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Aug 2 2004, 11:42am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ State officials say they're monitoring the growth of poker tournaments and how Oklahoma's anti-gambling laws affect them.
Last month, Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement warned establishments that poker tournaments played for money or prizes are illegal in Oklahoma.
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Aug 1 2004, 10:24am
Poker tournaments could go legal in Oklahoma thsi November, but local businesses are pushing -- sometimes breaking -- Oklahoma anti-gambling laws to exploit the public's growing interest in the game, state officials claim.
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Jul 30 2004, 10:07am
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has issued a memo to all state restaurants and bars that the popular Texas Hold' Em Poker games, which have sprung up over the last year on national television and as tournaments in area establishments, are illegal and must stop. According to Blumenthal, the games violate several state statutes concerning sponsored gambling and infringe on agreements the state has with the Mohegan and Foxwoods Casino's.
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Jul 29 2004, 10:52am
LOS ANGELES, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The cards are dealt, the chips are down and $4 million is on the line as competition has begun in the Third Annual PokerStars' World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP). The event has guaranteed prize pool events daily through August 8. The event is hosted by PokerStars.com which is widely regarded as the top online cardroom for tournaments. PokerStars' WCOOP is the largest online poker tournament in the world, and this year, PokerStars is guaranteeing $4 million in prize money across its 12 events.
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Jul 29 2004, 10:51am
Poker is making its way out of smoky back rooms and private casino dens and is hitting the travel circuit in a big-money way. And it's not just Vegas anymore, baby. Try Connecticut, Paris, a Caribbean cruise—and with TV coverage, fat bags of cash and Angie Dickinson. If you know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, then you can join any number of poker competitions while vacationing (or make it a destination unto itself). But if you don't know your jack from your ace, you can still watch the pros up close without risking a cent.
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Jul 29 2004, 08:57am
DETROIT — Poker-playing enthusiasts have turned out in steady crowds to MotorCity Casino’s new eight-table poker room, with a waiting list needed daily during 16-hour peak periods as customers vie for a chance to play, officials say.
And card players seem happy with the new poker room’s no-smoking policy with some favoring the ban on the heavy cigar and cigarette smoke that’s often associated with the game.
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Jul 28 2004, 09:08am
THE sky's the limit to no-limit Texas Hold 'em poker on TV.
The fad started by the Travel Channel's "World Poker Tour" in 2002 is just getting started, say some of the game's biggest stars.
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Jul 28 2004, 09:07am
DEADWOOD - Poker players still will ply their trade in Deadwood in October, but it won't be on national television, promoters said.
Last week, Bill Walsh, owner of the Franklin Hotel on Deadwood's Main Street, said ESPN had confirmed that the northern Black Hills gambling town would be a backdrop for two days of videotaping the ''World Series of Poker.
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Jul 28 2004, 09:06am
Several months ago, I wrote : “Anybody who says poker is a sport is an idiot.” At the time, I might have been on top, or perhaps even ahead, of the curve with my condemnation. After all, with the exception of weekday afternoons on ESPN2, you could toss the figurative brick through both the television schedule and pop culture as a whole without hitting poker. I figured the phenomenon would peter out, like swing-dancing and Kurt Warner’s deal with the devil.
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Jul 28 2004, 09:05am
OFF THEY GO again with their chips and their cards hanging in bags from their bikes, off again to another day of, uh, frenzied activity.
Off they go to their midafternoon poker game, off they go, rain or shine. Max, the guy they call "Facecard," he brings the chips. Xavier, "Sir Bluffington," he brings the cards.
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