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Minnesota Gaming News
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Poker Tournament To Help Troops
LaunchPoker.com 11/21/05
This past spring Park City was witness to a huge
amateur poker tournament, sponsored by Wichita's Amateur
Poker League. The League announced Saturday it will
repeat the efforts nationwide in support of our troops.
There will be at least 12 large-scale tournaments in
cities including Dallas, St Louis and as far south as
Miami; the first event, however, is going to be close to
home as the tour kicks off Dec. 10 and 11 in Wichita. [more]
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Poker players lend
troops a hand
A local poker league is planning
tournaments around the U.S. to benefit disabled
soldiers as they return from Iraq.
BY JILLIAN
COHAN
The
Wichita Eagle
Posted on Sun, Nov. 20, 2005
Wichita's Amateur Poker
League, the group that brought a huge
amateur poker tournament to Park City this spring,
announced Saturday it will branch out nationwide, for
a good cause.
The league plans to
hold at least 12 large-scale tournaments in cities
including Dallas, St Louis and Miami. The tour kicks
off Dec. 10 and 11 in Wichita. [more]
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Published: November 19, 2005
09:57 pm
Texas Hold’em
tournament a big deal to many
70 teams compete in
first state team tournament
Tim Krohn
The Free Press
NORTH MANKATO —
Dutler’s Bowl and bar
went from a raucous packed house to quiet as a church
Saturday afternoon after one phrase: “Deal the cards.”
The first state Texas Hold’em team poker tournament
drew 70 four-person teams from across Minnesota.
Dutler’s Bowl, off Highway 169 in North Mankato, has
become one of the biggest venues in the state for its
free Texas Hold’em games drawing, 80 to 100 people
each of the five nights they’re held. [more]
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By Matt Richtel The New York
Times
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005
NEW YORK Jesse
Ventura is no longer governor of Minnesota. But he is
still pushing an agenda - in this case, sports betting
over the Internet.
Ventura is the new
spokesman for BetUS.com, a Web site operated from
Costa Rica that lets people wager on sports contests
from their home computers. "This is a step toward
bringing something above board that clearly many
people want to partake in," Ventura said. [more]
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November 11, 2005 06:02
PM US Eastern Timezone
Canterbury Park Holding
Corporation Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
SHAKOPEE,
Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2005--Canterbury
Park Holding Corporation (AMEX:ECP) today announced
financial results for the third quarter and nine
months ended September 30, 2005.
The Company earned net income of $688,372 on revenues of $16,485,467
for the three months ended September 30, 2005,
compared to net income of $1,064,204 on revenues of
$17,279,804 for the same period in 2004. Diluted
earnings per share for the third quarter of 2005
were $.16 compared to $.26 for the third quarter of
2004. Further results for the first nine months of
2005 are presented in the accompanying table. [more] |
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CardPlayer.com
November 10, 2005
It’s
Poker Night at Many Bars in North Dakota
The Free Poker League Gives Major Prizes Away to
Its PlayersDoyle
Brunson famously said that during his long poker
career, he faced players he called “hometown
heroes,” players who happened to be the best in
their hometown and wanted to take a shot at the
big guns of Vegas. Now that poker has risen to
become one of the most popular pastimes in
America, Brunson and his fellow pros have had to
shake off a few more hometown heroes in recent
years, especially in major tournaments, thanks
to an enormous system of both live and online
satellites that allow players to win their way
into the big tourneys, sometimes for nothing. [more]
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CardPlayer.com
Tuesday,
October 25th, 2005
LVFH Entertainment
to Take on the Heartland
The Online Internet Company Is Now Title
Sponsor for the Heartland Poker Tour
Las Vegas From Home
Entertainment.com, Inc. (LVFH), has become the
“executive title sponsor” of the Heartland Poker
Tour, a televised poker show that focuses on
regional, low-buy-in events in Minnesota and
Wisconsin.
LVFH is an e-gaming
software development and provider company that
leases products to many online poker sites,
includiung KoreaCasino.com, and IslandPoker.com. It
also owns ActionPoker.com. [more]
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Mayoral candidate gets help from top
poker player
Associated Press
Posted
on Mon, Oct. 10, 2005
ST.
CLOUD, Minn.
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State
Sen. Dave Kleis (klice) of St. Cloud is receiving
national help in his bid to be St. Cloud's next mayor.
Pro
poker player Phil Gordon, who co-hosts Bravo channel's
"Celebrity Poker Showdown", will be in St. Cloud to
join Kleis for a campaign rally next Monday at the
Granite Bowl.
[more]
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Powerbeat Ready to Air
6
October 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota –-
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Pokerbeat, an informative, fresh new
television show, is in the final stages of production in
Las Vegas. More than two years in development and
orchestrated by gaming content experts, Pokerbeat offers
a stylish and unique glimpse into the world of
professional poker play. The episodes showcase top
competitors and industry insiders delivering up-to-
the-minute news in a fast-paced, magazine-style
30-minute format. [more]
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
‘Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em ...’
Texas hold’em ropes in action
By Kevin Patrick McCahill
Staff Writer
In a
packed and smoky lounge in Trapper’s Bar along Lake
Drive last Tuesday evening, over 50 card players sit
around seven green-felt-covered tables and try their
hardest not to grin when they are dealt a good hand.
The sound of chips stacking and the groans from losing
players punctuate the buzz of conversation moving
throughout the room.
From beginners to serious students, Texas hold ‘em has
caught on as the recreation of choice around the area.
Since June, Trapper’s has hosted a Texas hold ‘em
tournament every Tuesday night. Black Hat Productions
runs hold ‘em events around the metro area.
[more...]
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Ventura new pitchman for online gambling site
Associated Press
August
31, 2005 VENTURA0901
Ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura is
the new pitchman for a foreign-based Internet gambling
site that takes bets on everything from football games
to trial verdicts.
BetUS.com tapped Ventura
to promote the site, which also offers casino games and
poker.
Ventura, who left office in 2003 after a single term, will appear in radio
and print ads that were to debut on Wednesday.
In one, Ventura says:
"As governor, Jesse Ventura told it like it is, and now
I'm telling you that BetUs.com is the only place to
bet.''
[more...]
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The law's poker face
Sarah McCann,
Star Tribune
August 24, 2005
First it was the 2 a.m. bar closing. Then it was
smoking bans. Now it's the poker game Texas Hold'em.
Inconsistency between state and local rules on all
three issues has helped some bar owners and hurt others.
Owners in Fridley recently asked city officials to
change the city's rules so their establishments can host
Texas Hold'em tournaments. The tournaments have been
allowed in Minnesota under certain conditions since June.
They are wildly popular, especially among young people.
But cities are allowed to be stricter than the state.
In Fridley, liquor license holders cannot have cards or
dice on their property.
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Lakes Entertainment Files
Late, Leaves Deloitte & Touche
19 August 2005
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota -- (PRESS RELEASE) --Lakes Entertainment,
Inc. (LACO) announced today that the filing of its quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 3, 2005
("2005 Second Quarter Form 10-Q") will be delayed beyond August
19, 2005, the extended due date of the filing.
[more...]
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Fergus Falls, Minnesota |
Wednesday, August 17, 2005 |
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Trying their hand at
Hold 'Em
By Sarah Horner
It is no longer enough to
brag amongst friends that you can play the best
hand of Texas Hold 'Em. Local bars are calling
players' bluffs and asking them to walk away from
the folding table in their buddy's basement and
lay their cards down amongst citywide
competition.
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Canterbury Park Holding Corporation Reports Financial
Results for the Second Quarter of 2005 |
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- 8/15/2005
Minneapolis -- Canterbury Park Holding Corporation (AMEX:ECP)
today announced results for the second quarter and six
months ended June 30, 2005.
The Company earned net income of $454,149 on revenues
of $14,906,919 for the three months ended June 30, 2005,
compared to net income of $580,860 on revenues of
$14,422,649 for the same period in 2004. Diluted earnings
per share for the second quarter of 2005 were $.11
compared to $.14 for the second quarter of 2004. Further
results for the first six months of 2005 are presented in
the accompanying table.
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The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal - 12:19 PM CDT Monday
Online gaming hurts
Canterbury in Q2
John Vomhof Jr.
Staff Writer
Canterbury Park Holding Corp.'s profit
fell 27.9 percent in the second quarter of 2005, as gains from
poker were offset by competition from online gaming, the company
reported Friday.
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Texas hold’em is an increasingly
popular form of poker in which each player is dealt two
cards and there are five common cards. The legislature
recently enacted a law authorizing Texas hold’em
tournaments that are conducted according to certain
requirements.
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Jim Souhan: Poker faces
get ever younger
Jim Souhan,
Star Tribune
July 3, 2005
JIMS0703
Gleb Kostetsky is wearing a gray
T-shirt, bloodshot eyes and a thick stubble. He looks like
a college student pulling an all-nighter, which is what he
is, but on this Friday, instead of memorizing textbooks,
he's analyzing the carotid arteries of eager card
players.
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NATIONAL DESK
Minnesota
Legalizes a Variant of Poker
Published: June 5, 2005, Sunday
CHICAGO, June 4 -- Gov.
Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota signed legislation on
Friday legalizing Texas hold'em poker tournaments
in the state.
The law adds Texas hold'em to the list of legal
card games, which includes bridge, euchre and
pinochle. It makes tournaments legal as long as
sponsors receive no financial benefits, the total
prize money is less than $200 and there are no
entry fees.
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