While everyone is focused on the Full Tilt Poker hearings in Alderney, Bodog drops a bomb: theyre leaving the U.S. market.

From the official announcement:

Following recent news that Bodog UK has been granted a gambling license by the UK Gambling Commission, we are pleased to announce further developments to the Bodog brand going forward.

As highlighted last week, Bodog UK’s CEO, Patrik Selin believes the trust and credibility that having a UK license brings to the brand will benefit customers and allow him to attract the best talent in the industry to work with him.

However, in order to ensure the brand’s expansion is not affected by negative perceptions, both in the UK and elsewhere in emerging markets such as Asia, where Bodog88 is already successful, a decision has been made to withdraw the Bodog brand from the US market at the end of 2011. As

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Bodog Poker will stop accepting US players in 2012, the latest news is that BodogPoker plan to leave the US market when their gaming license expires at the end of the year. Bodog is a UK based company who have recently been approved for a UK gambling license.

While Full Tilt Poker servers still remains closed to the entire World, the hearing to re-instate their gaming license has been further delayed until September 2011.

Carbon Poker has blocked sign-ups from new US Players, but will allow new sign-ups soon.

Bodog Poker is still legal for USA Poker players just until the end of the year 2011 when their license with Morris Mohawk Gaming expires.

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New Jersey lawmakers are telling the US Department of Justice that their state has every right to enact intra-state Internet gambling, and that their efforts are permitted under current federal law.

In a letter to US Attorney-General Eric Holder, NJ Senator Raymond J. Lesniak one of the sponsors of New Jerseys proposed sports betting and Internet gambling legislation stated that (t)he State of New Jersey should not be impeded in any manner from exercising our rights under our state constitution and under federal law.

Earlier this year, New Jerseys legislature overwhelmingly voted for a bill to permit casinos in Atlantic City to offer intra-state Internet gambling on casino games and poker.

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July 28 – Tonight (Thursday, July 28), the Boston Red Sox will attempt to win their 4-game series against the Kansas City Royals 3-1 in front of their home fans at Fenway Park. The question, is whether they can pull off a third consecutive win?,

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Take a look at our MLB Betting Preview Red Sox vs Royals below to find out:

For our MLB betting buck, you better believe they can. Boston fans were excused for grimacing after the Red Sox went down unexpectedly 1-3 to the visiting Royals on Monday at Fenway Park.

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To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?

Ah, Hamlet. You have to love his existential meanderings about the nature of life, the pitfalls inherent in our experience of it, and how we try so desperately to make sense of it all through philosophy, through myth, through poetry, through narratives about self and others. Lets take Shakespeares grand metaphysical question and narrow it down to a simple game of blackjack: to stand or not to stand. Its a vexing question- especially when you have an uncertain total like 15 or 16. You may be tempted to hit in order to increase the total value of your hand.

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