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Texas

Texas Rep. Joe Barton launches Another U.S. Online Poker Bill

Expansion has been rather slow with the current state-by-state U.S. online poker model. But Texas Representative Joe Barton is looking to speed this process up by introducing new legislation that would legalize iPoker on a federal level. That said, let’s recap the main points of Barton’s bill and discuss its interesting timing. Very similar to […]

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Poker News

Does Joe Barton really believe that God wants us to play Online Poker?

Not long ago, we covered the US Congressional hearing that was held to discuss the further expansion of regulated online poker. The highlight of the hearing included Poker Players Alliance director John Pappas debating with Las Vegas Sands VP of government relations Andrew Abboud. Pappas did a great job and was not only able to […]

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