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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. Despite now only having shown one increase in revenue over the past 23 months, the results were generally  given a positive... 

After watching the first few episodes of GSN’s High Stakes Poker Season 6, I can honestly say I haven’t derived anywhere near the same levels of expectation and enjoyment that the previous series had to offer. In a risky departure from having a two... 

Following her amazing victory at the 2010 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, poker pro Annie Duke has been talking candidly about how she managed to get her game back on track to take down the $500,000 first place event. Annie Duke’s half million dollar... 

After a bumper weekend that saw him add $526,000 to his bankroll, Isildur1 has continued his assault at Full Tilt Poker’s high stakes tables this week and steamrolled some of the world’s best poker players in the process. On Monday, Isildur1 started... 

Tom Dwan has pushed his winnings for 2010 up to $1.7 million, after a bumper weekend on Full Tilt Poker which saw him rake in a massive $856,489 profit. Saturday kicked off Dwan’s winning run when he crossed paths with old nemesis Isildur1 across the $200/$400... 

Irish pop star and auto racing enthusiast Shane Lynch has just signed a year-long sponsorship deal to represent the online poker room Ladbrokes Poker. Shane Lynch is perhaps best known as the heavily tattoed member of Boyzone with an outlandish sense of style and... 

PokerStars’ flagship tournament the ‘Sunday Million’ managed to attract an impressive field of 10,123 players on March 7th, all willing to fork out the $215 buy-in for a chance of taking home a slice of the $1.5 million guarantee prize pool. However, the... 

A Colorado man en route with his wife to a Reno bowling tournament hit the big time after winning $10.4 million on a progressive Megabucks MegaJackpot at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. On February 21st, John Johnson  was in town to attend the U.S. Bowling... 

Kevin MacPhee has won the PokerStars EPT Berlin 2010, after defeating a field of 945 players over five days to take down the title and the €1,000,000 first place prize. The 29 year old MacPhee from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho was almost eliminated on Day 3 of... 

Reputedly, Tiger Woods was recently offered a $75 million sponsorship deal with Irish poker site Paddy Power, which would have seen the 14 times major champion collecting the huge amount over a five year period. There is no doubt that had the golfing legend decided... 

Up to six armed men carrying guns, machetes and possibly grenades caused havoc at the European Poker Tour Berlin Main Event, after making off with up to €1.1 million of the tournament’s prize-pool. Almost 1,000 players had handed over their €5,000 entry... 

Online gambling giant PartyGaming PLC has released its financial report for the year ending December 31st, 2009 showing a drop in the company’s profits from $66.9 million in 2008 to a $26.5 million net loss in 2009. While the Gibraltar-based company’s... 

Hungarian Andras Koroknai has won the World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic 2010, after defeating a field of 745 players over six days to capture the title and the massive $1,788,001 first place prize. The $10,000 no-limit hold’em event was held at the Commerce... 

William Hill has released its financial figures for the full year to December 31, which show a 4% increase in its revenue to £998 million, despite the company’s pre-tax profit diving 59% from £292.3 million in 2008 to £120.9 million in 2009. William Hill...