stock market "gambler" hired by online Slot Online room

Nick Leeson, the trader who notoriously lost $100m on the Singapore foreign exchange in one day, has been hired as a celebrity host by celebpoker.com, a new online Slot Online room. They hired him to host online games because of his "reputation as the world's biggest gambler with a knack for losing money".
new jersey suing offshore gambling sites
New Jersey has sued ten online gambling sites to get them to stop taking bets from New Jersey residents. Two sports betting sites (not named in this article) have already settled and agreed to bar NJ residents from using their sites.
I expect that unless the federal government starts pursuing offshore gambling operations, state enforcement or prosecution of offshore gambling sites will be limited to states which already have a strong vested stake in domestic gambling, like New Jersey and Nevada.
poker popularity article
The CourierPost has another article about the rising popularity of poker. The article includes some good financial facts from the Atlantic City poker rooms:
Poker revenue rose 5 percent from August 2002 to August 2003 - from $3 million to $3.14 million - at Bally's, Harrah's, Tropicana and Trump Taj Mahal. But new card rooms at the Borgata and Sands raised total revenues to more than $3.9 million, putting the year's overall gain at about 30 percent.
ladies night on the wpt
The World Poker Tour has announced that it will be running a special "Ladies Night" event, airing on the Travel Channel on December 10 from 9-11pm ET.
The player roster on World Poker Tour Ladies Night includes six women, five of whom have competed in WPT events: Annie Duke, a professional poker player who is studying for her Ph.D. and is a mother of four; Maureen "Mo" Feduniak, a grandmother who began playing Slot  poker just nine years ago; Cyclona "Clonie" Gowen, who finished 10th in the World Poker Tour Costa Rica Classic during season one; Jennifer Harman, widely considered the best female poker player -- if not poker player in the world; Kathy Liebert, a no-nonsense professional poker player who, among her many victories, has a million dollar poker tournament payout under her belt; and first time WPT finalist, Evelyn Ng, a former blackjack and poker dealer who plays poker five days a week for six hours or more each day. Both Duke and Harman are former World Champions.

dallas poker forum
If you live in the DFW area, you may be interested in the Dallas Poker Forum. It's a new discussion site for players in the DFW area to talk about poker, hook up for games, etc.
another poker article
The weekend Las Vegas Review-Journal ran yet another article on the surge in poker's popularity, focusing on the WPT and WSOP broadcasts.
"It's absolutely incredible," said Doug Dalton, MGM Mirage's poker operations director. "The surge in interest is unbelievable. It's boosting play on Internet sites, but also in live card rooms and especially in tournaments."

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