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Organisers Announce 2013 WSOP Europe Schedule

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:24 +0000

High rollers take note: organisers have announced the schedule for this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe. The prestigious event is scheduled to run from October 12-25 at Casino Barriire Enghien-les-Bains in France. Taking place for the seventh time, the annual WSOP Europe is one of the highlights of the year for European poker [...]

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BitVegas: Minecraft Bitcoin Casino

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:23:10 +0000

BitVegas is a newly launched bitcoin casino that has been built entirely inside the world of Minecraft. The virtual casino allows users connected to the server to to place bets entirely in bitcoin and it’s to be taken seriously; various real money games are available with stakes going as high as 25BTC and games ranging [...]

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US Department of Treasury Targets Bitcoin Poker Sites

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:25:08 +0000

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the US Department of the Treasury, has taken aim at bitcoin poker sites. In March, FinCEN exercised its power under the Bank Secrecy Act to clarify its position on convertible virtual currencies. The Final Rule amendment defines a person as an “exchanger” and “money transmitter” if [...]

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Hellmuth and Duke Respond to ‘God Program’ Audio Tapes

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:56 +0000

2007 was a dark year for online poker. The cheating scandals that signalled the end for Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker shook the online community, revealing a depth of corruption that stunned even the most experienced of professionals, including Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke. In 2008, Russ Hamilton, a co-founder of Ultimate Bet, released an [...]

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Gold to Auction 2006 WSOP Main Event Bracelet

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:41:08 +0000

Jamie Gold, the Main Event champion at the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP), has elected to sell his winner’s bracelet at auction. The bracelet will be auctioned by the self-proclaimed “largest collectibles auctioneer” in the world, Heritage Auctions. Gold joins a handful of professional poker players who have auctioned their WSOP bracelets. Paul ‘Eskimo’ [...]

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Movie Trailer: “The Rise and Rise Of Bitcoin”

admin — Tue, 21 May 2013 06:54:45 +0000

A new documentary that follows the journey of bitcoin and its global adoption has had its first trailer released. “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin” follows a computer programmer that becomes obsessed with the ‘crypto currency’ and interviews founders, early adopters and expert economists along the way. This documentary is pro-bitcoin and we love it. [...]

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BitcoinPoker.org Gets a New Layout

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:03:22 +0000

We’ve decided to make some changes to how we present the poker sites listed here. After asking some of our visitors about the information that was available on the website it became pretty clear that things were lacking. As a result, we’ve put some development time into making the pages as comprehensive as possible. As [...]

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Wired.com Uses ‘Light Bulb’ Processor to Mine Bitcoin

admin — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:57:30 +0000

The ‘crypto-currency’ has made its way into mainstream media following a spate of bubbles and rallies while grabbing the attention of rich investors. One of the latest media outlets to jump on the bitcoin band wagon is Wired.com, who have asked for the services of Butterfly Labs to help them mine bitcoin in a ‘get [...]

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Bitcoin Rises, Crashes, Rises Again

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:21:22 +0000

The last couple of months have been close on surreal for many bitcoin owners. We’ve seen all time highs, record breaking crashes and an overall price exceeding anything ever expected from the currency. A DDoS attack on the MtGox exchange last night resulted in a BTC price drop of over 50%, from $266 to just [...]

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