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Right Hand Could Be Problem for Mayweather September Fight
May 8, 2013

Right Hand Could Be Problem for Mayweather September Fight

We hope he has it insured by Lloyd's of London for a couple trillion bucks: we're referring to Floyd Mayweather's right hand, of course.  His punches did some damage to opponent Robert Guerrero in their...

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How to Lose Ten Million Bucks in Ten Years
May 8, 2013

How to Lose Ten Million Bucks in Ten Years

Admit it: you've fantasized on occasion about what you would do if you won the World Series of Poker, or Megabucks, or heck, even the Publisher's Clearinghouse, haven't you? Sure, we all have. But we...

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Gaming Control Board Holds Businesses’ Fate in Their Hands
May 7, 2013

Gaming Control Board Holds Businesses’ Fate in Their Hands

It was just another monthly meeting of the Nevada Gaming Control Board on May 1, 2013. But for big businesses like Aristocrat Technologies, Pinnacle Entertainment, and GambleID, it might have been a nail-biter: the GCB...

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Gambling Execs Living Large as Highest-Paid CEOs for Public Companies
May 7, 2013

Gambling Execs Living Large as Highest-Paid CEOs for Public Companies

Wanna make the big bucks? Maybe your mom told you to go into law or medicine, but the real money is in gambling. Not as a high-roller; as a casino executive. If you don't believe...

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UltimatePoker.com Off to Good Start with Online Poker in Nevada
May 6, 2013

UltimatePoker.com Off to Good Start with Online Poker in Nevada

Even though technically you have to be in Nevada to play the first legal online poker ever in the U.S., that hasn't stopped people in every state in America, and from 20 other countries abroad,...

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Vegas Strip and Macau Push MGM Resorts into the Black
May 6, 2013

Vegas Strip and Macau Push MGM Resorts into the Black

Things are looking green over at MGM Resorts International: after some dicey P & L statements for the past few years, the first quarter of 2013 put the casino conglomerate in the black. They can...

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Harder to Get into Nevada’s Black Book Than to Win an Oscar
May 5, 2013

Harder to Get into Nevada’s Black Book Than to Win an Oscar

The list is so select, only 33 active names are on it, and the nominees are so sparse, Roderick William Dee II is the first to be recommended for it by the three-member Gaming Control...

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Amaya Gaming Expands, But Ends Year in the Red
May 5, 2013

Amaya Gaming Expands, But Ends Year in the Red

Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group Incorporated, an entertainment solutions provider for the gaming industry, has released financial results showing an increase of just below 292 percent in overall revenues for the last three months of 2012...

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“All In for Hope” Celeb Poker Tourney to Benefit Cancer Patients
May 4, 2013

“All In for Hope” Celeb Poker Tourney to Benefit Cancer Patients

City of Hope, a Los Angeles cancer research hospital and treatment facility, has announced an upcoming celebrity poker tournament that will raise money for its foundation, funds from which help treat cancer sufferers. The "All...

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Alleged Illegal Poker Ring Connections Dash Marc Lasry’s Embassy Hopes
May 4, 2013

Alleged Illegal Poker Ring Connections Dash Marc Lasry’s Embassy Hopes

Marc Lasry, founder of the investment firm Avenue Capital, had been considered a contender to become the next U.S. ambassador to France, but has  withdrawn his name from the running after revelations of his connections...

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