“According to the Swedish gaming board Lotteriinspektionen, the illegal poker playing in the country is getting out of hand. The institution is now pledging to police to be tougher on underground poker clubs.
In Sweden, the government owned company Svenska Spel has a monopoly when it comes to providing poker games, both live and online. Despite this, there are a number of illegal poker clubs available, and many of them openly advertise their business on the internet.
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It’s a full house in Chorley as poker fever takes over the town.
The town’s newest club has opened in a garage and is now struggling to cope with spiralling demand.
Interest has boomed since Chorley poker pro, Jonathan Kalmar, won $1.25m at the World Championships in Las Vegas earlier this year.
Fan David McDermott was bitten by the bug and converted his garage into a fully loaded poker den in September last year when he wife bought him a poker table for his 50th birthday.
But since then interest in his poker games has really taken off.
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“One of the remaining two people charged in connection with allegedly illegal poker games last fall has pleaded guilty to one charge of being found in a gaming house.
However, 40-year-old Bradley Sean Anderson has been given an absolute discharge and will not have a criminal record as a result of the plea he entered in provincial court here Tuesday afternoon.
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Hemant Bhatt, president, Cyber Cafe Association in Ahmedabad said,”There is a new trend of playing on-line games in the city, with an increasing number of youngsters getting hooked onto these games.” Teen Patti – an Indian version of Poker, also known as Flush, has many takers amongst on-line gamblers in Ahmedabad.”The game’s name in itself is catchy, targeted mainly for the urban fast moving generation, and the games are built in the same fashion as traditional card games. That is one reason we got addicted to it,” said Dharam Seth, an on-line gambler from the city.“After getting hooked onto the website, I asked my friends to join me. We are in constant touch with each other while playing games, using parallel chat services where we discuss our moves and bets,” adds Sheth.
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“Brett Parise, a 22-year-old university student from Indiana USA, won the first event of the inaugural PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in Manila late Sunday, collecting first prize of $179,775 and a seat in December’s grand final in Sydney Australia.
Parise bested a field of more than 250 players at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila, Philippines, to take home one of the biggest tournament prizes ever awarded in Asian poker.
More than 200 players from 30 countries had started the three day event.”
Poker Pages (08/27/07)
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“The company’s new profits come from gambling and gaming websites, including poker and slot machine games, and multiplayer online games without a cash gambling element.
Gigamedia’s revenues surged 88 per cent year on year to reach $40m in the second quarter. The company’s profits more than doubled to reach $10m during the quarter.
“Growth was driven by increases in real money players on Everest Poker,” said Gigamedia president Thomas Hui.
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“Ray Rahme finished third at the recent World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, pocketing himself a cool $3.1-million (R22.7-million).
The Times caught up with Rahme and he revealed what he plans to do with his millions.”
The Times (08/20/07)
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“TEXAS HOLD’EM, one of the scores of variations on poker, is today the most popular form of the card game in the world. It’s played everywhere, from the neon-streaked sands of Las Vegas to the back bar of the Jubilee Hotel in uptown BrisVegas. Across Australia, some 500,000 people fight it out in venues each week: bowls clubs, footy clubs, RSL clubs, worn-out pubs and mock taverns – there’s a game around every corner.
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“In an effort to continue bringing poker players worldwide localized content, Card Player Media has launched CardPlayerItalia.com. CardPlayerItalia.com was developed as an extension of Card Player Italia, the localized Italian version of Card Player magazine.
The site features complete tournament coverage from Italy and other European events, up to date news, articles and poker player profiles written by Italy’s top poker pros, including Max Pescatori and Marco Figuccia.
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“In another show of the international force that poker has become, the new Asia Pacific Poker Tour kicks off next week in the Philippines with three stops planned. The launch event begins on Aug. 23 at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila. The second event is scheduled for Sept. 27 at the Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel and Casino in Seoul, South Korea, and the tour wraps up in December with the Grand Final at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia. At least three more events are expected for 2007 and the venues will be announced later in the year.”
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