Oct 11, 2007
When this baseball season began, the popular picks to reach the World Series in the National League were the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but after the smoke cleared on the season, two unlikely teams are in the championship series.
The Arizona Diamondbacks should not be a surprise to anyone that they are playing in this series, after all, they did finish the regular season with the best record in the National League.
Oct 11, 2007
Residents and county officials who oppose gambling in their communities have always used crime and unruly behavior as a crutch for their argument, but a judge has sided with a casino in the latest battle in court.
Judge Rodolfo Echeverria took the side of the Barona Band of Mission Indians and is recommending that the tribe be allowed to continue to serve alcohol at their large casino resort.
Oct 11, 2007
Betcha.com owner, Nick Jenkins, was ultimately arrested on Wednesday in Louisiana for running a supposed illegal online gambling website that allowed bets to occur between members of the site, after pleading with the governor for over a month to not allow the extradition.
Betcha.com never accepted a bet from an
Oct 11, 2007
Florida State had been the model by which college football programs were judged in the early to mid 90's, but after a few down years some are wondering if Bobby Bowden has what it takes to get his team back to the top.
Last year, the Seminoles were embarrassed by the Deamon Deacons, a team who has made huge strides within their own program over the past few years. So much progress, in fact, that they won the ACC last year.
Oct 10, 2007
College football has seen its share of upsets early in this season and that has left the top of the conference standings a bit of a mystery.
In the ACC two unlikely teams have the lead at the midway mark as Boston College and Virginia are the leaders in their respective divisions.
The Big Twelve also has some surprises at the top as Colorado, fresh off their upset win over Oklahoma, is currently the leader.
Oct 10, 2007
The University of Massachusetts is having no part of their name or logo being associated with Internet gambling, so they have ordered that the website UMasspoker.com either shut down or face the consequences that a lawsuit might bring.
The website in question seems to be run by recent graduates as well as students, and the basis for the site is for the exchange of information about the strategies of winning at the game of poker in the forms of tournaments as well as cash games.
Oct 10, 2007
MGM Mirage is making a greater name for themselves by taking the casino resort idea to the next level and placing them in major markets, such as the recent project of bringing the MGM Grand to Detroit, Michigan.
Now, the company has decided that it will create the biggest resort casino in Atlantic City, a project that will cost between $4.5 and $5 billion.
Oct 10, 2007
The overwhelming concern from Baptists leaders and other religious groups who are willing to violate any personal and civil freedom in order to protect the very few vulnerable citizens in America need to, at the very least, learn about Internet gambling and stop spreading lies to their followers who know even less about the issue.
Oct 09, 2007
With gaming casinos going up all over the country, it is no surprise that in a study released on gambling, that North America has seen a boom in the industry for last year.
The North American Gaming Almanac reported in its findings that 48 percent of all gaming revenue was accumulated by card room and casino gaming.
Oct 09, 2007
The World Series of Poker has become a cultural phenomenon around the World and an event that big requires planning months and months in advance, which is why organizers are already planning for 2008.
The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will take center stage next year as it will be the site for the biggest poker event in the World, the World Series of Poker.
The 18 day grueling event will be held from May 30th through July 17th, 2008.
Oct 09, 2007
The education system in Nevada is largely reliant on the action of gamblers as they receive millions and millions of dollars from casinos in the state.
Now a group of teachers are preparing to ask the state to impose higher taxes for casinos in the state.
The Nevada State Education Association initiative is being pushed by teachers to get it on the ballot for a vote.
Oct 08, 2007
The LSU Tigers have been challenged now by two top 25 teams and after Saturday's come from behind win over Florida, the Tigers have survived both tests and are now the #1 team in the country according to all the pollsters.
California jumped up to the #2 spot after watching their conference foe USC fall from the ranks of the unbeaten late Saturday. The Trojans dropped all the way to #10 after the upset loss to Stanford.
Oct 08, 2007
Loan Seutiut is bringing compulsive gambling to a new level. The Romanian man was recently kicked out of a casino in Deva, Hunedoara county and has since vowed to not eat until he is allowed back in.
Seutiut was kicked out of the casino for allegedly swearing and shouting too loud while playing roulette, but the man claims that he was not doing anything different from anyone else that was in the casino.
Oct 08, 2007
The Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Tony Romo had their season ended last year by the type of play that could ruin careers. Romo was the holder on a chip shot field goal against the Seahawks in the playoffs when he bobbled the snap and cost the Cowboys the victory.
Less than a year later, Romo and the 'boys are showing no carry over affects from that game as they have started the season 4-0 and will try to stay perfect tonight when they travel to play the Buffalo Bills.
Oct 08, 2007
The new trend in casino gambling is that Las Vegas based companies who have made their fortune in Nevada from the casino gambling market are branching out around the country.
The latest company to try and stray from the bright lights of Vegas is Golden Gaming Inc. which has put in a proposal to build a casino resort on 200 acres of land that resides in both Bonner Springs and Edwardsville.
Oct 08, 2007
With the increase in interest in Bingo games online, more and more companies are trying to configure online sites for the playing of the game, but I-play is going one step further by bringing a popular game to mobile devises.
Slingo Quest is a popular game that is played with an island storyline and is a combination of a slot machine and a bingo game, set as a puzzle.
The game site, itself, online has over 3.
Oct 07, 2007
The NFL season is only four weeks old but one thing is in focus, the underdogs have put up a much stronger showing than usual early in the year.
Gamblers who play the favorites have taken a beating early this season and this might be the week that the favorites actually cover some of the Vegas point spreads.
Among the games that look enticing to play this week, New Orleans seems to be the team that is ready to break loose.
Oct 07, 2007
Richard Henry Lee is a well known poker pro who made his fame back in the 2006 World Series of Poker main event by placing sixth.
Now, he will be known for another reason after he is close to striking a plea agreement with the state over an illegal gambling scheme.
The scheme was that Lee used a website for players to make wagers on various sporting events.
Oct 07, 2007
The Chicago Bears last year rode a wave of momentum all the way to the Super Bowl and things came very easy for much of that journey. Things could not be more opposite this season as the team is struggling to save its season just 5 weeks in.
The Green Bay Packers dealt with all the controversy that surrounded Brett Favre deciding not to retire in the off season, now fans are applauding that decision as after four weeks, Favre looks like an MVP candidate.
Oct 07, 2007
Imagine bringing $50,000 to a poker table and either leaving the table with $300,000 or going home with nothing, that is the scenario that is facing six poker players on NBC's hit show Poker after Dark.
The Poker game will air over five nights starting Monday at 2:05 A.M. with a special director's cut airing Saturday, October 13th at 1:00 A.M.
Oct 06, 2007
The game of poker might be popular enough to entice people into playing at their own establishments, but players in Houston are finding out that police are not standing for it.
The city of Houston is just like any other city in the United States when it comes to the game of Poker, almost everybody plays, and that means that there are many illegal games around town.
Oct 06, 2007
16,500 adults were monitored in a study by The Swedish National Institute of Public Health to determine the effects of online poker, and the results are that the game of poker online, is indeed, creating more problem gamblers than other gaming outlets.
27% of the people studied are believed to be problem gamb
Oct 06, 2007
Wisconsin is often overlooked when it comes to the Big Ten conference. Michigan and Ohio State receive so much of the attention that often not much is left for any other team in the conference.
The Badgers are looking to change all of that this season, they are off to a 5-0 start, and a win today over Illinois would mean that Wisconsin is a team to be taken seriously in the Big Ten.
Oct 06, 2007
A few weeks ago this match up between Texas and Oklahoma looked as if it would be one of the top games of the year, now after both teams took upset defeats, the teams are just trying to stay in the national picture.
Coming into the season both teams had national title hopes, but after both taking disappointing losses, they square off with the loser being knocked out of the national race.
Oct 06, 2007
The Tigers have played so well this season that this past week they claimed the top spot in the AP polls, wrestling the spot away from USC for the first time this year. That ranking may be short lived, however, if they do not show up and beat their rivals in the SEC, the Florida Gators.
The Gators come into the game with something to prove themselves as they are coming off a devastating home loss last week to the Auburn Tigers.
Oct 05, 2007
The MGM Grand in Detroit has raised eyebrows across the country by opening its doors for the first time, and when people walked into the casino-hotel, they could barely believe their eyes.
Inside the casino, which is the first Vegas style resort that has been built in a metropolitan city, developers have combined all the eye catching beauty of a Las Vegas casino and combined it with some down home style to create this mega complex.
Oct 05, 2007
Poker was the first big phenomenon of the online gaming industry, becoming almost a household game across the World, now the game of Bingo is entering the field, and early results are that it will be the next big online craze.
DreamBingo.com has launched its online gaming site early last month and the returns have shown that Bingo could be a game that sticks in the online market.
Oct 05, 2007
From week one to week four, the NFL did a wonderful job of creating match ups that were high profile and sure to advance the already popular league, but in week 5, they take a step back with only a few top games to watch.
The big game of the weekend will be in Green Bay, the site of so many top battles. The Chi
Oct 05, 2007
The heart of the college football season has arrived and this weekend will go a long way toward establishing who the contenders and pretenders are in college football.
The game that will receive all the talk will be the #9 Florida versus #1 LSU SEC battle. The winner of that game will automatically be considered a front runner for the SEC and national titles.
Oct 05, 2007
The state of Florida is bracing for a boom in casino gambling. Lavish hotels have been built by financial geniuses such as Donald Trump all along Miami and Ft. Lauderdale beaches in anticipation of legalized gaming.
If the numbers are any indication, Florida is already on its way to being one of the top gambling states in the United States. Gaming revenue numbers from 2005 to 2006 show that Florida had the biggest increase in revenue, up 15.22 percent from one year to the next.