Poker pro Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt has apologized for a thoughtless blog post he made last week comparing Black Friday, the U.S. crackdown last year on online poker, to the murder of 3,000 Americans on 9/11.

Poker pro Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt, who has said some pretty dumb things in the past, has just topped them all.

Thomas Somach announces Gambling911.com’s new sports handicapping platform and the introduction of picks expert and sports commentator Fred Wallin to our team. 

You asked for it, and now you've got it!

Professional poker player and Card Player magazine publisher Barry Shulman, in the midst of a three-month, half-million-dollar, Asian-Pacific cruise, is apparently having a good time--he recently visited the world's most infamous red light district and blogged about the live sex shows where women do vulgar tricks with ping pong balls!

What's up with the Mormon Church and gambling?

Mormons are supposed to be against all vice, including premarital sex, smoking, drinking, drugs and even cursing.

And, of course, gambling is on that list.

But, in recent weeks, some of the most famous Mormons in the U.S. have expressed their love and affinity for gambling.

Professional poker players have embraced Twitter as much as anyone else--hundreds of poker pros Tweet daily about the highs and lows of their professional and personal lives.

Many love to boast about the big hands they've won at the poker table, while other lament their bad beats.

Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson likes to Tweet jokes, such as ones about Joan Rivers' face.

Jason Somerville has become the first high-profile professional male poker player to admit he is gay.

Unlucky in politics, lucky in gambling?

Once a generation, people gather outside the Vatican in Rome, looking up at the Vatican chimney to see whether the smoke coming out in billows is white or black, signifying yes or no that a new pope has been selected.