As reported by the Advertiser: “Gamblers spent almost $43 million on gamingmachines in the City of Greater Bendigo in the past financial year, figuresjust released reveal. “The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulationfigures for the 2005-2006 financial year reveal the net electronic gamingmachine expenditure in the City of Greater Bendigo was $42.7 million. “Thatwas almost $2.6 […]
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To the several thousand poker fans and observers who packed the Rio’sconvention area Thursday night and early Friday morning, Jamie Gold’s WorldSeries of Poker championship was a foregone conclusion. Of the 236 handsplayed during almost 12 hours of poker, Gold, a 36-year-old resident ofMalibu, Calif., was involved in nearly 75 percent of the action, mostly […]
Poker professional Mike Matusow has some advice for the nine players at today’s final table of the World Series of Poker, as well as for the hundreds of fans making the trek over to the Rio to watch the action: Go heavy on the Red Bull and pop a few NoDoz pills, because you’re in […]
Foxwoods Resort Casino will once again be the epicenter of the poker world as the prestigious World Poker Finals (WPF) and hugely popular World Poker Tour (WPT) return to New England this fall. This prominent three-week event attracts the game’s biggest stars, throngs of amateurs, thousands of fans, national television cameras and an expected total […]
As reported by the Baraboo News Republic: “It may be a few months before they return, but Ho-Chunk Nation officials announced Wednesday roulette, craps and poker will return to their Baraboo casino after a brief, legally induced hiatus. The games were pulled at midnight June 30 last year after a State Supreme Court ruling. The […]
Los Angeles-based television production company BluemoonEntertainment has withdrawn its lawsuit against online gaming operator Bodog.com due to the defendant’s offshore status and lack of U.S. assets, both of which make it very unlikely that Bluemoon could collect any potential judgment in the U.S. Filed last April in Los Angeles Superior Court, the case withdrawn todayinvolved […]
When Richard Lee went on record as saying he didn’t care about the 2006World Series of Poker Main Event prize money because he already had enough,many people didn’t know what to think about the well-spoken man from Texas.The question on everyone’s mind was how could anyone say $12 million isn’tlife-changing money? The comment put many […]
These are the elimination hands from the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP)Main Event Final Table. Casino City reporter Ryan McLane will continueupdate this column as players are eliminated from the largest live pokertournament ever held. 3rd Place – Michael Binger Daniel Negreanu’s “dark horse pick” lasted longer than he should have,surviving several all-in chips […]
When Antonio Esfandiari first sat down at a PokerPro automated poker table,he was a little unsure about the technology.”I was very hesitant at first,and then I sat down, and I was like ‘Wow!’ because it really feels likepoker,” Esfandiari said. “It’s like a dream come true; it’s so awesome. Ithink it’s so much better for […]
Phil Hellmuth Jr., not one to share the spotlight, almost made good on hisquest to win his 11th bracelet Wednesday by finishing third in $1,500No-Limit Hold’em Event # 45. Earlier in the tournament, Hellmuth informedDoyle Brunson that he’d do just about anything to get number 11, includingfind one. With just three tables left in the […]
A lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court against BodogEntertainment Group and related parties by BlueMoon Entertainment of L.A.was dismissed on Monday. BlueMoon also dropped its lawsuit against FoxSports Net (FSN). The lawsuit against both Bodog Entertainment Group (andrelated defendants) and Fox Sports Net was dismissed with prejudice, meaningthat BlueMoon cannot later re-assert its […]
There is only one word – empty. Seriously, there is almost no one left atthe Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino today, especially since the ninemillionaires vying for the 2006 World Series of Poker Main EventChampionship have the day off. The vendors, who have been handing outfreebees and trying to sign people up for online poker […]
As reported by the Oregonian: “Twenty-one years ago, Oregonians spent $33million for the novelty of scratching latex off cardboard tickets to seewhether they had won a prize from the newly created state lottery. “Now,that seemingly quaint enterprise has morphed into a business and marketingbehemoth that on Tuesday announced that it had just chalked up more […]
Although there are two WSOP events running simultaneously today, including the final three tables of the 2006 Main Event, the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino has the feel of a deserted warehouse. There is a throng of spectators surrounding the ESPN televised poker stage, but gone are the lucrative cash game and satellite table players […]