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NFL No Comment on NJ Sports Betting Case Being Heard in US Supreme Court

NFL No Comment on NJ Sports Betting Case Being Heard in US Supreme Court

Legalized sports betting in the state of New Jersey is one step closer with news that the US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments later this year.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/28/2017

Alphabay, Besa Mafia, Red Rooms & Dark Net Hitmen with Eileen Ormsby, Chris DeRose

Alphabay, Besa Mafia, Red Rooms & Dark Net Hitmen with Eileen Ormsby, Chris DeRose

In Part two of this excellent interview with Silk Road and Dark Net Historian Eileen Ormsby, Chris DeRose of Bitcoin Uncensored discusses the future of the dark net.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/28/2017

Climbing The Ladder Of Pay Per Head Online Bookie Business With The Right Motive

Climbing The Ladder Of Pay Per Head Online Bookie Business With The Right Motive

Many businesses have shut down because operators failed to do the proper accounting of the money they thought the company had brought in.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/28/2017

Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Wants to Make Poker Fun Again: Players are ‘Miserable’

Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Wants to Make Poker Fun Again: Players are ‘Miserable’

Mike Matusow​ in classic "The Mouth" style tells his fellow players what he really things of them.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/28/2017

Luis Calvo Wins $3K Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Luis Calvo Wins $3K Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Miami's Luis Calvo has won the 2017 World Series of Poker's Event #49, $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed and the $362,185 that came with it. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/28/2017

Sports Betting Personality Files Suit Against Deadspin

Sports Betting Personality Files Suit Against Deadspin

Bell filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Deadspin parent company Gizmodo Media Group last week.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/27/2017

Violent Fist Fight in Bobby’s Room at Bellagio: Phil Ivey Involved?

Violent Fist Fight in Bobby’s Room at Bellagio: Phil Ivey Involved?

Poker pro shares his own experiences (plural) with violence in poker

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/27/2017

Dayanna Ciabaton Wins Negreanu ‘Stake Me’ Contest

Dayanna Ciabaton Wins Negreanu ‘Stake Me’ Contest

Congrats to Dayanna Ciabaton, whose video won the Daniel Negreanu “Stake Me” contest which will allow her to play in the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event for free.   

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/27/2017

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear NJ Sports Betting Matter

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear NJ Sports Betting Matter

The Supreme Court will take up New Jersey’s bid to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/27/2017

Christopher Vitch Wins $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo or Better Championship

Christopher Vitch Wins $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo or Better Championship

Christopher Vitch, 34, of Phoenix, Arizona has defeated Benny Glaser to win the Seven Card Hi-Lo or Better Championship Event #48 at this year’s World Series of Poker.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/27/2017

Phil Hellmuth Busts Out in 9th: Deprived of 15th Bracelet This Time

Phil Hellmuth Busts Out in 9th: Deprived of 15th Bracelet This Time

No 15th bracelet for Phil Hellmuth yet at the 2017 World Series of Poker, though he just came very close.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

100 Year Old Mobster Leaves Prison

100-Year-Old Mobster Released From Prison

Former Colombo family underboss John (Sonny) Franzese has been released from prison at the ripe old age of 100.  It was his first full day of freedom in eight years.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

Bitcoin Takes a Dive as Market Sheds $13 Billion

Bitcoin Takes a Dive as Market Sheds $13 Billion

Bitcoin, Ether and other crypto-currencies plunged Monday as veteran investors reportedly took out profits, according to reports.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

Cyprus to Build Europe’s Largest Casino

Cyprus to Build Europe’s Largest Casino

Cyprus signed a deal Monday for the construction of what officials say will be Europe's biggest casino.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

Crown Casino Employees Sentenced to Six Months Prison

Crown Casino Employees Sentenced to Six Months Prison

Three Australian employees of Crown Resorts could be released from a Chinese jail within months after being handed nine and 10-month sentences for gambling related offences in a Shanghai court.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

Negreanu Fumes Over Player That is ‘AOL’

Negreanu Fumes Over Player That is ‘AOL’

“My absolute FAVORITE game Stud 8!” Daniel Negreanu is excited but fuming that players appear to be AWOL, or as Negreanu likes to call it, “AOL”.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

Phil Hellmuth on Verge of Getting Record 15th WSOP Bracelet

Phil Hellmuth on Verge of Getting Record 15th WSOP Bracelet

With 14 World Series of Poker bracelets under his belt, Phil Hellmuth is looking to improve on his record when he comes back to the table Monday night. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

‘Gamble-ing Man’: Nathan Gamble Wins $15K Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

‘Gamble-ing Man’: Nathan Gamble Wins $15K Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Nathan Gamble defeated the 830-player field of the $15K Pot Limit Ohaha Hi-Lo event to win his first ever WSOP bracelet and $223,339 Sunday night. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/26/2017

Odds That 17 Crown Casino Employees Go to Prison at 99 Percent

Odds That 17 Crown Casino Employees Go to Prison at 99 Percent

Among those charged are three Australians, including Melbourne-based executive Jason O'Connor

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/25/2017

Poker Pro Tim Reilly Complains After Flopping Nuts

Poker Pro Tim Reilly Complains After Flopping Nuts

Reilly talks with Sarah Herring of PokerNews.com about his penalty

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/25/2017

England’s Chris Brammer Wins First WSOP Bracelet

England’s Chris Brammer Wins First WSOP Bracelet

Chris Brammer of England has won the Event #45 of the 2017 World Series of Poker, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.  He takes home $527,555, besting a field of 505.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/25/2017

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 17: ‘Bad Ass’ Granny Dubbed ‘320’, Refuses to Rat

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 17: ‘Bad Ass’ Granny Dubbed ‘320’, Refuses to Rat

Never gave up her own bookie even after facing prison time at 71

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2017

Dmitry Yurasov Wins Six-Max Championship at 2017 WSOP

Dmitry Yurasov Wins Six-Max Championship at 2017 WSOP

Russian poker player Dmitry Yurasov earned several six-figure scores and over $1.2 million in career earnings

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2017

Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Still Going Strong in WSOP HORSE, Day in the Life of Negreanu

Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Still Going Strong in WSOP HORSE, Day in the Life of Negreanu

"The Mouth" among 18 still in from field of 399

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/24/2017

Drugs, Bitcoin and the Deep Web with Silk Road Historian Eileen Ormsby

Drugs, Bitcoin and the Deep Web with Silk Road Historian Eileen Ormsby

Who is Eileen Ormsby and how did she become an authority on Silk Road and its history?

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2017

Former Fugitive Linked to 1995 Gambling Murders Finally Convicted

Former Fugitive Linked to 1995 Gambling Murders Finally Convicted

A fugitive who was finally captured and arrested after being on the run for 16 years has now been charged with first-degree murder.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2017

Ernie Bohn Wins $1500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Ernie Bohn Wins $1500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Ernest "Ernie" Bohn has defeated William Kohler to win the title in Event #40 of the 2017 World Series of Poker, $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2017

Annette Obrestad Crushing or Being Crushed in WSOP Shootout?

Annette Obrestad Crushing or Being Crushed in WSOP Shootout?

Annette was ultimately knocked out of this event. 

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/23/2017

Pay Per Head Tips: 11 Time Saving Book Balancing Tips

Pay Per Head Tips: 11 Time Saving Book Balancing Tips

Any business needs to know how to balance their books and making a profit. Sportsbooks are no different. Bookies should know these 11 book balancing tips.

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/22/2017

Fake Online Stores Used to Disguise Online Gambling Payments

Fake Online Stores Used to Disguise Online Gambling Payments

Seven sites are said to be ruses for "transaction laundering"

Submitted by Guest on, Jun/22/2017

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