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Ohio Casinos To Provide Slots In Smoking AreasOhio is set to see some of its casinos offer smokers gambling options. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is going to be putting in slots in a smoking area. Two more casinos in the state will likely follow. “This fall, pending regulatory approval, we will introduce a new concept to the market […]
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Widow Of Gambling Addict Sues Casino, Slot MakerThe widow of a former business executive who lost everything due to a slot machine addiction and then committed suicide is suing the casino and the slot manufacturer over practices that she thinks go to the very heart of the casino industry. Stacy Stevens, whose husband Scott committed suicide on Aug. 13, 2012 after embezzling […]
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2014 POY: Tristan Wade Wins As Fall Stretch BeginsIn the wake of the WSOP the tournament poker world has spent much of the last few weeks taking a break. Things are just starting to hear up again in the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at what went down over the past seven days […]
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CPPT: Win Free Seat To Bike Main EventOne of the final stops of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour is swiftly approaching and players now have even more chances to take a shot at the money and CPPT glory. The CPPT will make a stop at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California September 21 through October 15 in what […]
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Caesars Reports Second-Quarter Loss Of $466.4 MillionCaesars, which hasn’t posted a profit since 2009, reported a second-quarter loss of $466.4 million, compared with a prior-year loss of $212.2 million, The Wall Street Journal reported. Caesars has an industry-high of more than $20 billion in debt. According to the report: For the quarter, overall revenue for the company rose three percent to […]
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Majortiy Of Northeast Lives Within 25 Miles Of CasinoAccording to an infographic from The New York Times, gaming revenue in the Northeast part of the United States has grown to more than $13 billion annually, up from around $5 billion in 1990 and up significantly since right before the Great Recession sank gaming win. The boost in gaming revenue is due to more […]
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Steady Growth Over Another Poker Boom, Says ExecBack in June, Ultimate Gaming, one of Nevada’s three operational online poker sites, announced that Todd Kobrin had been hired as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer. Kobrin, who before that served as Vice President at 888 for its U.S. and Asia Pacific regions, has plans to build “brand awareness” for Ultimate Gaming and its Ultimate […]
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Atlantic City's Most Expensive Casino To CloseOn Monday, Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City was posting photos of sushi and drinks on the beach to its Facebook page with captions like “Starting the week out right!” On Tuesday, the casino announced that it would close its doors next month. Revel, the most expensive casino ever built in Atlantic City, failed to […]
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New Jersey Governor Vetoes Sports Betting BillA bill that would have brought sports betting to New Jersey casinos and race tracks while simultaneously circumventing a federal law that prohibits it has been vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Raymond Lesniak, among others, offered some hope to the struggling Atlantic City gambling market because it allowed the state […]
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Ivey's Alleged Accomplice In Suit Against FoxwoodsCheng Yin Sun, who was accused of helping poker pro Phil Ivey “edge-sort” at Atlantic City’s Borgata casino in 2012, is now involved with another legal case, this time against Foxwoods Casino Resort in Connecticut. Sun, along with two other gamblers, Long Mei Fan and Zong Yang Li, are suing Foxwoods for millions. They say […]
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Lotto Directors Oppose Web Gambling BanState lotteries want web poker to exist in the United States. In a recent piece by Jeff Anderson, Director of the Idaho Lottery, Stephen Martino, Director of Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, and Charles McIntyre, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Lottery, the state lotto directors addressed a proposed federal web gaming ban by […]
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Card Rooms, PokerStars Respond To iPoker DelayThe coalition representing the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, California’s three largest card clubs—the Commerce Club, the Hawaiian Gardens Casino and the Bicycle Casino—and PokerStars responded to the news that California online poker legislation has been shelved for this year. The bills were introduced this past winter, but never gained any steam. “We have been […]
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VIDEO: Jason Somerville On Floating In NLHJason Somerville is not shy about sharing his experience and insight into the game of poker. In fact the 27-year-old poker pro hosts an online poker show called “Run It UP!” in which he gives away free in depth analysis of his play as he attempts to turn $50 into $10,000 playing online poker. Somerville […]
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Poker Pro Talks Losing Aces V. Aces In $1M Buy-InPoker pro Connor Drinan grabbed lots of mainstream media attention late last month after video coverage of his elimination hand in the $1 million buy-in at the 2014 WSOP hit airwaves. Drinan held pocket aces and ran into the pocket aces of Cary Katz. Unfortunately for the 25-year-old Drinan, Katz made a flush on the […]
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New Jersey Could Have Sports Betting Next MonthIn order to get around a federal ban on sports betting, the state of New Jersey is prepared to pass a law that would work around the ban by basically enacting a hands-off approach to the activity—neither endorsing it nor prohibiting it. This comes from Press of Atlantic City reporting on Thursday. Sports betting is […]
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Alex Luneau Up $1.2 Million So Far In AugustFrenchman Alex “Alexonmoon” Luneau has returned to the online poker tables in a huge way. So far in August, he is up roughly $1.2 million, according to tracking site HighstakesDB. Luneau, who has opted out of having his long-term online results tracked, is coming off a 2014 World Series of Poker in which he recorded […]
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Hard Rock Casino-Hotel Opens In Downtown Sioux CityA brand new casino opened its doors in Sioux City, Iowa just a handful of days ago. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City has 30,000 square feet of gaming floor space, which includes 839 slot machines and 25 table games, featuring blackjack, roulette and craps, the Associated Press reported. Staind frontman Aaron Lewis […]
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Several Accused Of Money Laundering Through SlotsSeveral people in the state of Kansas have been accused of laundering $200,000 in profits from selling marijuana through slot machines at a local casino. The accused in the federal case that resulted in a grand jury are Gregory Rapp, 30, Denise Hurla, 50, Christopher Anderson, 30, Kenneth Stewart, 33, and Jeffrey Selectman, 29. Documents […]
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California Online Poker Bill Shelved For 2014Online poker efforts in California this year took a hit yesterday. According to the L.A. Times, state Sen. Lou Correa said that he is shelving his online poker bill for 2014. The other bill in the legislature, sponsored by Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer, has not had any traction and appears to be drawing slim. There just […]
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Poker Hand of the Week: What's Your Play?Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]
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2014 POY Update: Chris Hunichen Joins Top 20Despite being a relatively slow week, there were still hundreds of thousands of dollars won and plenty of points awarded over the past seven days of the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at what went down in the past week. 2014 Latin American Poker Tour […]
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CPPT Choctaw Results: Events 74, 75, 78, 80 & 81The seventh stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma July 17 and hosted a series of 81 tournaments through August 4. The series culminated with a $1,500 no-limit hold’em $500,000 guarantee main event August 1-4. Here is a look at the last results: […]
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Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Moves Toward OpeningEverything appears to be on schedule for the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore to open on the night of Aug. 26. It will be the fifth casino in the state of Maryland. “It’s exciting. It’s exciting for our team, but this construction team has put in a lot of time and effort as well, and for them […]
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PlayersOnly Celebrates Shark Week With $5K GiveawayFrom Sunday, Aug. 10th to Friday, Aug. 15th PlayersOnly is celebrating Shark Week by giving away $5,000 worth of cash and prizes. During the promotion, play in a daily $500 Shark Week Freeroll. Win the event and you’ll find yourself in the $2,000 Shark Week Championship event on Saturday, Aug. 16th where you’ll face off […]
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CPPT: Bicycle Casino Schedule SetWith eight tour stops in the books for Season II the Card Player Poker Tour will begin to wind down the year with a stop at the famous Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California beginning in September. Sure to be one of the largest tournament series of the season, the focal point will be the […]
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Nevada Removes Gambling Cheat From Black BookIf you get caught cheating enough times in Silver State casinos and find your way into the infamous “Black Book,” the only way to get off the list is by dying. That’s what just happened to a Maryland man who had been on the “excluded person list” since 2001. John Edward Mealey, Jr., who has […]
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Seagal Stars In New Poker Movie 'Gutshot Straight'A new poker movie starring Steven Seagal and others will soon hit theaters. Gutshot Straight has a North American release date set for Sept. 1, 2014, according to cityonfire.com. Watch the trailer above to get the scoop on the plot. Justin Steele is the film’s director. George Eads, most known for his work on CSI: […]
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Man Stole Dead Father's Stamps Over Slots AddictionHis father was a renowned stamp collector and he was a slot machine addict. The result was 29-year-old Joseph Jennings from the U.K. pleading guilty to stealing part of his late father’s stamp collection to fund his degenerate gambling at a local betting shop. According to the Guardian, Jennings’ guilty plea and his mother’s plea […]
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Trump Sues To Remove Name From AC CasinosOn Tuesday, real estate giant and reality TV star Donald Trump filed a lawsuit demanding that his name be removed from two Atlantic City casinos. Trump sued Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates the Trump Plaza and Trump Taj Mahal, a corporation he once controlled and still has a 10 percent stake in. The 68-year-old billionaire […]
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Police Kill Suspect In Arizona Casino ShootingThe Associated Press reported that a gunman who wounded two outside an Arizona gambling facility, Hon-Dah Resort Casino near Pinetop, was shot dead by police. According to the report: The incident started when the alleged shooter got into an argument with his wife Saturday night in the parking lot. […] [A] casino security guard went […]
