Friday, 12 July 2013
Republican Congressman Joe Barton has formally unveiled his latest attempt to legalise online poker in the United States.
Having tried once before to push an online poker bill through the country’s complex governmental system, Barton’s efforts will be somewhat buoyed this time around thanks to recent legislation in New Jersey and Nevada.Entitled HR 2666 or The Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2013, the bill focuses solely on online poker and uses a recent New York court ruling that poker is a game of skill to bolster its impact.The aim of Barton’s bill is to pass a law at the federal level to create a system whereby states must actively opt-out of offering online poker.Contained within the 102-page legal document are a number of stipulations including that each state must ensure minors are prevented from playing.In addition, HR 2666 contains provisions that stipulate programmes to help problem gamblers must be in place, players must be able to set loss limits and self-exclude themselves and those in non-participating states must be effectively blocked from playing.On top of these points there is to be severe penalties amounting to up to $1 million per day for companies that accept wagers from players in non-regulated areas while sites convicted of accepting illegal poker bets could be blocked from operation for up to five years.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
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