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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 »
Poker News Daily has confirmed that the story by CBS News program "60 Minutes" concerning the cheating scandals on Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker will air this Sunday, November 30th. The story serves as the finale of a four month-long investigation by 60 Minutes as well as Washington Post newspaper correspondent Gilbert Gaul. Read more »
In a letter sent to the membership of the World Poker Association (WPA), its founder, Jesse Jones, sought out new members for the organization's Board of Directors. Jones told Poker News Daily that he has found two new participants for the Board, Tom Franklin and John Leontakianakos. Read more »
If you're a regular here on Poker News Daily, then you know that the site looks just a little bit different than it did last week. Over the weekend, our programming team was hard at work redesigning PND to make the latest breaking stories easy to find once users log onto the site. Read more »
In a heartfelt e-mail sent to the members of the World Poker Association, founder and professional poker player Jesse Jones made an passionate plea for members to step up and assist him in the running of the three year old organization. Read more »
The Free Poker Experience, which is the parent company of the Free Poker Network, has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The organization, which operates free Texas Hold'em tournaments in bars and other establishments around the country, is looking to break into the New York market. Read more »
In a move that has rocked the poker world, professional poker player Clonie Gowen filed a multi-faceted lawsuit on November 14th against her alleged former employer, Full Tilt Poker, and the individuals and corporations that are part of the Full Tilt operation. Read more »
Collecting memorabilia is normally associated with sports like baseball, football, and basketball. However, very rarely has poker gear been one that collectors look for. Officials from the World Series of Poker are looking to change that trend by holding the first ever WSOP auction featuring items from the final table of the 2008 Main Event. Read more »
Many had questioned whether the decision by Harrah's to move the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event back 117 days would be effective. Would the decision really generate renewed interest in poker? Read more »
On Thursday, the show lineup for the CBS news program "60 Minutes" was announced. Absent from the list of three feature segments once again was an exposé on online poker. With the 2008 WSOP Main Event resuming on Sunday night, the timing could have been right for the story to air concurrently on the network. Read more »
The first every Dream Team Poker Tournament at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is sold out. When the tournament kicks off on Saturday, November 8th, there will be 25 three-person teams taking the field, including some of the biggest poker stars and Hollywood celebrities. Read more »
The voting for the second annual CAP Awards is now open. Eight different awards categories and 25 total accolades are up for grabs including Best Affiliate Program and Best Affiliate Manager. Voting is open between now and December. Read more »
The man who patented the "Hole Card Cam" will be enshrined in the Poker Hall of Fame in November. Entrepreneur and World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Henry Orenstein will be honored during the WSOP Main Event final table on November 9th at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Read more »
On October 27th, one man made history at Foxwoods, the site of the World Poker Tour's World Poker Finals. In the days leading up to the WPT's televised championship event, a series of preliminary tournaments have been held. Winning a preliminary tournament three years in a row by taking another one down in 2008 was Poker News Daily contributor Bernard Lee. Read more »
During the broadcast of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event on ESPN, two incidents have stood out above the rest as potentially breaching what is considered acceptable behavior by players in poker tournaments. Read more »
While you can learn the game of poker by playing online for free, no cost poker seminars held in casinos to teach new students about poker are often unheard of. The world's largest card room, Los Angeles' own Commerce Casino, is looking to change that notion. Read more »
Fresh on the heels of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear seizing and pursuing the forfeiture of 141 internet gambling domain names in the United States, the buzz in Australia surrounds a plan to ban pornography and internet gambling sites from being accessed by residents of that country. Read more »
