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This is brutal… From the TaxProf blog:
The big winner at this year’s World Series of Poker: the tax man. Russ Fox computes the tax liability of the final nine players on their $32.7 million of winnings as $14.3 million — a 43.7% tax rate:
1. Peter Eastgate (Denmark) won $9,152,416 — $6,660,545 Denmark tax (72.8% rate)
2. […]
What’s going on here?? From Reuters:
Ireland’s biggest bookmaker said on Thursday it would pay out more than 1 million euros ($1.35 million) on bets that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president, three weeks before the election.
Dublin-based bookmaker Paddy Power said it made the “unprecedented decision” to pay on bets taken so far, following […]
Early on Tuesday, the Poker Players Alliance released a statement authored by its chairman, former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, regarding the unfolding insider-cheating situation at UltimateBet and a similar situation at Absolute Poker that was exposed months earlier. D’Amato’s statement called for a full and public disclosure of the affairs and included a renewed call for […]
from GamingAlerts.co.uk:
Charles Barkley is going back to Las Vegas to hit the tables again, but this time it’s all in the name of charity. The TV personality and former NBA superstar will be testing his poker skills in a celebrity poker tournament, “Ante Up for Africa,” 2 July at the 2008 World Series of Poker.
Although […]
Some definite classics in here as chosen by CGTV:
Top 10 Gambling Movies of All Time
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From CappersMall.com:
Poker betting is one thing but wagering on poker betting is quite another. And yet that’s the challenge gamblers will face when they match cash to conviction on the 39th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, beginning May 30.
Although some books have prices for which poker players will win each of the 53 […]
From PokerNews.com:
If you’re looking for an online odds calculator with a unique visual touch, PokerNews now has the interactive tool just for you. Available within our “Poker Rules” section is our new Texas hold’em poker odds calculator, a convenient method for determining when you’ve got the best of it… or when you don’t.
While many sites […]
from United Press International:
Gambling is widespread among U.S. adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, a University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions study reveals.
Principal investigator John W. Welte said the results of the first national survey of its kind show problem gambling — described as gambling with three or more negative consequences, such […]
COACHELLA, Calif., April 11, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Comedy Central lists him as one of the “Best 100 Comedians of All Time,” and now Eddie Griffin is coming to Spotlight 29 Casino. The hilarious star of comedy circuit, the big screen and the small screen will be in concert on May 31.
Griffin has been keeping audiences […]
(PRWEB) March 25, 2008 — In the April issue of Men’s Vogue, Michael Kaplan visits the 12th annual Blackjack Ball in Las Vegas, where the world’s most skilled blackjack players very discreetly convene to imbibe and talk shop, leaving Las Vegas’s gaming tables unmolested for an evening. All told, they have taken north of $100 […]