2011 July 16 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

Less than 24 hours ago, a hungry World Series of Poker player could casually stroll from the Pavilion Room of the Rio Hotel and into the WSOP Poker kitchen.

N&O researcher Teresa Leonard looks at yesteryear in the Triangle and North Carolina on the blog Past Times, blogs.newsobserver.com/pasttimes .

There was a time when winning one big major tournament was enough. Win the WPT Championship or the National Heads-Up Poker Championships or the $50,000 HORSE at the World Series of Poker and you were an instant superstar.

The chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians says he’s confident in tribal casinos’ management and has told casino officials to cooperate fully with the FBI.

Bloomberg File PhotoThe gateway into the Trump Taj Mahal Casino and Hotel in this file photo. ATLANTIC CITY — While Three Dog Night was onstage at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, singing about how one is the loneliest number,…

The country’s growing dependence on gaming is destroying more lives than ever. And I should know: I’m an addict

The 42nd annual World Series of Poker was already a big success, but let’s face it, a show is only as good as its closing number.

By 2008, when Mr. Lanni retired, he had remade MGM Mirage into the largest casino operator in Las Vegas and the second-largest casino company in the world.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Several casino customers and casino will be gathered outside the Stateline casinos through the weekend, campaigning for smoke-free casinos.