Online Gambling Bill Re-Introduced in Mississippi - plus my links selection

Here you are at today's list of the latest links from around the internet. We will be looking at Jean-Robert Bellande along with a variety of other topics. So without further delay, let's get going.

Topic 1: Online gambling
The Links:
- Online Gambling Bill Re-Introduced in Mississippi - Mississippi State Representative Bobby Moak (D - Bogue Chitto) re-introduced an online gaming bill to the state legislature last week, taking another shot at making intrastate online gambling legal in Mississippi after having a similar effort shot down last year ... - from www.pokernewsdaily.com
- www.pokernewsreport.com

Source: www.pokernewsdaily.com

Source: www.pokernewsreport.com

Topic 2: Poker tournament
The Links:
- 2012 Shows Online Poker Decline in France and Italy - "The pattern of decline was somewhat different for the two countries, with Italy suffering a drop in online poker tournaments of 37%, and cash games having declined by 34% ... In addition to both France and Italy suffering this decline in online poker revenue, both Spain and Portugal have also suffered. The common factor here seems to be that these countries have all segregated their online poker markets from other countries, even though the European Union has instructed otherwise" - said www.pokernewsreport.com
- Latest Figures Confirm Online Poker's Decline in Italy from pokerfuse.com

Topic 3: Poker
The Links:
- CarbonPoker to Eliminate Rakeback, Entire Network to Follow? - "CarbonPoker, an online poker room on the Merge Poker Network, announced Tuesday that this will be the last month for its rakeback program" - said www.pokernewsdaily.com
- Winners Honoured at the European Poker Awards - www.pokernewsreport.com

Topic 4:National Heads-Up Poker Championship
The Links:
- A look at the 2013 NBC Heads-Up Poker brackets - "On Wednesday night the participants in the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship assembled at Caesar's Palace for the "Draw Party", where the 64 players found out who their first-round opponents will be, and what their path to the Final Four will look like ... * Joseph Cheong vs. Olivier Busquet * Jean-Robert Bellande vs. WSOP.com Qualifier BJ Miller * Maria Ho vs. Phil Galfond * Eugene Katchalov vs. Faraz Jaka * Justin Smith vs. Bertrand Grospellier * Phil Hellmuth vs. Mike Sexton * Chris Moneymaker vs. Jason Somerville * Robert Salaburu vs. David "Doc" Sands Key Matchups in the Hearts Bracket: Joe Cheong vs. Olivier Busquet will be one of the best matches of the tournament, but the pairing of Mike Sexton and Phil Hellmuth will be the one that draws the most TV attention" - said pokernewsboy.com

And that's it! I hope you've enjoyed the ups and downs of breaking stories trending lately. I'm sure you'd agree that the internet is really an incredible place. So if you are hungry for more great links, do check in with us soon.

Schleswig-Holstein Repeals Gaming Law, Votes to Join State Treaty - and top links

Right, why don't we get going. All the links:

- "A pitted legal battle over the introduction of sports betting in New Jersey was kicked up a notch this week with the United States Department of Justice's filing of papers to join an action designed to stop New Jersey's plans" - [pokerfuse.com]


- "In a scenario which could never have been forecast two years ago, Full Tilt Poker is to host satellites to the PokerStars sponsored EPT Main Event in London. Full Tilt Poker has announced that it will be hosting online satellites to the EPT London Main Event from this weekend (January 27th), with winners of the $640.00 buy-in tournaments receiving a prize package worth approximately $12,000" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]


- Schleswig-Holstein Repeals Gaming Law, Votes to Join State Treaty - "Land" - [pokerfuse.com]

- 2012 Shows Online Poker Decline in France and Italy - "The steep decline in online poker revenue in both Italy and France in 2012 seems to be linked to the lack of shared poker player pools" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

- "Mark Hillary, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License The German Federal Court ruled to suspend its decision on the legality of its State Treaty on Gaming, Thursday, with questions submitted to the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) regarding the consistency of its gambling framework" - [pokerfuse.com]