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Tribe Announces US Online Poker Network

April 1, 2007 — In yet another demonstration that a law’s passage can result in unforeseen consequences, the passage of the UIGEA has generated new opportunities for online poker within the borders of the United States. The UIGEA, signed into law on October 13, 2006, specifically exempted internet bets and wagers that are made within […]

Storm Front in the Blogisphere

And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’ But I’ll know my song well before I start singin’ And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, […]

Father’s Day

My father has been dead for many years now, but I think of him often. He was second generation Armenian. His parents came to this country to escape the 1915 Armenian genocide. If I inherited my gambling genes, he was undoubtedly the source. I don’t remember him playing poker, but he loved craps, gin, bridge […]