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19 Apr 2011 21:06

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Politics: Offshore online gambling sites do lots of lobbying work

Fun fact about that Barney Frank thing we posted yesterday — Barney Frank gets a lot of money from online gambling sites, thanks to the help of this lobbyist. It’s not working so well. source
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10 Oct 2010 22:47

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Offbeat: Show-off: 22-year-old ex-poker player makes our life seem boring

  • I knew that I should stay in school, but in the back of my mind I was thinking, ‘This is so easy, why wouldn’t I just do this?’
  • 22-year-old University of Maryland student Steven Silverman • Discussing his life as a high-stakes poker player, a lifestyle he’s since left behind. Silverman quit college to pursue the dream, and in the process won millions of dollars. He also lost a lot of money, too. He was robbed at gunpoint during a poker match. He even put in time on a reality TV show. But, after getting stressed out on the poker scene, he ended up going back to school and “retiring” from the poker scene. Dude has managed to live a lifetime in just a couple of years. source
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09 Jun 2009 17:10

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U.S.: A buncha offshore bank accounts used for online gambling frozen

  • $30 million in winnings were dealt a bad hand by the feds source
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