal battle, they are in court because the Prairie Band Potawatomie Nation is worried that Harrah's Kansas casino will steal the tribes customers.
Read more »Slots Revenue Falls as Lottery Sales Rise
Slot machine revenues at Connecticut’s casinos have dropped just as state lottery sales are rising, two trends that may be linked by high gas prices and the region’s ailing economy.
Read more »Senate panels look into privatizing Texas Lottery
As state revenue from the Texas Lottery continues to decline, two Senate committees on Wednesday began searching for ways to boost the state's take from the games of chance -- including the possible privatization of the entire lottery operation.lottery, Texas, Financials, Government,
Read more »Lottery Adds to Prizes: Now Gas as Well as Cash
The state lottery in Florida is offering free gasoline for life as second prize, and some people are hoping they don’t get first.
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