2005 July 10 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Las Vegas - Here is my fear about the poker nation we are creating, part one: One day, while tens of millions of us are holed up in our bedrooms or dens - shades lowered, computers whirring - playing

This report by Ken Adams is part of a series for CBSNews.com chronicling his run at the 2005 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS, July 10 - Last March, Josh Baer sat before a glowing computer screen in his apartment in Bloomfield, N.J., and let tears roll down his cheeks. For a $160 buy-in, and after three hours of ca

Thanks to a record attendance of 304 participants at the 2005 Ante Up for the Kids Spring Poker Run, Yavapai-Apache Nation’s Cliff Castle Casino raised $4,560 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona.

The St. Bernard Parish Council is seeking a 180-day moratorium on new video poker truck stops while its members consider ways to tighten parish laws.

BINGO! PENSIONER Dulice Leask, 66, of Aberdeen, is heading back to her Brazilian homeland after winning £40,000 at bingo.

At the height of the 1999 stock market frenzy, when betting on initial offerings of Internet companies with no profits seemed a sure thing, plenty of people still put their money on another roll of the dice.

CBS is betting that interest in televised poker isn’t on the wane, teaming up with a promoter to televise poker tournaments in which amateur players get a chance to match wits with pros.

A handful of Inland poker players survived Day 1 at the World Series of Poker’s main event, according to chip-stack counts released Friday.