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Texas Poker Act Gets Full House Vote Next WeekWed, May 2nd, 2007 @ 12:00am The Texas House Licensing and Administrative Procedures Committee approved the Texas Poker Act bill that would allow poker gambling at licensed public establishments as well as charitable poker for qualified groups, with taxable revenue going back to state coffers. The Texas Poker Act, or House Bill 3186 (HB 3186) as it is officially known, was filed by Representative Jose Menendez (D) of San Antonio, who said, "Poker could bring in millions of dollars in tourism and television instead of being a law enforcement liability." HB 386 tasks the Texas Lottery Commission to issue licenses and provide oversight of certain related activities including where poker tables would be allowed, such as at bars or race tracks. They would also oversee regulation of charitable poker events. However, the bill does not address online poker playing, only live play. The bill now goes to the full House for a vote next week. This will be the first time serious regulation of poker has reached the House in Texas, and poker advocates are working hard to support the bill. One well organized advocate is Mike Lavigne, treasurer of the Texas Poker Political Action Committee, a grassroots organization created to encourage legal, safe and accessible poker in Texas. On his informative website that tracks the bill's progress, Lavigne encourages all Poker-loving Texans to contact their Texas State Representatives to let them know you support the Texas Poker Act. He also provides a link to a search tool to find who your State Representative is- click here to go to the search tool. Read Related Articles:
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High Stakes Poker Re-ups with the Game Show Network Just when it looked like the Game Show Network would shift to a pokerless schedule, it has been announced that High Stakes Poker will be back for another season. HSP will begin filming Season Five episodes in September.
SirWatts Electric at World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup Just as the World Series of Poker Main Event left on a 117-day break, a new World Poker Tour millionaire was being crowned at the Bellagio. Some 446 entrants ponied up the $15,000 buy-in, creating a prize pool worth $6,489,300. More than $1.6 million will go to Canadian Michael "SirWatts" Watson, winner of Bellagio Cup VI.
World Poker Tour Finds New Home on Fox Sports Net It was announced Thursday that World Poker Tour Enterprises has reached an agreement with Fox Sports Network (FSN) to broadcast Season VII of the WPT series. Tournaments are already underway for the new season, which will consist of 26 one-hour episodes.
EGBA Sets New Best Practice Standards for Responsible Gaming The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), in support of their mission to promote fair competition for European-licensed operators and consumer choice in a regulated European online gaming market. has launched a new set of best practices to ensure consistent standards of player protection, fair gaming and responsible operator behavior in the European online poker, Internet gaming and betting environment.
World Poker Association Changes Membership Terms The new leadership under Founder and present Chairman of the World Poker Association (WPA), Jesse Jones, has taken immediate measures to address the needs of the over 1400 members who have joined the WPA to date, through several key membership changes. These changes include:
Stanley Ho's IPO Reveals Setbacks Since Macau Regulation, Competition Arrive The delayed listing of Stanley Ho's Sociedade de Jogos de Macau Holdings (SJM) group on Hong Kong's Stock Exchange until today, 16 July, is characteristic of the many challenges the firm has faced since 2002, when foreign operators were allowed to build casinos, and regulations increased. Since then, the 86-year old billionaire's four decade dominance of the Portuguese colony's gaming market, determining where and when you could play poker has waned.
'November Nine' Final Table of the World Series of Poker Is Set From 6,844 to nine, the players for the final table of the Main Event of the 39th World Series of Poker have now emerged after nearly two weeks at the tables. The so-called 'November Nine' will return on November 9 after a 117 day hiatus as the most well prepared final table in poker history, as well as being guinea pigs for this first-ever delayed final table experiment.
Poker Tournaments in Bars -- The New Prohibition? While the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has devastated internet poker, separate, quiet battles are being fought, and won, to make poker legal in bars under state laws.
'November Nine' Emerge Today at World Series of Poker, Hellmuth Places 45th Today, July 14, is a big day at the World Series of Poker, when the three remaining tables of the Main Event will be trimmed to one, from the 27 players starting play today Day 7. That means that today we will learn the identities of the 'November Nine', the nine finalists who will return November 9 to play out the final table under the television spotlights.
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