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Poll Shows I-Poker Legalization Favorable

A new poll has found the legalization of web poker to be a favorable idea among Americans. The question Reason.com asked was: “Do you think the government should prohibit people from gambling in online poker games, or should the government allow people to do this?” The survey was a nationwide telephone poll conducted between Dec. […]

World Series Of Poker Announces 2014 Dates

On Thursday, the World Series of Poker announced the dates for the 2014 summer festival. The 45th running of the WSOP will begin on Tuesday, May 27 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It’s the 10th consecutive year the event has been held at the Rio. Action will run for 49 […]

Sri Lanka Approves Casino Boss' Project

Sri Lanka has approved Australian Crown Resorts Ltd’s $400 million complex along with two similar projects, according to Reuters. Crown’s chief is James Packer. Reuters reported: Packer said in a speech at a Commonwealth forum last month said he believed the Indian Ocean island nation could be turned into a leading tourist hotspot for the […]

Julian Track Wins EPT Prague Main Event

The 47-event European Poker Tour / Eureka Poker Tour Prague festival was has been an unmitigated success, with a number of huge tournaments and big name winners like David Peters and Vanessa Selbst. However big any of the prelims were, however, the centerpiece of the entire series was still undeniably the €5,300 no-limit hold’em main […]

Wynn, Station Casinos Join AGA Board

The American Gaming Association got some new members this week. The commercial casino gambling industry’s top lobbying group on Capitol Hill announced that Wynn Resorts, Station Casinos and Churchill Downs Inc. are now on board. They join nearly a dozen other top gaming industry companies on the AGA board of directors. In addition to Wynn, […]

Rounders Sequel 'Going To Be Instantaneous'

There reportedly was a major development this week in the film industry that could actually lead to the production of a sequel to the poker cult classic Rounders. The Weinstein brothers who sold Miramax — the production company they founded along with its library of titles that included Rounders — to Disney have struck a […]

Colorado Attorney General On I-Gaming Legislation

The state of Colorado will explore the possibility of licensing and regulating online poker in 2014. According to Attorney General John Suthers, however, the Colorado Constitution will need to be amended first. In a formal opinion published on Monday, Suthers tackled the subject head on, answering questions from the Colorado Division of Gaming on subjects […]

MMA Fighters Used To Collect Poker Debts

Some juicy details from the high-rolling gambling bust that snagged 34 individuals in April came out this week, shedding light on how debts were allegedly collected. According to reports, Kirill Rapoport and Arthur Zen have pleaded guilty to their involvment in the ring that included sports betting and poker. The aforementioned two allegedly were involved […]

Casino Gaming Bill Introduced In Virginia

A casino gaming bill has been filed by Sen. Louise Lucas in the state of Virginia for the 2014 General Assembly session. Senate Bill 19 would create the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission and establish guidelines for creating and awarding casino licenses in the state. Lucas has tried to get such a bill passed before with […]

Men Of Action: John Wesley Hardin

John Wesley Hardin was the second son born to a Methodist preacher near Bonham, Texas, who named him after the godfather of the Methodist church. Two things remained constant in Hardin’s short life, violence and poker. A road gambling, bon-a-fide outlaw, Hardin was a man with a short fuse and an itchy trigger finger. Listen […]

Switch Poker Launches The Switch Poker Network

Switch Poker, the online poker site designed for mobile users, announces a successful launch of its own poker network. Now anyone can take advantage of Switch Poker’s class-leading, mobile optimized web poker clients to create their own poker room. Unlike other online poker networks and white label solutions, the Switch Poker Network is free to […]

John McNulty Wins CPPT PBKC Main Event

Pockets Queens was the hand that captured a Card Player Poker Tour title for Jacksonville, Florida native John McNulty during the early evening hours December 16 at Palm Beach Kennel Club. The 25-year old poker pro bested a field of 287 players in the first ever CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 […]

Hard Rock Casino In Biloxi, Mississippi Sold

Twin River Worldwide Holdings announced Sunday that they will purchase the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi for $250 million. The Rhode Island-based gaming company also owns the Twin River Casino in Lincoln and says the purchase is being made to “brace for the eventual impact of Massachusetts casinos and racinos,” which will […]

New Jersey Considering Casino In Meadowlands

New Jersey now has online gaming, but land-based casinos are still struggling to find their rhythm after taking in a high of $5.217 billion in 2006. Last year, the 12-casino industry based solely in Atlantic City took in just $3.051 billion and was passed by Pennsylvania as the second largest gaming market in the United […]

Wynn Resorts Found Suitable By Mass. Investigators

An investigation unit for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has decided that Wynn Resorts is suitable to open a casino resort in Everett, a town less than five miles from Boston. Wynn is currently the favorite to win the only eastern Massachusetts gaming license that will be issued by the state. The suitability hearing came just […]

Final Table Set For CPPT PBKC Main Event

A title and $68,191 is on the line for the final nine players in the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event. Evan Teitelbaum will lead the pack with a stack of 1,200,000 trailed closely by Sean Winter with 1,093,000 and Luke Brereton with 1,039,000. Online pro […]

A Poker Life: Tom McEvoy

Most of you are reading this story in your local casino. Head on out to the nearest row of slot machines or the pit and you’ll find yourself engulfed in a wall of smoke. But in the poker room, your lungs are free to breathe clean, fresh air. This wasn’t always the case. In fact, […]

Luke Brereton Leads CPPT PBKC After Day 1B

Day 1B of Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club is in the books and a new chipleader has emerged in Luke Brereton, who will return as the overall chipleader on Day 2 with a massive stack of 447,900. The second day one of the $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event drew 126 […]

Sharking: The Targeting Of High-Stakes Poker Players

In September, high-stakes poker pro Jens Kyllonen told a disturbing story concerning the security of his laptop while staying at the Hotel Arts and playing in the EPT Barcelona main event. According to the Finnish pro, he went back to his hotel room after being eliminated from the tournament to discover his laptop missing. After […]

Chino Rheem Leads CPPT PBKC After Day 1A

It was a day of big names, local heroes and fast paced action at Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Day 1A of the Card Player Poker Tour $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guaranteed main event kicked off at 12pm EST at the South Florida card room and race track. Cards were quickly […]

South Korea Says StarCraft Like Gambling

Controversy has emerged in South Korea over a bill designed to combat addiction to computer games like StarCraft, the Associated Press reported. The bill, which is backed by 14 ruling party members, includes provisions to limit advertising. A separate bill would take 1 percent of the gaming industry’s revenue to create a fund to curb […]

Las Vegas Sands Abandons Casino Project In Spain

U.S.-based casino giant Las Vegas Sands has abandoned its casino project in Madrid after Spain’s government failed to meet some of the company’s tax demands. LVS wanted assurances of compensation should future legislation make profitability difficult for the company and exemption from a nation-wide smoking ban. “New condition were put forward concerning taxes and legal […]

CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Main Event Starts Friday

The latest edition to the Card Player Poker Tour hall of champions will soon be named when the Card Player Poker Tour Palm Beach Kennel Club $1,100 no-limit $250,000 guarantee main event begins Friday, Dec. 13 at 12 pm EST. Going by the success of first six tournaments, Poker Room Director Noah Carbone said the […]

Matt Matros: The Poker Paradox

It’s hard to win at poker. Brutally hard. It’s so hard, in fact, that approximately 75 percent of poker players lose (some studies say it’s even higher). Last year, the federal government argued in court that because so few players win, skill cannot possibly predominate over luck in our game. Thankfully, Judge Weinstein rejected this […]

CPPT Palm Beach Kennel Club Results: Events 4-6

The second stop of Season II of the Card Player Poker Tour kicked off at Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Florida Dec. 5 and will host a series of nine tournaments through Dec. 16, culminating with a $1,100 no-limit hold’em $250,000 guarantee main event Dec 13-16. Here is a look at the […]

Caesars Sues Massachusetts Gaming Chairman

In late October, Caesars Entertainment announced that it was no longer pursuing their partnership with Suffolk Downs Racetrack to bring a casino to the Boston area after the Massachusetts Gaming Commission expressed concerns about one of Caesars’ subsidiaries. Caesars, which denied any wrongdoing, has now filed a lawsuit against MGC Chairman Stephen Crosby, whom they […]

Dan Smith Wins WPT Five Diamond Main Event

2012 POY runner-up Dan Smith topped a field of 449 entries in the 2013 World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,300 no-limit hold’em main event to capture his first WPT title and the $1,161,135 first-place prize. This was the third seven-figure score of the 24-year-old’s career and it brought his lifetime […]

Brian Rast Wins Five Diamond $100,000 High Roller

A total of 22 entries were made in the 2013 Five Diamond World Poker Classic $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em super high roller, building a prize pool of $2,167,000. Only three players made the money, with Jean-Noel Thorel being eliminated on the $433,400 money-bubble. In the end, Brian Rast overcame Erik Seidel heads-up for the title, […]

CPPT Local Heroes: Richard Dunn

The Card Player Poker Tour will be focusing on the familiar faces at card rooms and casinos during Season II stops in a new web series. CPPT Local Heroes will highlight the regular, everyday average Joe, who may not be known world wide but is certainly known to anyone who frequents their local poker room. […]

PokerStars' Review Suspended In New Jersey

There was very bad news Wednesday for poker players in New Jersey. Industry-leading PokerStars, which did not kick off games on Nov. 26 like its competitors did, has had its review process suspended in the Garden State, Forbes reported. “The Division of Gaming Enforcement has determined that the application of [PokerStars] casino service industry licensure […]