2008 March 24 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The Poker Players Alliance announced today the launch of its new Litigation Support Network, a free member service designed to offer basic poker-related legal advice on the state and local levels. The new legal service, which has…

YONKERS - A White Plains man and a man from Hastings-on-Hudson brazenly ran an illegal poker gambling shop called “The Grinder” across the street from the Empire City Casino at the Yonkers Raceway, police charge.

March 25 - The annual University of North Carolina ‘Hold ‘em for Hunger’ poker tournament has been cancelled due to complaints by gambling opponents.

In a story of ‘increased by popular demand,’ the Venetian has added another Deep Stack Extravaganza series to its poker offerings. The most recent addition to the Venetian’s DSE lineup will run 22 consecutive days, from April…

March 24 - Furious poker players managed to get the Massachusetts House to turn down a proposed law that would have legalized gambling in the state but would have made online poker playing punishable by law.

Wendy Nutting is moving all in to try and get the state to allow home poker games. The northern Idaho woman has been named Idaho state director for the national Poker Players Alliance.

A northern Idaho woman recently named Idaho state director for the national Poker Players Alliance is betting that a lot of fellow residents agree with her that the state is wrong to ban cash games in private residences.