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Paddy Power says jobs threatened
IRELAND — Paddy Power has responded to the Irish government plan to change gambling taxes saying it puts jobs at risk, The Financial Times reported.
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No. 2 seed Clijsters is U.S. Open favorite
Caroline Wozniacki may have earned the top seed at the U.S Open on Tuesday, but she isn’t the player who oddsmakers think will finish on top this year in Flushing Meadows. In fact, she’s not even close. Defending champion and No. 2 seed Kim Clijster…
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UFC 118: Penn favored in rematch with Edgar
The last time B.J. Penn faced Frank Edgar, not much went right. He lost the match by unanimous decision, 50-45, 49-46 and 48-47 and with it his title of lightweight champion. By the conclusion of the match he looked gassed and Edgar left little doub…
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Nathan Deal Says Open to Considering Georgia Casino Gambling
Georgia’s republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal says casino gambling works in other states, like Mississippi, so he would consider it in Georgia. His opponent Roy Barnes says he’d be reluctant because it might compete with the state lottery.
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All types vie for 7 spots on state casino panel
The 37 people who want to regulate gambling in Ohio include two staunch opponents of last year’s casino ballot measure and several people who cheered its passage. The candidate list includes a U.N. Appeals Tribunal judge and an unemployed landscape architect, along with several lawyers – including the head of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party – and a couple of cops.
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Foal crop will decline 10% in 2011, Jockey Club says
The Thoroughbred foal crop, on decline for the past five years, is expected to fall an additional 10
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Top-10 players to watch in the WSOP Poker Player’s Championship
The 2010 World Series of Poker starts this Friday with the $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em event, and the much anticipated $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship.

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Card Player Europe Launches New Facebook Poker Page
Card Player Europe, Europe’s leading multi-platform poker media company, today announces the launch of its own dedicated Facebook page hosting the most up-to-the-minute poker news, views, analysis, promotions, strategy, blogs, videos, and magazine features from the vast and exciting world of professional poker. read more

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Poker cashier sues ex-employer for replacing her
A permanent CNMI resident has sued her former employer for allegedly terminating her as a poker game room cashier and replacing her with an alien worker not authorized to work.

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FunClick’s Facebook® Poker Game WPT® Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Gives Back to Multiple Sclerosis Research with Chips for …
SAN FRANCISCO—-WPT® Texas Hold ‘Em Poker, the most popular poker brand in the world now available on the Facebook Platform as a free-to-play game developed by FunClick, today announced the launch of a two-week Chips for Charity promotion to benefit the National MS Society and MS Hope for a Cure.

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Man sentenced for hosting poker game at Kentwood hotel featuring topless dealers, says he didn’t know he was breaking …
Judge called the state raid “somewhat hypocritical” since it runs its own gambling enterprise.

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CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY
If your reading is restricted to the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, you may think that lobbyists are those uniformed people who hand you UPS and open the door for you. If you took Poli Sci 101, you could imagine that these are honest people who legitimately try to educate members of Congress about the businesses and organizations that pay them for representation. If youre well beyond these …

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The Taste Of The iPad. UrbanSpoon Makes Its HD Debut
Before there was even an App Store, I knew there was something to UrbanSpoon . Several million downloads and a sale to IAC later , I can safely say I was right. Now the team behind it is trying to capture the magic all over again with its new free iPad app. On the face of it, UrbanSpoon for the iPad may not seem as useful as it is for the iPhone. After all, most people don’t just whip out their …

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Judge approves Magna reorganization plan
Horse track owner Magna Entertainment Corp. won approval of its Chapter 11 reorganization plan Monday after a Delaware bankruptcy judge rejected a challenge from unhappy shareholders.

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Pokie apps being targeted at children
SENATOR calls for ban on “irresponsible” slot machine games that are freely available to kids.

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Beshear says Instant Racing off until budget passes
Gov. Steve Beshear said Tuesday that he wouldn’t consider any proposal for Instant Racing until after the legislature passes a budget.

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