2010 July 01 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Emma considers her hand of cards. Story: Friday night, full house Anita Howard, left, Stanley Alexander, center, and Emma Long, right, while playing cards at the home of Emma Long in Austin, Texas, on Friday, June 18, 2010.

We’d much rather be where that mic is than at the Rio. When you spend your days and nightsA with a bunch of coked-up morally loose Vegas convention models overweight poker-playing schlubs at the Rio you sometimes forgetA there’s poker news happening outside of the 2010 WSOP , so to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening elsewhere, some links …

The countdown to July 1 and long-awaited new Florida rules on slot machines and poker has ended for Calder Casino & Race Course and for Gulfstream Park.

A python prohibition, bong ban and horse thieve crackdown are among 141 new laws going on the books in Florida.

Mount Airy Casino Resort on Thursday started offering slot machine players a smokeless atmosphere with a better view.The 6,000-square-foot Lakeside slots area on the third floor of the gaming and hotel complex near Mount Pocono offers about 250 slot mac

Four men aged under 21 have received jail terms over a daylight raid on a million-euro poker tournament in Berlin.

A neverending quest for cinematic gems hidden in the weekly TV listings: Burt Reynolds, in an image from the New Orleans-shot poker drama ‘Deal.’ What : “Deal,” the 2008 poker drama starring Burt Reynolds as an aging veteran who takes a young up-and-comer under his wing.

The Isle Casino in Pompano Park held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Thursday morning to welcome players to higher stake games and extended hours.

Racing industry officials told Texas lawmakers Wednesday they want slot machines legalized at horse and dog tracks to revive the states struggling racing business.