One of Poker’s Most Hated Chris Ferguson Finishes 4th in WSOP Event 51

One of Poker’s Most Hated Chris Ferguson Finishes 4th in WSOP Event 51

Bryce Yockey has won his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $511,147 at the 2017  $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo Championship.

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Monster Stack Results in Over a $1 Million Payout to Winner

The 2017 World Series of Poker Monster Stack was starting to wind down with the first place finisher to be paid out $1,094,349. 

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Online Gambling Affiliate Bosses Sentenced in Bitcoin Scheme

Online Gambling Affiliate Bosses Sentenced in Bitcoin Scheme

A Florida man was sentenced to 5.5 years prison time for his role in a Bitcoin exchange money laundering scheme as well as the hacking of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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NFL No Comment on NJ Sports Betting Case Being Heard in US Supreme Court

NFL No Comment on NJ Sports Betting Case Being Heard in US Supreme Court

Legalized sports betting in the state of New Jersey is one step closer with news that the US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments later this year.

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Alphabay, Besa Mafia, Red Rooms & Dark Net Hitmen with Eileen Ormsby, Chris DeRose

Alphabay, Besa Mafia, Red Rooms & Dark Net Hitmen with Eileen Ormsby, Chris DeRose

In Part two of this excellent interview with Silk Road and Dark Net Historian Eileen Ormsby, Chris DeRose of Bitcoin Uncensored discusses the future of the dark net.

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Climbing The Ladder Of Pay Per Head Online Bookie Business With The Right Motive

Climbing The Ladder Of Pay Per Head Online Bookie Business With The Right Motive

Many businesses have shut down because operators failed to do the proper accounting of the money they thought the company had brought in.

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Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Wants to Make Poker Fun Again: Players are ‘Miserable’

Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Wants to Make Poker Fun Again: Players are ‘Miserable’

Mike Matusow​ in classic "The Mouth" style tells his fellow players what he really things of them.

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Luis Calvo Wins $3K Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Luis Calvo Wins $3K Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed

Miami's Luis Calvo has won the 2017 World Series of Poker's Event #49, $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed and the $362,185 that came with it. 

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Sports Betting Personality Files Suit Against Deadspin

Sports Betting Personality Files Suit Against Deadspin

Bell filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Deadspin parent company Gizmodo Media Group last week.

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Violent Fist Fight in Bobby’s Room at Bellagio: Phil Ivey Involved?

Violent Fist Fight in Bobby’s Room at Bellagio: Phil Ivey Involved?

Poker pro shares his own experiences (plural) with violence in poker

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Dayanna Ciabaton Wins Negreanu ‘Stake Me’ Contest

Dayanna Ciabaton Wins Negreanu ‘Stake Me’ Contest

Congrats to Dayanna Ciabaton, whose video won the Daniel Negreanu “Stake Me” contest which will allow her to play in the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event for free.   

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear NJ Sports Betting Matter

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear NJ Sports Betting Matter

The Supreme Court will take up New Jersey’s bid to allow sports betting at its casinos and racetracks.

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Christopher Vitch Wins $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo or Better Championship

Christopher Vitch Wins $10K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo or Better Championship

Christopher Vitch, 34, of Phoenix, Arizona has defeated Benny Glaser to win the Seven Card Hi-Lo or Better Championship Event #48 at this year’s World Series of Poker.

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Phil Hellmuth Busts Out in 9th: Deprived of 15th Bracelet This Time

Phil Hellmuth Busts Out in 9th: Deprived of 15th Bracelet This Time

No 15th bracelet for Phil Hellmuth yet at the 2017 World Series of Poker, though he just came very close.

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100 Year Old Mobster Leaves Prison

100-Year-Old Mobster Released From Prison

Former Colombo family underboss John (Sonny) Franzese has been released from prison at the ripe old age of 100.  It was his first full day of freedom in eight years.

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Bitcoin Takes a Dive as Market Sheds $13 Billion

Bitcoin Takes a Dive as Market Sheds $13 Billion

Bitcoin, Ether and other crypto-currencies plunged Monday as veteran investors reportedly took out profits, according to reports.

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Cyprus to Build Europe’s Largest Casino

Cyprus to Build Europe’s Largest Casino

Cyprus signed a deal Monday for the construction of what officials say will be Europe's biggest casino.

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Crown Casino Employees Sentenced to Six Months Prison

Crown Casino Employees Sentenced to Six Months Prison

Three Australian employees of Crown Resorts could be released from a Chinese jail within months after being handed nine and 10-month sentences for gambling related offences in a Shanghai court.

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Negreanu Fumes Over Player That is ‘AOL’

Negreanu Fumes Over Player That is ‘AOL’

“My absolute FAVORITE game Stud 8!” Daniel Negreanu is excited but fuming that players appear to be AWOL, or as Negreanu likes to call it, “AOL”.

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Phil Hellmuth on Verge of Getting Record 15th WSOP Bracelet

Phil Hellmuth on Verge of Getting Record 15th WSOP Bracelet

With 14 World Series of Poker bracelets under his belt, Phil Hellmuth is looking to improve on his record when he comes back to the table Monday night. 

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‘Gamble-ing Man’: Nathan Gamble Wins $15K Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

‘Gamble-ing Man’: Nathan Gamble Wins $15K Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Nathan Gamble defeated the 830-player field of the $15K Pot Limit Ohaha Hi-Lo event to win his first ever WSOP bracelet and $223,339 Sunday night. 

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Odds That 17 Crown Casino Employees Go to Prison at 99 Percent

Odds That 17 Crown Casino Employees Go to Prison at 99 Percent

Among those charged are three Australians, including Melbourne-based executive Jason O'Connor

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Poker Pro Tim Reilly Complains After Flopping Nuts

Poker Pro Tim Reilly Complains After Flopping Nuts

Reilly talks with Sarah Herring of PokerNews.com about his penalty

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England’s Chris Brammer Wins First WSOP Bracelet

England’s Chris Brammer Wins First WSOP Bracelet

Chris Brammer of England has won the Event #45 of the 2017 World Series of Poker, $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.  He takes home $527,555, besting a field of 505.

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Bookies Behaving Badly Part 17: ‘Bad Ass’ Granny Dubbed ‘320’, Refuses to Rat

Bookies Behaving Badly Part 17: ‘Bad Ass’ Granny Dubbed ‘320’, Refuses to Rat

Never gave up her own bookie even after facing prison time at 71

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Dmitry Yurasov Wins Six-Max Championship at 2017 WSOP

Dmitry Yurasov Wins Six-Max Championship at 2017 WSOP

Russian poker player Dmitry Yurasov earned several six-figure scores and over $1.2 million in career earnings

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Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Still Going Strong in WSOP HORSE, Day in the Life of Negreanu

Mike ‘The Mouth’ Matusow Still Going Strong in WSOP HORSE, Day in the Life of Negreanu

"The Mouth" among 18 still in from field of 399

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Drugs, Bitcoin and the Deep Web with Silk Road Historian Eileen Ormsby

Drugs, Bitcoin and the Deep Web with Silk Road Historian Eileen Ormsby

Who is Eileen Ormsby and how did she become an authority on Silk Road and its history?

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Former Fugitive Linked to 1995 Gambling Murders Finally Convicted

Former Fugitive Linked to 1995 Gambling Murders Finally Convicted

A fugitive who was finally captured and arrested after being on the run for 16 years has now been charged with first-degree murder.

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Ernie Bohn Wins $1500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Ernie Bohn Wins $1500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Ernest "Ernie" Bohn has defeated William Kohler to win the title in Event #40 of the 2017 World Series of Poker, $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.

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Kalshi Traders Now Give James Talarico a 67 Percent Chance of Winning Texas Senate Race

Kalshi Traders Now Give James Talarico a 67 Percent Chance of Winning Texas Senate Race

Trillionaire Elon Musk recently poured approximately $190 million into the 2026 Texas U.S. Senate race, primarily supporting Republican Ken Paxton against Democrat James Talarico. But Talarico's odds of winning continue to improve.
Stake Refreshes Keno With a New Look and Faster, More Fexible Bet Controls

Stake Refreshes Keno With a New Look and Faster, More Fexible Bet Controls

The latest Stake Originals update brings redesigned tiles, a new gem animation, a cleaner pay table, random picks from one to ten numbers, and quicker Auto and Instant play.
Scott Colom Payout Odds to Win Mississippi Senate Race Now at $600

Scott Colom Payout Odds to Win Mississippi Senate Race Now at $600

A top Democratic super PAC focused on U.S. Senate races announced Tuesday that it will spend $1.2 million on an ad campaign in Mississippi for Colom, as the Dems now believe there is hope for a win here.
Amy Acton Ohio Governor Odds Jump Another Point to -450 Wednesday Night

Amy Acton Ohio Governor Odds Jump Another Point to -450 Wednesday Night

The fallout from the widely condemned Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring his opponent's mother telling people not to vote for Amy Acton continued Wednesday night.