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Canadian Poker Player Accidentally Served First Drink in 34 Years

Canadian Poker Player Accidentally Served First Drink in 34 Years
Jan 23, 2011 by Michael Mancini

A Canadian man who had refrained from drinking for 34 years was stunned when he was accidentally served an alcoholic drink at Casino Nova Scotia earlier this year. The incident triggered a furious reaction from the man, resulting in his suspension from the casino.

Emmett Pe...

Annie Duke Heading Up New Professional Poker League

Annie Duke Heading Up New Professional Poker League
Jan 18, 2011 by Steven Lock

Annie Duke has announced her intention to run a poker league that would cater to professional players, with the aim of creating a structure similar to professional golf’s PGA or the ATP in tennis.

The league doesn’t yet have a name, but it has already begun to o...

Turning Stone Wants Bad Beat Jackpot Returned

Turning Stone Wants Bad Beat Jackpot Returned
Jan 12, 2011 by Steven Lock
A bad beat jackpot won by a Connecticut man may have truly turned out to be one of the worst beats of his life. Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York is suing a man who recently won $45,000 as part of a bad beat jackpot, claiming the man won the money fraudulently. T...

Poker Player Has 42 Drinks in 17 Hours

Poker Player Has 42 Drinks in 17 Hours
Jan 3, 2011 by Susan Arnold

Having a drink at the casino while playing poker isn’t anything to write home about. Over New Year’s Eve, it wouldn’t even be unusual to have quite a few drinks as part of the night’s festivities. But one man at the Star City Casino in Sydney, Australia...

Bellagio Eliminating $25,000 Chips After Robbery

Bellagio Eliminating $25,000 Chips After Robbery
Dec 29, 2010 by Steven Lock
If the man who stole $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio earlier this month wasn’t already going to have a tough time cashing in those $25,000 chips, any attempts to cash in on the robbery are about to get much more difficult. MGM Resorts International has an...

Atlantic City Thrives During Weekend Blizzard

Atlantic City Thrives During Weekend Blizzard
Dec 27, 2010 by Susan Arnold

Typically, severe weather is bad news for the entertainment industry, including casinos. But when a blizzard brought the northeastern United States to a grinding halt Sunday, it turned out relatively well for the otherwise struggling Atlantic City resorts.

With the blizzard...

Gambler Bites Man on the Nose in Foxwoods Slot Machine Dispute

Gambler Bites Man on the Nose in Foxwoods Slot Machine Dispute
Nov 29, 2010 by Susan Arnold

We’ve heard about players fighting over a hot slot machine, but this is something else entirely. Thomas McDonald of Hanover, Massachusetts reportedly bit another man during an altercation in the high-stakes area of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Saturday morning.

It seems ...

High School Poker Clubs: Educational or Dangerous?

High School Poker Clubs: Educational or Dangerous?
Nov 28, 2010 by Michael Mancini

A poker club at a Washington, DC area high school is just one example of a debate sweeping the United States over whether poker can be used as an educational tool, or whether using it in schools simply encourages children to develop bad gambling habits.

A report in Sunday&r...

Peter Eastgate's WSOP Bracelet Nets $147,500

Peter Eastgate's WSOP Bracelet Nets $147,500
Nov 26, 2010 by Susan Arnold
It may not match the haul he took in for winning the 2008 World Series of Poker, but Peter Eastgate’s gold bracelet did fetch a princely sum. The championship prize fetched $147,500 on eBay this week, as Eastgate sold the bracelet in order to raise money for UNICEF, ...

Australian Charity Loses $1.5 Million to Online Gambling Fraud

Australian Charity Loses $1.5 Million to Online Gambling Fraud
Nov 24, 2010 by Steven Lock
An employee at an Australian charity has been accused of stealing over $1.5 million in order to feed a gambling addiction. The employee, a finance clerk named Dinesh Enoka Abeysuriya, is accused of stealing the money from UnitingCare Queensland over the course of a year be...
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