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The case against 8 year old Aashish Nanak from Chandigarh who won 22,912,500.38 Indian Rupees, (that’s a life changing $500,000 dollars!) playing an online poker game, started today in New Delhi. Lawyers acting for the Nanak family are battling to secure the money that would allow the family of twelve to move out of their slum dwelling into a new home and a new life. Aashish’s mother Mrs Nanak said “Aash has always loved the internet and computers he started his own web pages when he was only four years old, he is a very clever boy” Aashish has been …

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA welcomed a six month delay in implementing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) regulations this week.  The deadline for the enforcement of the UIGEA has been extended by the Federal Reserve and Department of Treaasury for a further six months, until June 1, 2010. The delay is due to the PPA’s petition in association with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the American Greyhound Track Operators Association. The petition for extension was made to enable legal and financial bodies to assess and clarify the UIGEA’s definitions and to develop policies and legislation to ensure compliance. …

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Could you be the Purple Lounge Champion? To celebrate the Olympics we are offering prizes of over $200K in the month of August to our top performing players. There are 5 events to take part in with prizes for participants in each, win all of them and we will also give you 5 times your winnings, meaning you will walk away with $150K! 100 Metres – A short sprint, play fast to earn the most number of poker VIP points in one day. The winners will receive the following: Gold – $2500 Silver -$1000 Bronze – $500 Relay – We …

The “Organized Crime Section Gambling Unit” of the Toronto Police Service conducted a wave of raids aimed at the private poker games taking place in Toronto with the arrest of almost 50 people. The raids took place on 18th July at four suspected gaming houses. Three of them were business locations while and the other was a sports bar and restaurant name “Garden of Eden”. All four holdings were registered as business outlets and not private residences. The authorities confirmed that three raids were conducted in Toronto itself and the fourth took place in the city of Pickering, Ontario. 9 …

After making it big as an actor in network TV show ‘EastEnders’, Michael Greco has now turned professional gambler. Winning a prestigious leg of a British poker tournament, Greco walked away with more than $100,000. This was witnessed at the third round of popular British tournament the ‘Grosvenor Poker Tour’ held in Cardiff. This was an event of 4 days with over 300 big names. BBC’s ‘Beppe di Marco’ is reportedly very happy with his win. After starting his career with a minor win at Albert Square, Greco has since worked on his skills, finally getting the big prize at …

In a major motion picture release, Nicolas Cage will star as Amarillo Slim, widely believed to be one of the best poker players who ever lived, on the big screen. Currently characterized as being ‘in production’ by IMDB US, it is unclear as to when poker fans will get this treat. It is however, expected to be sometime in 2009. Aptly called ‘Amarillo Slim’, this movie written by Christopher Wilkinson focuses on the life of the legendary gambler Amarillo Slim. It is an adaptation of “Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler …

From UltimateBet Poker – UltimateBet is guaranteeing to pay out at least 50 Main Event prize packages on June 21st in our appropriately named 50-Seat Guaranteed Tournament. Each package includes a $10,000 World Series of Poker: Main Event seat and $2,000 for travel and accommodations. For those keeping score, that’s at least $600,000 in Main Event prize packages. Our 50-Seat Guarantee gets underway on Saturday, June 21st at 5:30pm ET and there are a number of ways to secure your spot in the online poker tournament: • Buy in directly for $500+30 • Enter a daily qualifier to secure your …

Gambling has always had a certain amount of taboo surrounding the subject, with the word evoking images of seedy backroom, smoky underground poker games and illegal behaviour. Through more acceptable forms of gambling, and acceptance in general, this view has begun to change, and behaviour that was once frowned upon, whilst maybe not outwardly encouraged, is perfectly acceptable in today’s societies in many countries around the world. Of course there are still parts of the world where gambling is completely prohibited, but for many nations this is not always the case. Take for example the lotteries of many countries. For …