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With a heavy heart, Miles bobs and weaves his way to WSOP Main Event final six

Wearing a Russell Wilson jersey, Tony Miiles hams it up with his rail following WSOP Main Event action on Thursday night in Las Vegas. (photo by Joe Giron)LAS VEGAS -- The decision to wear a Russell Wilson game jersey as he played in the World Series of Poker Main Event final table on Thursday night had a much, much deeper meaning for Tony Miles than simply his devotion to his favorite NFL player and the Seattle Seahawks.“I’m a big Russell Wilson fan, primarily because of what he does off the field, but on the field as well,” said the 5-foot-7, 32-year-old who was born in Ogden, Utah, went to high school in Tacoma, Washington, and now calls Florida home after attending the University of North Florida in Jacksonville...read more

Zobian survives rocky Day 7 to advance to WSOP Main Event final table

Aram Zobian celebrates with his rail after securing a spot at the WSOP Main Event final table on Wednesday night. (photo by Gary Trask)LAS VEGAS -- With a mighty stack that gave him what seemed like a commanding chip lead in the 49th edition of the World Series of Poker Main Event, Aram Zobian went to bed Tuesday night with great expectations...read more

With her father on the rail, Minkin falls short at WSOP Main Event

Kelly Minkin poses with her father, Jeff, during a break in the WSOP Main Event action on Tuesday. (photo by Gary Trask)LAS VEGAS -- Weary-eyed and with a stubble beard, Jeff Minkin sat alone and exhausted in the back row of seats surrounding the World Series of Poker Main Event featured table on Tuesday afternoon at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Main Event edition

With the summer sailing along, we have another busy week of stories from the gambling world. As mentioned last week, Casino City was on scene for the grand openings of two Atlantic City casinos. We will touch upon that again, along with another jackpot story, a BingoBilly anniversary and Chris Moneymaker’s poker tour...read more

Top 10 thoughts and observations from Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY -- It was a whirlwind two days last week as we headed south to Atlantic City for the highly anticipated debuts of the Ocean Resort Casino and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City.Not only did we manage to cover both grand openings — which took place within hours of each other on Thursday — but we also made the time to visit and experience all seven of the other Atlantic City casino properties...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Atlantic City grand opening edition

We had a pretty major week of stories and events taking place. The World Cup wrapped up the group stage with the shocking fact that Germany will not be moving forward to the knockout stage. The World Series of Poker had some more events come to a close this week, which we will touch on, but we focused on some other areas...read more

Atlantic City casino grand reopenings ignite new sense of optimism

ATLANTIC CITY – There were vibrant fireworks, A-list celebrities, free champagne, a balloon drop and "guitar smashing." Ceremonial first bets were placed at a brand-new sportsbook; long lines of politicians, CEOs and tribal leaders shared excessive words of thanks and praise at press conferences and ribbon-cuttings; and dozens of high-end restaurants opened their kitchens and served their maiden meals and poured exotic cocktails.And it all happened in a span of less than 15 hours on Thursday at two extravagant properties that sit about 600 paces apart on one of the most iconic pieces of shoreline in the U.S.Yesterday was much more than a day that saw Ocean Resort Casino, former home of the shuttered Revel Casino Hotel, and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Atlantic City, previously Trump Taj Mahal, celebrate grand openings...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: First week of summer edition

It’s finally summer and the warm weather is upon us here at Casino City world headquarters in Boston. The World Cup has entered the second round of the group stage, but there was a lot of other news to get to this week. We had a wide variety of developments, including more World Series of Poker, jackpot winners and new casino announcements...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Week of openings edition

What a busy week we've had. The World Cup began play on Thursday, there's more big news on sports gambling and a Las Vegas casino opened new features. All this comes on top of the World Series of Poker, which had two big names end up back in the win column this week...read more

Top 10 betting tidbits for the 2018 FIFA World Cup

World Cup 2018 (photo by Max Pixel)The 2018 World Cup begins Thursday when host Russia takes on Saudi Arabia.Being played for the first time in Eastern Europe, the World Cup pits 32 nations from all over the world against each other in a total of 64 matches across a dozen stadiums located in 11 different cities...read more