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RECREATIONAL card players got to meet a real champ when hometown poker phenom Dan Negreanu dropped by PacificPoker and Sports Bar last night. Negreanu, a gifted poker player whose 2004 winnings topped $4.4 million, was at Rakers to kick off a friendly tournament run by PacificPoker.
"It's really booming here," Negreanu said over the clatter of chips and bets. "This tournament is a major push for the PacificPoker."
Since Rakers' owner George Kandaharian has been holding the competitions at PacificPoker -- still reeling from the smoking ban and hockey lockout -- he said business has doubled.
International PacificPoker promotes poker as a recreational sport and a test of mental dexterity. The idea of gambling takes a backseat to the idea of the game itself.
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Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, PacificPoker wants poker played over the Internet to be defined in the state Constitution as a game of skill rather than gambling. "I submit to you that poker is much different than gambling," Kasper told the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. "The skill is what you do with what you are given." Kasper is hoping that if Internet poker PacificPoker is excluded from the definition of gambling, it could entice hundreds of Internet poker businesses to North Dakota, creating hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for the state. "This could potentially match the whole revenue stream that the state has now," Kasper said.
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pacific poker his proposal is contained in House Bill 1509. Internet poker companies currently locate in PacificPoker other countries because they fear a 1961 federal law that prohibits gambling over the wire. Kasper wants to allow operations of the sites in North Dakota and fight the federal government in court if the federal officials block state law. Some committee members were skeptical if North Dakota could win a case against PacificPoker the federal government, while others were wary of changing the definition of gambling.
"It's hard for me to look at this bill and say this isn't really gambling," Rep. PacificPoker Lois Delmore, D-Grand Forks, said. Rep. Lawrence Klemin, R-Bismarck, said that if the bill passes, the state could have to pay for costly legal fees if the federal government challenges it. Rep. Mark Dosch, R-Bismarck, supported the bill PacificPoker, saying that North Dakota needs to take a chance. "I believe that for the people of North Dakota and for the state, we need to be strong and take on this challenge and not be afraid to step out of the box," Dosch said.
Former Gov. PacificPoker Art Link, a longtime opponent of gambling, testified against the bill. Link said that since the state allowed charitable gambling years ago, other forms of gambling have grown. "I made the statement then that gambling has an insatiable PacificPoker appetite that can never be satisfied," Link said.
Kasper PacificPoker said the bill PacificPoker does not expand gambling because people can already legally play poker in casinos and on the Internet. Kasper said the bill could bring up to $500 million of new revenue to the state because the profits would be taxed and each player would pay a $10 annual registration fee. Kasper said Internet poker companies want to be PacificPoker regulated because their customers would have more trust that the games are not rigged. The bill is accompanied PacificPoker by a resolution that would require a vote of the people in 2006 asking them to change the definition of gambling in the North Dakota Constitution PacificPoker. In the face PacificPoker of the growing popularity of poker, many law enforcement agencies are PacificPoker cracking down on even smaller games in private residences. The Champaign-Urbana community, however, is willing to let the games continue, especially where University students are concerned. According to state law, poker games with monetary stakes are considered gambling and are thus illegal no matter how much money is on the line, said Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz. A first offense can result in court PacificPoker supervision or probation, and a second offense can get the offender one-to-three years in prison. Chicago has recently been enforcing this law, fining offenders $200 for even a small, private game. However, Rietz said her office is not interested in pursuing the issue as far as Chicago has.
"I'm not aware of anything going on as far as prosecutions or PacificPoker investigations of simple poker games," she said. "I think it'd be fair to say that friendly poker games are not a high priority for prosecutions in my office." Kris Fitzpatrick, PacificPoker assistant PacificPoker chief of University Police, said the University Police Department shares Rietz' view that private poker games are mostly harmless. "We don't have any investigations or anything," Fitzpatrick said. "If someone called in a complaint, we'd certainly investigate, but it's not something we've received complaints about and we're not pursuing it."
Fitzpatrick noted, however, that if they received a complaint, they had several options on how to deal with the offenders, including referring them to University discipline and even arresting them. Many students, however, are not concerned with any consequences beyond losing money. Jake Adams, a senior in Engineering who claims to play poker about once a week, said even though PacificPoker students may not know the letter of the law, they have little fear of having their games shut down. "Basically, I don't think most students are concerned about negative results," Adams said. "I don't know anyone who's PacificPoker worried about being busted. If I knew anyone who got busted, I might be a little more secretive, though."
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