SINGAPORE: Two years ago, Mr Tan Wee Yee flew all the way to Las Vegas to enter a poker tournament, and promptly found his wallet fatter by US$60,000 ($93,634) after finishing in one of the top groups.



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The illegal betting scheme was orchestrated through a Web site called Playwithal.com, run by the poker player, James Giordano, 52, of Pine Crest, Fla., according to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.



It was the high-tech key to a massive, illegal gambling kingdom: a laptop computer that authorities say was owned by a professional poker player named James Giordano.



More than two dozen people, including a former professional baseball scout and a high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books.



NEW YORK----eSpeed, Inc. , a leading developer of electronic marketplaces and related trading technology for the global capital markets, announced that another successful Texas Hold 'Em charity poker event was held to raise money for charity in one of the many communities in which it does business.



NEW YORK- More than two dozen people, including a professional baseball scout and a high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled...

Poker Watch (Anorak)

November 15th, 2006



Pamela Anderson is no longer as big in poker as she is in bikinis. Pamelapoker.com, Pammy’s eponymous online poker room, has closed. The operation has been taken over by Doylesroom.



London, UK. – November 15, 2006 – Glu Mobile, a leading global publisher of mobile entertainment, today announced the European launch of two titles that bring the World Series of Poker experience to the mobile phone with the launches of World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em and World Series of Poker Player Advisor.



Debate over passage of a state lottery and efforts to change video poker laws helped propel six newcomers onto a list of the most influential lobbyists at the state Legislature.