Legal poker rooms in the State of West Virginia earned a combined profit in excess of a million dollars in their first month of operation.

The state opened its first two legal poker rooms last month in existing “racinos”–race tracks that also have slot machines. (more…)

Police in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, raided an illegal poker club last week and arrested five people on gambling charges.

According to media reports, police raided the club, located in a shopping center, on Nov. 18 and confiscated poker tables, poker chips and playing cards. (more…)

Just how popular is poker really? (more…)

A professional poker player who was facing deportation from the U.S. has won a temporary reprieve. (more…)

A third suspect in the robbery of a Chicago-area poker game last month that left a man dead has turned himself in to police. (more…)

Legal and U.S.-based online poker site Pure Play (www.pureplay.com) announced last week that the site now has over 700,000 players and is growing steadily, adding 50,000 new players every month. (more…)

Poker pro Phil “Poker Brat” Hellmuth Jr. is to host a charity poker tournament in Las Vegas next month to raise money for the families of slain police officers. (more…)

A poker player from New York City was arrested Thursday after he was caught cheating in the poker room of an Indian casino in Connecticut. (more…)

An illegal sports betting operation that was run from the poker room of an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday, with 18 people getting arrested, including four with mob ties. (more…)

An arrest has been made in connection with the robbery of a New York City underground poker club earlier this month that left one poker patron dead. (more…)

In what’s being called one of the largest poker raids in the history of the province, authorities in Ontario, Canada, Thursday night raided an illegal poker operation in Toronto and arrested 61 people for playing Texas hold ‘em. (more…)

Law enforcement authorities in New York state Wednesday night raided and broke up eight illegal high-stakes poker operations in Suffolk County on Long Island and arrested a total of nine people who were running the games. (more…)

Scandal-plagued Internet poker room Absolute Poker (www.absolutepoker.com) has issued another statement updating gamblers about the status of the investigation into cheating at the room. (more…)

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Students and professors at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, are hosting an academic conference today which examines the educational possibilities of using poker as a teaching tool. (more…)

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Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage is slated to star in a new movie about the life of poker champ-turned-pervert “Amarillo Slim.” (more…)

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It’s not just Chinese toy makers who are putting deadly lead in their products. (more…)

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Internet poker room Bodog Poker (www.bodoglife.com) says it expects to deal its one billionth hand of poker some time this month, and in conjunction with the event, the room is holding a slew of promotions. (more…)

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Another poker raid, another World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion busted. (more…)

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An Internet gambling executive who was arrested last month in the Netherlands has been extradited to France to face the charges. (more…)

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A poker player was shot and died Friday night in New York City when gunmen robbed an underground poker club. (more…)