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Back in 1978, Atlantic City opened up its first legal casino to help revitalize the city’s declining economy. It then went on to become the second largest gambling resort in the US but that distinction currently belongs to Pennsylvania after it generated... 

Full Tilt Poker was closed in the U.S. on April 15th, 2011, followed by the rest of the world on June 29th. Since then the troubled poker room has been trying to get its operation back up with numerous rumours circulating over the past year. The latest information... 

Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has released the Chinese enclave’s casino gambling figures for March, revealing a 24% increase in revenue to 25 billion patacas (USD $3.1 billion) compared to a year earlier. Helping to drive up Macau’s... 

Isaac “philivey2694″ Haxton must be waking up with a big hangover this morning, after having lost half a million dollars of his bankroll to Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom over just three days of play. Recently, Isaac Haxton defeated Viktor Blom... 

Six years after opening for business, Poker Nordica has announced it is soon to shut its doors for good. Despite the imminent closure of the poker room, a visit to the site will reveal no public notice with the information instead having been communicated by e-mail... 

Today, Bodog has announced the addition of Asian poker star Jennette “Jay” Tan to its small but exquisite stable of female players which already includes Evelyn Ng and Tatjana Pasalic. Commenting on her new deal, Tan said: “It’s great they chose... 

Despite not having met since 1984, the Nevada Gaming Policy Committee (GPC) convened last week to discuss legal online poker. The 11-member GPC is headed by State Governor Brian Sandoval and acts as an advisory board which makes non-binding recommendations to the... 

This weekend saw Viktor “Isildur1” Blom  and Isaac Haxton kick-off their $1 Million SuperStar Showdown, with the Swede taking a $281,365 lead after two sessions. The rules of this Special Showdown sees the two pros battling it out at stakes of $200/400... 

Jannick Wrang has won the EPT Campione, after overcoming a field of 570 players over five days to lift the title, and collect the  €640,000 ($854,000) first place prize. With his victory in Switzerland, the Danish pro with over $1 million in tournament cashes... 

Last year, PokerStars announced it was looking to sign a pro from either Australia or New Zealand and that player has now been confirmed as Roy “GodLikeRoy” Bhasin. Australia’s Roy Bhasin will therefore take his place amongst the other members... 

The world’s biggest listed online gambling company Bwin.party, has released its financial figures for the year ended 31st December 2011 revealing its total revenue flat at €816 million compared to €814 million in 2010. In addition, Bwin.party’s... 

The PokerStars Superstar Showdown has been running since December 2010, during which time Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom has recorded  9 wins and 4 losses out of 13 matches, amassing $534,090 in profits along the way. However, some of those individual losses... 

As owners of Foxwoods Resort Casino, the Mashantucket Pequot tribe had been living in luxury for over two decades, with its 900 members regularly receiving shared revenue stipends of around $100,000 annually per person. A quick glance around the Pequot’s... 

A 26 year-old mother of three who attempted to rob two casinos armed with a machete has now received a twelve and a half year prison sentence from a Pennington County, South Dakota court. Last July, Julia Peters was high on methamphetamines when she robbed the...