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More than 50 family members showed up from places across the U.S. and as far away as Australia and France.

Ryan Riess used to deal cards to Jason Johnson. So when Riess went on to win the World Series of Poker Main Event - and $8.3 million - last November, it was rather eye-opening for Johnson.

Poker, boats and South Holston Lake. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon and people at the Laurel Marina and Yacht Club got to do just that.

Deep inside the perpetual twilight of a windowless casino in this border town, a sudden noise rises above the background of buzzes, gongs, bells and music riffs.

Every time I begin to ponder New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham's contract situation, which seems to be quite a bit lately, the first thing that inevitably comes to mind is the voice of "mad Russian" gangster Teddy KGB from the classic poker movie "Rounders."

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the arrest of 10 men in the Manchester area on charges of being involved in a drug ring that smuggled large shipments of high-grade marijuana from Canada to New Hampshire.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn recently signed into law the Poker Run law , which ended a two-year crusade to make it easier to use poker runs to raise money for charities.

Imagine this: a bar in Northeast with a townie vibe. Okay, no surprise that the Moose on Monroe has that kind of feel, but what sets it apart from other Northeast dives? Well, most Northeast bars have charitable gaming in the form of pull tabs, but at the Moose, you can test your luck at one of the bar's many poker tables.

BUSINESSES AND WE ARE TOLD THAT THERE WILL BE MORE BY EARLY NEXT YEAR. THE SACRAMENTO AREA'S BIGGEST OPERATION WITH POKER TABLES AND BLACKJACK AND BACCARAT AT.

THIS MORNING, THE NEW STONES GAMBLING HALL WILL HOLD ITS FORMAL GRAND OPENING. MIKE TESELLE IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE NEW RESTAURANT.

The 'Baywatch' star - who filed for divorce from the 46-year-old earlier this week - is reportedly prepared to give Rick another chance if he curbs his wild partying.

Visitors play Pachinko, a Japanese form of legal gambling, at Dynam Japan Holdings Co.'

Sure, we don't take care of our poor, or our elderly, or abused children - that would cost money - but at least we don't have any casinos.

A day after Shelby Township's Joe Cada was eliminated the World Series of Poker Main Event, Clarkston's Ryan Riess busted, too.

Grass-finished, coffee-encrusted sirloin steak with mashed sweet potatoes and veggies.

"We like to celebrate all of our loyal players every chance we get, and this month we want to thank our Club Barona Platinum members for being a part of the Barona family," said Rick Salinas, general manager of Barona Resort & Casino.

Gaming Control Board officials said Wednesday that the network, which would be operated by Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings PLC, could be a model for a system connecting players in Nevada and Delaware.

Gaming Control Board officials said Wednesday that the network, which would be operated by Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings PLC, could be a model for a system connecting players in Nevada and Delaware.

Nevada gambling regulators are giving preliminary approval to a system that could link online poker websites to create a larger player pool.

On Wednesday an investigator testified that a search of Matthew Tornquist's car showed his mother's dead body was in it.