The time has finally arrived with the October Nine sitting at the World Series of Poker 2012 final table. These top poker players are not only competing for a share of more than $27 million, they are also competing for the prestige of winning this prestigious poker tournament and are all hoping to take home [...]

Jeremy Ausmus, one of the final nine players in the World Series of Poker 2012 has been signed on with HogWild poker. Ausmus will be a sponsored pro at the online poker site. Ausmus is from Colorado, and has been a cash poker player since 2004. The 33-year-old married father of two won his first [...]

The online poker site based in the United States, Hollywood Poker, has been re-launched. Online poker players will once again have the chance to interact with the celebrities that play poker on this website. After the online poker site had been operating for eight years, Hollywood Poker abruptly closed its doors earlier this year in [...]

With the Resorts World Casino in New York City reported to be the highest grossing slots parlor in the United States, generating nearly $630 million in revenue over the past year through the electronic slots offered on its premises, it is clear that New Yorkers are choosing local convenience over the luxury and opulence of [...]

With so much talk of the upcoming US presidential elections in November, it will be interesting to see speculate on the chances of online gambling legislation progressing under the leadership of current reigning President Barack Obama or his Republican counterpart, Mitt Romney. Despite nothing much happening in the world of online poker on the federal [...]

West Virginia is a much more open State than its surrounding buddies. They have a pretty good selection of regulated gambling, which not only helps the State, but is also a great outlets for the people living in the State. The one aspect that they will not tolerate is unregulated forms of gambling. §61-10-5. Betting [...]

Texas has always been big on punishing the wrong doers, and always being the controlling force when it comes to gambling. They define gambling as, § 47.02. Gambling (a) A person commits an offense if he: (1) makes a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance [...]

Tennessee is another state that does not take unregulated gambling lightly. They have a good reputation of enforcing their gambling laws, which is a very broad law to begin with. 39-17-501. Part definitions. As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Gambling is contrary to the public policy of this state and [...]