Florida man steals poker player’s identity, hacks into account
A homeless man in Manatee County, Florida, has been arrested for the theft of a poker player’s identity and for attempting to drain both his bank and online poker accounts of funds.
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New Strip casino to rival Vegas’ best
Phil Ruffin, a Kansas real estate mogul who bought the New Frontier in 1998 for about 0 million, is planning to replace the landmark with a billion luxury hotel named after Montreux, a famous resort town nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
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NBA finals commercial pairs Doyle Brunson and Pamela Anderson
Viewers of tonight’s Game 4 of the NBA finals will be treated to a commercial that pairs a poker legend with a former Baywatch babe.
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Internet gaming guide shut down in Washington state
A Washington state online gaming guide was shut down by its operator recently despite the fact no illegal wagers were being accepted by the site.
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Chaser Plus sponsors World Tavern Poker Tour
The World Tavern Poker Tour (WTPT) announced in early June they had signed a national sponsorship deal with Chaser Plus, a hangover prevention supplement, and its parent company Living Essentials.
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Lederer Joins Poker Players Alliance Board of Director
WASHINGTON, June 13 /PRNewswire/ — The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), a grassroots organization of 27,000 American poker players, today announced that Howard Lederer, world-renowned poker all-star, will join the PPA board of directors.
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Poker game created for HBO’s ‘Deadwood’
To help introduce the new season of HBO’s western series, "Deadwood," Fuel Games has come out with "Dead Man’s Hand," a Texas Hold’em game where players sit and play poker with the show’s characters.
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Maxim magazine to build casino resort in Vegas
Maxim magazine, the men’s lifestyle publication read by males of all ages across the globe, announced this month its partnership with premiere real estate developer Concord Wilshire Partners, LLC to build a luxury .2 billion Maxim Hotel & Casino at the north end of the Las Vegas strip on the site of the Westward Ho.
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Oregon man creates bricks and mortar poker map
A Portland, Oregon, man known only as Mr. X has begun a poker map project with the aim of marking every bricks and mortar poker room in the United States down on a Google map.
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‘Swimming With The DevilFish’
Somewhat arrogantly perhaps, people in the United States view poker as a truly American enterprise.
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