2008 March 23 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

PORTSMOUTH Patrick Fleming of Portsmouth has been named the New Hampshire state director for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C. In this role, Fleming will be responsible…

Washington, March 23 : A leading scientist has challenged the long-held notion that poker is a game of luck, where instruction and strategy are immaterial - by showing that the card game is based on pure skill.

When armed bandits robbed a dozen poker players of more than $10,000 at a country club near Dover last month, most of the victims had ties to the Delaware harness racing industry, The News Journal has learned.

Brian Garvin and Jeff West have officially assumed ownership of Poker Stars Direct, which sells poker supplies all over the world. (PRWeb Mar 23, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb795084.htm

The controversial Massachusetts bill that would allow three resort-style casinos while criminalizing online gambling was defeated by a House vote of 106-48 on Thursday. Defeating the proposed bill by Governor Deval Patrick had become…