Anthony

Originally Posted by The Buzz

More mainstream media coverage of "problem gambling" this week as The Guardian reports that the UKGC is considering whether to ban VIP schemes in Britain "after collecting data from betting firms, including one that took 83% of all deposits from 2% of its customers."

From the article:

The dependence of the UK gambling industry on high-spending VIPs, customers who are disproportionately likely to be addicts, has been laid bare in a secret report obtained

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It is with great sadness that I make this post.

Recently a good friend and valued member of a number of online forums Pat Chapdelaine (Giggles7p - Triple777s) passed away.

Pat was a member of many forums although she was quite a bit more active in some than others. Anyone that ever came in contact with her was always greeted by cheer and a sense of humor that was both fresh and uncompromised.

Pat's screen name "Giggles" came from her days as a ...

As you probably already have learned, Ted Loh (best known as ‘Spearmaster’), passed away late Monday following a valiant fight with liver cancer.

What most people didn’t know is that Ted was battling this since January (he was diagnosed, Dec. 31st), and he did so without health insurance.

Each chemo treatment came with a $4000 price tag. All of the drugs added up into the tens of thousands of dollars. In Ted’s last ditch attempt to save his life, he opted into a radical ...

Sunday August 29 8:05 pm ET
Tournament ID: 269640

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Buy-in $1 toward prize pool + $10 toward the fund. = $11 Total Buy-in

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J Todd kicks off the first show of 2010 with sad news of his Christmas break, plus updates on eCogra, Grand Prive, and California online gambling. All that and J's Super Bowl predictions?

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