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Rather than add women to the poker hall of fame in Binion’s Casino in Las Vegas, a brand new category is being created: the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. The Women in Poker Hall of Fame will share space at Binion’s and its first inductees will include Marsha Waggoner, Linda Johnson, Barbara Enright, and Susie Isaacs. There will be an induction ceremony on February 2nd hosted by World Poker Tour commentator and poker pro Mike Sexton, and while attendance is limited to Women in Poker Hall of Fame members, membership is open to anyone who wishes to join and pay the $75 fee.Related Articles:Online poker player of the year race winding upDavid “The Dragon” Pham is Card Player Media poker player of the year…

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An introduction to new internet legislation is being called controversial, and if it is being viewed in any way like the UIGEA was in America, the label comes as no surprise. The legislation seems to come from a good source, the protection of children. The Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy made the announcement on December 31st that ISPs would be required to provide what he called a “clean feed” to any school or public PC - and homes - where children have access to the computers…

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Private companies that run online gambling and poker have been slapped with a ban by German authorities as of the first day of the new year. The ban, which set out to protect the gambling monopolies running in Germany, allows the German states to make it illegal for banks and other financial institutions to deal with companies that work with online gambling. This is much like the US legislation known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that caused a lot of grumbling in the online poker community…

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