Minnesota Poker Magazine » Online Poker http://www.mnpokermag.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:22:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Iowa to Take Another Look at Online Poker http://www.mnpokermag.com/2012/01/17/iowa-to-take-another-look-at-online-poker/ http://www.mnpokermag.com/2012/01/17/iowa-to-take-another-look-at-online-poker/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:54:31 +0000 MNPokerMag Staff http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=9443
by Brian Pempus  |  Published: Jan 17, 2012

Sen. Danielson reportedly to draft legislation

The Des Moines Register reported Tuesday that state Sen. Jeff Danielson (D-Cedar Falls) said he plans to soon draft legislation for Internet poker in Iowa. 

In December, Iowa gaming regulators published a report on the potential regulatory framework for intrastate web … READ MORE

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December 24, 2011

 The United States Department of Justice (“DoJ”) has given the online gaming community a big, big present, made public two days before Christmas. President Barack Obama’s administration has just declared, perhaps unintentionally, that almost every form of intra-state Internet gambling is legal under federal law, and so may be games played interstate … READ MORE

]]> http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/26/a-present-from-the-doj-internet-lotteries-and-poker-are-legal/feed/ 0 Department Of Justice Flip-Flops On Internet Gambling http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/23/department-of-justice-flip-flops-on-internet-gambling/ http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/23/department-of-justice-flip-flops-on-internet-gambling/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:21:22 +0000 MNPokerMag Staff http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=9030

By Nathan Vardi, Forbes Staff

On the Friday before the Christmas weekend, the Department of Justice revealed that it has changed one of its most important and long-held positions on Internet gambling, stating that the federal Wire Act of 1961 only applies to sports betting. The new position on the Wire Act marks a huge … READ MORE

]]> http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/23/department-of-justice-flip-flops-on-internet-gambling/feed/ 1 PokerStars Sets Record With $12 Million Online Event http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/21/pokerstars-sets-record-with-12-million-online-event/ http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/21/pokerstars-sets-record-with-12-million-online-event/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:09:08 +0000 MNPokerMag Staff http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=9006

Jessica Welman | December 19, 2011 – bluffmagazine.com

American poker enthusiasts just had to sit back and watch on the sidelines as PokerStars broke records on Sunday with a Sunday Million tournament that generated an astonishing $12,423,200 in prize money.  That bests the previous record set by the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) … READ MORE

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State to Adopt Regulations By February 2012

by Brian Pempus | Published: Dec 07, 2011, cardplayer.com

On Wednesday morning the Nevada Gaming Control Board said that it will send Internet poker regulatory proposalsto the Gaming Commission — as part of a process that will end with regulations being adopted by February 2012 and operator licensing … READ MORE

]]> http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/08/internet-poker-rules-on-way-to-nevada-gaming-commission/feed/ 0 Iowa Publishes Intrastate Internet Poker Report http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/04/iowa-publishes-intrastate-internet-poker-report/ http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/12/04/iowa-publishes-intrastate-internet-poker-report/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:18:27 +0000 MNPokerMag Staff http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=8702

By Rod Boshart Journal Des Moines BureauSioux City Journal | Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2011 6:15 pm

DES MOINES — A new state Racing and Gaming Commission study projects an online poker operator could make between $13 million and $60 million yearly if lawmakers choose to legalize the activity for Iowa residents.

The report also … READ MORE

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If this doesn’t infuriate online poker players, I don’t know what will. 

 If you recall, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety tried to block poker players in Minnesota from playing online back in 2009 citing the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 that prohibits certain types of betting businesses in the United States, arguing that all … READ MORE

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November 11 2011, Matthew Kredell - PokerNews.com 

Poker will get two hearings on Capitol Hill next week, first in the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Thursday and then back for another go-around in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade.

Poker Players Alliance Chairman Al D’Amato, a former Senator from New York, will

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]]> http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/11/11/senate-house-to-hold-hearings-on-internet-poker-next-week/feed/ 0 Groupe Bernard Tabie Reaches with U.S. Department of Justice http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/11/01/groupe-bernard-tabie-reaches-with-u-s-department-of-justice/ http://www.mnpokermag.com/2011/11/01/groupe-bernard-tabie-reaches-with-u-s-department-of-justice/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:42:55 +0000 MNPokerMag Staff http://www.mnpokermag.com/?p=8153

Brett Collson – November 1, 2011 – PokerNews

According to a report Tuesday by Subject:Poker, Groupe Bernard Tapie and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement that could ultimately allow for repayment of players at Full Tilt Poker.

The deal, which would allow GBT to continue its acquisition of Full Tilt

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By: Michelle Leonard, The Farmington Independent

Odds are, Jared Hubbard has one of the more unconventional jobs of anyone in his Farmington neighborhood.

He plays online poker for a living, and he plays it well. Sometimes, for a change of pace, he’ll sit in on a couple of live games. Chances are, he’ll do … READ MORE

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