Vietnamese Official Hints at Future Casinos

Posted on November 30, 2007

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung was faced with questions from National Assembly deputies about whether the country should allow open casinos at the latest legislative session.
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Caribbean Poker Classic Begins in St. Kitts

Posted on November 30, 2007

The Caribbean Poker Classic has kicked off in gorgeous St. Kitts with a $6000 buy-in main event. Last year, 155 players ponied up the cash to enter, creating a prize pool just shy of $1,000,000.
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James Cornell Wins $1500NL At Bellagio

Posted on November 30, 2007

James Cornell toppled a final table with Layne Flack, Court Harrington, Nick Binger, and others en route to his $162,000 win at the Bellagio a few days ago.
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USC and UCLA Face Off On The Felt

Posted on November 29, 2007

The Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) will continue its schedule of inter-school matches this weekend with a team poker competition between USC and UCLA as part of the run up to a national inter-school poker tournament in March 2008.
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Trump Eyes Massachusetts For Casino

Posted on November 29, 2007

As reported by the Boston Globe: "Business mogul Donald Trump is scouring waterfronts, depressed mill towns, and vacant rural tracts across Massachusetts, searching for locations suitable for a lavish resort casino that he could develop under Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to legalize casino gambling.
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Deval Patrick Confident About MA Casinos

Posted on November 29, 2007

Gov. Deval Patrick has declared his casino gambling proposal has enough votes to pass the Legislature and predicted yesterday that further vetting would yield still more votes for an initiative whose prospects on Beacon Hill are still cloudy.
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Celeb Poker Searches for Team Members

Posted on November 28, 2007

Since its humble beginning on the banks of the Mississippi, the popularity of poker has grown in leaps and bounds. Increasingly, poker players are seeking new, exciting challenges to win them hard cash and elevate them into the lofty world of poker showbiz. With that in mind, CelebPoker have extended the search for new Team CelebPoker members and are confident that this will provide online poker players with a fast-track ticket super-stardom.
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Bodog Fights for New Law in Washington

Posted on November 28, 2007

In order to have BODOG trademark-bearing domain names returned from seizure, lawyers for defendant Bodog Entertainment Group, S.A. in the ongoing litigation against 1st Technology, LLC (1st Technology, LLC v. Bodog Entertainment Group, S.A ., Superior Court for State of Washington, County of King, Case No. 07-2-25305-0 SEA) are trying to make a new law in the state of Washington.
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Tropicana CFO Calls it Quits

Posted on November 28, 2007

The embattled parent company of the Tropicana on the Strip took another blow with the resignation of the company's chief financial officer after only 120 days in the position.
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Asian Gang Cheats Casino Out of $1,000,000

Posted on November 28, 2007

As reported by the Australia Courier Mail: "A highly organised Asian syndicate cheated the Gold Coast's Conrad Jupiters Casino out of almost $1 million in less than an hour at the high rollers' tables before being arrested trying to leave the Gold Coast Airport, a court has been told.
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PartyGaming CEO Halts Stock Sale

Posted on November 28, 2007

Mitch Garber, CEO of PartyGaming, halted the planned sale of some of his shares in his company. Does this mean Party Poker might make a run back into the US Market?
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Eric Assadourian Wins APPT High Roller's Event

Posted on November 28, 2007

Eric Assadourian topped a star-studded field to take home top honors and over $368,000 in the $15,000 buy-in High Rollers Event at the Asia-Pacific Poker Tour in Macau.
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Bellagio Five-Diamond World Poker Classic Begins

Posted on November 27, 2007

The Five Diamond World Poker Classic will begin at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, starting with the $1590 No Limit Holdem event.
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Doyle Brunson Wins Biggest Pot in HSP History

Posted on November 27, 2007

Doyle Brunson, the Godfather of poker, won the largest pot in the history of High Stakes Poker, taking down a pot worth $810,000 against billionaire Guy Laliberte.
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Bodog Deals Billionth Hand

Posted on November 27, 2007

Bodog dealt its billionth hand yesterday, ending the suspense and rewarding some lucky players with cold, hard cash.
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WPT, China Sign Agreement Despite Gambling Ban

Posted on November 26, 2007

BEIJING: Tournament poker is coming to China — where the card game has been gaining popularity since it was declared a sport five years ago.
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Foxwoods Dealers Cast Union Vote

Posted on November 26, 2007

The Hartford Courant reported that table game dealers had voted by a wide margin to become the casino's first unionized employees.
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Casino Funding Approved in Iowa

Posted on November 26, 2007

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier has reported that casino plans in Iowa are on the move, now that their funding as been approved.
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