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Nesson, Woods, and Experts to Explore U.S. Legal Implications for Future of Online Gaming

University of Richmond Assembles Legal Experts to Analyze Ramifications of U.S. Gaming Ban at Internet Gambling and the Law Symposium

Cambridge, MA (March 18, 2008) — Harvard Law School Professor Charles Nesson and Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) Executive Director Andrew Woods will speak on a panel with the nation's leading experts on gaming law, gathered to analyze and debate the current U.S. legal regime surrounding online gaming at the Legal Issues in Online Gambling symposium, at the University of Richmond on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

Harvard Student Group To Rally at State House To Protest Possible Jail Terms for Poker Players

Law Professor Seeks Answers From Deval Patrick

Cambridge, MA (March 17) — The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS), the group formed at Harvard Law School to promote poker as an educational tool, is co-sponsoring a rally Tuesday at the Statehouse with the Massachusetts chapter of the Poker Players Alliance to protest the criminalization of poker in Governor Deval Patrick's gaming bill.

USC Takes on UCLA in GPSTS Team Poker

Following Harvard-Yale Showdown, Second Inter-school Poker Match Sets the Stage for National March Madness Event

BOSTON, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ — The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) will continue its schedule of inter-school matches this weekend with a team poker competition between USC and UCLA as part of the run up to a national inter-school poker tournament in March 2008.

Harvard Law Launches Lecture Series on Role of Poker in the Legal World

For Immediate Release/Oct. 15, 2007
Contacts: Andrew Woods (310-254-5218)
Jon Cohen (203-722-1858)
www.gpsts.org

Harvard Law Launches Lecture Series on Role of Poker in the Legal World

Group of Scholars Will Debate Legal and Ethical Issues of Online Gaming For Broadcast Over Internet and Second Life

Boston (October 15, 2007) — Harvard Law School's new student-led Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) and a leading Harvard professor have scheduled a series of lectures and conferences to examine the role of poker in the law and education.