2011 February 26 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The Iowa Senate is on the verge of considering legislation that would license and regulate intrastate online poker, according to a report in today’s Des Moines Register .

Day 1 of the 2011 World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Main Event took place on Friday at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.

Everest Poker has signed 4 former Live the Dream 2010 players to become part of Team Everest 2011.

The player is the first to win events in Spain and the US. A poker player has become the first man in history to win major tournaments in both the US and Spain, after triumphing at the latest World Series of Poker meeting.

For the past week, the poker world has been immersed in new information about the cheating scandal that rocked UltimateBet and AP in 2007.

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