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Influential Casino Owner Does NOT Support Online Gaming—Chairman of the Las Vegas Sands and campaign contributor, Adelson may hold up the passing of a national law. Adelson is a fixture of the Las Vegas gaming community and unlike many of his colleagues he does not see the positives of legalized online gaming outweighing the negatives. [...]

Its fun to look back at old blogs and do the whole ‘what happened on this day four years ago’ thing. This time I had a look at last year and struggled to conceive just how much things have changed since last summer. I guess we will start calling it the pre-black Friday poker world. [...]

WSOP Goes Viral for Main Event—-WSOP announced on Wednesday that they will live stream all 55 bracelet events at this year’s WSOP. There will be a five second delay but who cares about that? The action will appear on the WSOP website letting all fans enjoy the show. The only drawback to the streaming video [...]

With online gaming so up in the air, its difficult to think of anything else but the eventual outcome. Players are calculated odds while owners are calculating reimbursements. Well some of them at least. Here’s a few things that happened this week. Black Friday Not Poker Related?—At a gaming conference held this past week in [...]

Pokerstars Players Cashing Out— Pokerstars has reported to the media that it has begun processing accounts after two weeks of frozen online assets. There are several ways a player can withdraw the money from their account including wire transfer, paper check or an e-check to your online or offline account. Tournament tickets held by players [...]

Since Black Friday took place nearly two weeks ago, the world of online poker has been in an uproar. From upset players trying to recover their online winnings, FBI indictments of the Big Three poker sites and poker organizations and professional players around the globe having their say, its been quite a ride. So after [...]

Nevada Gaming Economy— This week the Nevada Gaming Commission released its financial stats. The state that includes Reno and Las Vegas reported $877 million in gaming revenue. This sounds like a lot but actually represents a stagnation in the state’s economy. Some casinos saw small increases while others saw decreases as high as six percent. [...]

Despite the early hiccups for this year’s NAPT tournament (formerly/originally sponsored by PokerStars) the “Big Event” is now underway at the Bicycle Casino in California. There are 263 players who each paid a buy in of $5,000. At the end of day one play the field has dropped to 133 players. With a chip count [...]

WSOPE—Every year the WSOPE is held at the Casino at the Empire in London, England. Early Wednesday morning this tradition came to an end as executives announced the European leg of the WSOP would move to France. The casino to host the French version of the WSOP will be Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette. Officials [...]

New Jersey passes Internet Gaming Bill With a few technical hurdles still to go, New Jersey residents can celebrate the fact that the recent passage of online gaming laws allows New Jersey based casinos to enter the world of online gaming. The hope is to boost the economy of the Atlantic City and the state [...]