Archive for the ‘Poker and the Law’ Category
Poker Brawler Brought Down by Police
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
The Foxwoods Resort Casino is the home for many great poker games, where players routinely "get busted", are "wiped out" and have "bad beats", but some players took the violent terms a bit too literally recently when a brawl broke out. A New York City man was recently arrested in connection with the altercation. Thirty one year old Bryant Downs of Queens, N.Y, started off arguing with another man and wound up giving him a bad beat...
Aussie Poker Study on Addiction
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
A recent report casts a critical eye on the situation with poker machines and the government, suggesting that the poker machine industry gets treated with kid gloves thanks to their worth to the coffers of the government. The authors of the report, Richard Woolley from the University of Western Sydney and Charles Livingstone of Monash University, say in the report that "self-respect, mental health and peace of mind" are at risk for those who suffer from gambling addiction. They also suggest that the ones addicted to poker machines are not just those who play, but the state governments that benefit to the tune of billions of dollars a year.
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