2010 August 08 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

The title of this post is the evocative headline for this report of a novel term of a state sentence of a white-collar criminal who is also a professional poker player.

Amid the crowds, the noise and the television cameras packed into the auditorium at the Costa do Santinho resort, Matthias Habernig, a 19-year-old from Klagenfurt, Austria, travelling through South American on vacation, has won the newest Latin American Poker Tour title in Florianopolis and a cheque for R$435,000. LAPT Florianopolis winner Matthias …

Cash-starved states are increasingly being drawn to the lure of easy money in casinos - a bet that could ultimately hurt taxpayers if the supply of slot machines, poker tables and racetracks outpaces customers’ demand.

An Everett man is set to go to trial on charges of operating an illegal gambling ring associated with organized crime.

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Online poker room Full Tilt Poker, the worlda s second largest online poker site, officially launched FullTiltPoker.fr. The announcement came this week.

Lobby at Downstream Casino The Quapaw Tribe own and operate Downstream Casino Resort in northeast Oklahoma.

September sees the start of the biggest online poker festival of the year as PokerStars will be hosting their 9th annual World Championship of Online Poker .