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PokerStars for Sale and the Stardust
Filed under: Bloggers, International, Online Games, BusinessIt looks like Poker Stars might be up for sale. According to Poker News and reports out of the U.K., the family that owns 75 percent of the...
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Poker News: Harrah's, Ringtones, Daniel Negreanu and the Hendon Mob
Filed under: International, Professionals, World Series of Poker, Odds & Ends, BusinessHarrah's Entertainment has jumped into the mobile phone gaming industry by teaming up with Glu Mobile. Glu...
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Las Vegas News
Filed under: Bloggers, Odds & Ends, BusinessThe Boardwalk Hotel and Casino shut down and closed it's door this past Monday on January 9th. The Boardwalk is located on the south Las Vegas Strip. It...
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The Price of Progress
Filed under: Odds & Ends, Casinos & Card Rooms, BusinessAccording to LasVegasVegas.com, another bit of Vegas history is about to become history. After forty-five years, the Klondike Hotel and...
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Poker Stars Sale and the Sundance Film Festival
Filed under: International, Tournaments, Odds & Ends, BusinessMost people know by now that the majority owners over at Poker Stars are looking to sell the company. There's been a lot of talk about...
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Ultimate Sports Resort to Open in Vegas
Filed under: Casinos & Card Rooms, Business, Las Vegas A new project is planned for Las Vegas, but this won't be on the strip. The $4 billion complex is slated to be built near the Las Vegas Motor...
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Topless Poker Update
Filed under: Tournaments, Odds & Ends, Casinos & Card Rooms, Business, No Limit Texas Hold'emI hate to be the bearer of bad news, really, so you better brace yourselves for this one guys. If...
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Poker and the Cola Wars
Filed under: Celebrities, Television, Professionals, BusinessAhhhhh Cola Wars. I can't think of any other two products in history that have been the cause of so much favoritism, brand-loyalty, or...
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February 2006 is Best Month Ever for Online Poker
Filed under: Online Games, BusinessUh-oh, someone forgot to tell all the poker players and onlne poker room managers that poker isn't popular any more."Poker had its biggest year ever in 2005 reaching...
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Time Magazine Honors Wynn
Filed under: Magazines, BusinessStating "He Didn't Invent Las Vegas. He Just Makes It Work", 64-year old Steve Wynn has been named by Time Magazine's 'TIME 100 Issue' as one of the top professionals in...
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Hard Rock Hotel Sold
Filed under: Casinos & Card Rooms, Business, Las VegasWell at least this is one property that didn't get imploded. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was sold earlier this month to...
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WPT Responds to Player's Antitrust Lawsuit
Filed under: Professionals, Legal Issues, Business, World Poker TourIn the middle of the WSOP, several professional players filed a class action lawsuit against the World Poker Tour, alleging that the...
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One Year After Katrina - Update on Gulf Coast Casinos
Filed under: Casinos & Card Rooms, BusinessIt was a year ago this week when Hurricane Katrina first made landfall, decimating large portions of the Gulf Coast area in her wake. Only a few short...
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Poker Prohibition Act Hurts More than Just Players
Filed under: World Series of Poker, Casinos & Card Rooms, Online Games, Business, World Poker Tour, Legal MattersFrist, Kyl, Goodlatte, Leach and other supporters of the poker prohibition act...
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Harrahs Reportedly Sold
Filed under: World Series of Poker, BusinessAt LasVegasVegas, flipchippro says that the rumors are true, and Harrahs will be sold to Apollo Management Group for around 17 billion dollars.This is a big...
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PokerStars Voted Best Online Poker Room
Filed under: Magazines, Online Games, BusinessBLUFF Magazine's Readers Choice Awards were just announced, and I was ecstatic to read that PokerStars was voted the Best Online Poker Room.Though I'm not...
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Party Gaming Acquires Empire Online
Filed under: Online Games, Business, Legal MattersApparently it is official, the Internet is full of the news that Party Gaming has purchased online gaming sites Empire Online as well as...
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The Beginning of the End
Filed under: Legal Issues, Online Games, Business, Legal MattersNeteller is closing up in the USA, and I have to agree with Bill Rini: this is the beginning of the end for online poker in the USA.I'm...
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Department of Justice Targeting British Banks?
Filed under: Business, Legal MattersI ran across this article at CardPlayer.com and found it highly disturbing. Though we don't often quote entire articles, I do believe this one warrants it:...
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Jamie Gold and Bodog part company
Filed under: Professionals, BusinessIn news that I'm sure is going to upset legions of Jamie Gold fans (almost hard to say that with a straight face), Bodog has ended their endorsement deal with the...
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