Archive for Gambling addiction

Well, we’ve come a long way together already, learning about The Pocket, The burn card, The Flop, The Turn and now its time to learn about old Man River . . .
The River - Where The Round comes to an End
Finally, the dealer throws the last card in the hand. This is The River […]

Greetings, My name is Brett Bumeter and I am a new writer here at The Poker Blog. I have been playing cards and poker for much of my life. I also cover several other topics as a writer from Finance, International Tax, Web Marketing, MindMapping, and Comedy.
Over the course of the next weeks and months […]

This post has nothing to do with poker, but everything to do with gambling. Australia’s Steve Irwin, also known as The Crocodile Hunter, had the heart of a gambling man. I say had, because this great, passionate conservationist finally met his match.
While filming a new series, Ocean’s Deadliest, off the Great Barrier Reef, he swum […]

The US government may have arrested a British Internet casino owner, David Carruthers, and 10 others in connection with fraud and other related charges, but the bilionaire Canadian owner, Calvin Ayre, of Bodog.com, an online gambling website, says he’s not worried. Forbes magazine lists Ayre as amongst the 1,000 richest men in the world.
Ayre says […]

According to an article in IDD (Investment Dealers Digest), several top Wall Street investment banks have financial stakes in a number of international businesses that have online gambling ventures in their own operations. The article says this is due in large part to the fact the online gaming industry has grown to US$12 bln/yr as […]

Gaming columnist Alan Krigman has a fascinating article about French philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal’s speculation on the existence of God. Pascal concluded that of the four possible conditions, the best was to wager on the existence of God. Krigman tries to extend Pascal’s wager to gambling, particularly slot machines, and suggests that “you’re ahead […]

Here are some poker-related short news snippets, including news and discussions of possible bans on Internet gambling:

(1) The 36th Annual WSOP  (World Series of Poker) takes place in Las Vegas near the end of June and runs into early August. [Via PokerNews]

(2) Fayetteville Online posts their view on US House Speaker Jim Black’s suggestion to […]

Online gaming, especially poker, has had a bad rap for the last few years, primarily because of the spamming activities of the few. Unfortunately for many fans, several U.S. states have passed, or are passing, laws banning online gaming. While these bills may span all types of online gambling, the attacks appear to be focused […]

Quick poker-related links for Thur May 11/06:
(1) On Saturday, May 20/06, sign up for the Golden Goal Poker Tournament at HoldemPoker.com and you could win a freeroll at one of two WSOP (World Series of Poker) summer events.
(2) Professional poker player Daniel Negreanu, in an article in the Detroit News, says that you can become […]

In the past week, two of my fave TV shows, CSI and Cold Case, have both had a plotline that involves poker or even Texas Hold’em. On CSI (Vegas), a wizened veteran player takes a swig from his drink and keels over. Whodunnit? The young angry guy? The older female player who is acting strange? […]