Pete Rose Not Prepared to Give Up on Hall of Fame Bid Just Yet
LAS VEGAS -- (Associated Press) - Pete Rose said he believes he still has a chance to one day get back in baseball. In the meantime, he’s turning his attention to the Hall of Fame.
BetOnline Inside Look at What Percentage of Bets Each GOP Candidate Has Gotten
Coming into Tuesday night’s GOP Debate on CNN, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio were the odds-on alternating favorites to win the party nomination for US President.
BetOnline.ag’s Dave Mason Tuesday evening released the amount of action up to this point on each candidate Line movements for political futures are typically based on more recent action.
Jeb Bush, an early favorite, has received the most action to date.
Parry: Donald Trump's Bets on Gambling Have Led to Wins and Bankruptcies
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — The first rule of gambling is sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.
Not even Donald Trump was immune to that fundamental truth as he built a gambling empire. He helped Atlantic City grow its casino market into the nation's second-largest while welcoming celebrity friends like Michael Jackson, smothering his casinos in neon purple carpeting and bringing his touch to decorating: If one chandelier is good, then 17 are better.
EPT12 Prague: Unofficial Final Table Player Profiles
We are down to nine: unofficial final table profiles below.
Seat 1: Hossein Ensan, 51, Munster, Germany
CNN GOP Debate Ratings Over, Under
Gambling911.com has released its CNN GOP Debate ratings total with an OVER/UNDER of 24.5 viewers.
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The first GOP debate this summer on Fox resulted in banner ratings with 24 million viewers. The second GOP debate on CNN scored 23 million viewers.
Commissioner Rejects Pete Rose's Plea for Reinstatement
CINCINNATI (Associated Press) - Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred rejected Pete Rose's plea for reinstatement on Monday, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds.
ACR Hands Pot Limit Omaha Players Early Christmas Gift With MO MO MO PLO
Christmas has come early for Pot Limit Omaha fans and this time Santa Claus has nothing to do with it. Americas Cardroom today announced MO MO MO PLO, a 15-day promotion built specially for Pot Limit Omaha fans. The promo includes PLO Tournaments, a Create Your Own Bonus promotion for cash game fans, and PLO Jackpots.
How Local Bookies Can Turn a Profit During Rough Times
This past weekend saw the Patriots, Seahawks, and Panthers put a real hurting on local books. It's not easy, for a local guy, to turn a profit when when sports bettors have access to so much internet information. Ace per Head can help level the playing field, allowing local bookies to turn a profit with our cutting edge software.
Angry Bookies: Patriots, Packers, Seahawks Provide the Dagger
New England covered easily Sunday night with 80 percent or more of the betting action on the Patriots as -3 to -5.5 road favorites in Houston.
Books got beat up early on with the Seahawks big cover in Baltimore and Green Bay’s win over Dallas.
Sheldon Adelson New Las Vegas Review Journal Owner?
Speculation is running high that casino billionaire and staunch online gambling opponent Sheldon Adelson is the new owner of Nevada’s biggest newspaper The Las Vegas Review Journal.
The new owners until now have refused to identify themselves.
Three Teams Have Bookies Worried in Week 14 of NFL
The bookies will be holding their breath Sunday with three heavily wagered on sides.
Russia’s Gleb Tremzin Leads EPT Prague Main Event After Day 2
As we end Day 2 of the EPT Prague Main Event a little more than 200 hopefuls have an opportunity to open another window in this high stakes advent calendar. At the top of them all, Russia's Gleb Tremzin who started the day with with 168,000 and finished on 610,500.
If you're looking for a good story behind your advent calendar winner, consider Niall Ferrell who sits on 547,000. He's just a few weeks removed from winning EPT Malta and seems intent on making another run.
Bookies Hope to Avoid Disaster With Patriots Seeing Nearly 90 Percent
Bookies have hardly reacted to the amount of action coming in on New England this week in their game against the Houston Texans. As of Friday afternoon, 86% of the action on the Patriots-Texans game was going towards New England.
New Book Exposes the Underbelly of Daily Fantasy Sports
A new book that promises to blow the lid off the inner secrets of the daily fantasy sports industry has just been released and anyone who participates in the popular pastime will find the book not just fascinating but also financially rewarding.
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ACR’s CAGE Sees One of the Biggest First Place Payouts In History
The Cage didn’t necessarily feature the biggest turnout in Americas Cardroom’s history last night, but it was a memorable event nonetheless.
Not only did all eight players who successfully emerged from The Cage win more than their buy-in back, but this week’s top two players earned more cash than the first place winner in most installments of the time-based cash game.
Wife of Mississippi Gambler Sues DraftKings, FanDuel Over Husband’s Losses
A woman in Mississippi has filed a lawsuit against Daily Fantasy Sports giants DraftKings and FanDuel in an effort to recover her husband’s losses.
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Wizard of Macau Launches Improved Site Experience
Online gaming information site Wizard of Macau has announced that it has launched an improved version of its popular website, bringing a revamped look and feel to users who are seeking information on the world’s largest gambling destination.
Family of Late U.S. Gangster Wants Compensation for Cuba Hotel
TAMPA — (Associated Press) - The family of the late gangster Meyer Lansky is hoping to be compensated for a Havana casino hotel seized after Cuba's 1959 revolution, now that the countries have begun trying to resolve billions in dollars in claims for the confiscation of American properties by the island's socialist government.
San Diego Casinos Raided: Not ‘Terrorist Related’
Law enforcement dressed in full raid gear were in the process of raiding two San Diego casinos Wednesday shortly before 9 am this morning.
Seven Mile Casino on Bay Boulevard in Chula Vista and the Black Jack Palomar Casino on El Cajon Boulevard and Oregon Street were targeted.
Witnesses to the scene say that FBI agents were in full raid gear.
FBI spokesperson Special Agent Darrell Foxworth said the raid was not terrorism related but could not provide more details.
Mike Francesa Loses His Mind Arguing With Assemblyman Dean Murray Over DFS Bill
Radio host Mike Francesa went off on New York State Assemblyman Dean Murray for proposing legislation that would make Daily Fantasy Sports a “game of skill”.
"Why would you do that?" Francesa said. "It is not a game of skill, it's a game of chance."
A New York judge was in the process of determining just that as of Wednesday when this was being published.
This would ultimately turn into a heated back and forth between the two.
"I know, I know, you know it all," Murray said. "You have no concept."
Restore Americas Wire Act: Does House Oversight Committee Have Nothing Better to Do?
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia- Today, Campaign for Liberty President Norm Singleton issued the following statement regarding the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act”:
Kid Poker Daniel Negreanu Blasts Trump as ‘Disgusting’
A few poker pros have come out against Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to refuse all Muslims from entering the U.S. if elected.
Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu (aka Kid Poker) came out swinging on Twitter Tuesday.
Key NY Lawmakers Throw Daily Fantasy Sports a Lifeline
(Associated Press) - Key Lawmakers Say Daily Fantasy Sports Will be Legal in NY No Matter What Court Decides - The chairman of a state legislative committee with authority over gambling predicts New York will legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports, no matter how a court fight centered on the lucrative industry turns out.
Brian Rast vs. Sorel Mizzi Fight Goes Off December 30
Forget the fight everyone is looking forward to this coming Saturday – Conor McGregor vs. Jose Aldo. How about Brian Rast vs. Sorel Mizzi?
Luuk Gieles Tops EPT12 Prague €50K Super High Roller Day 1 Field
Dutch poker pro Luuk Gieles is leading the EPT12 Prague €50k Super High Roller at the end of Day 1.
He bagged 1,025,000 after today's eight levels to top the 50-entry field (42 unique players + 8 re-entries). The 23-year-old's total live tournament results of $144k wouldn't necessarily mark him out as an EPT Super High Roller, however Gieles has a strong online background with Supernova Elite status on PokerStars where he's crushing it as "pokerkluka". His achievements there include a TCOOP title which he won back in January 2014 for $284k.
Vote Eric Schneiderman Out of Office, DraftKings, FanDuel Proclaim
Daily Fantasy Sports leaders DraftKings and FanDuel want their customers to vote New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman out of office.
Baaaad Behavior: Brunson Draws Goat Analogy While Tweeting at 'Freaking Foreigners'
When it comes to US-based poker pros stance on how to deal with the recent spate in radical Islamic terrorist attacks across the globe as well as gun control in the U.S., few have been more outspoken than Todd Brunson, son of poker legend Doyle Brunson.
He tweeted:
The younger Brunson went on a Twitter tirade of sorts over the past 24 hours in regard to the later.
I've had 4 tweets from ppl disagreeing with my views on American gun control laws and all 4 were from other countries. Wtf??...
‘Ahundredollars’ Takes Biggest Prize in Million Dollar Sunday History
San Jose, Costa Rica – His online poker name is ahundredollars, but the Million Dollar Sunday champion is waking up this morning with a lot more money in his pocket after taking first place in Americas Cardroom’s $1 million guaranteed poker tournament.
With a first place prize of $200,000, ahundredollars has won the biggest payout in the history of the Million Dollar Sunday.
World’s First Food Casino Lets You Bet With Burgers
Leave your money at home. A new casino actually let’s you place bets with burgers and other food items.
Say what?
You’ll find The Dinner in London “Raise the Steaks” new pop-up a throwback to a bygone era of the 1950’s.
Participants will be provided with a free burger and chips with which they can use to gamble and hopefully win even more food.
No Festivus for the Rest of Us Kid Poker Affirms
Poker’s most outspoken representative Daniel Negreanu (also known as Kid Poker) has objected to the idea of banning any type of religious holiday observations on some college campuses.
