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Angles, habits, facts focus of three new horse bet books

Savvy horseplayers continuously prowl the universe for new ideas, an angle, fact, a statistics that can make them smarter or more confident in their research and at the betting windows. Sadly, though, it's getting quite rare to see anything new on betting thoroughbreds...read more

The Reel Life

Imperial Casino player comes up aces Imperial Casino announced this week that a single player had won a jackpot of $21,344.90 while playing Space Ace. The player, who wishes to remain anonymous, won while playing the 25-cent variation of the game...read more

Doyle Brunson is Coming (Back) to America

"Texas Dolly" is once again opening his doors to the American poker public. DoylesRoom.com, the online poker site endorsed by 10-time World Series of Poker champion Doyle Brunson, announced Thursday that it has begun accepting U.S. players again...read more

Cheating scandal rocks Absolute Poker

Absolute Poker is mired in a cheating scandal that has prompted the Kahnawake Gaming Commission to audit the popular site. The controversy began about a month ago, when complaints began to surface that there were "superuser" accounts that could see the hole cards of all the players at a table. According to the TwoPlusTwo.com forums, the complaints started when "Potripper" enjoyed a prosperous, yet unlikely, string of fortune during a poker tournament, at one point going 20 minutes without folding pre- flop...read more

Palazzo welcomes aboard new hires

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Sixty-four employees hired and 3,936 positions left to be filled. Las Vegas Corp. staffed its first positions Wednesday at the $1.6 billion Palazzo, bringing 64 front desk personnel into the company's fold...read more

Leyden leads the charge for iMEGA in bid to restrain UIGEA

Edward Leyden is a self-pronounced "Internet guy." And like any good lawyer, he's got the evidence to support his claim. Back in 1992 - well before the advent of iPods and PokerStars - the Philadelphia native jumped into the World Wide Web when he worked with BNA Online, the largest independent publisher of information and analysis products for law, tax, business, and government professionals...read more

New poker thinking society attracts legends

CAMBRIDGE – When Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson first contacted Howard Lederer back in April to tell him about his plan to create a "poker thinking society," it didn't immediately register as an ingenious idea. But after considering the source, Lederer, one of the most widely known poker players in the world, didn't instantly advise the professor to throw his plan into the muck pile. "Professor Nesson is an amazing guy," Lederer explained...read more

Maryland governor sees slot solution to budget woes

MARYLAND -- Maryland's governor officially put his state on the radar screen for gaming expansion. In calling for a special session of the legislature to deal with a $1.7 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Martin O'Malley wants lawmakers to legalize slot machines with the tax revenues used to reduce the deficit. The initial idea proposed by the governor could bring 9,500 slot machines to Maryland racetracks and other locations...read more

Highlights from Barcelona: I am going to become a taxi driver

Barcelona needs more taxis. End of story. I cannot tell you the number of times I sat in the lobby of The Prestige waiting for a taxi nor can I tell you the number of times I stood outside in the pouring rain with 100+ intoxicated people at 5am waiting for a taxi...read more

By Strip's bright lights, analyst watches casino companies tick

LAS VEGAS, Nevada AND NEW YORK -- When Bill Lerner was appointed lead gaming industry analyst for international investment house Deutsche Bank, he packed his spreadsheets, stock charts and financial information and headed 2,240 miles east of the company's New York headquarters to the bright lights of the Strip. The bosses on Wall Street didn't seem to mind. Lerner, 35, thought it would be a novel approach to set up the investment bank's gaming research arm in the heart of the casino industry...read more