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NBC’s Poker After Dark Finds a New Home


Posted on 26 August 2008 at 2:11 am EDT by bigspenda73 | Permalink

After four seasons NBC has decided to move Poker After Dark away from the South Point Hotel and Casino.  Hosting the 2009 Season’s 60 episodes will be the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino’s newest event center, “The Grand”.  Poker fans need not fret; host/model Leeann Tweeden will be moving with the show.  Past participants Phil […]

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Live Poker Going Electronic


Posted on 12 August 2008 at 11:59 am EDT by bigspenda73 | Permalink

The ease and comfort of online poker may be coming to a card-room near you soon! At least two different U.S. card rooms are electing to use “PokerPro” software which electronically deals cards to poker players at a traditional-style card table. Chip counts and pot sizes are also kept electronically with each player […]

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Random Brick-and-Mortar News - June 29th


Posted on 29 June 2008 at 2:59 pm EDT by courtiebee | Permalink

Casino files lawsuit against NBA. Wynn Las Vegas is attempting to force the payment of a $50,000 bill that was created back in 2007 for an NBA All-Star game. During the All-Star weekend that year, NBA Properties, NBA Entertainment, and Alonzo Mourning Charities all used meeting space and convention space, but they never paid their […]

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Man Pleads Guilty to Reckless Manslaughter


Posted on 29 May 2008 at 8:53 pm EDT by Rxgrossman | Permalink

Vincente Perez, 57, of Macon, Georgia pleaded guilty over the fatal stabbing that took place at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic city.
Perez and Arthur Price, 61, got into an argument over a seat at a poker table. The disagreement continued outside to the valet parking area.  Prince then proceeded to hit Perez with […]

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Poker-Stars opens a live poker room in Macau


Posted on 23 May 2008 at 8:13 pm EDT by dthorne04 | Permalink

In quite the unprecedented move, Poker Stars opened its very own live poker room in Macau, China today. Not only is the first ever live poker room ever opened by an online poker room, but Poker Stars in doing so, is spreading the game of poker across the world.
Despite the surprising nature of this news, […]

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Rough Start in 2008 for U.S. Brick-and-Mortar Casinos


Posted on 11 May 2008 at 3:02 pm EDT by courtiebee | Permalink

We’ll start this tale of sorrow and woe with the story of Tropicana Entertainment, an operator of eleven casinos including one famous location on the Las Vegas Strip. They have recently filed for bankruptcy protection and they have blamed their financial troubles on tight credit markets and their Atlantic City location. In January 2007, Tropicana […]

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Coast to Coast Poker Championship


Posted on 4 May 2008 at 11:48 pm EDT by courtiebee | Permalink

As a Vancouverite (the Canadian version), I feel the need to write an article featuring the first ever Coast to Coast Poker Championship, a series of tournaments that will start tomorrow at the River Rock Resort and Casino (a mere 10 minute drive away from my house). The WPT Canada has scheduled seven events to […]

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Random Brick-and-Mortar Casino News


Posted on 22 April 2008 at 11:15 pm EDT by courtiebee | Permalink

Woman steals $39,000 to play video poker. Diata Demanje Rhodes, a former Multnomah County employee, stole nearly $39,000 from the county she worked for to fund a video poker addiction. She was forced to resign from her position after officials found money missing from an account she worked with. Upon being discovered, she pleaded guilty […]

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Random Brick-and-Mortar Casino News


Posted on 16 April 2008 at 12:08 am EDT by courtiebee | Permalink

Smokers Banned from Casinos in Atlantic City. Smoking was still permitted in casinos even after New Jersey banned smoking in most public buildings just two years ago, but that could soon change. Next week the City Council should be giving final approval to a ban that would see it illegal to smoke on casino floors. […]

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WSOP Rights Holder to Change Names


Posted on 14 April 2008 at 5:40 pm EDT by Rxgrossman | Permalink

When you think of Las Vegas, one of the first hotel chains that pops into mind is Caesar’s Palace. That is apparently what Harrah’s Entertainment also thought. Harrah’s Board of Directors agreed that the company would be better off known as Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
In 2005, Harrah’s first obtained Caesars Entertainment through a merger, but […]

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