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The historic development of the online casino industry

The concept of online casinos is very simple and straightforward. Imitating their land based predecessors they implemented programming to operate and offer all the popular casino games to gamblers online.

The world’s first online casino debuted on August 18, 1995 as ICI (Internet Casinos Inc) offering about 20 online casino games at launch. This casino has been based on the Turks & Caicos Islands in the Caribbean in order to not conflict with national gambling legislation. During the same time in the mid 90s Gaming Club Casino and Intertops debuted which both claimed to be the first ever online casino. The latter was actually the first online sports book. This operation soon became very popular due to the impeccable service and payouts they offered to players. In 1996 the Interactive Gaming Corp which was a sportsbook listed on NASDAQ launched their own online casino. This company accepted telephone wagers on sports via telephone on a line to Antigua. A practice which came to haunt several sports books as it was in breach of the wireless gambling act which forbids to accept wagers via telephone.

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Trump: A.C. casinos should sue over smoking ban

Donald Trump said Thursday that casinos in Atlantic City should sue over a smoking ban recently approved by the city council.

Trump says the ban creates a competitive disadvantage for Atlantic City gambling establishments.

According to an Associated Press story at majorwager.com:

The real estate magnate, chairman of a company that owns three casinos in Atlantic City, said he would not file his own suit but wants the Casino Association of New Jersey to stop the ban from taking effect in October.

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Chiu defeats Hansen for championship win

The World Poker Tour World Championship seemed like a sure win for Gus Hansen when he finally worked his way through the 545 entrants in the tournament to face David Chiu heads-up. But Chiu proved that anything is possible in heads-up and took the title right out from under Hansen’s nose.

Gus Hansen had entered the televised final table with a nearly $2 million chip lead over his nearest competitor. He proceeded to eliminate Jeff King, Tommy Le and Cory Carroll from the tournament before finally eliminating John Roveto as well.

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Hellmuth donates $20k to One Drop

Phil Hellmuth was recently hanging out in Las Vegas to film the “High Stakes Cash Game” installment of NBC’s Poker After Dark. There’s no word yet on how he did on the show, but he did lighten his wallet in the name of charity while there.

Joining him for the show were Tom Dwan, Allen Cunningham, Mike Baxter and Guy Lalibert. The “High Stakes” version of Poker After Dark had a buy-in of $100,000 to $250,000 with as many rebuys as players wanted, and Lalibert had pledged to give all his profits to his charity, One Drop.

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Gambling ad yanked for claiming to improve sexual prowess

A new law in England led to an advertisement in the London Times being pulled because it portrayed gambling as improving sexual prowess.

The Advertising Standards Authority pulled the advertisement for online casino Paddy Power because it linked gambling to “seduction, sexual success and enhanced attractiveness.”

According to a Reuters story:

The advert, published in the Times, featured a dwarf in a limousine flanked by two beautiful women, smoking a cigar and holding up a champagne glass. A strapline accompanying the advert said: “Who says you can’t make money being short?”

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Glossary of Poker Terms Pt. 2

Sometimes poker players seem to be speaking in a different language. Here is a list of commonly used poker slang and terminology beginning with letters C – E so you can get acquainted with what players are actually saying.

Calling Station: A calling station is a player who calls (rather than raise, bet or fold) unusually often. They are considered to be the worst type of players. “I love playing with calling stations.”

Call-me bet or Sucker bet: This is a very small bet which seems to cry out to the opponent “Call me.” It is made when a player has a very strong hand and wants to be called. “He bet $1 on the river, how could I not call?”

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Another exclusive Pacific tournament with overlay

Pacific has set us up with another great tournament with excellent added value. Note that this tournament is open to both new registrations and those that registered for the event held last Sunday:

Time: Friday April 25th at 3pm EST
Name: PTP & RBN WPC Qualifier
Buy in: 27.50

Prize Pool:
-1 WPC seat ($1050 value) for every 10 entrants. If less than 10 players enter, 1 WPC seat will still be awared to the winner.

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Poker Players Alliance reaches 1 million members

Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a poker advocacy group in the United States, said in a press release today that it has surpassed 1 million members.

The PPA also announced that it has launched a political action committee in advance of this November’s elections.

According to a pokerpages.com story:

“Reaching one million members puts the PPA on par with such political powerhouses as AARP and the National Association of Realtors, and will allow us to advocate even more effectively on behalf of our members,” said PPA Chairman Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato.

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Expect some big changes in the latest season of Poker After Dark. With multiple game structure variations being played, each episode should be epic.

In the first three seasons of PAD, each game was a six-player winner-takes-all freezeout. The latest season will include all of the following:

Double elimination heads-up battle between the 4 NBC Heads-Up Championship winners. Chris Ferguson, Paul Wasicka, Ted Forrest and Phil Hellmuth will each put up $50,000; winner takes all.Two weeks of $200/$400 cash play. Week 1 players: Howard Lederer, Dee Tiller, Gabe Kaplan, Patrik Antonius, Doyle Brunson and Eli Elezra. Week 2 players: Guy Lalibert, Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Allen Cunningham, Mike Baxter and Antonio Esfandiari.Online qualifier Paul Featherstone will play against five of his favorite players, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Gavin Smith and Mike Sexton.Mike Matusow, with a PAD record of 0-8, will have two six-player freezeout matches to try and break his streak. His first try will be against David Williams, Phil Hellmuth, Gavin Smith, Clonie Gowen and Phil Laak, all former PAD winners.Mike’s second try will see him face David Williams, Andy Black, Lee Watkinson, Dewey Tomko and Allen Cunningham, all of whom have made the final table at WSOP Main Events since 2001 but have not captured the title.The “Brilliant Minds” match featuring Bill Chen, Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Brandon Adams, Jimmy Warren and David Sklansky, all of whom are viewed as some of the game’s best mathematicians.”The Mayfair Club” will bring together players who were regulars at the legendary underground New York club: Dan Harrington, Mickey Appleman, Jay Heimowitz and Steve Zolotow, along with Mike Shichtman, the manager of the club during its heyday.Finally there will be a “Nets vs. Vets” event. Three successful online players will team up against veteran pros and world champions. The online players are Tom “durrrr” Dwan, Brian “sbrugby” Townsend and Andrew “good2cu” Robl. They will compete against Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Huck Seed.

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Brunson issues golf challenge to Antonius

What started out as an innocent challenge from Patrik Antonius in an interview may be turning into a full-blown rivalry as Doyle Brunson has issued a challenge of his own to the young pro.

With the possibility of the two going heads-up for any stakes in any poker variation sometime in the near future, Doyle Brunson has added another game to the mix by challenging Patrik Antonius to a golf game as well.

Brunson issued the latest challenge through his blog after hearing what Antonius has been saying about their possible heads-up match. Brunson said he’s been asked during interviews and by friends about the match but has tried to stay noncommittal about it.

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