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From PokerNews.com, a real journalist (Amy Calistri) reports -
When we contacted Gary Thompson, Director of the World Series of Poker Tournament Operations and Communications, he had the following comments relative to the recent Harrah’s related forum fodder.
“As a gaming company licensed in more than a dozen jurisdictions in the United States and abroad, Harrah’s must follow the guidance of federal law and state gaming regulations in conducting its business. In this regard, the 2007 World Series of Poker venue will not contain advertising from dot.com sties that allow access to US residents nor ads from dot.net sites affiliated with those entities. Harrah’s position does not affect advertising that may or may not be carried out by media companies that cover the event, as they aren’t subject to the same gaming-regulatory requirements as Harrah’s. Nor does our position impact players. In fact, we expect to post the 2007 WSOP rules and registration procedures on worldseriesofpoker.com next week that will contain a new logo policy allowing players to wear apparel with dot.net logos as well as multiple and larger logos.
As far as the felts, I have seen blogs and forum threads speculating about who may or may not have sought advertising rights to the WSOP. Harrah’s has a long-standing policy of not commenting on rumors or speculation. If we do enter into any business agreement with another company, we’ll make a public announcement at the appropriate time.”
So you can still wear your stupid hat with the dot net logo on it at the WSOP 2007. Once you clean out enough quarters from behind the seat cushions to buy your way in.