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ESPN's Lon McEachern is riding the poker wave

LAS VEGAS – It doesn't matter if he's sitting down for breakfast, teeing it up at a local golf course or trying to get in on a small stakes poker game somewhere on the Strip. Lon McEachern can't go anywhere in Las Vegas without being recognized. "I actually get a real kick out of it," said ESPN's main anchor for the World Series of Poker as he worked the Amazon Ballroom on Wednesday during the Main Event at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino...read more

Prize pool richest ever for Harrah's poker series

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The 2008 World Series of Poker is officially the largest and richest in the tournament's 39 years. Harrah's Entertainment, which owns the event, said Wednesday a record 58,720 entries -- an 8 percent increase from 2007 -- were taken for the 55-event, 47-day poker tournament at the Rio...read more

Nevada gaming board OKs Lucky's

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Race and sports book operator Brandywine Bookmaking received initial regulatory approval Wednesday for its first Las Vegas operation. The company, which opened locations last week in Reno and Elko, plans to take over operations of the Plaza's race and sports book on Aug...read more

Hellmuth-Jelassi skirmishes add spice to the World Series of Poker

LAS VEGAS -- As the field of 2,378 players at Day 2B of the World Series of Poker Main Event dwindled to 855 Wednesday, players like Raja Kattamuri, Alexander Kostristyn and Victor Ramdin climbed their way up the leaderboard. But by the sheer force of their personalities, two players with fewer chips stole the show with a drama of their own. Phil Hellmuth, playing Phil Hellmuth, was the lead character...read more

Michelle Murrell relishes special role as Lubarsky's 'reader'

LAS VEGAS – When Michelle Murrell first met Hal Lubarsky, she wanted nothing to do with him. Five months later, the two are practically inseparable. It all began on a whim back in February at The Mirage's poker room. Since then, the two have formed an incredibly strong bond and a friendship that resulted in plenty of attention from the ESPN cameras at the World Series of Poker's Main Event this week...read more

Casino City sits down with Congressman Wexler and PPA chairman D'Amato

LAS VEGAS – The movement to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act(UIGEA) and create a regulated online gambling industry suffered a setback last month when a bill that would have prevented UIGEA regulations from being implemented until the definition of illegal Internet gambling was clarified, failed to pass a House Financial Services Committee vote...read more

Chipping away

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- It took four days to eliminate nearly half of the competition in the World Series of Poker's main event. Sometime early Thursday morning, between 1,800 and 2,000 poker players will be left in the running for the top prize of $9.12 million. A field of 6,844 players entered the $10,000 buy-in No Limit World Championship at the Rio on Thursday...read more

Vegas Stories: WSOP and 4th of July 2008

Making a scene with Eric Morris I cannot decide if exposure to the lifestyle of the rich and famous is a good thing or a bad one. This is a question I ask myself every time I return from a conference or a "vacation" to visit friends I have made through the online gaming industry, such as my trip to Vegas last weekend...read more

Tall-talking players try to walk the walk during Day 2A at the WSOP

LAS VEGAS -- In golf, they call it moving day. In poker, they call it Day 2. It's the day players either put themselves in position to cash (or win) in the World Series of Poker Main Event, or see their hopes eliminated or reduced to a few chips and a prayer...read more

One Small Step for France

France's government has completed another significant step in the process of opening the country to remote gambling following the June 26 delivery of a report titled "Jeux en ligne et menace criminelle," or "Online games and criminal threats," to Eric Woerth, the country's budget minister. Requested by Mr...read more