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Pinnacle's Quarterly Earnings Soar

Pinnacle Entertainment on Tuesday announced a large gain in second-quarter earnings compared to a year ago due to prosperous times at its New Orleans casino and three full months of results from its year-old casino in Lake Charles, La. A net payment of $44.8 million from Aztar Corp...read more

WSOP "Day Ones" Complete

After four days of intense play, the first round of the world's most prestigious poker tournament is complete with 3,200 players still vying to become the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion. The story so far from the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Vegas is the strong play of defending champions Joe Hachem (2005) and Greg "Fossilman" Raymer (2004)...read more

Eight Busted for Involvement in California Gambling Ring

A new case involving the use of the Internet for illegal gambling activities has emerged in the United States this week, but the operation of this most recently busted gambling business appears to be far different from that of BetonSports.com...read more

Riviera Officials Touting Buyout

LAS VEGAS -- Riviera Holdings executives lobbied shareholders to vote in favor of the company's proposed $426.5 million buyout Friday, using its quarterly conference call to dismiss any rumors about additional offers for the parent of the Riviera. With two major shareholders publicly saying they will vote against the buyout by a private investment group because they believe the agreed-upon price of $17 a share was too low, Riviera Holdings Chairman Bill Westerman implored shareholders to vote in favor of the transaction when they meet Aug...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - July 28, 2006

So we all know that I'm obsessed with Costa Rica. Well guess what? I am going in one week. Oh yes. To make matters even more exciting, I will be traveling with Gambling 911. If you remember correctly, when in Costa Rica together, Jenny Woo and I will be "educating online gambling companies about the ills of sexual harassment and fraternization"...read more

Get Ready for the 2006 WSOP Main Event

Screw the white picket fence, forget about the little house in the country, and leave the 2.5 kids at home – winning the World Series of Poker Main Event is officially the new American Dream and if you're going to take home the $10 million, you better leave soon...read more

WSOP Main Event Underway

The Main Event at the 37th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is underway, and the field is already a record with three more "Day Ones" yet to begin. Two hours before the tournament was set to begin, more than 8,800 players had registered to play in the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino...read more

It's Called No-Limit For a Reason

LAS VEGAS -- When poker's ultimate champion is crowned on Aug. 10, the 2006 version of the World Series of Poker will have broken every conceivable record since the tournament was developed 37 years ago in a smoky downtown poker room at Binion's Horseshoe. In the following months, Jeffrey Pollock will be busy planning to break all those marks again in 2007. But the other goal for Pollack, commissioner of the Harrah's Entertainment-owned World Series of Poker, is to make the 6-week-long event at the Rio more accommodating to the legions of poker-viewing fans. "I think we can do a better job of elevating the quality of the spectator experience by making the tournament room more user friendly," said Pollack, who is also Harrah's vice president of sports and entertainment marketing. The attendance at professional poker's signature event will see a marketable increase starting today. The opening round of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold'em World Championship event will kick off at noon. Through Monday, up to 2,000 players a day will play until 800 remain after each session...read more

EARNINGS: Harrah's is Off the Mark

LAS VEGAS -- Harrah's Entertainment has realized that building a worldwide casino operation is going to play havoc on earnings. The gaming industry's largest casino operator said Thursday its second-quarter earnings were affected by development costs and other factors related to growing a company with both domestic and international interests. Revenue for Harrah's rose 67 percent in the quarter that ended June 30 to $2.47 billion, compared with $1.42 billion a year ago...read more

"Playing Poker" in the WSOP Media/Celebrity Event

John L. Parker's cult classic Once a Runner has captivated high school distance runners for decades. The fictional book follows the journey of Quenton Cassidy, one of the nation's top milers. Filled with excellent characters and memorable passages, my teammates passed the book around so many times that the cover was missing and the binding, which had been destroyed, was replaced with masking tape. One of my favorite passages from the book has always been a section about "playing track." Cassidy's college teammates blow off some steam on a Saturday night by watching Spider Gordon, the team's high jumper, leap over a makeshift bar into a landing area filled with pillows and cushions. While the height he clears is more than a foot lower than he is capable of jumping, this performance isn't about athletic achievement...read more