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Nevada Jurisdiction News
WSOP day eight roundup: Reslock bests Ivey in Stud; grad student wins NL event
9 Jun 2007
Chris Reslock defeated Phil Ivey to win the $5,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud tournament, and Will Durkee won his first World Series of Poker final table to take home over a half a million dollars in a $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event.
WSOP day seven roundup: Russian, relative newcomer win bracelets
8 Jun 2007
A Russian player and a relatively unknown player won World Series of Poker bracelets in day seven of the annual series, and Phil Ivey will be looking for his sixth career WSOP bracelet in one of two final tables are set for today.
Two bracelets, six tournaments in busy day at WSOP
6 Jun 2007
Two bracelets were won, two tournaments played down to a final table, and two tournaments began on one of the busiest days in World Series of Poker history at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas yesterday.
WPA offers charity raffle
5 Jun 2007
A raffle conducted by the World Poker Association and the Corps of Compassion, an organization that feeds needy children in the Las Vegas community, have joined forces to offer a raffle drawing.
WSOP roundup: Irishman wins third-largest live poker tournament
5 Jun 2007
Our daily World Series of Poker roundup features an Irishman who made his first WSOP cash a big one and some big names who will play at final tables today.
CEO Poker holds bracelet event
30 May 2007
CEO Poker is holding the most inexpensive bracelet tournaments in Las Vegas, during the WSOP event, July 2-9, from $500 - $2,500 buy-ins, in the evening.
Payment processors, BetUS indicted on money laundering charges
14 May 2007
Three payment-processors have been accused of miscoding gaming transactions and funneling that money to online casinos and sportsbooks in grand jury indictments unsealed last week in Utah.
WSOP Academy announces 2007 Main Event Primer
8 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (PRESS RELEASE) - The World Series of Poker Academy, poker's premiere series of instructional camps where participants learn first-…
Poker's newest hero leading WPT championship tourney
23 Apr 2007
Rags-to-riches-to-hero, Anna Wroblewski was the big story in Vegas last week after turning $300 into $330,000. Now she has a commanding lead at the WPT Championship event.
Nevada lottery amendment moves ahead
22 Mar 2007
News Brief: Declaring that Nevadans know the odds and are smart enough to decide whether to play lotteries, the Assembly voted Tuesday for a resolution that eventually could end the constitutional ban on lotteries in the state.
Nevada voters to decide lottery issue
16 Mar 2007
News Brief: Over the opposition of two major gaming corporations, a Nevada Assembly committee voted 8-5 Thursday to let voters decide whether to legalize a state lottery.
Nevada lawmakers to push for online betting study
16 Mar 2007
Two Nevada lawmakers, hoping to repeal a crackdown on Internet gambling, are working on legislation that would require the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an 18-month study of online wagering.
NBA commissioner cuts the odds
15 Feb 2007
In the latest development in Mayor Oscar Goodman's quest to secure a major league sports franchise for Las Vegas, NBA Commissioner David Stern told him to submit a plan that addresses the issue of local sports books accepting wagers on NBA games.
Jeff Simpson on why it's unlikely the online gambling ban will be reversed
12 Feb 2007
American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf told Jeff Simpson last week that if online poker players are confident they can persuade Congress to pass a law that would define poker as a game of skill, they're sadly mistaken.
Blackjack Institute announces first group seminar of 2007
7 Feb 2007
Mike Aponte and David Irvine, former members of the MIT blackjack team, will impart their blackjack wisdom to students during the year's first one-day group seminar.
Stepping up to the bettor's box
31 Jan 2007
Leroy's, which began its sports and racing wagering life as a small and smoky stand-alone downtown betting parlor, has gone high-tech.
Arizona ticket wins $15 million prize
30 Jan 2007
A Nevada man won the $15 million Powerball jackpot from the Saturday, Jan. 27 drawing with a ticket he bought in Arizona.
Jeff Haney on the new schedule for World Poker Tour's sixth season
24 Jan 2007
The World Poker Tour has released its schedule of events for its sixth season, and the lucrative, made-for-TV tournament poker circuit will again have a strong Las Vegas presence.
Sports betting on the go
22 Jan 2007
8-foot-tall machines will be cropping up in casinos across Nevada, beckoning gamblers to make sports bets as quickly as withdrawing cash at an ATM.
Harrah's announces 2007 WSOP Schedule
10 Jan 2007
After unprecedented success in 2006, Harrah's has added nine events to the 2007 World Series of Poker schedule. The WSOP will award 55 bracelets, including 13 "World Championships" in a wide variety of games.
2007 WSOP details to be released this month
4 Jan 2007
After a lengthy delay, the detailed 2007 World Series of Poker schedule will be released later this month, according to WSOP officials.
Casino City Gaming Stories of the Year
2 Jan 2007
The Casino City Editorial staff announces their 2006 Gaming Stories of the Year.
Binion's hosts Poker Author Challenge
2 Jan 2007
The first annual Poker Author Challenge is happening at Binion's in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, January 21, 2007. Book signing and Registration begins at 10 a.m.
Sands to enter online gaming
5 Dec 2006
Las Vegas Sands Corp. will venture into the world of online gambling through a partnership with fledgling wireless-gaming device provider Cantor Gaming.
PokerTek leads a growing market of electronic poker games
30 Nov 2006
Electronic multi-player table games (EMTs) are starting to gain traction in the casino industry, and poker may be the first game to gain wide acceptance in an EMT platform.
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