2011 March 15 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton is seeking a $1 per pack increase in the state cigarette tax to generate funds for a major public works program.

The Poker Players Alliance will be leading a “Poker Lobbying Day” in the state of Washington on Thursday.

South Carolina state police have charged seven people arrested in a video poker sting in Lancaster County.

The 2011 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship Event began on Monday with 142 players taking to the felt on Day 1a.

Young gamblers can lose a fortune without even leaving the comfort of their own home.

Tom McEvoy is best known as the man who won the 1983 World Series of Poker Main Event , becoming the first satellite qualifier to accomplish the feat.

In a joint announcement this week, Bwin Interactive and Party Gaming plc report that their merger, which will create the world’s largest online gambling company, is on track to complete by March 31, 2011. Following the almost unanimous approval of the merger at the extraordinary general meetings of both Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and Party […]

A DRIVING instructor who’s won thousands of pounds at poker was jailed for possessing 220,000 of cocaine with intent to supply.

The online social gaming giant Zynga was much in evidence at the South By Southwest Interactive festival in Texas this week, punting its forthcoming inaugural live poker tournament in Las Vegas later this week, and revealing that the generosity of Facebook players on its games has enabled it to raise a million dollars in a […]