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While the economy may be picking up steam worldwide, news from Las Vegas revealed that Nevada casino gambling revenues were down 12.48% in July year over year. Statewide, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported revenues, or "win," of $872 million. Read more »
On October 22nd, oral arguments will be heard in the Kentucky Supreme Court in Frankfort. Attorneys for the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association will argue why Governor Steve Beshear and company did not have jurisdiction to seize 141 internet gambling domain names. Read more »
Day 3 of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event hit television airwaves on ESPN on Tuesday night, with two hours of coverage dedicated to the festivities. Seated at the feature table were two Aussies, Joe Hachem and Jeffrey Lisandro. Read more »
In January, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled by a 2:1 margin that the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet did not have jurisdiction to seize 141 internet gambling domain names. In October, the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear the case. Read more »
Former Ongame Network CEO Patrik Selin is leading the launch of the Bodog Network, whose player base consists of customers of Bodog Europe, the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group, and Haydock Entertainment. Read more »
Online poker room Ultimate Bet (UB) issued an official response to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission's (KGC) 11-page report discussing their conclusions about the UB cheating scandal. The report, issued on Thursday, claimed former World Series of Poker Main Event winner Russ Hamilton and 31 co-conspirators used 117 screennames and 23 different Ultimate Bet accounts to cheat users on the site out of over $22 million from 2003-2007. Read more »
The much-anticipated report from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) regarding the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal was released to the public on Thursday. The 11-page document determined that a total of 23 accounts, 117 usernames and 31 individuals were involved in the cheating operation and the KGC pointed the finger at former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Russ Hamilton as the individual who benefitted the most financially from the four years of cheating on the site. Read more »
Earlier today, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) released a final report on their investigation into the cheating scandal involving Ultimate Bet (UB) and several online poker players. The story first broke in January of 2008, when complaints started filtering in about possible fraudulent activities taking place on Ultimate Bet's tables. Read more »
After four weeks in its Sunday 9PM time slot, the G4 reality show "Two Months, Two Million" will be changing nights, moving to Wednesdays at 8PM for the remainder of its ten episode season. There will be no new episode on Sunday and the network will instead air a two hour marathon of the first four episodes from 9PM-11PM ET. Read more »
It was a nearly wire to wire performance for 20-year old Carter Phillips at the final table of the European Poker Tour's (EPT) recent tournament in Barcelona. Phillips came into the last day of play on Wednesday atop the chip counts and stayed there, briefly relinquishing his chip lead only once the entire day. Read more »
On the latest episode of ESPN.com's Inside Deal, Absolute Poker Pro Mark Seif joined Andrew Feldman and Bernard Lee in the Bristol studio to talk about the latest poker news, balancing poker and a family life and even got into some details about the Absolute and Ultimate Bet poker scandals. Read more »
The railbirds at the nosebleed cash games on Full Tilt Poker that loved watching Luke "FullFlush1" Schwartz mouth off to Tom "durrrr" Dwan earlier this year will be happy to hear there is yet another chance for the two to face off on the felt in person. Read more »
After defeating a rival poker house in a veritable Olympics of shenanigans last week, the cast of the G4 reality show "2 Months, 2 Million" set their sites on two new targets: Full Tilt Pros David Benyamine and Erica Schoenberg. The quartet also got back to putting in time on the virtual felt, adding $49,000 to their previous $114,000 in winnings and bringing their total profits up to $163,000. Read more »
When the World Poker Tour ( WPT ) first announced it would be adding a stop in Slovakia for its eighth season, it was unclear how many big name pros would be willing to travel to Bratislava to participate in the event. Read more »
The 2009 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), which started on September 3rd, has had several of the opening tournaments break their guaranteed prize pools to this point in the schedule. As the tournament grinds its way through its first weekend, eight WCOOP bracelets have been awarded in several different disciplines of poker. Of… Read more »
Six weeks of World Series of Poker (WSOP) coverage have broadcast on ESPN and the dip in ratings the cable sports network saw with the airing of the preliminary events does not appear to be carrying over to the all-important Main Event coverage. ESPN is reporting gains in all categories and demographics from this time last year, most importantly in the coveted 18-49 year old male audience. Read more »
The mid-year financial report is in at PartyGaming and while earnings are up for the company's online casino, sports betting and bingo ventures its online poker room PartyPoker saw a 29% dip in earnings compared to this time last year. Read more »
Starting on Thursday, online poker players from Canada can officially sign up for Bodog, one of the world's largest sites, through Bodog.ca. Previously, Bodog did not accept players from the North American country, which has produced some of the game's top-tier players. Read more »
A three-judge panel disagreed with many of the arguments made by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) on Tuesday as to why the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) should be deemed unconstitutional. In the process, however, internet gambling may now be a states' rights issue. Read more »
This weekend, the high-stakes action at the Full Tilt nosebleed tables was relatively calm compared to the Pot Limit Omaha frenzy that transpired last weekend. The slow action of Friday and Saturday brought an anticlimactic end to a week that saw the return of Durrrr Challenge play and a substantial loss for the player known as "martonas." Read more »
Major changes are in store for the latest installment of the PartyPoker and Matchroom Sport sponsored World Open poker tournament. In addition to several new faces participating in the popular televised event, the World Open V will also have a new place to call home and a new structure. Read more »
Starting in September, a $1 million guaranteed prize pool tournament will take place monthly on the massive iPoker Network. The $535 buy-in gala will kick off on September 13th at 18:00 GMT. Read more »
While Bodog grew into one of the most notable gaming platforms in the industry, the site did not accept action from Canadian players allegedly due to having business outlets in Canada that would not be protected from governmental intrusions. Recent actions have indicated, however, that this situation is about to change. Read more »
Poker pro Prahlad Friedman took down the 2009 World Poker Tour (WPT) Legends of Poker, banking just over $1 million for his efforts. He defeated 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Kevin Schaffel heads-up. Read more »
The six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Legends of Poker will play out today, with World Series of Poker (WSOP) November Nine member Kevin Schaffel leading the way. Schaffel owns 2.23 million chips. Read more »
