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PokerStars Denied New Jersey Online Gaming License, For Now
Atlantic City's online casino launch may be just around the corner - it's set for November 26th - but looks like the world's biggest online poker room won't be partaking in the festivities. PokerStars - part of the huge Black Friday scandal...
Mobile Real-Money Gaming Apps to Benefit from Betable Software Tools
Move over, real-money casino apps: there's a whole bunch of new games coming to town, and they're ready to give you a run for your money, too. A lot of that is because London-based startup Betable - which provides real-money gambling tools...
Opposition MP Claims New Sri Lankan Crown Casino Is Illegal
Seems new casinos won't be popping up in Sri Lanka without doing battle first these days. Not if the very outspoken Dr. Harsha de Silva has anything to say about it, anyway, and he most certainly does. And now, Dr. de Silva...
U.S. Virgin Islands Could Offer Online Gambling
Most Americans know the U.S. Virgin Islands for warm weather and beautiful beaches that they can visit without having to get a passport. But thanks to a recent ruling from the islands' Attorney General, this vacation spot may soon become just as...
New York Gambling Legislation to Expand Casinos Gets Voter Thumbs Up
What a week it's been for the land casino business back East, both good and bad. On Tuesday, voters in New York comfortably approved a constitutional amendment that will greatly expand the brick-and-mortar casino industry in the state. New York's gambling legislation,...
Ryan Riess Triumphs at 2013 WSOP Main Event
If anyone thought that the old-guard had made a comeback in WSOP Main Events, their opinions were well and truly readjusted after 23-year-old Ryan Riess – the first WSOP winner to be born in the 1990s – triumphed in the 2013 showpiece,...
Massachusetts Casino Vote Defeated in East Boston and Palmer
Casino opponents in East Boston were hoping for a victory on Tuesday, and bracing themselves for what they thought was a likely loss. Instead, they quickly found out that they were facing a landslide – but one in their favor. Surprising Defeat...
Farber and Riess Heads Up at WSOP 2013 Final Table
Update: Ryan Riess wins the WSOP 2013 Main Event While all eyes were on the ‘big names’ of Amir Lehavot and JC Tran at 2013’s WSOP Main Event final table, it would be the lesser names of Jay Farber – who was...
WSOP 2013 Main Event Final Table Kicks Off Tonight
Every member of the World Series of Poker's (WSOP) November Nine has already won a life-changing sum of money; now, one of them will go on to become a poker legend. The nine players still alive in the WSOP Main Event will...
Problem Gambling Behavior Reduced in Rat Packs
Admittedly the idea of a rat casino conjures up images of Mickey Mouse et al placed around a poker felt or craps table, chain smoking comically large cigars while Minnie serves the boisterous crowd bourbon on the rocks, but a group of...