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HPT Returns to Chicagoland

HPT Returns to Chicagoland

Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) has awarded more than $7 million in prize pool money to poker enthusiasts at Ameristar East Chicago since 2014.

Submitted by Guest on, May/04/2017

Alanis Morissette Manager Gets 6 Years For Stealing $7 Million to Fuel Gambling Habit

Alanis Morissette Manager Gets 6 Years For Stealing $7 Million to Fuel Gambling Habit

Alanis Morissette's ex-business manager, who stole more than $7 million from the singer and others was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison.

Submitted by Guest on, May/04/2017

NFL Draft Betting Exceeds Expectations in Vegas

NFL Draft Betting Exceeds Expectations in Vegas

This year Las Vegas began offering betting on the NFL Draft.  Expectations were low from the start.  But surprise, surprise.

Submitted by Guest on, May/03/2017

Tips for Buying the Winning Online Lotto Ticket

Tips for Buying the Winning Online Lotto Ticket

Online lotteries are just like regular land-based lotto stores which sell tickets. These online lotto sites simply allow you to make your purchase through the Internet. They basically provide you with the same computer generated quick-picks you can get at terminals as one possible option. The other option is hand-picking the numbers you would like to enter on your online lotto tickets.

Submitted by Payton on, May/03/2017

Arrests of Employees by Chinese Officials Still Hurting Crown Resorts

Arrests of Employees by Chinese Officials Still Hurting Crown Resorts

Casinos operator The Star Entertainment Group says its international high-roller business continues to be affected by the detention of employees of rival Crown Resorts in China last year.

Submitted by Guest on, May/03/2017

Phil Ivey on What Makes a Great Player and More in Rare Inteview

Phil Ivey on What Makes a Great Player and More in Rare Inteview

Phil Ivey sat down with poker pro Paul Phua to discuss what it takes to win in poker. 

Submitted by Guest on, May/03/2017

Couple Charged in Million Dollar Gambling Scheme

Couple Charged in Million Dollar Gambling Scheme

Plead not guilty to charges of organizing and promoting gambling, money laundering and other offenses

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

Americas Cardroom Sees Nearly $1.4 Million Prize Pool in Million Dollar Sunday

Americas Cardroom Sees Nearly $1.4 Million Prize Pool in Million Dollar Sunday

Americas Cardroom confirmed this week a $1,372,000 prize pool for this past Sunday’s Million Dollar Sunday event.

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

Gambler Gets Life Sentence for Tossing Headless Body Into Suitcase

Gambler Gets Life Sentence for Tossing Headless Body Into Suitcase

Also went on to steal his dead friend's identity and text the man's mom to say he was doing well

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

3 Must Have Tools For Pay Per Head Sportsbook Betting Agents

3 Must Have Tools For Pay Per Head Sportsbook Betting Agents

The Settle Alert tool enables agents to set the amount of money that needs to be collected just before a bettor reaches the target

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

BGO Entertainment Gets Slapped With £300,000 Fine for Misleading Customers

BGO Entertainment Gets Slapped With £300,000 Fine for Misleading Customers

The Commission cites nine BGO direct advertisements and fourteen appearing on the company’s affiliate sites for failures in specifying “limitations and qualifications”

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

Card Cloner was Regular on Casino Poker Circuit, Authorities Claim

Card Cloner was Regular on Casino Poker Circuit, Authorities Claim

A Bulgarian national embroiled in a debit card cloning scheme was a familiar face on the live poker circuit.

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

What Are the Biggest Mindset Leaks Average Poker Players Suffer From?

What Are the Biggest Mindset Leaks Average Poker Players Suffer From?

A leak in poker is defined as a weakness that results in an element of poor play and bad overall strategies that consistently reduces a player's winnings.

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

PokerBaazi Announces Massive Poker Tournament Series for India

PokerBaazi Announces Massive Poker Tournament for India

As the second most populous country in the world, the sky is the limit for poker brands looking to capitalize on the India market and PokerBaazi.com has done just that. 

Submitted by Guest on, May/02/2017

Patrik Antonius To Open Poker Room in Monte Carlo

Patrik Antonius To Open Poker Room in Monte Carlo

Finnish poker pro and former model, Patrik Antonius, has announced plans to open his very own poker room in ritzy Monte Carlo.

Submitted by Guest on, May/01/2017

US Casino Stocks Rebound With Solid Macau Numbers

US Casino Stocks Rebound With Solid Macau Numbers

Macau revenues beat projections and this helped US casino stocks to surge as well.  A handful of US-based casinos have exposure in the Chinese gambling Mecca.

Submitted by Guest on, May/01/2017

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 16: ‘I’m in Charge! Go F*** Yourself B****!'

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 16: ‘I’m in Charge! What Do You Want?’

When you can't get anywhere with a company, you ask for a supervisor....then this happens

Submitted by Guest on, May/01/2017

What Are The Different Types of Horse Betting Types?

What Are The Different Types of Horse Betting Types?

The most popular horse betting type by far is the outright odds of winning a particular race (known simply as a WIN), but why limit yourself?

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/30/2017

Footballers and Gambling: Club Boss Says ‘We Have Had to Help Players Financially’

Footballers and Gambling: Club Boss Says ‘We Have Had to Help Players Financially’

Greenock Morton boss Jim Duffy told the BBC this week his past clubs have had to bail out players due to their gambling addictions.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/30/2017

Court Upholds Death Sentence in Killing of Baby, Grandmother in Gambling Plot

Court Upholds Death Sentence in Killing of Baby, Grandmother in Gambling Plot

Prosecutors argued man hatched the kidnapping plot to pay for a gambling habit

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/29/2017

Sale of Former Atlantic Club Casino Falls Apart _ Again

Sale of Former Atlantic Club Casino Falls Apart _ Again

For the second time in as many years, a deal to convert a shuttered Atlantic City casino into a water park has dried up.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/28/2017

How Online Bookies Can Leverage The Gambling Fallacy

How Online Bookies Can Leverage The Gambling Fallacy

As an online bookie, you can leverage the “Gambling Fallacy” in your favor. Use bettors perception to start making more cash, learn more about it here.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/28/2017

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 15: ‘You F***ing Thief, You F***ing Monkey’

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 15: ‘You F***ing Thief, You F***ing Monkey’

Listen as bookie hurls the F-Bomb at customer a few times, "politely" says he has to take another call, then calls back to throw more F-Bombs at him.  Oy Vey!!!

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2017

Poker Pro, United Reach Settlement

Poker Pro, United Reach Settlement

Doctor was phsyically pulled off flight and left bloodied

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2017

Experts Warn of £12.6bn Scale of UK Gambling Problem

Experts Warn of £12.6bn Scale of UK Gambling Problem

According to the most recent estimates, Britons lost £12.6bn through gambling last year

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2017

Nevada Gambling Revenue Jumps Almost 7.5 Percent in March

The madness created by college basketball betting in Nevada is among the factors that led to a lucrative March for casinos statewide.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/27/2017

3 Important Ways Serious Pay Per Head Online Bookie Agents Use Hold Percentage Feature

 3 Important Ways Serious Pay Per Head Online Bookie Agents Use Hold Percentage Feature

Are you any online bookie agent? Have you exhausted all pay per head features and can you say with certainty that you know how each works?

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/26/2017

Sports Gambling Ban Repeal Could Happen in Trump's First Term, Group Claims

Sports Gambling Ban Repeal Could Happen in Trump's First Term, Group Claims

American Gaming Association says that an end to the federal ban on the popular pastime is near.

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/26/2017

Footballer Joey Barton ‘Addicted to Gambling’: Calls Out FA Hypocrisy

Burnley Midfielder Joey Barton ‘Addicted to Gambling’: Calls Out FA Hypocrisy

Barton banned for violation of league betting policy issues statement and questions FA depency on gambling firms

Submitted by Guest on, Apr/26/2017

Are Bitcoin Casinos the Way of the Future?

Are Bitcoin Casinos the Way of the Future?

Online casinos have come a really long way in a remarkably short space of time.


A quick online casino primer

Submitted by Payton on, Apr/26/2017

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Instant Cash – Getting Quick Withdrawals from Online Casinos

Ever won big at an online casino only to wait days, or even weeks, to see that money? Nothing kills the thrill of hitting a jackpot faster than watching your withdrawal request sit in pending limbo. In current conditions, players want their winnings now.