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An 87 year-old lady from Illinois is suing the Isle of Capri Casinos company, after hitting a $42 million slots jackpot which turned out to be a computer malfunction. The incident took place on July 2nd, last year, while McKee was playing the Miss Kitty slot machine... 

Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) have announced they are hopeful of completing the $80 million purchase of Full Tilt Poker from the DoJ by the end of February. In the meantime, a due diligence process instigated by GBT in order to reveal the true extent of Full Tilt’s... 

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner on February 14th, It seems appropriate to give a mention to one of poker’s more recent couples; UK pro Liv Boeree and US pro Kevin MacPhee. Kevin “ImaLuckSac” MacPhee is a highly successful poker... 

The 2010 WSOP Champion Jonathan Duhamel received some good news yesterday when police revealed they were able to retrieve half of the $160,000 stolen from his home recently. On December 21, 2011, Duhamel opened his front door to a man holding a package, only then... 

A hacker enjoyed some high-stakes poker action at Daniel Negreanu‘s expense, after breaking into his e-mail and PokerStars account. The Canadian poker pro was on his way back from competing in the Aussie Millions, when he discovered the break-in, and tweeted: “Important:... 

Macau has just released its casino gambling figures, revealing a 34.8%  increase in revenue to 25 billion patacas ($3.13 billion)  for January, compared to the same month last year. The results were ahead of many analysts’ predictions of between 23 to 26... 

UPDATE: It would appear that the WSOP hint that the November Nine would not be returning was, in fact, ambiguous. The WSOP have now confirmed that the 2012 Main Event will be held one week earlier on Sunday, October 28th, probably in order to accomodate for the... 

Kool Shen has won the 2012 EFOP Diamond Championship, after overcoming a field of 109 players over four days to lift the title, and collect the €100,000 ($127,514) first place prize. Despite being a sponsored member of Leaders Poker for two years, the French... 

Kevin Calenzo has won the WSOPC Caesars Palace Main Event, after defeating a field of 662 players over five days to lift the title, and collect the $197,451 first place prize. The 28-year-old from New York has been playing poker professionally since 2003 and with... 

Top internet poker pro Phil Galfond has been blogging recently about his latest $680k downswing playing mostly $100/$200 PLO, over the past week. At the heart of his present woes would also appear to be an area he has placed a great deal of emphasis on in the past,... 

A couple of days ago, the 2012 Aussie Millions in Melbourne drew to a close after twenty-six events and three weeks of quality poker action. As well as making top headlines with stories such as Phil Ivey’s dramatic winning return to tournament poker, Australian’s... 

According to Canadian pro Daniel Negreanu, the modern dominance of the game by the internet generation means poker is now in danger of becoming too serious and boring. Negreanu cashed in at his first live tournament in 1997 and is currently ranked number three... 

Wealthy music executive Alan Meltzer (pictued right) died October last year , with an outpouring of sympathy then flooding in from the poker playing community, of which he was a big part. Known as a larger than life character, Alan Meltzer was a huge name throughout... 

After being off the radar since the Full Tilt debacle broke last year, poker legend Phil Ivey has put himself firmly back on the tournament map after taking away US$2,161,895 in winnings from the Aussie Millions. The 35 year-old created quite a buzz after falling...