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With Negreanu's backing, KL Cleeton is living a poker dream at the WSOP

Kenneth Cleeton peels the hole cards over for his son KL to see during Day 2C play at the WSOP Main Event. LAS VEGAS -- Defying the odds is nothing new for KL Cleeton.After he was born with a severe form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), Cleeton’s parents — Kenneth and Lilly — were told by doctors that it was highly unlikely their newborn son would see his third birthday...read more

PokerStars announces plans to refund PKR players

Today, PokerStars.com announced its intention to pay back PKR players who lost money after the rival poker site's sudden shutdown.Back in May, online poker site PKR was suspended by Microgaming due to financial difficulties, leaving thousands of players high and dry...read more

Top 10 random thoughts and observations from the casino gaming industry

Ten random thoughts and observations from the casino/gambling world as here in the U.S. we prepare for Independence Day, the second-best holiday of the year. (The combination of family, food and football on Thanksgiving Day make it the clear-cut No...read more

US Supreme Court to hear New Jersey sports betting appeal

Hold the phone. Legal and regulated sports betting in New Jersey is not dead.The Garden State's fight against the major sports leagues in the U.S. that began way back in 2012 got a rare glimpse of hope on Tuesday, when the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear New Jersey's appeal in its case to bring above-board sports betting to its casinos and racetracks.Atlantic City resort casinos would benefit from legalized sports betting in New Jersey...read more

A world of competition: Q&A with Maria Ho

While the World Series of Poker is in full swing, soaking up all the attention of most of the poker world, the eSports circuit is continuing to expand. The latest big development is the Amazon App Store's new Mobile Masters invitational series, the first of which took place last weekend, on 23 and 24 June, in Newark, New Jersey.The Newark invitational consisted of three eSports events for the games Vainglory, Summoners War and Hearthstone...read more

Top 10 reasons why Conor McGregor has zero chance to beat Floyd Mayweather

The rumors of a fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather have been percolating for quite some time now. And all the while, I've been ignoring them.With apologies to those who are now hyperventilating over the now-locked-in boxing match set for 26 August at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, I'm not counting down the days...read more

Ed Thorp's autobiography proves he's 'A Man for All Markets'

Earlier this year, Dr. Edward O. Thorp, renowned card counter and author of the game-changing (literally) book Beat the Dealer, published his autobiography, A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market.While the title is long, the book itself is not overly so, running around 350 pages, plus some appendices full of charts about financial data...read more

New York Senate passes online poker bill

The bill will now head to the Assembly. The New York Senate yesterday passed a bill — S 3898A — that would legalize and regulate online poker, continuing last year's efforts and picking up where the Senate Finance Committee's vote in May left off...read more

Top 10 facts and figures about Foxwoods Resort Casino

Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation in Connecticut, is one of the most popular gaming destinations in the Northeast.The property has been going strong since its opening, undergoing multiple renovations and additions and hitting milestones that often accompany running such a large-scale operation.As Foxwoods celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, we gathered up a few facts, figures and moments that struck us as surprising, exciting or anything in between.10...read more

Pennsylvania House says 'yes' to online gambling

VGTs and tax rates are the major sticking points. Two weeks after Pennsylvania's Senate passed HB 271, a bill to legalize online gambling, the House concurred on Wednesday night, passing the bill as a gaming package that includes the legalization of online gambling and daily fantasy sports...read more