document.write('WORLD SERIES OF POKER 2008
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');document.write('Showboat Casino Chip Sets Record - Sells for $28,988.88 at eBay Auction
');document.write('Press Release]The auction started at 2.25, where it ended set a new record for a 1 chip from a casino in Nevada, the closed Showboat Casino in Las Vegas, open from 1954-2001. The chip has, according to one source, only TWO known surviving examples and was valued as high as 15,000.00! The closing price: 28, 988...');document.write('
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');document.write('An Attempt to Gut the UIGEA
');document.write('On April 10, 2008, a Congressional odd couple introduced a bill that would eviscerate the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Democrat Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress, from Massachusetts, the most liberal and Democratic state, was joined by Ron Paul, from Texas, candidate for the Republican nomination for President. The two are actually not that far apart. They are both libertarians, who believe government should not be messing with individuals private affairs...');document.write('
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');document.write('POKER PRESIDENT
');document.write('For far more than 200 years, the federal government has let the states decide what their public policy toward gambling will be. If Utah wants complete prohibition and Nevada wants commercial casinos, the federal governments role has been to either step aside, or, if asked, to assist the states in enforcing their laws. That relationship changed on October 13, 2006. On that date, President George W...');document.write('
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');document.write('LEGENDARY CHIP REESE PASSES
');document.write('Legendary Chip Reese has passed away. Chip Reese was considered by many old school poker pros to be one of the best all around players in the history of poker. Doyle Brunson called Chip Reese the best seven-card stud player I had ever seen.
Reese won the 2006 WSOP 50K HORSE event in a marathon heads up session against Andy Bloch, proving to the entire world that he was indeed one of the best mixed game players of all time...');document.write('
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');document.write('HISTORIC WBC MUAYTHAI CHAMPIONSHIP LIVE AT THE NORMANDIE CASINO
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');document.write('Iraq beats Saudi Arabia 1-0 for first Asia Cup title
');document.write('JAKARTA, Indonesia: Iraq won the 2007 Asian Cup on Sunday in a victory that represented one of the most inspiring moments in sport, but one that was also weighted by the tragedy from which the team has only temporarily emerged.
A 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia clinched Iraqs first ever Asian Cup, with a squad drawn together in ad-hoc circumstances from all parts of the Gulf, and with its players straddling the bitter and violent ethnic divides.
And it was no lucky win. Iraq dominated the final against a heavily favored Saudi Arabia, a three-time Asian Cup champion...');document.write('
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