2006 February 07 Poker News, Events and Happenings
A poker attendant accused of stealing $1,098 from his employer to play poker has entered a guilty plea on Rota. Ricky Salibad Luis, 33, pleaded guilty to theft during a change of plea hearing in the Superior Court on Rota.
North Dakota state representative Jim Kasper is an ardent proponent of bringing online poker to his state. Being illegal under U.S. law, all online poker rooms are currently based offshore, despite the fact that most of the poker player pool resides in North America. Kasper has been spearheading a movement to make online poker legally based in North Dakota, championing the idea that the tax revenues gained would benefit state programs immensely. Although Kasper had succeeded in getting a bill passed by the state house of representatives, it failed in the senate last year.
The parent company of the World Poker Tour has enlisted Thomas Weisel Partners LLC to explore options, including a sale or merger, to help the company grow.
WPT Enterprises, Inc., creator of the popular World Poker Tour television show, said Tuesday that it has hired a financial advisor, Thomas Weisel …
An Internet poker advocate expects to decide soon whether to campaign for an initiative to license the game in North Dakota, although he says the idea’s prospects are dim at present.”At this point in time, there’s nothing, and very soon, I’ve got to say the door is closed, and not go any further,” said state Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo. “An initiated measure, you need to do a bunch of things to make sure you have an initiated measure, like get signatures.”During the 2005 Legislature, Kasper sponsor
Did Doyle Brunson give his long-time pal and poker crony Lyle Berman an illegal helping hand last year? Brunson’s much-ballyhooed offer to buy the World Poker Tour for more than twice it’s market value sent the stock up 66% on the day, but was that offer genuine? The SEC clearly doesn’t think so…
Paddy Power, the Irish online gaming and poker site, recently announce that the qualifying events have gotten underway for the Irish Open. A longstanding poker tournament in Europe, the Irish Open will be celebrating 25 years in the running, and for the celebration the Irish Open is going to hold the first event on Irish soil with a prize pool of 1 million.
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