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Poker News Daily has confirmed that the story by CBS News program "60 Minutes" concerning the cheating scandals on Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker will air this Sunday, November 30th. The story serves as the finale of a four month-long investigation by 60 Minutes as well as Washington Post newspaper correspondent Gilbert Gaul. Read more »
In a letter sent to the membership of the World Poker Association (WPA), its founder, Jesse Jones, sought out new members for the organization's Board of Directors. Jones told Poker News Daily that he has found two new participants for the Board, Tom Franklin and John Leontakianakos. Read more »
If you're a regular here on Poker News Daily, then you know that the site looks just a little bit different than it did last week. Over the weekend, our programming team was hard at work redesigning PND to make the latest breaking stories easy to find once users log onto the site. Read more »
In a heartfelt e-mail sent to the members of the World Poker Association, founder and professional poker player Jesse Jones made an passionate plea for members to step up and assist him in the running of the three year old organization. Read more »
The Free Poker Experience, which is the parent company of the Free Poker Network, has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The organization, which operates free Texas Hold'em tournaments in bars and other establishments around the country, is looking to break into the New York market. Read more »
In a move that has rocked the poker world, professional poker player Clonie Gowen filed a multi-faceted lawsuit on November 14th against her alleged former employer, Full Tilt Poker, and the individuals and corporations that are part of the Full Tilt operation. Read more »
Collecting memorabilia is normally associated with sports like baseball, football, and basketball. However, very rarely has poker gear been one that collectors look for. Officials from the World Series of Poker are looking to change that trend by holding the first ever WSOP auction featuring items from the final table of the 2008 Main Event. Read more »
Many had questioned whether the decision by Harrah's to move the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event back 117 days would be effective. Would the decision really generate renewed interest in poker? Read more »
On Thursday, the show lineup for the CBS news program "60 Minutes" was announced. Absent from the list of three feature segments once again was an exposé on online poker. With the 2008 WSOP Main Event resuming on Sunday night, the timing could have been right for the story to air concurrently on the network. Read more »
The first every Dream Team Poker Tournament at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is sold out. When the tournament kicks off on Saturday, November 8th, there will be 25 three-person teams taking the field, including some of the biggest poker stars and Hollywood celebrities. Read more »
The voting for the second annual CAP Awards is now open. Eight different awards categories and 25 total accolades are up for grabs including Best Affiliate Program and Best Affiliate Manager. Voting is open between now and December. Read more »
The man who patented the "Hole Card Cam" will be enshrined in the Poker Hall of Fame in November. Entrepreneur and World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Henry Orenstein will be honored during the WSOP Main Event final table on November 9th at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Read more »
On October 27th, one man made history at Foxwoods, the site of the World Poker Tour's World Poker Finals. In the days leading up to the WPT's televised championship event, a series of preliminary tournaments have been held. Winning a preliminary tournament three years in a row by taking another one down in 2008 was Poker News Daily contributor Bernard Lee. Read more »
During the broadcast of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN, two incidents have stood out above the rest as potentially breaching what is considered acceptable behavior by players in poker tournaments. Read more »
While you can learn the game of poker by playing online for free, no cost poker seminars held in casinos to teach new students about poker are often unheard of. The world's largest card room, Los Angeles' own Commerce Casino, is looking to change that notion. Read more »
Fresh on the heels of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear seizing and pursuing the forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names in the United States, the buzz in Australia surrounds a plan to ban pornography and internet gambling sites from being accessed by residents of that country. Read more »
On Tuesday, the World Series of Poker Main Event will air two one-hour episodes at 9:00pm ET and 10:00pm ET. The field of the final 27 players will take to the felts inside of the Rio in Las Vegas. Players left in the field may shatter a bevy of milestones, making every episode a truly entertaining affair. Read more »
Poker software programs such as Poker Tracker 3, Hold'em Manager, and Poker ACE have become commonplace in today's online poker world. These and other programs provide statistics on players, real-time odds calculators, and shortcut keys for various actions like opening tables and betting. Read more »
The topics for this Sunday's edition of the CBS news program "60 Minutes" were revealed on Thursday and noticeably absent from the list was a feature on online poker. CBS News cameras have been scouring the poker community for information on the Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker scandals as well as the recent developments in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Read more »
As previously reported on Poker News Daily, the story about the online poker scandals was rumored to air on the CBS news program "60 Minutes" this Sunday, October 26th. However, when prompted for confirmation by PND, show producers declined to verify the air date, instead saying that the content of the October 26th edition of the program had not yet been determined. Read more »
Jim "Krazy Kanuck" Worth and Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon, two of the most well-known names in the online poker world, are teaming up to debut a new show on Rounder's Radio called "The Krazy H0 Show." The one-hour show premieres this Sunday night at 8:00pm ET on Rounder's Radio. Read more »
As of today, Google will start displaying online gaming ads on search pages in Great Britain. This service will only be available to companies based in the UK or the European Economic Area, who will have to fulfill a series of requirements. Read more »
The Poker Channel, Europe's dedicated poker television channel, re-launched their online site, pokerchanneleurope.com, on October 13th in cooperation with the online video site Brightcove.com. Read more »
Dimat Enterprises announced that poker player and author Jeff Hwang will release two new books on Pot Limit Omaha strategy. Both books are expected to be released next year, with the first coming out in the Spring. Read more »
PKR.com enters the next phase in poker television with an interactive internet TV channel dedicated to broadcasting episodes of their popular PKR TV series. Read more »
