2009 July 11 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

By OSKAR GARCIA Players at the World Series of Poker have gone to hand-for-hand play as the bubble approaches for the money finishers.Players needed 141 to be eliminated before they would reach the prize money in the no-limit Texas Hold ‘em tournament on Saturday.Tournament officials halted play and forced each table to play one hand at a time, …

Dusty Schmidt just wants to compete as an amateur golfer. The USGA maintains that the online poker player gave up his amateur status when he threw down a $1 million challenge to anyone who could beat him at 72 holes of golf and at poker.

Dusty Schmidt just wants to compete as an amateur golfer. The USGA maintains that the online poker player gave up his amateur status when he threw down a $1 million challenge to anyone who could beat him at 72 holes of golf and at poker.

Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel today broke ground on its new 532-room luxury Tower, part of a $633 million expansion to position the property as the premier gaming destination in the Southeast and world-class entertainment and tourism destination.

Online poker firm gives seat at WSOP main event to poker fan with blood cancer. Kent Senter, a 55-year-old novice player from Pittsburgh, experienced the lifestyle of a top poker pro at the World Series of Poker main event this week.

SPRINGFIELD An industry group says state lawmakers have seriously underestimated the amount of money a new tax on video gambling will provide and is urging Gov. Pat Quinn to instead veto the proposed increases in liquor taxes.

A CONVICTED thief with a gambling habit landed a job in a betting shop and blew thousands of his bosses cash.

An Allegheny County woman who last month made an ATM withdrawal from a machine at the Meadows Racetrack Casino has filed a federal lawsuit against a Nevada company over fee disclosure requirements for credit and ATM services to casinos around the country.

Former NFL player Reggie Rivers is certainly qualified to write about the inner workings of a professional football team and he hits paydirt with 4th and Fixed, which as…