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Jul 14 2004, 11:19pm
VERONA -- Flushed with the success of the American Poker Championships at Turning Stone Casino Resort Wednesday, promoter Rick Kulis is planning to return to the venue for more televised events.
"We're coming back," said Kulis, president of Hollybrook Regency Inc. His California firm brokered the deal with Fox Sports Net to broadcast Wednesday's million-dollar poker tournament live from the Oneida Indian Nation's casino.
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Jul 14 2004, 09:24am
Harrah's Entertainment Inc., a U.S. operator of riverboat casinos, is close to an agreement to buy Caesars Entertainment Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people close to the talks.
Source: Bloomberg.com
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Jul 14 2004, 09:09am
T.J. Young called him an up-and-comer, one of the fresh faces at the poker table, a member of the younger generation getting hooked on an old game.
Young, who's run a poker game in Bozeman for the past 30 years, said 20-year-old Eric Milliken is just one of large contingent of young card players breathing new life into a sport that once catered primarily to an older demographic in Montana.
A sport? While poker takes no physical ability to play, it is a mental game and is now broadcast on a variety of cable networks, including ESPN, which features the World Series of Poker, and the Travel Channel, which touts the World Poker Tour.
Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
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Jul 14 2004, 09:05am
STAMFORD, Conn. -- There's nothing wrong with a friendly poker game among friends, but Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says "poker nights" being held at some Connecticut bars are illegal.
Blumenthal Tuesday sent a letter to four bars, three in Stamford and one in Hamden, urging them to stop holding weekly "poker nights."
Source: Newday.com
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Jul 14 2004, 09:05am
MCHENRY, Ill. --(Business Wire)-- July 14, 2004 -- No Limit Texas Hold 'Em Poker - LIVE in your own living room! With TV POKER VS-MAXX gaming system, you and up to five of your friends can combine live group poker with the latest video game technology for a superior poker experience.
Source: TMCNet.com
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Jul 14 2004, 09:04am
He won the hand, but lost his life.
Michael Murray was celebrating his 18th birthday last Friday, playing a bizarre poker game where bullets were dealt along with cards, when Anson Paape shot him in the forehead, officials revealed Tuesday.
Source: Chicago Sun Times
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Jul 13 2004, 09:10pm
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Jul 13 2004, 03:28pm
Fox will broadcast the first live tournament final round from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday from Turning Stone's Showroom.
It will be a true gamble for Fox, said tournament promoter Rick Kulis of Hollybrook Regency Inc.
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Jul 13 2004, 12:38pm
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Several Connecticut bar owners have used the rising popularity of tournament poker to attract and keep customers, but state officials say that could be violating gambling laws.
Source: Las Vegas Sun
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Jul 13 2004, 12:34pm
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Wireless phone company Cingular was okay with the gambling on "Celebrity Poker Showdown." It was the drinking and cussing it couldn't handle.
Cingular has dropped its sponsorship of the Bravo series, in which famous folks play No Limit Texas Hold 'Em to win money for their favorite charities.
Source: Zap2it Tv News
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