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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Legalizing Online Poker

    Should California legalize online poker? New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware have legalized some form of online gambling. Two bills making their way through the California Legislature would legalize online poker. Power players are lining up on both sides, with potentially billions of dollars at stake.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Should California legalize online poker? New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware have legalized some form of online gambling. Two bills making their way through the California Legislature would legalize online poker. Power players are lining up on both sides, with potentially billions of dollars at stake.

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    3 of 5
    Mass Incarceration, Online Poker & Godzilla Turns 60
    1. 0:00Mass Incarcerations
    2. 9:29Death Row Innocence
    3. 17:09Legalizing Online PokerYou’re reading this
    4. 26:20Godzilla Turns 60
    5. 40:45The Front Lines of Banking Cybersecurity
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Andrew Walsh

      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Jonathan Grotenstein

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Mass Incarceration, Online Poker & Godzilla Turns 60
    1. 0:00Mass Incarcerations
    2. 9:29Death Row Innocence
    3. 17:09Legalizing Online PokerYou’re reading this
    4. 26:20Godzilla Turns 60
    5. 40:45The Front Lines of Banking Cybersecurity
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