DeLeo Confident Massachusetts Casino Bill Will Pass This Year

House Speaker Robert DeLeo expressed confidence on Thursday that lawmakers in the state of Massachusetts would pass legislation legalizing casino resorts before the end of the year.
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Aldridge Leads At WPT Legends Of Poker Championship Tournament

While the East Coast is being pelted by Hurricane Irene, poker players have congregated in California for the World Poker Tours Legends of Poker championship event. Ken Aldridge is the current chip leader.
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Facebook Changes Online Gambling Advertising Rules

Facebook is the largest social network in the world and they now have opened their doors to online gambling sites that wish to promote their product on the popular social site.
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PokerNetwork ANZPT League Event #5 - Wild Card s Start This Week

The PokerNetwork ANZPT League just got more interesting, with the addition of Wild Card tournaments which award double points.
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LSU National Title Betting Odds Take A Hit With Jefferson Out

LSU is heading into the new college football season as the number four team in the country. After quarterback Jordan Jefferson was arrested on Friday, however, the Tigers national championship betting odds took a hit.
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Hurricane Irene Causing Chaos Within Northeast Casino Industry

The Northeast has built up their casino industry to the point where gamblers come from all over the world to place bets. This weekend, however, the region is being ravaged by Hurricane Irene, causing closures at many casinos.
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2011 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Kicks Off September 4

The 2011 WCOOP begins next Sunday. Heres a quick look back at the best WCOOP performers of years past, as well as the schedule for 2011.
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2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Day 3: Schreiner Leads Final Table

The final table is set for the 2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Main Event. Marcel Schreiner leads the way as Hugh Cohen, Jonathan Karamalikis and Tom Grigg all join him.
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World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Day 1b: JC Tran Leads the Way into Day 2

After Day 1b of the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker, JC Tran is the overall chip leader with 265,000.
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PokerNews EPIC League Final Set

The league is complete, find out if you have made our Everest Poker International Cup league final this weekend.
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The Nightly Turbo: Violence at Mexican Casino, The Banker Returns, and More

The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the days top poker news stories including a look at the violence at a casino in Mexico, the appearance of Andy Beal at the Bellagio, and more.
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US Gaming Stocks Finish Week On A High Note, Led By MGM Resorts

The roller coaster ride for US-based gaming stocks continued Friday, but this time the news was good as the stocks rose across the board, led by MGM Resorts and Melco Crown.
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Conservatives Holding Key To US Online Gambling Regulations

Conservatives have long been the more aggressive of the two parties when it comes to pushing through legislation, which is why it is the Republicans in Congress that hold the key to online gambling legislation.
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Rodriguez grilled BY MLB Officials Regarding Illegal Poker Games

Alex Rodriguez finally got his day in court on Friday after weeks of speculation. The Yankees slugger met with MLB officials and was grilled about his possible involvement in an illegal high stakes poker game.
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Miami Hurricanes Betting Odds Hinge On NCAA Decision

The future of the Miami Hurricanes football program is in the hands of the NCAA, and their immediate betting odds will be determined after the NCAA rules on the eligibility of twelve implicated players.
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No Gambling In Atlantic City For The Third Time Ever

It had only happened twice in the history of the Atlantic City casino industry until Friday. Atlantic City casinos closed their doors for only the third time ever as a group with Hurricane Irene baring down on the Northeast.
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Mexican President Blames US Drug Problem For Casino Attack

Mexican President Felipe Calderon is picking up the pieces after a vicious attack at the Casino Royale killed over fifty people. Calderon blamed the high demand of drugs in the US for the crime.
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Pigskin Diaries: Fantasy Draft Help Part I

The NFL season is right around the corner, and that only means one thing - fantasy football!
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James B. Rocked the Casino With a $208K Win Playing Goldbeard Slots

James B. from WV shook the earth in a different kind of way yesterday after scoring a grand total of $208,817 playing a Bodog Casino favorite, Goldbeard slot machine. Way to go James!Yesterday was an exciting day for for both James and Elstan S. of GA, our second place winner for the day, who [...]
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2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Day 2: Schreiner Topping in Big Way

Day 2 of the 2011 PokerStars.net APPT Queenstown Main Event is in the books. German Marcel Schreiner tops the final 21 players heading into Day 3.
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The Online Railbird Report: Sahamies Wins $1,000,000 in a Week

Viktor â??Isildur1â?? Blom seems to be back to his swingy ways while Ilari â??Ilari FINâ?? Sahamies becomes the first post-Black Friday million-dollar winner.
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World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Day 1a: Matt Berkey Leads

Day 1a of the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker drew 322 players. Ending with just 148 of those, Matt Berkey emerged as the chip leader with 248,500.
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PokerNews Weekly: August 26, 2011

Were bringing you the top stories of the week in the latest edition of the PokerNews Weekly.
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PPN Leaves U.S., Full Tilt Poker, and More

The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the days top poker news stories including news on the latest online poker site to leave the U.S., interesting information about Full Tilt Poker, and more.
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Investors Not Buying What Full Tilt Poker Is Selling

Thousands of American poker players are hoping that European investors buy Full Tilt Poker, but the latest news coming out of the Full Tilt camp is that the investors are balking at the asking price.
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Colts Betting Odds In A Free Fall With Manning Injury Lurking

The Indianapolis Colts are always a threat to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl with Peyton Manning at quarterback. A not-yet-healed injury, however, has odds makers scrambling to adjust the Colts betting odds this season.
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With Rebound In Sight, AC Casinos Brace For Hurricane Irene

Just when it looked like Atlantic City casinos had a glimmer of hope that their gaming industry was turning the corner to prosperity, Hurricane Irene is threatening to shut down the casinos in the city.
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World Poker Tour Season X Press Conference

A look at the changes that were announced for Season X of the World Poker Tour.
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Global Poker Index: Brenes, Affleck, Chow Crack the list

A look at the Global Poker Index rankings as of August 22, 2011. Little change to top ten, but Humberto Brenes, Michael Chow, & Matt Affleck make the GPI.
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