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Sunday 11th May 2008

WSOP Final Table To Be Delayed Until November While for years it seemed as though WSOP was bigger than the sport of Poker itself, it now seems that TV coverage is bigger the WSOP with a major change announced with regards to the final table at...

Sunday 11th May 2008

Dutch Authorities Crack Down On Casino Sites In a move which is sure to fire the wrath of the EU Commission, Dutch authorities have instigated a new approach to online gambling with news that they are in talks with an array of Dutch banks....

Sunday 11th May 2008

Macau Set To Block New Gaming Developments Recent news that the Macau authorities were looking to block new gambling developments have now been confirmed leaving many of the main players in the industry looking elsewhere for their future...

Sunday 11th May 2008

Poetic Justice With $97 Million Lottery Win While for many people the impact of Hurricane Katrina may be long gone, the same cannot be said of those who lost homes, families and their lives in the deadly hurricane which ripped through the...

Friday 9th May 2008

Tropicana Entertainment Files For Bankruptcy Protection Kentucky-based casino operator Tropicana Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy protection underscoring the decline in the fortunes of the land-based industry. The Chapter 11 filing by the...

Friday 9th May 2008

Patrick Could Reintroduce Legislation In America, the Governor for Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, has announced that his bill to legalise casino resorts in the eastern state could make a return despite a recent high-profile defeat. In...

Friday 9th May 2008

MGM Profits Plunge The world’s second largest gaming company, MGM Mirage Incorporated, has announced that profits for the first quarter of the year fell by 30 percent due, in part, to the struggling American...

Friday 9th May 2008

WSOP on the way! As we approach the start of the 2008 World Series of Poker tournament (WSOP) we are seeing more and more Poker players dreaming of that massive prize pot, the reputation and the kudos which goes...

Friday 9th May 2008

Is Poker A Game Of Chance Or Skill? It seems that every person you ask has a differing opinion on whether Poker is a game of chance or skill, whether systems work or you have little control over the hand you are dealt. The truth is...

Friday 9th May 2008

Rising Fuel Costs See More Casino Players Move Online While it seems crazy that any sector should benefit from the recent rise in the price of oil, it seems that more and more casino visitors in the States, and other areas of the world, are moving...

Friday 9th May 2008

When Playing Your Trump Card Again And Again Does Not Work! There can be few characters in the gambling industry that can attract quite as much controversy and appreciation than the infamous Donald Trump. He was recently in the news after threatening the...

Friday 9th May 2008

Are Dirt Tracks On The Way Out In New York? Whether you love them or hate them, dirt tracks are a major part of the US Horse Racing culture but it seems that they may be living on borrowed time in New York. After the fatal injury which...

Friday 9th May 2008

Will Winston play in the WSOP opener? The question as to whether Roy Winston will play in the first event of this year's World Series of Poker (WSOP) or not has yet to be resolved. In his latest article for Card Player, the World Poke...

Friday 9th May 2008

Cheadle confirmed for UHI Celebrity Poker Tournament Hollywood star Don Cheadle will compete at the Urban Health Institute (UHI) Celebrity Poker Tournament next weekend. The Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee will attend the Playboy Mansion on Ma...

Friday 9th May 2008

Casino Royale poker scene 'a classic casino movie moment' The epic poker game in the last James Bond installment Casino Royale has been named as one of the truly great gambling scenes to be committed to celluloid. Tonight, a South African entertainment p...