Amendments Further Strengthen Bill’s Consumer Protection Requirements

Washington, D.C. – Today the House Committee on Financial Services took a critical step forward in passing Internet gambling legislation by voting to approve the Internet Gambling Regulation and Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2267), legislation introduced by Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA).

The legislation, which passed by a 41-22 vote would regulate Internet gambling activity in the U.S. and require licensed operators to put in place safeguards to protect against underage and problem gambling.

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Poker players nationwide now have an innovative new tool for asking their members of Congress to support poker. The Poker Players Alliance, the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, unveiled its new iPhone app with an innovative click to call Congress feature. (more…)

The folks from Two Plus Two posed an interesting question this weekend: Who are the biggest losers in online poker?

Full Tilt Poker should be thrilled. Most of the biggest losers play with them.

Sure they’re the number two biggest online poker room in the world, but PokerStars has only a single biggest loser among the top 20.

Matatuk, Beardos, Brian Townsend and Patrik Antonius all rank among the top 5 biggest losers in online poker. Matutuk is down $1.5 million so far. (more…)

WASHINGTON – Prohibition didn’t work with alcohol and it’s not working with Internet gambling now, say lawmakers pushing Congress to approve long-shot legislation that would legalize and tax online wagering.

Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., told his colleagues during a congressional hearing Wednesday that millions of Americans gamble on the Internet each day, despite laws to prevent it. Citing industry analysts, McDermott said they wager nearly $100 billion annually, generating an estimated $5 billion for offshore operators.

He said the money would be put to better use in the U.S. and would create thousands of jobs for people who (more…)

Providing tips on starting poker hands, professional poker player Matthew Hilger discusses how to make better preflop decisions and points out many flaws in beginner to intermediate players’ poker game.

This is the first article in a series that I am calling the Top 10 Mistakes of Online Players. In each article I will be speaking about a particular common mistake. These are the mistakes that make it easy to separate the men from the boys or the women from the girls. When I see one of these mistakes from a player I can start to generalize about their overall play. These are the mistakes from opponents that make poker such a profitable game.

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