2005 December 06 Gambling News, Events and Happenings - Page 2

The legal battle between internet poker rivals Empire Online and PartyGaming over a contract disagreement intensified yesterday when a previously undisclosed letter surfaced indicating that Empire knew its …

The main event for the Five Diamond World Poker Classic , to be held at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, will begin on December 12th, and the odds are out on who is expected to win.

There’s more to winning at poker than knowing the rank of hands. A great poker player pays close attention to his opponents’ behavior.

In a recent online article poker expert Edwin Silberstang provided some specific shopping advice for those poker loving family members or friends on your holiday shopping list.

Texas Holdem News Eighteen poker machines may have spun their last reel. During the past several months, deputies with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit have run an undercover operation targeting …

LITTLE ROCK Anti-gambling groups are pursuing court fights to stop gambling from being expanded in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and West Memphis.

The horse racing industry should exploit the growth of sports betting, broaden its distribution, and develop new content rather than looking to racinos as an industry “savior,” according to Scientific Games chairman and chief executive officer A. Lorne Weil.

More than 80 percent of the U.S. population gambles at some time in their lives. It might be the lottery, bingo or poker. Most never need treatment for problem gambling, but others lose control and lose their houses or cars and damage family relationships as a result of compulsive gambling.

Kid Rock has been keeping a low profile lately, but that’s about to change. The Southern-rock-obsessed rap-rocker is plotting a string of dates in early 2006 that will include a homestand in Detroit right before that city hosts the Super Bowl, as