Poker & Table GamesRhode Island Gaming
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Table games arrive at R.I.'s Twin River casino (5/23/2013)
(Rhode Island) -- Twin River, the Lincoln, R.I., slots parlor that's morphing into a full-fledged casino, took delivery Wednesday of a shipment of table games it...
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Table games are coming soon to Twin River (5/22/2013)
(Rhode Island) -- Table games are heading to Twin River Casino and members of the media got a sneak peek of them getting set up.
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Convoy heading to Twin River with truckload of table games (5/21/2013)
(Rhode Island) -- A three-truck convoy is heading to Lincoln on Wednesday, to deliver the 65 tables games that will turn the Twin River electronic-gambling parlor into a...
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Twin River preparing for table games (5/2/2013)
(Rhode Island) -- Twin River is getting ready to add table games to its gaming venue. Since voters approved a referendum last fall, the casino has been making upgrades...
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Twin River preparing for table games (4/30/2013)
(Rhode Island) -- Twin River is getting ready to add table games to its gaming venue. Since voters approved a referendum last fall, the casino has been making upgrades...
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Ho-Chunk Tribe
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Ho-Chunk leader vows to keep poker room open (5/21/2013)
(Wisconsin) -- The Ho-Chunk Nation leader says he'll fight the state's efforts to close the poker room at the tribe's Madison casino.
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Ho-Chunk leader vows to keep poker room open (5/16/2013)
(Wisconsin) -- The Ho-Chunk Nation leader says he'll fight the state's efforts to close the poker room at the tribe's Madison casino. The state Justice...
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Pennsylvania Revenue
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Table games revenue drops 40.1 percent at Erie casino (5/21/2013)
(Massachusetts) -- Gross revenue from table games at Presque Isle Downs & Casino dropped 40.9 percent in April compared with the same month in 2012.
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Table games revenue up during April (5/20/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that revenue generated from the play of table games at Pennsylvania casinos during April of 2013...
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Pennsylvania Casinos Set Record For Monthly Table Games Revenue (4/16/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Pennsylvania casinos brought in a March record $67.4 million in gross table games revenue. According to the state’s gaming control board, that...
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March table games revenue at casinos sets record in PA (4/15/2013)
(Philadelphia) -- Pennsylvania's casinos have set a new monthly record for gross revenue from table games. The state Gaming Control Board says the 11 casinos...
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March table games revenue boosted by Valley Forge Casino (4/15/2013)
(Philadelphia) -- Pennsylvania casinos set a record as they generated $67.4 million in gross revenue from table games last month, an increase of 9 percent over the...
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Sands Casino posts record table revenues (4/15/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Sands Casino in Bethlehem raked in a record amount of table-game revenues in March, pulling in more than $15.3 million. It represents a 27 percent...
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Table games revenue reaches record high (4/15/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Revenue generated at table games in Pennsylvania's 11 casinos increased 9 percent to a new record high in March, the state Gaming Control Board...
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Online Poker
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Online Poker Millionaires (5/19/2013)
(USA) -- It is common to hear talk of people winning millions playing online poker, so here is a quick look at the top earning poker players. The number one earner of...
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Poker Tournament
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Carnivale Of Poker Returns To 2013 World Series of Poker (5/18/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- In a blast from the tournament circuit past, the World Series of Poker has announced that the Carnivale of Poker will return for the 2013 summer series.
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Home : Poker News : Card Player Poker Tour Main Event At Bicycle Casino Guarantees $100,000 First Place Prize (4/13/2013)
(California) -- The Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT) is excited to announce more details on its upcoming stop at Los Angeles’ most action-packed poker destination,...
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Iconic poker player amasses £66m with the promise of much more (3/10/2013)
(UK) -- THAT PHIL Ivey is known as ‘the Tiger Woods of Poker’ says everything about his stature within the world of professional card playing. The 37-year-...
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Indiana Gaming
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Casino bill inked; no live gaming (5/15/2013)
(Indiana) -- Gov. Mike Pence signed the Senate Enrolled Act 528 into law Friday, ending for now at least any hopes of bringing live gaming tables to the state's two...
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Casino industry loses bid to add live dealers at racinos, expand riverboats to land (4/26/2013)
(Indiana) -- For months, lawmakers whose districts include casinos and racinos, joined by those who simply support the jobs and tax revenue gambling gives Indiana, have...
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Gaming bill won’t include land-based casinos (4/26/2013)
(Indiana) -- The bill designed to provide benefits to the gaming industry in Indiana will not include casino boats moving on land or live table games at racing casinos....
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As Expected, House GOP Slams Door on Live Table Games at Racinos (4/25/2013)
(Indiana) -- House Republicans are making good on warnings they'll block attempts to allow live table games at the state's two horse-racing tracks.
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Legislators Disagree On Live Table Games At Racinos (4/22/2013)
(Indiana) -- With final negotiations underway on the fate of legislation aimed at helping Indiana’s gaming facility, House and Senate sponsors still have a...
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Horse-track casinos seek live dealers for table games (3/27/2013)
(Indiana) -- The House Ways and Means Committee postponed amendments and a vote on a gambling measures Wednesday after supporters of the state’s horse-track...
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Oregon Gaming
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Private Oregon poker clubs are not 'scofflaw, outlaw organizations,' says fan (5/15/2013)
(Oregon) -- The debate over Portland's private poker clubs heated up Wednesday, with a lawmaker charging they are operating illegally and players countering that...
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OP/ED: Why Oregon's non-casino poker rooms should stay safe and legal (5/15/2013)
(Oregon) -- In a few minutes, I’ll be testifying against House Bill 3518, which would shut down the growing number of poker rooms operating in Portland and in...
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Nevada Online
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Ultimate Poker Launches Multi-Table Tournaments, Players React (5/7/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- On Sunday, Ultimate Poker became a pioneer in American online poker yet again by successfully running the first ever U.S.-regulated online poker...
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Maryland Gaming
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Maryland Live sees slot revenue fall as table games start (5/6/2013)
(Maryland) -- Table games at Maryland Live Casino generated $8.4 million in revenue in their first month at the Anne Arundel County facility, on top of $38.2 million...
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Passed Gaming Bill Leaves Out Live Table Games (4/27/2013)
(Maryland) -- Lawmakers early Saturday morning approved legislation aimed at helping the state’s gaming facilities face compete against other states. The gaming...
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Hard grind for would-be casino dealers / At casino school, those who covet jobs need skill, speed, determination (4/20/2013)
(Maryland) -- There was nothing unusual about the bet that led to Cara DeRosa’s meltdown. It was a standard wager she’d paid out countless times during her...
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Maryland Live Introduces Dealer Staffed Table Games (4/15/2013)
(Maryland) -- The largest and most successful casino in Maryland, Maryland Live, has introduced dealer-staffed table games. Not only has this created a huge number of...
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Roll those dice! Maryland Live Casino table games open (4/11/2013)
(Maryland) -- Roll the dice and deal those cards. Live table games have officially begun operating at Hanover's Maryland Live Casino. The casino opened its table...
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Maryland Live! Casino table games to open at 12:01 a.m. Thursday (4/10/2013)
(Maryland) -- The long wait for table games at Maryland's newest casino will end at precisely 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
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Maryland Live Casino to open 122 table games Thursday (4/9/2013)
(Maryland) -- The state's largest casino plans to open 122 table games to the public at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. Maryland Live, in Hanover, will become the second of the...
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Maryland Live! expects increased revenue with table games (4/8/2013)
(Maryland) -- When people walk through the shiny doors of Maryland Live! at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, they’ll crowd around new felt gaming tables in hopes that the next...
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Casino Table Games Go Live! April 11 (4/5/2013)
(Maryland) -- In March, Maryland Live! Casino accepted delivery of 122 tables to be used for live gambling. The tables came in on tractor trailers from Las Vegas, and...
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House approves letting casinos give away cash to play table games (3/14/2013)
(Maryland) -- Casinos could give free cash to table game players under a bill passed by the House of Delegates Thursday. The measure now heads to the state Senate.
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Hard Rock
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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to Host Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Featuring a $10 Million Guaranteed Payout (5/4/2013)
(Florida) -- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has announced it will host the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open featuring a $10 million guaranteed payout – the...
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Doubling down, with meatballs on the side (5/1/2013)
(Florida) -- When someone says, "Hit me" at Martorano's restaurant, it can mean another drink, another meatball or another card.
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Seminole Hard Rock announces $10M guarantee tournament (4/16/2013)
(Florida) -- The Seminole Tribe of Florida is going all-in with poker, announcing Monday it will launch a $10 million guaranteed tournament. That's the largest...
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Seneca Nation
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Jamestown Business College, Seneca Gaming training expands (4/26/2013)
(New York) -- For the past two years, Jamestown Business College and Seneca Gaming Corporation have partnered to bring professional training to select employees in the...
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Alabama Class II
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Former Attorney General Troy King forms company to promote bingo game (4/20/2013)
(Alabama) -- Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King, a veteran of the state's bingo wars, is now in the business of promoting a bingo game that plays something...
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Eastern Band of Cherokee
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The luck of the draw (4/17/2013)
(North Carolina) -- All bets are on in Cherokee. The first major poker tournament held at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Resort has lured crowds of card sharks from...
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WSOP Circuit Event Begins at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino (4/5/2013)
(North Carolina) -- Joey Squiers, a 24-year-old poker player from Asheville, has plans to take part in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit tournament, which will be...
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Poker tournament at Harrah's expected to be big draw (4/4/2013)
(North Carolina) -- Joey Squiers can’t wait to see what the cards have in store for him. The 24-year-old Asheville resident plans to enter the World Series of...
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Seminole Tribe
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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to Host $10,000,000 Guaranteed Tournament in August (4/17/2013)
(Florida) -- For the past week, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, has been playing host to the World Poker Tour, and now the property has...
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Aqueduct
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Video games are best bet for casinos (4/15/2013)
(New York) -- Electronic or virtual table games at the Resorts World Aqueduct racino in Queens are vastly outperforming live table games at top casinos in Atlantic City...
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West Virginia Gaming
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Casino May Fold On Table Games (4/8/2013)
(West Virginia) -- Citing a lack of support in the House of Delegates, Jim Simms said the bill to reduce annual table gambling fees by $1 million is "very unlikely...
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W.Va. table game legislation in jeopardy (4/8/2013)
(West Virginia) -- The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee removed the bill to reduce annual table gambling fees by $1 million from its agenda Friday, but local...
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New York Gaming
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BLOG: Internet Poker Under Consideration in New York? (3/12/2013)
(New York) -- Newsday is reporting New York State Senate co-leaders Jeff Klein and Dean Skelos have included language in their proposed state budget that signals their...
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Other News
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Casino litmus test for Saratoga Chamber (5/24/2013)
(New York) -- Support from the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce for a constitutional amendment allowing live-table casinos will require more than just siting live-...
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Man spits at fellow poker player at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, police report (5/24/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- A Northumberland County man allegedly spit in the face of a poker player Wednesday morning at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, according to court...
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Table cap supports e-table games (5/22/2013)
(Macau) -- The cap the Macau government placed on the number of gaming tables means more business opportunities for electronic table game (ETG) suppliers, who are trying...
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Maryland Live! casino starts work on poker room (5/21/2013)
(Maryland) -- Maryland Live! is starting to build a poker room. The casino in Anne Arundel County announced Tuesday that the poker room will be 14,800 square feet.
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5th Ave. Poker, With $25,000 Chips and an F.B.I. Ace in the Hole (5/17/2013)
(New York) -- The all-night games were held in rarefied settings like a suite at the Plaza Hotel. One pink chip was worth $25,000. Masseuses were on hand to help relieve...
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California Tribes Bristle At Card Room Black Jack [sub req'd] (5/15/2013)
(California) -- California gambling regulators will meet with officials from American Indian casinos and commercial card rooms next month to discuss tribal complaints...
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Gambler won £7.8m by 'reading' the back of cards: How tiny flaw in deck design could have given poker star the upper hand (5/11/2013)
(UK) -- One of the world’s top gamblers won £7.8 million in a game of chance by ‘reading’ the backs of the cards, claim the owners of...
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Poker Pro Phil Ivey Sues Crockfords Casino (5/9/2013)
(UK) -- Phil Ivey, who is considered one of the world's best poker players, has filed a writ in London's High Court against Crockfords Casino in Mayfair.
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Cardroom's name game / Lodi officials unhappy with business's use of the word 'casino' (4/29/2013)
(California) -- Lodi's uber-successful Wine Country Card Room & Restaurant has altered its online persona and has advertised on a Stockton billboard under the...
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Portland poker rooms face shutdown under bill at Oregon Legislature (4/27/2013)
(Oregon) -- Rachel O'Neal, a 29-year-old Lewis and Clark graduate who just opened her own Portland law practice, likes to unwind with a little no-limit Texas hold...
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Renowned radio host Ira Glass on storytelling, sucking at poker (4/20/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Fans of stories about real people moving through high-stakes situations and changing along the way have likely heard of Ira Glass. Known for his quizzical...
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Agents Raid Gallery at Manhattan Hotel in Gambling Inquiry (4/16/2013)
(New York) -- A scion of one of the world’s most influential and wealthiest art-dealing families was charged on Tuesday with playing a leading role in a sprawling...
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NY, LA, Miami arrests in Russian mob money-laundering scheme with celebrity poker games (4/16/2013)
(New York) -- Nearly three dozen people were charged on Tuesday in what investigators said was a Russian organized crime operation that included illegal, high-stakes...
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BRENNAN: Poker group backs court’s “game of skill” ruling (4/10/2013)
(New Jersey) -- The Poker Players Alliance last week filed an interesting 37-page amicus brief to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on New York.
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U.S. Poker Advocates Eye Landmark Legal Win [sub req'd] (4/10/2013)
(USA) -- Legal briefs written by some of America’s most prominent attorneys have upped the ante in a U.S. Court of Appeals case to decide whether Texas Hold...
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Player who refuses to split Aces fell into a trap (4/5/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The burly man who squeezed into the blackjack seat next to me made an announcement almost as soon as he traded a $100 bill for 20 red chips.
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Caesars “bad beat” poker jackpot hits new high of $207K (4/4/2013)
(Ontario) -- There’s a six-figure jackpot on offer at Caesars Windsor right now that’s drawing card sharks from all over hoping to come up just short.
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Station Casinos-owned Ultimate Poker taps Esfandiari as brand ambassador (4/2/2013)
(Las Vegas) -- Station Casinos-owned Ultimate Poker, which has yet to launch its pay-to-play website in Nevada, has a brand ambassador.
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Hollywood Casino hires 12 new employees (4/2/2013)
(Maine) -- Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway has hired an additional 12 people as a result of the expansion of one of its newest table games.
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Table Games Director - Open Position (4/2/2013)
(Oklahoma) -- Director of Table Games needed. Immediate resume review and consideration of qualified candidates. Salary 90-100K, plus paid benefits. Relocation...
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