2008 March 17 Poker News, Events and Happenings

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A decision by an agency within Sweden’s Prosecution Authority has been made to halt prosecutions against Swedish media companies who accept advertising from Internet gambling services. The new court order, issued by UC Malmö…

Professional poker player Todd Brunson hosted the Leo Brien Foundation no-limit Texas hold’em charity poker tournament in the Bay Area last weekend, with fellow professional poker players beefing up fundraising efforts for Camp Okizu, a retreat for children with cancer.

Poker Academy signed a pan-European licensing deal with Anuman Interactive, a French publisher of games, as part of the poker software developer’s mission to improve the poker skills of Texas Holdem players around the world.

The mystique and intrigue that will forever surround the legendary story of Archie "The Greek" Karas includes the sky-high stakes for which Karas played dice at Binion’s Horseshoe. These were the highest limits in the world then…

The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), the group formed at Harvard Law School to promote poker as an educational tool, is co-sponsoring a rally Tuesday at the Statehouse with the Massachusetts chapter of the Poker Players Alliance to protest the criminalization of poker in Governor Deval Patrick’s gaming bill.

Candywriter announced the immediate availability of Imagine Poker 3.2 on Monday. The updated version of the offline Texas Hold ‘Em poker game added Sherlock Holmes as a new character to play against. …