Australia Could Ban Sports Betting Ads
A political group in Australia is pushing a bill to place a ban on all sports betting ads.
According to Huffington Post Australia, Australian Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale said Friday that his party wants to treat the ads just like the ones for cigarettes.
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Phil Ivey's £7.8m Appeal Against Crockford's to be Heard This Week
Almost four years after Phil Ivey was refused the £7.8m he had made at the punto-banco tables of Crockford's Casino in London, he will finally get his chance to appeal 2014's court decision which ruled in favour of the Casino in his infamous "edge-sorting" case.
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Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma Close to Legal Internet Poker Site
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is getting close to launching a legal internet poker site in the state. According to a report on kgou.org, Tribal representatives met with a judge Tuesday as part of their efforts to open "PokerTribe.com".
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Doug Polk Wins $162,951 While Streaming On Twitch
Doug Polk, widely regarded as one of, if not the, top heads-up no-limit hold’em cash game players in the world, reiterated Sunday that he is a tournament wizard as well. Polk outlasted a 1,452-player $700 buy-in on PokerStars for a $162,951 payday.
The tournament, which had a $750,000 guarantee, was dubbed “Kilimanjaro,” and Polk was actually streaming his play at the final table on Twitch.
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Trueteller Wins $106k at NLHE and 8-Game
The ongoing PLO matches between cumicon and supernova9 took a break yesterday but there was still a six-figure winner as Russian pro Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov ended the day up $106.1k after success at the NLHE and 8-Game tables.
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A casino in eastern Germany was evacuated
A casino in eastern Germany was evacuated Tuesday after an employee heard mechanical noises coming from a trash can in the men’s bathroom and law enforcement quickly took it as a potential bomb. It turned out to be a vibrating penis ring.
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Dan Bilzerian, Bill Perkins Thinking Of Double-Or-Nothing Bets To Follow $1.2M Bike Ride Gamble
High-stakes gamblers Dan Bilzerian and Bill Perkins are discussing a possible follow-up prop bet to the Las Vegas-to-LA bicycle ride the former completed last week.
Perkins told Card Player in an interview that ideas for the double-or-nothing wager include rowing from England to New York City, walking coast-to-coast across America and climbing Mount Everest. Because Bilzerian completed the last wager, it would be Perkins’ turn.
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Inaugural WSOP Global Casino Championship Set for August
The World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship, which replaces the WSOP National Championship, is set to run for the first-time ever this August at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina.
Once again there will be a gold bracelet up for grabs and a prize pool in the $1-$2 million range.
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Alabama Declares DFS Sites To Be Illegal Gambling
Alabama has joined the likes of Nevada and New York in determining that daily fantasy sports sites run afoul of state gambling laws, though the Yellowhammer State has considered legislation that would change that.
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Dani "supernova9" Stern Up $191k at PLO since Yesterday
Online highstakes veteran Dani "supernova9" Stern has done well over the past couple of days at PokerStars $100/$200 PLO tables, winning over $191k from a series of early morning heads-up matches against fellow PLO specialist cumicon.
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