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According to The Republic, revenue from charity poker games in Michigan was $7.9 million in 2002, from which charities took home $3.6 million. In 2011, revenue from those games hit $197 million, with $19.2 million sent along to charity. You probably …

You may recall that, in April 2013, Zynga entered the real money poker market with its Zynga Plus Poker product, which utilises the partypoker network and its software. Like the new app, Zynga Plus Poker is only available to UK residents. At the time …

According to an article by Eric Danis on the Global Poker Index website, the Fantasy Poker Manager Market Prices are re-evaluated once per year and this could have major repercussions for some users as the Market Price for some players could plummet, …

After 16 levels of play at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Day 1a of the Borgata Winter Poker Open's first event come to a close Tuesday evening. Event #1 is a $500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry event, and with a guaranteed prize pool of $2 million, more …

A chance to play poker and support a youth organization is coming to the Poway Elks Lodge this Saturday. A poker tournament benefiting the Rancho Bernardo High School Best Buddies Club is 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18 at the lodge at 13219 Poway …

LUCIE — The Port St. Lucie Sunset Rotary Club has been selected to be the beneficiary of funds raised by Poker4Charity, a local group of poker players and dealers. Poker4Charity meets at various locations throughout St. Lucie County several times a week.

This August, the European Poker Tour (EPT) will celebrate its 100th event by throwing Europe's largest-ever poker festival in Barcelona. From August 16 – 27, 2014, the Casino Barcelona will kick off Season 11 of the EPT, once again partnering up with …

The obvious winners after the first full month of legal NJ online poker and casino play: the Borgata and partner PartyPoker, who together accounted for about 45% of the total NJ online gambling revenue pie. Operators who are likely less-than-pleased …

This week we won't be digging too deep into online poker's past, because for whatever reason from January 13th through the 19th most of the interesting stories occurred over the past couple years. But there is still quite a bit to talk about on a …

Jesse Sylvia finished second in the 2012 World Series of Poker main event and rather instantaneously had a bloated poker (and life) bankroll to work with. The poker pro eventually appeared on the MTV series “True Live” for a segment called “I'm a New …

Both arguments have been contested, but Adelson might not be completely wrong. Online poker advocates have admitted that a 100-percent success rate of keeping minors off the sites is impossible (it is worth noting that brick-and-mortar casinos don't …

The 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open kicks off Tuesday at the luxurious Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J. The popular annual series will run from Jan. 14 through 31, and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the tournament floor to …

One of three suspects arrested for an armed robbery of a poker game at a downtown Athens apartment nearly three years ago has struck a bargain with prosecutors as the trial approaches. Sengaroum Navixay, 34, pleaded guilty to lesser charges of …

Early on the third and final day of play the record-setting field of 247 was narrowed down to just eight players, with a number of tournament poker's top professionals looking to add the next huge score. From rising superstar Ole Schemion to Robert …

The online poker industry experienced a 6% gain in cash game player traffic last week, which is quite typical for this time of year as the winter season begins to take hold. The top ten poker rooms and networks all showed positive numbers from the …

One month ago Tonybet Poker launched its poker client with a huge surprise to the poker community, becoming the first global online poker site to be solely dedicated to real-money open-face Chinese Poker (OFC). Today, Tonybet Poker has been growing in …

It has been a heated and complex battle figuring out how to regulate the operations, which usually feature poker games, that have grown in size and scope over the years. Some in the state have maintained that commercial casino interests have wanted …

ONCHAN, Isle of Man — (PRESS RELEASE) — The European Poker Tour (EPT) today announced that it will stage Europe's largest-ever poker festival in Barcelona this August to celebrate its 100th event. Poker players and fans will not want to miss this …