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March

Rumors were made official when the PPA officially announced that Senator Al D’Amato officially joined its ranks.

Although the part of the UK’s 2005 Gambling Act that banned internet gambling ads was dropped, any forthcoming gambling ads were to conform to guidelines and be “socially responsible”.

A group of big name poker players (Chris Ferguson, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke, Joseph Hachem, Phil Gordon, Howard Lederer, and Greg Raymer) filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the World Poker Tour.

It was the contention of the poker pros that they were forced to waive rights to intellectual properties.

March also meant the NCAA’s March Madness college basketball tournament and much like the football title game, the Florida Gators and Ohio State Buckeyes were the final two (although the title game was actually played in April).

The Ohio State Buckeyes couldn’t lose both the football and basketball titles in the same year could they? Yes they could.

While David Carruthers was under house arrest in St. Louis, BetonSports’ founder, Gary Kaplan was nabbed in the Dominican Republic.

April

With CryptoLogic setting up offices in Ireland, the gaming software company announced that CEO Lewis Rose would be stepping down and Javaid Aziz would take his place.

Mid-April once again saw rumors about a UIGEA repeal headed by Barney Frank, this time reports indicated it would be presented by the end of the month and Frank just did that on April 26, 2007.

May

Daniel Negreanu’s contract with Full Contact Poker was reportedly set to expire and he was rumored to be available to the highest bidder.

After being arrested back in March, Gary Kaplan entered a Not Guilty plea.

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