The Third World Poker Congress takes place in Budapest, Hungary on 29-30 October.  Several interesting speakers have been lined up for the event and there will also be presentations from many well-informed business people giving their views on the poker industry.

Although it is only recently that online poker has been accepted in Italy, it has already proved to be very successful.  So successful that it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Italians could be playing online very soon.  So far there are two online companies offering online poker, but it is believed that many more will soon be offering their services.

According to a new scientific study printed in the Psychology and Aging journal, if you start gambling on the internet when you are young you will probably suffer less bad effects compared to starting to gamble when you are older.  This is contrary to what we are led to believe by the powers that be who do everything they can to censor internet gambling for the young.  Indeed it is now thought that it is the older generation who are likely to become addicts.

A lot of Schools around the world encourage students to Play poker, online poker since it makes them think better.