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The New Jersey Casino Control Commission released revenue figures for the state for December of 2008 as well as full year to date numbers. The result: casino revenues plummeted by 7.6% in 2008 and 18.7% in December of 2008 in comparison to December of 2007. Still, casino win was $4.5 billion during the 2008 calendar year. Read more »
On Monday night, the second season of Ultimate Bet's "Best Damn Poker Show" debuted on Fox Sports Net with the first of seven new one-hour episodes. Season 2 began with 24 poker hopefuls vying for a spot on one of two teams and 60 minutes later, only 22 remained. Read more »
The Nevada Gaming Control Board recently released its report on gambling "win" for November of 2008. The final numbers, which are released two months after the time period in question, show a state-wide decrease in gambling revenue of 14.80% year over year, marking the 11th straight month of declining revenues. Read more »
Recently, the World Poker Association (WPA), which seeks to provide standardization to many aspects of live poker tournaments, announced that political consultant and poker player Nancy Todd Tyner is the newest member of its Board of Directors. Based in Las Vegas, Tyner brings an important political perspective to the organization, which was founded by Jesse Jones. Read more »
Up and coming poker star Tom Dwan recently issued a Million Dollar Challenge, offering the sum of money to anyone who could defeat him. Recently, two prominent poker stars announced they will take part, David Benyamine and Phil Ivey. When the Challenge will take place is unknown. Read more »
In a state with no poker rooms, only one Indian casino and which in the past couple of years only offered its citizens a state lottery, poker will be the featured attraction to raise money for two very deserving charitable organizations. Read more »
Recently, Poker News Daily brought you word that poker may be on its way to becoming the next Olympic sport. With top-tier players located around the world, poker has truly become an international phenomenon. However, the game all of us love lacks a central rule-making body similar to those found in golf and basketball. Read more »
Spectrum Gaming Group, which authors the Gaming Industry Observer newsletter, recently identified the Top 21 Industry Trends for 2009. Among them is the continued fight for the legalization and regulation of online poker in the United States. Read more »
John Phan, affectionately named "The Razor" in the world of poker, was recently named Bluff Magazine's 2008 Player of the Year, with $2.1 million in earnings translating into 1,214.1 points according to its rating system. He edged out Michael Binger, who hauled in $1.1 million for 1,183.7 points. Read more »
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 »
