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ONCHAN, Isle of Man-It takes an hour by plane and almost three by ferry to reach this island-country smack in the middle of the Irish Sea.

Caesars Entertainment Group said it plans to go live this summer with an online poker site in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to thousands of poker players at its World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas starting May 29.

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The folks who write the checks that help keep Atlantic City's casinos afloat say Internet gambling can help revive the market's flagging fortunes.

A poker player irked that another gambler didn't tip the dealer during their game of Texas Hold 'em spit in the man's face, officials said.

While the $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship was playing down to its final stages on Tuesday, the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller kicked off at Bellagio.

Britain's oldest casino has accused a top gambler of cheating after refusing to pay out 7.7m in winnings following suspicions that the man was "reading" cards.

State v. Lewis Even though defendant and his co-defendant implicated each other, each testified that the other acted alone, and the state presented no evidence that they acted together.

Digital Game Systems Corporation today is pleased to announce the release of Baccarat MP Lite , for play on any generation iPad tablet.

The Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars is past the midway point with 26 of the 44 events completed as of Tuesday afternoon.

The Internal Revenue Service has slammed the Miccosukee Indians with a bill of $170 million for the West Miami-Dade tribe's failure to report and withhold taxes from its distribution of gambling profits to tribal members, according to court records.

When online poker was prevalent in the United States, John Hayes was well known as a stone-cold-killer. At the time the U.S. government put a stop to online poker on April 15, 2011 - dubbed "Black Friday" in the poker world - Hayes had earned over $2.4 Million on the virtual felt, mostly under the screen name " JohnnyGstaks ." With his income ... (more)

Last August, Marvin Rettenmaier opened the 11th season of the World Poker Tour by becoming the first player to win back-to-back titles in tour history.

The schedule for the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Presented by BarrierePoker.fr was announced on Tuesday.

Councillor Rory Palmer fears the "fixed odds betting terminals", which offer games like roulette and poker and are now common in bookmakers, are fuelling a rise in gambling.

Tiger Woods and new girlfriend Lindsey Vonn looked to be having a great time at a recent charity poker tournament.

The Federation Internationale de Poker Association has announced the launch of a revamped website along with a free new mobile app, both of which feature the 2013 International Poker Rules which serve as a useful resource for the poker industry.

You follow players on Twitter , at tables in your favorite online poker rooms , through PokerNews live reporting and at live events, but how did they get their start? What were they doing before they discovered poker? We're here to answer those questions and more for you in Seat Open .

There is another round of efforts to license online poker in California, but it remains to be seen if a law will emerge or if it will be "no deal," the 2013 version.

Two poker players at Hollywood Casino Perryville are headed to a national championship in Las Vegas.