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Weekend Read: Poker Brings the Media and Gambling Industries Closer

Authored by Jay Baage on September 29, 2006 - 9:36am.
gambling.comInternationally televised tournaments like “The World Series of Poker” and “High Stakes Poker” are creating new stars and a whole new media industry surrounding it. It is currently all being fueled by Internet gambling, either directly or indirectly. The British magazine Gambling.com just landed former Esquire Senior Designer Stuart Tolley as Art Director. The September/October issue features Hollywood actor Eric Bana in his first interview, since filming completed of the poker movie, Lucky You (opens March 13, 2007). In the movie, Bana plays a pro poker player pitted against his estranged father, played by Robert Duvall.
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