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By Shari Geller
The seemingly endless process of bringing legal and regulated online poker to the U.S. encountered a significant setback today when the District of Columbia Council voted to repeal the city’s controversial Internet gambling law.
Last year, Internet gambling was added to the city’s existing 2009 lottery contract as a “non-traditional games” option. Internet gambling was subsequently legalized in the district through first-in-the-nation language added to a 2010 spending bill, making DC the first to have a law legalizing online poker on the books.
By Shari Geller
The World Series of Poker released its schedule for 2012 and it has the most events and widest range of buy-ins of any WSOP to date. The 2012 WSOP schedule features 61 WSOP bracelet events running from May 27 through July 16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. From the $500 Casino Employees’ event to the exclusive $1,000,000 buy-in tourney, the WSOP has something for every bankroll and every player.
New events for this year include the first-ever $1,500 NLHE re-entry event (Event 9) where players eliminated on the first day of play may re-enter the following day. Another new event is the $5,000 Mix-Max (Event 6) which debuted at the 2011 WSOP Europe and gave Michael Mizrachi his second WSOP bracelet. This summer, the Mix-Max will play nine-handed on Day 1, six-handed on Day 2 and heads-up from that point on.
By Shari Geller
The president of M Resort, Anthony Marnell III, recently joined Sheldon Adelson, Chairman of the Sands Corporation, in announcing his opposition to the legalization and regulation of online poker in the United States. In a time when the efforts towards bringing online poker back to the U.S. is under attack from the religious right, the morality police and skittish lawmakers, opposition from those within the gambling family comes as a heavy blow.
The interview with Marnell was conducted Nevada Newsmakers, a statewide public affairs television program, on December 13, just a few days before the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a statement reversing its earlier position that the Wire Act made online poker illegal. In the DoJ’s published opinion letter, the federal government claimed that the Wire Act did not apply to online poker.
by Shari Geller
Heartland Poker Tour announced a tour stop in the company’s home state of Minnesota. The nationally-televised poker show will film two episodes at Canterbury Park Racetrack and Card Casino in Shakopee April 20-30, 2012. The event, which could offer the largest poker tournament prize pool ever in the state, is open to the public.
Players can take a shot at life-changing money for as little as $65. The two-day main event begins April 28 and concludes on April 29 when the field is reduced to six, with qualifying rounds beginning April 20. The remaining six players will advance to HPT’s TV on site production set on April 30 where thirteen high-definition cameras will capture all of the no-limit Texas hold’em action.
By Shari Geller
According to news reports, two brothers and their cousin coming back to the U.S. from the Bahamas had their poker winnings seized by Bahamian authorities for failure to declare the money. All three pleaded guilty to charges and had to forfeit the money, but were not sentenced to any jail time and were allowed to return to the U.S.
Michael and Sean Ruane and their cousin Thomas Freeman, Jr., were attempting to return home from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure when they went through pre-clearance at the at Lynden Pindling International Airport. Asked as part of the normal screening process to declare if they were carrying cash in excess of $10,000, the brothers signed a statement denying they had that much money on them.
By Shari Geller
Fewer than two weeks after the Department of Justice issued its opinion letter establishing that the Wire Act did not make all online gambling illegal, New Jersey is again moving toward legalizing online poker in the state. Last year, the New Jersey legislature passed legislation intended to make it the first state to legalize and regulate intrastate poker, but Governor Chris Christie vetoed the bill citing a number of “significant concerns” with the legislation, including the constitutionality of the proposed law.
By Shari Geller
The Friday before Christmas, the Department of Justice unsealed a three-month-old decision on the legality of online poker under the 1961 Wire Act. The statement, dated September 20, was issued partly in response to a request by Senators Harry Reid (D-NV) and John Kyl (R-AZ) earlier this year for clarification on the applicability of the Wire Act to Internet poker. The Senators did not get the answer they were after. Instead, reversing its earlier position that the Act applied to all forms of online gambling, this new opinion states that the DoJ believes that only sports betting is prohibited under the Wire Act.
By Lou Krieger and Shari Geller
Nevada recently became the first state in the country to adopt online gaming regulations when the Nevada Gaming Commission recently passed rules to govern online poker.
These regulations were adopted unanimously in response to a mandate by the state legislature requiring the commission to adopt regulations before the end of January 2012. Nevada’s goal is to continue being the gold standard for gaming in the United States.
By Shari Geller
Two separate congressional hearings were held last week to address the legalization and regulation of online poker in the U.S. While the voices in opposition are few and far between, and the arguments in favor seemed compelling, there is still a lingering sense that Congress is in no hurry to pass legislation to bring legalized online gaming back to the States. Regardless, the fact that the issue has not be tabled but continues to have legs, gives us some hope that somewhere it the future there will be such legislation.
By Shari Geller
After more than three months' wait, we finally know the identity of the reigning World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. Germany's Pius Heinz took down the 2011 $10,000 No Limit Hold’em title, earning an $8,715,638 payday and taking home the coveted gold bracelet. He did so by outlasting 6,864 other players over ten days of play and turning his 30,000 starting chip stack to over 205 million. He went from seventh in chips when the final table began on Sunday to the top by virtue of nearly endless aggression, patience and resilience.
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