Time – Milford, Massachusetts at the holidays looks a lot like Bedford Falls, the fictional setting of the classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Settled in 1662, the town of 27,000 still has working farms, its own daily newspaper, a baseball diamond behind the American Legion Hall and an annual picnic. On Memorial and Veteran’s days, parades run down a Main Street lined with white wooden churches and historic buildings made of red brick and locally quarried pink granite. But its visions of Pottersville, the film’s alternate-universe world of greed, strip clubs, pawnshops, and hopelessness that have been on residents’…

Poker News – The holidays are upon us! Lists are being made, checked twice, and people all over are asking each other the question, “What do you want for Christmas?” In hopes of spreading good cheer and giving our audience ready answers when they are asked this question, we’ve compiled a list of 10 potential gifts a poker player can ask for this Christmas. Without any further hesitation, let’s get started! 1. RunGood App — $17.99 The easiest way to describe the RunGood poker app is “PokerTracker for live games.” The app lets you keep track of your poker sessions…

Spectator.co.uk – The puritan, as devotees of Baltimore’s finest know, is greatly exercised by the fear that someone, somewhere, might be enjoying themselves. Ed Miliband is a puritan. And a hopeless, nagging, fish-faced puritan at that. A ninny, in other words. The Labour leader has a rare gift. He knows, you see, how you should spend your money. What’s more, if you fail to spend your cash in the proper Miliband-approved manner he thinks he should be – nay is! – entitled to coerce you into changing your miserable behaviour. Of course he is not alone in that. Many politicians…

Card Player – On Thursday, the World Series of Poker announced the dates for the 2014 summer festival. The 45th running of the WSOP will begin on Tuesday, May 27 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It’s the 10th consecutive year the event has been held at the Rio. Action will run for 49 consecutive days, concluding with formation of the final table of the main event on July 14. The main event is slated to run over ten consecutive days starting July 5. In addition to the main event and other typical bracelet events, the…

iGaming Business – Mobile technology and digital solutions specialist Samsung has announced the launch of its Smartphone GamePad and Mobile Console app in a move that it claims will enhance the gaming experience across its Galaxy devices. Samsung said that it would launch the Smartphone GamePad in response to the expanding global gaming market and claimed that the new offering would allow Galaxy device users to access an “advanced experience” whilst on the move. The GamePad steel frame is attachable to mobile devices ranging from four to just over six inches and connects to smartphones and tablets through Bluetooth pairing….

iGaming Business – The value of Bitcoin has slumped after reports emerged that China has taken action to restrict trading in the virtual currency. According to the BBC, BTC China, the country’s first Bitcoin and Chinese Yuan trading platform, said that local payment companies had been blocked from providing it with clearing services, meaning it can no longer accept Yuan-based deposits. Bitcoin value fell as a result of the reports with one Bitcoin trading for as low as Y2,560 (€308.4/$421.6), a significant drop on the all-time high of Y7,588 recorded in November of this year. Virtual currency exchanges in China…