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CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) Radio reports this morning that gambling addiction help lines in Canada are finding more students turning to them for help. Playing poker online seems to quickly take over study time. Some students report spending as much as 3 hrs daily on online poker. One report indicates a 9-year old spending time […]

The AP (Associated Press) has a story on new gaming rules in Nevada that, if passed, will allow gamblers to move about a casino, and continue to play a game whose table they just left. The positive aspect of such a ruling is that you don’t have to lose out in a game that you […]

Call me biased, especially since I’m Canadian, but it often seems like when the House (US) passes a bill, the people pushing for it always have their own agenda. It’s forever the way of politicians. Okay, so Canadian politicians do it, too. So what’s the agenda; why is the US government trying to regulate online […]

The income tax laws in Canada are somewhat different than in the United States and other countries, especially regarding lottery and casino winnings. But with online poker becoming so popular, it’s one more thing for you to consider if you’re planning on earning significant yearly revenue through poker.
In fact, you know poker’s become popular when […]