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Chipleader Receives Highest Honor In Online Poker Affiliate Industry (Press Release)
Ask 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (http://www.philhellmuth.com/) what it's like to win a WSOP event and he'll tell you it's about the success the bracelet represents, not the prize money. It's that same attitude towar

UIGEA Places Too High A Burden On US Banks
Rules proposed by the feds to implement the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) place a high burden on US financial institutions, according to the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. This is according to a report issued a few days ago from Alston & Bird, a national law firm.According to Alston & Bird, even with UIGEA in place, US residents would be able to continue to gambling online and avoiding UIGEA’s regulations by processing transactions through foreign banks in jurisdictions where online gaming is legal.According to the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative’s Jeffrey Sandman, "The proposed rules create an unprecedented and unwieldy regulatory burden on the US financial services sector. US financial service companies are being left to interpret ambiguous state and federal gambling laws, which do not clearly differentiate between legal and illegal Internet gambling activities or transactions, and then implement unreasonable and costly solutions to achieve compliance.�Sandman’s group favors regulating and taxing online gaming through the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act and the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act. These bills seek to allow Internet gambling while requiring operators to obtain licenses, take precautions to prevent underage and compulsive gambling, and ensure safety and integrity of financial transactions.By regulating online gaming, the United States could collect billions in revenue that is now being lost.

A Free Airline Ticket
When I flew home form the G2E last Saturday I had forgotten that it was the weekend before Thanksgiving. I quickly remembered when I saw the crowds at McCarran airport...

A (Belated) Thought Of Thanksgiving
This is belated, to be sure, but I awakened this morning thinking about Thanksgiving and all the things, big and small, that I’m thankful for. One thing I tend to take for granted, but really shouldn’t, is the weather. And if the price is a lot of snowbirds who clog the roads in the Coachella Valley every winter, it’s a small price to pay.Yesterday we had 16 people—family, friends, and neighbors—for Thanksgiving dinner, and because we live in a warm climate, we were able to eat outdoors. It was a gorgeous day, and I wore shorts and was barefoot—we’re not really formal at my house—and thought how fortunate I was to live where I do, and not have to suffer real winters unless I choose to go to the snow.I’m also thankful that my commute to work is no further than a jaunt to a home office, or a trip to a nearby cardroom.All the cycling magazines that find their way to my door are filled with articles this time of year about maintaining fitness by cycling indoors on a trainer or on rollers, because the weather is too harsh in most places for all but the most dedicated to want to ride on the roads. But not here. If I ride mid-day, I can usually get by in a short-sleeved cycling jersey and shorts. If I decide to ride early, when it’s a lot colder, all I need do is add arm and leg warmers and maybe a vest over my jersey and I’m good to go.The sun is shining here as it usually does. The temperature is in the low 70s, and I’m stuffed full of turkey and all the fixings. And for all of this, I’m thankful.