Online poker room Iron Duke Poker (Merge Gaming Network) has announced that they have signed their first professional poker player, Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh. Jennifer who is known as an avid online and live poker player, World of Warcraft fanatic and most importantly Playboy model is very excited about joining the poker room and feels it’s a site she can grow with.

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After last years World Series of Poker Europe debacle of playing the events in three different casinos, the WSOPE has made a brilliant and obvious decision to host all events at the Empire casino. The Empire Casino is located in Leicester Square and will be the exclusive host of the WSOP Europe.

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Another project in Las Vegas is under financial burdens as Boyd Gaming ordered the construction of Echelon to stop. The $4.8 billion dollar project is having major issues securing the finances for the 300,00 square feet of real estate and the two boutique hotels that are associated with the projection. Boyd believes construction will resume within 9-12 months.

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Once again, there is a court in the United States hearing the Skill vs. Luck debate when it comes to poker. In a well documented case in which this argument was presented Doyle Brunson testified to the fact that poker was not a game of luck such as Blackjack or Roulette. In that case in [...]

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After a television expose on an Arizona television station about the toxic level of lead in casino chips, followed by an outcry from the health and safety citizen’s group, the California government got involved and have officially banned all lead based casino and poker chips in all 21 California casinos.

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Forbes.com stated in an article that the USA government has seized $24 million in the past six months from bank accounts that were used to fund operations and make payments to US-based customers of Bodog. The most recent seizure came after Federal Officials caught a break when one of their undercover staff members got a pay out check from Bodog was honored. Thus establishing a link between Bodog and the account at Nevada State Bank. This link led to a seizure of just shy $10,000,000 USD.

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