OXFORD, Maine — A Las Vegas hotel-casino operator has been chosen to operate a casino under construction in western Maine.
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The government’s crackdown on Internet poker ensnared two of the game’s best-known superstars Tuesday while a prosecutor accused one website of being a “massive ponzi scheme,” defrauding players of more than $443 million. Poker professionals Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson were added as defendants in a civil money laundering complaint against online gaming company FullTilt Poker, saying the players and executives funneled money to their own accounts, rendering FullTilt insolvent.
The American Gaming Association made its strongest call to date for Congress to legalize Internet poker, saying Tuesday that regulations are needed to protect U.S. consumers from illegal online gambling operators.
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