2007 August 14 Poker News, Events and Happenings

(Full text of a statement. Contact details follow below.) Harvard Law Profs Backing Poker As Educational Tool In Schools, Universities SINGAPORE, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ — Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson will announce an international effort to organize “poker strategic thinking societies” at universities and secondary schools around the world that will use poker as an …

Saturday’s referendum over the legalization of table games, including poker, in Kanawha County, West Virginia, seemed to produce a narrow victory for pro-gambling forces. The narrow 33-vote victory…

A local business owner said Tuesday that the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office should raid Chuck E. Cheese restaurants if they’re going to seize the games in his bar as illegal video poker machines.

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The United States Department of Justice has filed for a two-week extension in the case brought against it by the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA). The originally hearing was slated for September 4…

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Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson will announce an international effort to organize “poker strategic thinking societies” at universities and secondary schools around the world that will use poker as an educational tool to teach everything from basic life skills to war games at military colleges.