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Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari has just won the 2010 WPT Five Diamond Classic, after defeating a field of 438 players over six days to take down the title and collect the $870,124 first place prize. Esfandiari’s victory at the prestigious tournament... 

Statistical results from a recent Spectrum Gaming Group study has further confirmed the bad news for Atlantic City’s casinos, with time spent gambling and the amounts wagered by customers sharply down across the board. Atlantic City’s 11 casinos have... 

Monday night saw Tom Dwan and Dan “jungleman12” Cates continue their Durrrr Challenge II at Full Tilt Poker’s virtual felts. Despite playing just 346 hands of $200/$400 NL Hold’em over the space of 45 minutes, Cates still managed to take an impressive... 

Despite setting Full Tilt Poker a buzz in late 2009 and early 2010, the celebrated poker maniac known as Isildur1 has now joined rival poker site PokerStars as one of their sponsored pros. The remarkable news was first released via a PokerStars blog, with writer... 

According to a report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the state of Nevada’s gaming revenue should begin to recover in late 2011, eventually returning to pre-recession levels by 2014. In 2006, the Nevada gaming industry was still experiencing... 

Around 13 locations were raided and at least 15 people arrested on Monday, as part of a US crackdown on illegal gambling operations, known as “Operation Jackpot.” The raids were a culmination of a three-month investigation by the Clayton County Sheriff’s... 

It has been announced that Titan Poker, which was recently granted a French online gaming licence by ARJEL, has now joined Playtech’s French iPoker network. Outside of France, Titan Poker is already a part of the iPoker network and has been supplied with online... 

Canadian poker pro Nick Abou Risk has won a historic second UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) title after triumphing in Galway yesterday. The 25-year old won his first title four months ago on August 19th at the UKIPT Edinburgh, where he picked up $81,433 for... 

If the rumours are true, then one of the world’s most expensive soccer players took some time off to relax recently and headed to Full Tilt’s virtual felts, where he mixed it up against the likes of such poker pros as Daniel “jungleman12″... 

A 25 year old online poker pro from Stuttgart, named Sascha ‘locodice’ Walter, has become the first German player to join Team PKR Pro. Innovative 3-D poker room PKR is aiming to expand further into the German speaking market and it is hoped that the... 

A former table-games supervisor at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City, has just agreed to accept a 4.5 million settlement from his former employer for the secondhand smoke lawsuit he filed in 2006. Non-smoking Vince Rennich, 52, had worked for the Tropicana... 

Despite all form of online gambling aside from sports betting and lotteries being banned in the country, Australians have still managed to wager an incredible $1 billion online this year. Australia is currently in the grip of a ‘pokies’ or slot machine... 

The bad beat jackpot launched in February at The Empire in Leicester Sq, London, has finally been won after reaching an impressive £222,000 ($347,800). The event took place at the casino’s £1-£2 table, where eight players had been playing for several hours... 

An investigation into the death of Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley has revealed the 23 year old was heavily in debt and had a gambling problem at the time of his suicide on September 21st, 2010. The 131-page report released yesterday which concludes...