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The top prize at the main event of the World Series of Poker will be $9.12 million this year, and 666 players will get some piece of a $64.3 million prize pool, tournament officials said Sunday.

In the next week or so, Gov. John Lynch will sign bills capping the interest rate on payday loans, imposing a new tax on charity poker games and stiffening penalties for child pornography.

HE WAS six foot six. He had jet black hair, and a chin like an anvil. He was half-Asian. An equities trader.

LAS VEGAS - Watch out, online poker whizzes and leisure players with deep pockets.

Louisiana lawmakers have filed their required 2007 financial disclosure forms, the last time they report income from just two sectors: governments and gambling interests.

One of the "old school" poker players recently lost his fight with cancer and passed away on June 28th.

World Series of Poker top bracelet holder Phil Hellmuth is offering his fans a chance to play him in his specialty, No Limit Texas Holdem Tournaments, but they have to win a chance via playing Texas Holdem on ...

Fun story in Time about the gambling habits of McCain and Obama: McCain is slightly addicted to risk, and likes to play craps at casinos -- betting a few thousand a roll in a game that's all about chance but, ...

LAS VEGAS - The marathon grind toward the richest pot in poker is under way. Play opened in the 39th World Series of Poker main event yesterday, with nearly 1,300 players hoping to make it through a 10-hour day ...

Matt Damon has admitted that he's worried about losing his title as one of the sexiest men in Hollywood, because he has piled on the pounds.

A local professional poker player sent straight to jail and accused of selling teenage girls for sex.

Midland Town Harbour will be a flurry of activity as close to 30 high-performance boats take to the waters for the Performance Boat Club of Canada's inaugural Charity Poker Run in the Town of Midland.

In what all "pros" as well as "years" at the 2008 WSOP considered a "must-win" situation, Scotty Nguyen , a pro, won the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event early this morning, giving The Year of The ProTM what could best ...

Everyone was all in for a good cause. Ben Affleck , Matt Damon and Don Cheadle were among the Hollywood types who gathered Wednesday at the Rio Pavilion in Las Vegas for a no-limit Texas Hold'em tournament ...

Charleston County Sheriff's deputies said they confiscated nine arcade-style poker machines from a home where a man was shot with a rifle this weekend.

James Schaaf will be heading back to Torrance, California with a WSOP gold bracelet and $256,412 in cash for his first ever venture into big-time World Series of Poker poker.

RTE broadcaster Gerry Ryan has been giving evidence for the defence in the trial of a Clare woman and an Egyptian poker dealer accused of conspiring to murder her partner and his two sons.

RALEIGH A House committee approved a bill Tuesday that would apply North Carolina's new video poker ban to an online sweepstakes that allows participants to play games resembling slot machines.

A McAllen assistant principal who allegedly ran a gambling ring from his home was arraigned on criminal charges Monday.

Comments on Topix forums : RALEIGH House members say there's a loophole in the state's ban on video poker that needs to be closed.