PartyPoker.com crowned its second Late Night Poker Ace in their search for the worlds best amateur. Raul Mestre, 24 years old, banked $50,000 as the tournament final was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Mestre hails from Valencia, Spain, fended off several of the top amateur poker players to take the title and qualified…
Most of us were introduced to Shannon Elizabeth during a scene in the film “American Pie”. it took a while for folks to catch on that she is also a first rate poker player. Shannon first raised the eyebrows of the poker playing public when sent a shiver through the tables at GQ and Calvin…
Highly-rated online poker room, SunPoker.com has announced that on Friday December 1st 2006 it will be launching its largest online poker promotion to date, calling it unsurprisingly ‘One Sick Promo‘. With over $1.3 Million in World Series of Poker (WSOP) Prize Packages up for grabs, SunPoker.com’s One Sick Promo is set to capture the imaginations…
PokerStars.com, the world’s largest poker tournament site, and Aston Martin Racing, have teamed up to give away THE exclusive Aston Martin DBS, the same model that the world’s most famous secret agent – 007 drives in the new James Bond movie, Casino Royale. Commencing December 9 at 3:00PM ET, all PokerStars.com players stand a chance…
Vietnams central police department Wednesday said it had finished its investigation into an international football betting ring, including 12 persons to be tried early next year. The major ring, led by Ngo Tien Dung alias Dung Kieu, was found to have handled bets of over US$10 million within three months from December 2005 till February…
 The Gambling Bill President Vladimir V. Putin proposed in October, with plans to set up four gambling zones in Russia, has been approved at its first reading by the Duma last week by a vote of 440-0 and one abstention. The president had proposed the bill after the Interior Ministry launched an operation to check…
::New law hasn’t stopped student’s online poker business:: Despite the potentially negative impacts of a federal online gambling law, profits at Tyler Hancock’s online poker Web site are almost back to where they were before the law passed in October. Hancock, an interdisciplinary studies senior, runs FuturePokerPros.com, which makes its money by taking a percentage…
As many as 5.8 million people a month visited online gambling sites from April to September, according to figures seen by Panorama. And those statistics from the internet media and market research company, Nielsen/Net Ratings show that in May there were more than six million. But research by the Gambling Commission for the government found…
Clonie Gowen was born in 1971 in Oklahoma. Clonies real name is Cycalona, its inspired by the fact that she was born during a powerful storm. Clonie solidified her online poker credentials in 2003, when she won the WPT Ladies’ Night tournament, beating out top poker players Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke and Evelyn Ng. Clonie…
You’ve gotta know when to hold ’em Investors recently doubled down on gambling stocks despite a yearlong winning streak, wagering that expansion will spur growth and bettors will keep spending even as the economy softens. The Dow Jones U.S. Gambling Index has surged more than 35 percent since the start of the year, easily outpacing…