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Judge orders man to play poker for 6 months
Poker NewsAugust 12, 2010 A judge in America has ordered a fraudster to play poker for a living - so he can pay back his victims. Samuel McMaster Jr, a former insurance worker, stole more than £300,000 from elderly clients in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after convincing them to give him money for investments. The 59-year-old has pleaded guilty to 26 different charges, including securities fraud, and was facing 84... |
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Partygaming and Bwin to create poker monster
Poker NewsJuly 30, 2010 Partygaming and Bwin, two of the world's biggest poker companies, are to merge to form a £2billion giant that will dominate the online game for years to come. The London-based Partygaming, which owns Party Poker, and Austrian firm Bwin will have combined revenues of £571 million-a-year and will be the planet's biggest poker, casino, sports betting and bingo group. The move, which... |
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Alex Higgins: The Great Hurricane has passed
Bad BeatJuly 27, 2010 Compulsive gamblers love their own. There's nothing more reassuring, when you're lying in the gutter staring at the stars, than to realise there's someone equally hopeless right next to you doing the same thing. This blog is supposed to be about me losing money playing poker, but I've never been able to concentrate on anything for long. And so, inevitably, my thoughts this week turned... |
