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Inside gaming: Bid for Boyd no more than a rumor

LAS VEGAS, Nevada –- For several days last month, investors thought billionaire takeover artist Carl Icahn was making a run at Boyd Gaming Corp. The reports seemed to make sense. Icahn was flush with cash after selling the Stratosphere and his Nevada casino holdings in February for $1.3 billion...read more

Deal Me In: Hearing vs. listening

Dear Mark: Several weeks ago I wrote to you to inquire about blackjack's Royal Match bet and got your definitive answer that I've summarized here in two words: bad bet. Like most people who ask for advice, I didn't act on your info figuring I'd just make the bet on the deal to limit the loss...read more

UltimateBet signs two major poker pros in wake of cheating scandal

Call it damage control. Call it good P.R. Or simply call it a case of good timing. Whatever the case, UltimateBet's signing of two high-profile poker pros -- Eric "Rizen" Lynch and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy -- in the immediate aftermath of a troublesome cheating scandal had a stirring affect on the poker community, prompting the popular pros to try and immediately defuse any questions about a lack of ethics. "I realize that this decision is not without controversy and assure everyone that it is a decision I did not take lightly," Lynch wrote Wednesday on his blog at www.rizenpoker.com, just one day after his partnership with UB was announced...read more

Around the WSOP: Mixed event is the new cool

The World Series of Poker, and what's cool at the World Series of Poker, is always evolving. For years, the Main Event was the BIG thing. But as the playing fields grew and our familiarity with the winners diminished, it started to lose a little bit of its panache...read more

Federal inspectors to lend hand

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Federal OSHA health and safety officers will join Nevada OSHA officials next week to help complete a comprehensive inspection of the $9.2 billion CityCenter job site, it was announced Thursday. The federal inspectors, who were asked to join the effort by Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Administration department, will be on-site starting Monday. The move comes after union-backed construction workers staged a one-day walkout earlier this week at the massive CityCenter project to express concerns about job-site safety...read more

Negreanu poker book hot; racing manual super resource

Daniel Negreanu's Power Hold 'Em Strategy (511 pages, paperbound, $34.95) rocketed to the head of the class among poker books (although Dan Harrington's two cash games books remain sizzling "must-have" titles as well). Meanwhile, horse players who enjoy having a true encyclopedia of thoroughbred racing will certainly love the chunky American Racing Manual (2008) (2,l00 pages, hardbound, $40).With the World Series of Poker action heating up at the Rio in Las Vegas, Negreanu's book, written by one of the most consistent, successful and charismatic players of the generation, is selling extremely well.The book was not written totally by Negreanu...read more

Around the WSOP: Revenge of the stars

After watching people nobody has ever heard of invade their neighborhood for a few years, it looks like the stars of the game have had enough. They're starting ready to defend their turf. And they're setting off fireworks at the World Series of Poker. Last night, David Singer won a nearly five-hours heads up battle to capture Event #3, a $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em tournament...read more

IGT pays $76 million to acquire Cyberview

RENO, Nevada -- Reno-based slot machine giant International Game Technology picked up another piece in the server-based gaming puzzle Wednesday, acquiring European rival Cyberview Technology for $76 million. The deal comes nearly three months after IGT said it was in negotiations to acquire the London-based company that distributes slot machines throughout Europe and operates a well-established fixed-odds betting terminal business in the United Kingdom. Cyberview has offices in Las Vegas but isn't licensed in Nevada...read more

WSOP Profile: Grant Hinkle is no fish

Even as he sat there decked out in Bodog attire with more than $800,000 cash in front of him and a World Series of Poker bracelet dangling from his right wrist, Grant Hinkle didn't look the part of a WSOP champion. But, as the 27-year-old Kansas native told Casino City after he stunned the poker world and won WSOP Event #2 in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, not looking the part was all part of the master plan...read more

Strip construction sites back to work

and Howard Stutz LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Construction workers ended a one-day strike and returned to work on two Strip resort projects Tuesday night, after the projects' general contractor agreed to take steps to address union officials' safety concerns about the job sites. "We have come to an arrangement and an understanding," Steve Ross, secretary-treasurer of the Southern Nevada Building and Construction Trades Council, said Tuesday afternoon at a news conference that took place on the Las Vegas Boulevard median in front of the $9.2 billion CityCenter development...read more