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Pittsburgh Business Times
Rivers Casino formally applies to offer table games
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The Rivers Casino filed a petition today seeking authorization from the state gaming control board to operate 86 …
Rivers Casino files petition for table gamesPittsburgh Business Times
Online Poker company Full Tilt Poker Host Charity TourneyGambling Online Magazine
Poker in 2010 by Nolan DallaPoker News Daily
Watching the Watchers.org (blog)
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Current number-one-ranked golfer Eldrick “Tiger” Woods declined a US$75 million sponsorship offer from Ireland-based online poker site Paddy Power. Woods has recently lost a number of sponsors, including business consulting firm Accenture and sports drink manufacturer Gatorade, since reports came out that he had conducted a number of extramarital affairs, including one with a former adult film star and another with a Las Vegas casino hostess.

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Veteran poker pro Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth has enjoyed unprecedented success at the World Series of Poker. He won the WSOP Main Event in 1989; at the time, the youngest player to do so, and has another ten championship bracelets in his collection.

One of the few accolades that has eluded him in his long and illustrious career is a win on the World Poker Tour. This weekend, he has the chance to add a WPT title to his resume.

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Online Poker News
Nevada Moves to Regulate Land Casino Ties to Online Gambling
Online Casino Advisory
Nevada gaming regulators want to place rules on land casino operators’ relationships with online gambling divisions. Reports are circulating that the Nevada …
SugarHouse Casino Places Request For Table Games In PennsylvaniaCasino Gambling Web
SugarHouse wants to add 42 table gamesPhiladelphia Inquirer
US Casino Industry Continues Dramatic DeclineOnline Poker News
Philadelphia Bulletin

Paul Leggett, the chief executive officer of the online poker company Tokwiro Enterprises, announced that his company was canceling their plans for this year’s event on the island of Aruba. The popular poker site Ultimate Bet, purchased by Tokwiro in 2008, had been sponsoring the tournament since 2002.

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Officials at the London-based Matchroom Sport promotions firm have announced that the fourth annual Women’s World Poker Open will start on 23 March. The tournament features a buy-in of US$3,000 and will show some of the most talented female poker players in the world. Among the twenty-four participants who have signed on for the event is 2007 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Champion Annette Obrestad.

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Online Poker News
Data Financial, Inc. Announces Nevada Gaming Control Board Approval
PR Web (press release)
Casino Gaming Source, a division of Data Financial Inc., has won approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board to offer eWizPro, an electronic fill/credit …
Nevada casino winnings down 3.2 percent in JanuaryBusinessWeek
Nevada Casino Revenue Falls A Further 3.2% In JanuaryOnline Poker News
Casino Revenue Better Than ExpectedKXNT
Casino Gambling Web

Online Poker News
Nevada Casino Revenue Falls A Further 3.2% In January
Online Poker News
January saw Nevada casinos collect $883.3 million in revenue, which represented a decline of 3.2% over the Jan 2009 figure of $912.7 million. …
Nevada casino winnings down 3.2 percent in JanuaryBusinessWeek
Casino Revenue Better Than ExpectedKXNT
Nevada Casino Revenue Drops, But Optimism Runs HighCasino Gambling Web
KTVN

Internet poker bills are circulating on both federal and state levels, and tribes operating Indian casinos are divided as to their position on regulating this online gambling.

Annie Duke, one of the top female poker players in the world, cemented her reputation by winning the Sixth Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship. She defeated former World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Erik Seidel two matches to one in their best-of-three series for the title. Duke won the first prize of US$500,000, while Seidel earned US$250,000 for his second-place finish.

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TheImproper.com
Andrew (Randy) Kwasniewski, President of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Dies …
MarketWatch (press release)
Prior to joining Starwood Capital Group, he was the Vice President of Operations for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada where he oversaw all …
Morgans Hotel Executive Found DeadWall Street Journal
Vegas Casino Executive Dies; Police InvestigatingKOLO
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino President Andrew “Randy” Kwasniewski Found DeadGather.com
Entertainment and Showbiz!

A gang of four robbers disguised in black motorcycle masks robbed the Grand Hyatt Berlin hotel in a daring daylight robbery during the European Poker Tour poker tournament. The robbers pointed handguns and long knives at a cashier, escaping through a crowded shopping mall with over ‘

NBC’s National Heads-Up Poker Championship is the poker equivalent to the NCAA college basketball tournament. Sixty-four players enter, and only one can be champion, which this year turned out to be Annie Duke.

New Online Casinos (blog)
PartyGaming Revamps Strategy
OnlineCasino.org
PartyGaming has decided to shift their focus to online casino players from poker players. They believe that players of all other online casino games are …
Casino Titan Makes Debut At Fair Online Gambling24-7PressRelease.com (press release)
Weekend Brings $100000 Poker Jackpot At Online CasinoNew Online Casinos (blog)
21 Dukes Online Casino Reviewed At Online Gambling InsiderResponse Source (press release)
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ABC News
Casino cleaned out
Times LIVE
German police say four heavily armed robbers who stormed a poker tournament and escaped with the jackpot are still on the run. Police spokesman Guido Busch …
Ketul Natwani Makes EPT Berlin Final Amidst Armed Robbery ScandalPokerNews.com

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WALA-TV FOX10
Ricky Thomason: Give me real casino gambling or nothing
The Huntsville Times – al.com (blog)
Video Poker and Blackjack are the only casino games which offer even odds against the house – if you play mistake free – and you can’t. …
Editorial: Go ahead and let the people vote on gamblingPress-Register – al.com (blog)
Voters still may get last say on electronic bingoMontgomery Advertiser

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Hungarian Andras Koroknai outlasted a field of the top players in the game to win the World Poker Tour’s LA Poker Classic US$10,000 buy-in Main Event.

Koroknai went into the final table as the chip leader and went wire-to-wire to win the US$1.78 million first prize. Raymond Dolan, a Huntington Beach resident and regular on the Southern California poker scene, finished second and took home just over US$1 million.

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Another state may be working to legalize online poker within its boundaries. Following the announcement by Iowa legislators that they are working on a bill to tax and regulate online poker, officials in Florida are debating the state’s Internet Poker Consumer Protection and Revenue Generation Act.

Florida State Representative Joseph Abruzzo of Wellington, the bill’s sponsor, said that the measure could create US$200 million in taxes and other revenue after twelve months.

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When a World Series of Poker event reaches the final table, organizers dump piles of cash onto a table to display the tournament’

When a World Series of Poker event reaches the final table, organizers dump piles of cash onto a table to display the tournament’