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This week, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC) released its "win," or revenue totals for February. In the shortest month of the year, gambling revenues in Atlantic City dove 19.2% in comparison to February of 2008 to $310.3 million. A total of 11 casinos make up the Atlantic City market. Read more »
According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, which released its January "win" figures this week, statewide revenue slipped 14.62% in January of 2009 in comparison to January of 2008. It marks the 13th straight month of declining revenues. Read more »
In breaking news from the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas, Team PokerStars Pro member Vanessa Rousso was named the newest Go Daddy girl. The news comes on the eve of Day 1 of the popular NBC poker tournament, which begins on Friday at Caesars Palace. Read more »
It may be thought that the United States has the market cornered when it comes to poker on television, but one thing that it does not have is a dedicated channel for the game. For this, you have to look to Europe and The Poker Channel, which began broadcasting in 2005. Read more »
In a recent blog posted on the online poker site Betfair, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, a sponsored player of the online poker room, outlined an Iron Man Challenge against Team PokerStars Pro member Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier. A total of 17 events will make up the competition, with at least $10,000 per event on the line. Read more »
In the current day of professional poker, players look to find ways to alleviate the pressures faced by everyone who works for a living. Many times this is done by being the spokesperson or sponsored player for one of the multitude of online poker sites that crave a vibrant face to place on their product. Read more »
Dream Team Poker, which is gearing up to host its second ever tournament (at Caesars Palace) in Las Vegas in March, announced that it has added Katherine Kowal as the company's Director of Business Development. Read more »
On Saturday afternoon, the poker world was focused squarely on an event that had nothing to do with the game. Full Tilt Poker pro Gus Hansen battled it out against Theo Jorgensen inside a boxing ring. In the end, Hansen dropped the decision to Jorgensen by a judges' vote. Read more »
From March 1st through 7th, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) will host its annual National Problem Gambling Awareness Week. In a change for this year's festivities, the NCPG has created its own YouTube page, which currently features a dozen Public Service Announcements. Read more »
Figures recently released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board reveal that gaming revenues (or "win" as it's commonly referred to) fell 18.94% in December of 2008 in comparison to December of 2007. It marks the 12th straight month that gaming win has declined statewide. Read more »
Recently, tracking and analysis program Poker Office received a major facelift. After several delays caused by the its interaction with the Windows Vista operating system, Poker Office 5.0 was rolled out, much to the delight of serious players everywhere. Read more »
Recently, one of the top poker training sites in the world got a little bit bigger. PokerXFactor, which is fronted by Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy and Eric "sheets" Haber, among others, signed top Omaha pro Scott Clements, who is better known in the online poker world as BigRiskky. Read more »
In his most recent blog post, ten time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Doyle Brunson spoke out about the pictures that surfaced showing U.S. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps using a bong at a party in South Carolina in November. Phelps had been the darling of the poker world following his record-breaking performance in Beijing in 2008. Read more »
Fresh off his runner up finish in the Main Event of the Helsinki Freezeout, Ilari Sahamies, known to many in the poker world as Ziigmund, has launched his very own blog, Coinflip.com. The free online poker community will play host to videos and anecdotes from the popular Finnish player. Read more »
Two of Poker News Daily's very own guest columnists have teamed up to form Poker Gives, an organization that aims to raise money for charity through the game. Mike Sexton and Linda Johnson, both monthly contributors, have joined forces with Jan Fisher and Lisa Tenner to name five target charities. Read more »
On February 21st, three-time World Poker Tour (WPT) Champion Gus Hansen will square off against World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Theo Jorgensen. The match won't take place at the poker table, however. Instead, it will be inside a boxing ring. The two Danes will duel in the debut of Gus TV. Read more »
Even at this time in the history of online gaming and poker, the differing laws between nations continues to be a contentious issue. While some nations, such as England and many locations in the Caribbean, freely embrace the business and trade it stock on their markets, some have taken the tactic of arresting corporate leaders of organizations due to violations of an individual nation's gaming laws or nationalization of their gaming operations. Read more »
Today marks the first full day of the Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) Euro London convention and expo. Festivities on the docket included the 2009 CAP Awards, which were handed out in ceremonies held today. Awards spanning the online poker, casino, Bingo, and sports book industries were given out. Read more »
In March of 2008, the staff of CardRunners, one of the world's largest poker training sites, became members of Team Full Tilt Poker. In September, the poker training site announced that it had merged with one of its rivals, StoxPoker. CardRunners is now bringing poker players of all stakes Truly Free Poker Training. Read more »
A recent blog that appeared by poker legend Doyle Brunson revealed for the world to see that the poker stage show dubbed "The Real Deal" had officially closed its run in Las Vegas. The program's final show took place at The Venetian on December 19th, 2008. This year, the casino debuts comedian David Spade. Read more »
Recently, "Captain" Tom Franklin became the brand new Chair of the World Poker Association (WPA) Board of Directors. During its first teleconference of the New Year, the WPA named Nancy Todd Tyner its Secretary and John "The Greek" Leontakianakos its Treasurer. The WPA's founder, Jesse Jones, will remain onboard as a Director when his health permits. Read more »
The highly competitive poker training market has a new player. Recently, PokerSwat.com launched, featuring some of the young guns in the poker industry sharing their secrets with the site's members. Poker News Daily spoke with Donal O'Connor, Marketing Executive for PokerSwat Limited, to learn more about the new venture. Read more »
According to an article that recently appeared on the UK-based Guardian website, Dennis Publishing will launch "what it claims to be the first ever business-to-business poker magazine." The new publication is set to debut later this month and will be found under the title Inside Poker Business. Read more »
The 2008 European Poker Awards were handed out last week at the Aviation Club in Paris, to cap off what has been a fantastic year for European poker players. From dominating the WSOP both in Vegas and Europe to making waves online, European players have been making headlines for the whole of last year. Read more »
On Wednesday night, Ultimate Bet pro and 11-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth appeared on the "Best Damn Sports Show Period," which airs on Fox Sports Net. The focus of the three minute segment was promoting the "Best Damn Poker Show," sponsored by UltimateBet.net, which debuted its second season on Monday. Read more »
