2008 March 05 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

Surveillance footage shows trooper buying pillowcases for a poker game stickup.

SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - PokerTek Inc. said Wednesday it believes the allegations outlined in Lightning Poker’s announcement about its patent infringement lawsuit are without merit.

With spring break approaching, students at Syracuse University can look forward to a weeklong vacation in the tropics, or perhaps to more green felt and clay poker chips than usual. The excitement of finishing midterms can easily…

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Starting this week, it’s going to get harder for poker tournament winners to bluff the tax man. Casinos will be required to report winnings of $5,000 or more to the Internal Revenue Service, and will hand gamblers a tax form to record the payout.

PokerTek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK), the industry pioneer and worldwide leader in automated poker tables and related software, said today it believes that the allegations outlined in Lightning Poker’s announcement are without merit. PokerTek believes that its products do not violate the patent that forms the basis of the lawsuit, or that the patent is invalid, or both. PokerTek intends to vigorously …

Arguing their client was an innocent third party and that video poker machines aren’t necessarily contraband, lawyers for a New Jersey company that owns the 119 video poker machines seized during a May 2007 police raid in Blacksburg are asking the court to return them.