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Saturday 31st May 2008

WSOP Kicks Off The First World Championship Event It seems that it is not only the timing of the final which has changed in the recent restructuring of the whole WSOP event. Traditionally it has always been the casino employee’s event which...

Saturday 31st May 2008

Is 2008 The Year Poker TV Goes Worldwide? As we kick off the 2008 WSOP event it seems that the media appetite for Poker has never been greater with more and more media companies covering the event. While Poker on TV is not something new,...

Saturday 31st May 2008

Trump Finally Dumps The Marina Hotel Casino As Donald Trump continues to make a hasty retreat from Atlantic City it has been announced that the Trump Marina Hotel Casino has been sold for $316 million. The casino has quite literally been...

Friday 30th May 2008

Hoosier Park Casino Set To Open Next Week It seems that it is all go for the Hoosier Park casino to open its doors next week in a move which the owners believe will see over 3 million players enter the casino in the first year. While the...

Friday 30th May 2008

Crown Casino To Benefit From New Australian Lockout Laws In a move which is being repeated in many areas of the world, Australian authorities have announced plans to stop people entering inner city pubs, clubs and bars after 2am in a move designed to...

Friday 30th May 2008

Titan Poker Deals Its One Billionth Hand In a move which reflects the massive interest in online Poker it has been confirmed that Titan Poker has dealt its 1,000,000,000 hand after launching a competition when it recently reached...

Friday 30th May 2008

The 2008 WSOP Is Here! As Poker players from around the world wait for the WSOP action to begin, many believe that this year’s tournament will be one of the toughest ever seen. The beauty of tournaments such as...

Friday 30th May 2008

Great Leighs Racecourse Finally Opens For Business After delays which have stretched to a couple of years it was a relief for many in the UK Horse Racing industry to see the first race go off at Great Leighs racecourse yesterday. However, while...

Friday 30th May 2008

Bellagio triples starting stacks The Bellagio has announced that it will be introducing deeper starting stacks in its daily tournaments. Daily tournaments at the legendary Las Vegas casino currently have a buy-in of $540 (£...

Friday 30th May 2008

'Green' table on show at WSOP Casinos could soon be joining the drive to save the earth, starting with a new eco-friendly poker table, which is to be unveiled at this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP). EGM Green's new produ...

Friday 30th May 2008

PokerStars Set to Give Earthquake Aid PokerStars have announced two different ways in which some of their thousands of members can do their bit to help the survivors of the devastating earthquake that recently ripped through China. ...

Friday 30th May 2008

PokerStars Ban ICM tools PokerStars announced that using ICM tools while playing on PokerStars will be prohibited. Those of you who want to use the software can still do so, but have to wait until you have logged out of...

Friday 30th May 2008

America’s Leading Poker Magazine Launches Online Poker Room Bluff Magazine, the leading poker publication in the USA, have launched their very own poker room at ClubBluff. ClubBluff offers hundreds of online tournaments in poker and blackjack with no...

Friday 30th May 2008

Anti-UIGEA Support Grows In America, a proposal that would block the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has received the support of two more Congressmen. Representatives Steve Cohen,...

Friday 30th May 2008

Survey Finds Teens Gambling For Free In America, a survey by the Oregon Department of Human Services has found that 33 percent of teenagers have gambled online for free. According to the Statesman Journal newspaper, there are around...