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Australian technology and poker aficionado Andrew Milner has designed an RFID-enabled poker table that could bring the excitement of televised poker to weekly home games. Milner spent three months building the poker table, which is outfitted with wireless RFID chips at the bottom of the table and on decks of cards. Read more »
In an opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal newspaper on Tuesday, Dale Buss authored "Will Gambling Continue to Grow? All Bets Are Off." In it, he described the apparent downfall of gambling and quoted Annenberg Public Policy Center Director Dan Romer, who labeled poker as a "fad." Read more »
An English gaming company has recently revived the idea that poker should be an official sport for Olympic competition, but admits that there are other sports which have much better grounds for admission than poker. Read more »
The was no Christmas spirit in Arizona recently, as the City of Tucson's Police Department, assisted by agents from the Arizona Department of Gaming, raided and closed a local private poker club. According to an article in the Arizona Daily Star, police served search warrants on December 23rd on Club Royale, Read more »
The end of each calendar year offers the chance for accolades to be dished out identifying the best of the best during the previous 365 days. Industry site Online Gambling Insider recently handed out a dozen awards for 2008, including the granddaddy of designations, the Online Casino of 2008, which went to VIP Slots Casino. Read more »
On December 23rd, the leading online marketing resource and community website for internet casino affiliates, CasinoAffiliatePrograms, announced the site for its CAP Spring Break 2009, which will take place in sunny Cancun, Mexico from March 21st through March 28th. Read more »
This week, owners of up and coming poker staking site Pro Poker Exchange made the decision to cease operations, citing a potential violation of the Securities Act of 1933. Just a few days removed from signing World Poker Tour (WPT) Host Mike Sexton and NeverWinPoker.com owner Bryan Micon, Pro Poker Exchange made the call. Read more »
For $19.95, poker players around the world can have one of the top gifts this holiday season: A copy of "The Final Table Volume II" by author, columnist, and radio show host Bernard Lee. The title, which was just released, incorporates past installments from Lee's weekly Boston Herald newspaper column of the same name. Read more »
On Friday, the nominees for the 2008 European Poker Awards, which will be handed out on January 15th, were announced with several notable players garnering multiple nods for their achievements in the past year. Read more »
Recently, the Nevada Gaming Control Board released "win," or revenue, figures for the month of October. The results showed a significant decline in state-wide revenue from gambling, which slid 22.33% in October when compared to the same month last year. Las Vegas Strip revenue was down 25% year over year. Read more »
Tournament Directors can be found at nearly every land-based casino throughout the world. From Las Vegas to Macau, they serve a critical role in maintaining the integrity of the game of poker. Among some of the most talented Tournament Directors in the world are Jack Eiffel, Matt Savage, and Linda Johnson. Read more »
On Monday, the online gaming site bwin, one of the world's largest gaming entertainment companies that offers a sports book, poker and casino action, entered into an agreement with the Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Affiliate, to continue their research into online gaming. Read more »
The perception of poker staking has evolved considerably over time. Previously being associated with those who needed money or were generally unsuccessful, staking has now become commonplace, even among the world's best players. Read more »
On Thursday, December 11th at 2:00pm, the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will host a charity seminar benefiting the Adopt-A-Rescue-Pet non-profit volunteer organization. The $150 seminar is being hosted by one of the top poker minds and authors in the world, David Sklansky. Read more »
The Chief Executive Officer of Sportingbet Australia, Michael Sullivan, was the target of an attack this week. A BMW X5 car was in flames outside of his North Shore home, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper. Sullivan was not present at the time of the fire. Read more »
The recent story that aired on 60 Minutes regarding the cheating incidents on online poker rooms Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker caught the eye of a number of newspaper columnists around the world. In Canada, the Toronto Star's Dave Perkins used the opportunity to call for legalization and regulation of the industry. Read more »
Twenty miles south of the airport in Memphis, Tennessee is Tunica, Mississippi. In the gaming metropolis, one building stands tall above the surrounding landscape: the Gold Strike Casino Resort. The casino previously hosted the World Poker Open, a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, one of the legendary Southern poker events. Read more »
The Poker Players Alliance, the grassroots organization dedicated to the political protection of the rights of Americans to play poker online, named Dianna Donofrio as its Nevada State Director on Thursday. Read more »
Poker After Dark, NBC's hit late night poker show, has announced its schedule and lineup for season 5. This season will feature many new players and more of the popular cash game shows. Read more »
Judge Richard Kramer from the San Francisco Supreme court declared Yahoo!, Google and a number of other sites "immune from liability" when dismissing a lawsuit filed against these sites for displaying advertisements for online gaming. Read more »
In a move that was revealed on Saturday on several online poker forums, World Series of Poker bracelet winner and accomplished online poker star Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy announced that he was no longer affiliated with Ultimate Bet. Previously, he had served as a member of the site's Star Players Team after signing in May. Read more »
In a document published by the Washington Post entitled "Tokwiro Enterprises Responds to Investigation," Paul Leggett, the company's Chief Operating Officer, submitted comments to representatives of the newspaper. Read more »
This week, it was revealed that one of Ultimate Bet's main spokesmen, 11-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, would debut his very own clothing line. The gear is designed and marketed by the Poker Brat Clothing Company. Read more »
Following in the footsteps of major gaming locales such as Las Vegas, Atlantic City and Macao, a leading online gaming web site has determined that online gaming rooms, once thought to be ‘recession proof,' are actually showing a decline in action as well. Read more »
On April 30th, 2009, internet gambling companies and their affiliates will pack the Amsterdam Rai for the first ever CAP Euro Amsterdam. The conference will run through Sunday, May 3rd. Taking place during that time span is Queen's Day in The Netherlands. Read more »
