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Pennsylvania Casinos Win $3.1 Billion In 2013

The state of Pennsylvania, which first opened up casinos in 2006, saw its casinos collect just over $3.1 billion in gaming revenue during calendar year 2013, according to a state report released late this week. That’s the money won from gamblers. It was the third year in a row that casinos in the state brought […]

Don Johnson Featured In Bloomberg Special

Don Johnson, the CEO of Heritage Development who in a four-month spree a few years ago won $6 million at the Tropicana, $5 million at the Borgata and $4 million at Caesars and has been written about as “The Man Who Broke Atlantic City”, is now being profiled by Bloomberg TV in a special called […]

A Poker Life: Jeremy Ausmus

One of the downsides of being a successful cash-game player is that your wins are rarely, if ever reported. This was the case with Colorado-native Jeremy Ausmus, who toiled in relative anonymity, recognized only by other Las Vegas grinders who had the misfortune of battling it out against him. In fact, until the 2012 World […]

Hansen Starts Off 2014 By Dropping $700,000

It is hard to put into words how terrible Gus Hansen was on Full Tilt Poker in 2013. He lost a staggering sum of around $8.4 million. To start 2014, he has already dusted off $698,000, according to HighstakesDB. He started off the year on a tiny upswing, winning around $200,000, but with most miniature […]

CardPlayer.com Adds 'Poker Leaderboards'

CardPlayer.com, which hosts the largest and most comprehensive database of poker players and poker results on the Internet, recently unveiled a collection of tens of thousands of leaderboards that display top lifetime, geographic, and casino data for poker tournament wins. In addition to a comprehensive list of poker’s all-time winners, all in one place, users […]

NV Wins $152.7M From Poker In FY 2013

Statewide, Nevada’s top casinos reported $152,746,688 in revenue from live and online poker in fiscal year 2013, according to a state report issued last week. The revenue is another word for the rake. Since online gambling hit the Silver State on April 30th, the figure included only about two months of online poker action. Card […]

CPPT Leaderboard Shaken Up After PBKC

Harvey Vandeven and Timothy Miles still top the Card Player Poker Tour Season II leaderboard but 25-year old Jacksonville, Florida poker pro John McNulty is at the door with a chance to take over now that the second stop of the season has been completed. Vandeven and Miles chopped for even money for $76,598 a […]

888 Offers NFL Player $88,800 To Change His Name

Online poker site 888 started running online poker games in New Jersey in late November (thanks to a partnership with Caesars Interactive) and already it is pulling out the cheap gimmicks to get some publicity. It, of course, worked like a charm. The gambling firm has offered New York Giants player Hakeem Nicks $88,800 to […]

Kentucky Begins Pondering Casino Proposal

On Wednesday, lawmakers in the state of Kentucky reviewed two separate proposals for casino gambling, the Associated Press reported. No action was taken. The pair of bills would legalize the casinos and set up how to regulate them. Bringing commercial casinos to the state has been under consideration for 15 straight legislative sessions, but nothing […]

Capture The Flag: Mark Newhouse

Mark Newhouse isn’t even 30 years old yet, but already he considers himself “one of the old guys” in the poker world. This summer at the World Series of Poker, the veteran made the final table of the main event. At the end of the road in November, Newhouse went on to finish in ninth […]

$50 Million Poker Tournament Appears Fake

Just a few days ago, a press release came out for a $1 million buy-in winner-take-all tournament in Australia. However, the casino where it will supposedly be held hasn’t heard of it. It appears that the tournament is a fake. The “Royal Poker Challenge” claimed it will take place on Mar. 30 at The Star […]

Card Player Poker Tour Adds Irish Open to Schedule

The Card Player Poker Tour is excited to announce a partnership with the Paddy Power Poker Irish Open. With a colorful history spanning more than three decades, the Irish Open is sure to add additional buzz and excitement to the CPPT, which is already in the midst of a successful second season. The longest running […]

Fantasy Sports TV Network Set To Launch

A 24/7 television network just for fantasy sports is close to coming to fruition. On Mar. 4, the network, created by Anthem Media Group, Inc., will become available in North America. The group said that fantasy sports has become a $5 billion-a-year industry. For comparison, the NFL brings in about $9 billion in revenue each […]

Man Arrested For Gambling Scheme At Tennis Event

Police at the ongoing Australian Open tennis tournament have busted a man for allegedly using a sophisticated scheme to gamble on the matches with a huge edge over bookmakers. The 22-year-old was arrested Tuesday while court-side during a match. According to the Herald Sun, police claim that he was using a special electronic device sewn […]

NJ Casinos Win $8.4M From Online Gambling

There was some good news and some bad news out of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement on Tuesday. Regulators reported that for calendar year 2013 Atlantic City casinos won $2.9 billion from gamblers, which is a 6.2-percent decrease from 2012. That figure has been slumping heavily since 2006, when the amount won from […]

Firm To Pay Largest Fine In Nevada History

CG Technology (formerly Cantor Gaming) has agreed to pay the state of Nevada $5.5 million in a settlement stemming from the case of one of its former executives accepting illegal bets, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The complaint against the company alleged that it either did know, or should have known, about the activity of […]

Jesse Sylvia Featured In MTV Documentary

Jesse Sylvia finished second in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event and rather instantaneously had a bloated poker (and life) bankroll to work with. The poker pro eventually appeared on the MTV series “True Live” for a segment called “I’m a New Millionaire.” On paper Sylvia won $5,292,889, but it’s impossible for us […]

Adelson Camp Drafts Anti-Web Poker Bill

As promised, Sheldon Adelson — well not really him but his army of employees — has began 2014 by vigorously fighting against the spread of legalized online gambling in the United States. Last year he announced that he would spend whatever it takes to thwart efforts by rival companies and pro-web gambling lawmakers everywhere. Just […]

Penn National Breaks Ground On New CA Casino

Jamul Indian Village of California and Penn National Gaming announced late last week that ground was broken on a $360 million Hollywood Casino Jamul in San Diego County. The property is being built on JIV’s reservation in Jamul, California, approximately 20 miles east of downtown San Diego, off of State Route 94. Hollywood Casino Jamul, […]

Panka Denies 'Timex', Wins 2014 PCA Main Event

Sometime after 5 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2014 22-year-old Dominik Panka made European Poker Tour history by topping the field of 1,031 players in the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000,000 guaranteed main event to become the first ever Polish player to win an EPT main event. “There a lot of very good poker players from […]

Atlantic Club Casino Closes For Good

The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, once the coveted prize of PokerStars, closed its doors Monday morning. It will not re-open. The casino was a disaster financially, filing for bankruptcy this past fall. Opening in 1980 as the Golden Nugget, the casino subsequently went through several owners and re-brandings. In 2005, hedge fund Colony Capital bought […]

Schindler Wins 2014 PCA $25k High Roller

Jake Schindler has won the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller, earning the first-place prize of $1,192,624 after overcoming Greg Merson to secure the title. The two made a deal once heads-up play began, setting aside $200,000 from the prize pool and splitting the remainder to assure Schindler at least $992,624 and […]

There's No Place Like Hollywood Tunica

The red carpet is rolled out and you’re invited to step into the spotlight at Hollywood Casino Tunica in Mississippi. Come and discover the hottest gaming action, dazzling amenities and star studded fun that Hollywood is famous for. Best of all, it’s just 30 minutes south of Memphis, Tennessee. Action fans will find big-time table […]

Bomb Kills 14 At Illegal Gambling Hall In China

The only place in China where gambling is legal is Macau, but elsewhere in the country of more than 1.3 billion gambling does occur. This week, a bomb went off at an illegal gambling hall in a village in China’s southwest Guizou province, Aljazeera reported. Initial reports have the death toll at 14 people, while […]

Michigan To Make Final Call On Charity Poker

Gaming regulators in the state of Michigan are close to finishing up a draft of new rules to oversee charity gambling operations, MLive.com reported. It has been a heated and complex battle figuring out how to regulate the operations, which usually feature poker games, that have grown in size and scope over the years. Some […]

Ed Miller: Prepare Today For Poker In 2014 And Beyond

For nearly two years, I’ve been touting the potential of Online Poker 2.0 — the re-legalization of online poker in the United States. As of this writing, a few states — Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey — have online poker games up and running, available to anyone of age within the state’s borders. These states […]

Nevada Casinos Post $1.35 Billion Net Loss

When you factor in all their finances, Nevada’s top casinos posted a combined net loss of $1.35 billion during fiscal year 2013, according to a state report released last week. It marked the fifth year in a row that such a result was reported by the highest grossing casinos in the Silver State. In other […]

Selbst Leads PCA $25k High Roller

By the time registration closed at the start of day 2 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller there had been 247 entries made, blowing away last year’s record turnout of 204 entrants to establish a new high-water mark for this event. The event feature 198 unique entrants and 49 re-entries. […]

Muur, McDonald Lead PCA Main Event Final Table

A total of 1,031 players made the trip to the Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas for the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10 million guaranteed main event. After five full days of play there are now only eight players remaining to battle it out for the title and the first-place prize of $1,820,420. The chip […]

Jaffe Leads 2014 PCA $25k High Roller

A total of 229 entries were made on day 1 of the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $25,000 high rolle, with 190 unique players and 39 re-entries building making this largest $25,000 high roller field in PCA history, smashing 2013’s record field of 204 entries and in the process building the prize pool above $5.6 million […]