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After four days of action, the WPT Bay 101 has reached its final table of six with $960,900 awaiting the eventual winner. Originally, a total of 364 players entered the prestigious $10k buy-in tournament, including a whole slew of Shooting Star with a $5,000 bounty... 

Global Betting and Gaming Consultants (GBGC) has just released the findings of its latest research showing a rise in gambling revenue across the world by 5.6% to $419 billion, compared to the previous year. Although lotteries were out in front accounting for 28.4%... 

Anthony Marsico has won the 2012 Chicago Poker Classic Main Event, after defeating a field of 360 players over four days to lift the title, and collect the $265,825 first place prize. The 26 year old pro from Illinois is a PLO cash game specialist, who had previously... 

According to a report on iGaming, in case of the $80 million Groupe Bernard Tapie deal falling through, another company is waiting in the wing to snap up Full Tilt Poker’s software for between $30 and $35 million. At the height of its popularity, Full Tilt... 

UK based online gambling business Betfair has released its financial figures for Q3 ending January 31st, revealing an 11% rise in the group’s revenue to £85.3 million ($135m), compared to £77 million from the same period last year. Betfair is the world’s... 

Until recently, Phil “MrSweets28″ Galfond had been languishing in the doldrums after losing 10 out of 10 days to go on a $680k downswing. Consequently, the 27 year-old took a tactical break for most of February before returning to PokerStars cash tables... 

US poker pro Erick “Edog” Lindgren is one of the games biggest talents and is currently listed 21st on poker’s ‘All Time Money List’ with $8,457,543 in winnings. However, Erick Lindgren’s fortunes took a dive recently, after... 

An armed robber who stole $28,000 from a casino in Colorado and later shot at a police officer has now been sentenced to 224 years in prison. The incident took place at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, April, 2010, when the habitual criminal Randy Steven Keesee, 45, used... 

On 29th February, the Epic Poker League’s parent company, Federated Sports + Gaming (FS+G) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with EPL Commissioner Annie Duke quick to explain that “this is a reorganization, not a liquidation.” However, if the FS+G... 

In 2011, Sheldon Gary Adelson was listed in Forbes as the world’s 16th wealthiest man with $21.5 billion in wealth. Sheldon Adelson is also CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and despite making a fortune from running casinos, the 78 year-old says he... 

Last week, Viktor ‘Isildur1′ Blom put in a magnificent performance on PokerStars cash tables, which saw him walk away $577k richer after a hot 10 hour session.   The Swedish pro had been suffering a bit of a downswing until then, having lost around... 

Tom ‘Durrr’ Dwan re-joined Macau’s Big Game recently, and apparently got off to a great start after taking down a $3.6 Million HKD (US$464,258) pot on his first hand. The cash game had blinds of HK$5k/10k (US$650/$1,300) with pros taking part... 

US pro Steve O’Dwyer has won the 2102 WPT National Denmark, after defeating a field of 289 players on his way to claiming the title, and the 893,960 kroner ($160,000) first place prize. The final table of the €1,650 buy-in  event in Vejle, Denmark, was... 

It sure has been a roller-coaster of a ride for top US pro Phil “MrSweets28″ Galfond, since re-locating to Canada post Black Friday. The 27 year-old recently suffered a horrendous $680k downswing playing mostly $100/$200 PLO on PokerStars, before deciding...