2010 August 03 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

You might not want to sit so stone-faced at the poker table from now on because there might be another “poker face” that’s more effective.

The man who jumped from the Tappan Zee Bridge on Monday and survived is a professional poker player from White Plains who has won more than $1.7 million in the past five years.

The mirrors are gone from the ceilings and the rectangular walk-in showers do not exactly ooze romance, but Henry and Rene Marcus had not driven to what was once the honeymoon capital of the world because their marriage needed rekindling.

In a conference call Tuesday 888.com chief executive Gigi Levy outlined the potent partnerships his company has assembled in the burgeoning Italian online casino market, flagging agreements with Endemol, Bwin and more recently Microgame SpA. Levy outlined the hard yards put in by his group in building an Italian presence, and revealed that Bwin and […]

After last week’s seizure of 22 video poker machines in Coweta due to illegal pay-outs, do you think these machines should be banned everywhere else except in casinos? Yes: 197 Maybe: 15 No: 114 Total Votes: Photo by Sarah Fay Campbell Carl Corley, water treatment operations director for Newnan Utilities, gives teachers a tour of the lab at the …

Even before Florida’s new, expanded gambling laws took effect last month, more and more bettors in the Sunshine State were taking their cash to poker tables, and not to the wager windows at dog racing tracks, according to new statistics released by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering .

Getting value for your hand is about determining the best way to induce a mistake from your opponent.

Argentina and Uruguay join the ever-growing list of countries with their own Card Player magazine in October this year as the company announces a licensing partnership with Galt S.A. in the region.