2007 January 16 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Today Neteller suspended trading of its company’s shares on the London Stock Market and confirmed that two of its former company officials and founding members had been detained in the US. Neteller further stated…

Chairman of Europe’s biggest poker club convicted of contravening the Gaming Act.

The British are betting. They’re betting a lot, says Nielsen//NetRatings. Measuring British use of online applications, the analytics company credited broadband for the rise of “addictive” activities. Online poker was the application of choice. Nielsen reports that 83 percent of Britons online now use some kind of online application like MSN Messenger, or AOL Companion. This is the first …

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — The manager of a 23,000-member private card club in London was convicted today of violating Britain’s gambling laws after a jury decided poker is a game of chance, not pure skill.

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities detained two former directors and founding shareholders of NETeller Plc, the UK online money transfer firm said on Tuesday, adding it had requested the suspension…



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Another raid on a private poker game in America’s traditional South has seen 24 poker enthusiasts arrested and cited with varying gambling charges in connection to the game….

Playing with other people’s money can be a nerve wracking experience as any poker dealer can tell you, and for them, the game of poker isn’t a game at all, but a very serious job, and one that is pretty lucrative. The Sandia Resort & Casino, for example, employs nearly sixty poker dealers, who receive $50,000 to $60,000 a year. Most of that money comes from tips, however, as Sandia pays dealers $6.21 an hour…