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West Virginia To Ponder Online Gambling

West Virginia is looking at potentially legalizing online gambling for those within its borders. According to the Charleston Daily Mail, the state’s lottery director told members of the Lottery Commission this week that officials met with casino firms in the state last month to discuss potentially having intrastate online gambling sometime in the future. Online […]

Casino Possibly Coming To Denver Metro Area

Come November, Colorado voters will decide whether to allow a casino in the Denver Metro area, according to 9news.com. The ballot question centers on Amendment 68, which would allow the Arapahoe Park Racetrack, among other such facilities in the state, to start offering slots and table games, according to a local CBS affiliate. In other […]

2014 POY: Dan Smith, Jason Mericer Join Top 10

The 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona festival was a huge success, with several events setting record for the tour. As a result of all of the large fields the series has also had a big effect on the 2014 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by CarbonPoker. Here is a look at what […]

Nevada Online Poker Sites Collect $985K In July

Nevada’s three online poker sites took in roughly $985,000 during the month of July, down from June’s $1.037 million, according to figures released Thursday by the state. The World Series of Poker ended in mid-July, after starting in late May. The poker tournament series, which draws thousands of poker players from all over the globe, […]

Study: You're Like A Pigeon When You Play Poker

Well, this is an odd one—but may be of some use to those interested in understanding the psychology going on at their poker table. Researchers at Warwick University in the U.K. have come out with comments that claim there is a parallel between the brains of people while they gamble at a casino and the […]

Andre Lettau Wins 2014 EPT Barcelona Main Event

The 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event drew the largest ever field on European soil in the tour’s history. A total of 1,496 players turned out to the 100th EPT main event to build a €7,480,000 prize pool. From that sea of entrants the field was whittled down over seven days […]

Ihar Soika Wins EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller

The 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona has been a record-breaking affair. The 100th EPT festival saw a record turnout in the super high roller and the largest main event field in the tour’s history outside of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Wrapping up the series was the €10,300 no-limit hold’em high roller, which also earned the […]

Professional Sports Likely To Come To Vegas: Reports

On Wednesday, it seemed like a certainty that Las Vegas will soon be getting a major professional sports franchise, thanks to two distinct, yet similar, developments. According to a report from The Province, a National Hockey League team could be coming to Sin City, as the NHL is looking to expand for the first time […]

Social Media Addiction Like Gambling Addiction: Study

A doctor at a prominent health facility in the United States has drawn a parallel between overuse of social media and degenerate gambling. The comments came in the wake of research conducted at the University of Missouri, which surveyed nearly 600 people with Twitter accounts. The participants, who told researchers that they are on Twitter […]

Man Carjacks Vehicle From Golden Nugget, Police Say

A 39-year-old Newark man carjacked a couple of vehicles from the Golden Nugget Atlantic City on Sunday, police said. According to Press of Atlantic City, Rahim Adams has been accused of carjacking twice within a five-hour time span, and the second time resulted in his arrest. Detectives reportedly were investigating the first carjacking when they […]

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 […]

Texas Station Closes North Las Vegas Poker Room

The eight-table poker room at Texas Station in North Las Vegas closed for good this week, according to a report from USPoker.com. Despite having online poker in Nevada, Station Casinos Inc. elected to close the room. The casino operator also closed Sunset Station’s eight-table room earlier this year. Station Casinos, which targets the locals market […]

Carbon Hosting $15,000 NFL Survivor Contest

CarbonPoker is hosting a $15,000 NFL Survivor Contest on CarbonSports beginning with week 1 on Thursday, Sep. 4. All you need to do is pick a straight up winner each week to advance and you can’t use the same team twice. Once your team loses, you are out of the contest. Your first entry will […]

Poker Strategy: How To Choose Your Bluffs

Most players don’t bluff often enough. Part of the problem is that bluffing consistently requires a certain leap of faith that can be hard to muster. It can be especially hard to muster if you’ve been enduring a bad run. But another part of the problem is that players don’t know which sort of hands […]

Titus Pushes To Repeal Fed Sports Betting Tax

A Capitol Hill lawmaker from Nevada has her sights set on repealing a 0.0025 percent federal tax on sports wagers in the Silver State. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Rep. Dina Titus asked the IRS what the $9 million Nevada sports books paid last year to the feds was spent on (at the request […]

Armored Car Company Agrees To Repay Casino

The armored car company that was responsible for losing a bag containing nearly $21,000 belonging to Revel casino in Atlantic City has agreed to reimburse the casino, according to a report from the Associated Press. The money fell off the roof of one of the trucks. According to The Press of Atlantic City, an internal […]

Allen Kessler Wins WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event

A total of 526 entries were made in the 2014 World Series of Poker Circuit Foxwoods $1,675 no-limit hold’em main event, building a total prize pool of $790,841. From that sizable field only one player could emerge as the champion, and that turned out to be none other than Allen Kessler. For the win the […]

Casino Says Ex-Employee Stole High Roller List

A former VIP Host at Maryland Live! Casino has been sued by the property for allegedly using the contacts she acquired via her work at the Hanover casino for her new job at Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, which opens Tuesday night. According to the 14-page complaint, Helena Wong began working for Maryland Live! as a VIP […]

Horseshoe Casino Baltimore Opens Tonight

A fifth casino in the state of Maryland is set to open up at 9 p.m. Tuesday. Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, developed by CBAC Gaming, a group led by Caesars Entertainment Corp., will be the second largest casino in the state. The $442 million casino will feature a 122,000-square-foot gaming floor with video lottery terminals, table […]

Delaware Online Gambling Sites Win $173K In July

The state of Delaware’s three online gambling operators won $173,096.40 from gamblers during the calendar month of June, according to figures released by the Delaware Lottery. $31,397.57 of that figure came from online poker. The $173,000 was lower than June’s $187,000 in overall Internet gaming revenue. The figure of more than $31,000 for poker was […]

This Week In Tournament Poker: Aug. 25 - 31

In this Card Player weekly feature we look to provide our readers with a guide to some of the biggest poker events taking place in their area for the upcoming week. Check out all the tournament action set to go down in your own backyard from August 25th through the 31st. Head to our tournament […]

Taiwanese Web Gambling Boss Murdered

Police say that a wealthy Taiwanese businessman who accumulated his fortune thanks to illegal Internet gambling operations has been murdered by kidnappers, one of whom was his chauffeur, according to AFP. The case reportedly has “rocked the country.” The victim, Shih Chia-chin, was picked up by his chauffeur at a local airport on Aug 18. […]

Japan Forms Group To Help With Casino Initiative

Many in Japan are looking to legalize Las Vegas-style casino resort complexes this fall to have them built and operational in time to capitalize on the tourism boom that will come from the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Forbes reported Monday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is creating a task force to jump start […]

Gambler Finally Hits Legendary Slot Machine

On Friday, a Las Vegas tourist hit a jackpot on a progressive slot machine at MGM that had not been hit in 15 years, according to media reports. MGM confirmed the news. The prize was $2.4 million. The man was 66-year-old Walter Misco, who said he only played the machine because his wife told him […]

Poker Strategy: Well, That Happens

You’re dealt pocket kings and get all raisy-crazy preflop — as you should — only to face the dreaded ace on the flop. Well, that happens. You flop middle set and get meatgrindered by set-over-set. Well, that happens. Your A-2 in Omaha eight-or-better holding goes down in counterfeit flames when the river comes deuce to […]

Poker Strategy With Gavin Griffin: Interesting Decisions

I write notes for these articles often while I’m playing and here’s one I wrote the other day: “Instead of focusing on interesting results, focus on interesting decisions.” This came up after everyone was talking about a hand from a few months ago where two people got all in preflop and decided to run it […]

Elderly Men Accused Of Swapping Cards At Poker Table

A group of men, each in their 70s, was accused of orchestrating a cheating plot at a Minnesota casino last summer. One of the men was finally caught Wednesday. According to the Star Tribune, the scheme netted the men a little over $200—so, just about $50 each—but they have been charged with felonies by the […]

SLS Las Vegas To Open Tonight At Midnight

SLS Las Vegas, formerly the Sahara, will open tonight at midnight. “Style, Luxury, Service,” is what SLS stands for, in case you were wondering. The site, once home to the iconic Sahara, which was open from 1952 to 2011, fell victim to the financial crisis of 2008. A handful of years later, there is new […]

Man Robs Casino, Tries To Hitchhike: Police

Police say that a New York man robbed Turning Stone casino on Tuesday and then attempted to flee the area by hitchhiking. Apparently he had no other getaway plan. No motorist picked up 30-year-old Jacob Walsh and he instead opted to hide out in the woods close to the casino, where he was caught about […]

Hansen Approaches $20 Million In Web Poker Losses

It’s unclear why Gus Hansen doesn’t just stick to live poker, the arena in which he is one of the most successful players in the history of recorded card playing. A horrible past seven days on Full Tilt Poker resulted in the Dane dropping nearly $1 million, which has brought his losses on 2014 to […]