Professional poker players planning to attend next month’s World Series of Poker here are pushing back hard against the WSOP’s special Covid rules for this year’s tournament.
NHL Begins Probe of Sharks Evander Kane Allegations: Bet on Own Games
Dan Lust via Twitter reports that the NHL announced a full investigation into allegations that Evander Kane of the San Jose Sharks has been betting on his own games with bookies.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Aug/01/2021
Gambling911 World Exclusive: Covid-Stricken Cantu Out of Hospital
Cantu was not vaccinated against Covid-19, Gambling911.com sources revealed.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jul/31/2021
Gambling911 World Exclusive: Matusow Beats Covid
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has recovered from his bout with COVID-19, Gambling 911 can reveal in a world exclusive report!
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jul/27/2021
Gambling911 World Exclusive: Cantu Has Covid Bad
Brandon Cantu is in the hospital with a severe case of COVID-19 and requires supplemental oxygen, Gambling 911 can reveal in a world exclusive report!
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jul/26/2021
Gambling911 Gets First Interview With New 2+2 Poker Forum Owner
Andrii Plakhotnyi is a Russian-born software engineer and professional online poker player who founded the Canadian poker software company Hand2Note.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jul/26/2021
G911 World Exclusive: Matusow Doubts He Caught Covid at UFC 264
In an exclusive interview with Gambling 911, Matusow revealed that he was at a local event on July 8 that combined poker and politics, and that may have caused the problem.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jul/21/2021
Whatever Happened to Chris Moneymaker?
Man who sparked poker boom with 2003 WSOP win is still an icon. Gambling911.com's Thomas Somach sits down with Chris Moneymaker.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jul/04/2021
Spanish Company Using AI to Battle Problem Gambling
Gambling911.com's Thomas Somach sits down with Josh Tromans-Jones, the chief technology officer of Jada Gaming, to talk about how the Spanish software giant has begun to utilize AI to help those who market and operate online gambling in determining how much a gambler will lose or win how likely he or she will be to return after leaving.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Jun/10/2021
Poker's Newest Millionaire Vanessa Kade Talks Big PokerStars Sunday Million Win
Canadian poker pro Vanessa Kade earned $1.5 million last month by winning the 15th annual Poker Stars Sunday Million online tournament. She recently sat down with our Thomas Somach to discuss this huge accomplishment as well as her recent well publicized spat with Instagram influencer Dan Bilzerian.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/26/2021
Bookies Behaving Badly Part 7: Al Ross Was Bad, His Son Denny Was Worse
This article was originally published in November 2015. OWN featured a Dateline episode profiling this case on January 2, 2018 at 9 am EST with a rebroadcast expected at Midnight.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/23/2019
Evil Poker Players 2: Shawn Sheikhan, Poker Pervert
(Originally Published 9/15/15) With the death of Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston Jr.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/15/2019
Poker + Keno = Pokeno
Add together two of America's favorite gambling games, poker and keno, and you get the suddenly red-hot game of pokeno. And just what is pokeno?
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/10/2019
Ken ‘The Shrink’ Weitzner Back From the Grave and Starring in New Sports Betting Film
Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner, the phony psychiatrist and degenerate gambler who started two popular websites about sports betting and then killed himself, is one of the stars of a new movie about sports betting that premiered last week.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Dec/20/2016
Eye On Gaming Head John Kelly to Pay Back $17k in Gambling Debts
Got ‘scared’ after car’s tires were slashed (originally published 5/21/2012)
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Nov/22/2016
Man Loses Wife as Part of Bizarre Bet
A man bet away his wife as part of an Indian Premier League (IPL) wager with another man.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/30/2016
With Gary Johnson as President, All Bets Are On!
With word that the deep pocketed Koch Brothers are reportedly contemplating funding the Libertarian candidate and two-term former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson's campaign, we look back at Thomas Somach's report on Johnson and his friendly attitude towards gambling.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/19/2016
Gambling Community Reacts to Haden Ware Probation, Most Agree With Judge’s Decision
Reaction within the gambling community has been generally supportive of the news earlier this week that former Internet bookie Haden Ware, who turned himself in after 18 years on the run, received only probation and no prison time for violating Federal laws against online gambling in 1998.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/11/2016
Why So Many Bookies in Rhode Island? G911’s Thomas Somach Investigates
On December 10, 2006, police arrested a dozen bookmakers in the Providence, Rhode Island area, saying the bookies were part of a sports betting ring that took in more than $300,000 in illegal sports wagers a month.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/28/2016
G911 World Exclusive: Attorney Not Expecting Prison Time for WSEX Owner Ware
A former professional baseball player who went on to become a Federal prosecutor of the Mafia and is now a private attorney is hoping to hit a home run and keep his client, disgraced Internet bookie Haden Ware, out of prison when Ware is sentenced next month on a Federal gambling charge.
Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Apr/13/2016