Thursday, 28 June 2012
Former banker John Campos has been given a three-month prison sentence for his role in illegal payment processing for poker sites.
According to news agency Bloomberg, Manhattan District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Campos' request for a non-custodial sentence and in addition to the jail time, Campos was given three years' probation and was banned from serving as an officer or director of a bank. Campos, a former vice-president Utah's Sun First bank admitted to processing $200 million in gambling proceeds from late 2009 onwards. He was charged with violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act as part of the Black Friday proceedings.The 59-year-old had pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge in March but Judge Kaplan initially rejected the agreement reached with US prosecutors, questioning why Campos hadn't been charged with a felony. Kaplan accepted the single charge at a later hearing in April.According to the Associated Press Judge Kaplan described Campos' misdemeanor as a 'greed-driven crime' and that he was 'extremely lenient' in handing down a sentence of just three months.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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