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Titan Poker has completely re-designed their website with a slick new look and feel. Their new colors have shifted from their standard soft blues to a more edgy black & red, giving it more Poker club feel.In addition to their new website they have added Titan Poker Academy - a new place for poker players to learn and get interactive lessons.

The World Series of Poker is going to get a boost in the form of a new group of top players that will collaborate with WSOP management.

Out of an estimated 124,000 gamblers in Pennsylvania that are "pathological gamblers," only 52 have signed up so far for a new program that the state has initiated that allows problem gamblers to ban themselves from casinos.

The actor who played Jethro in the hit 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies", Max Baer Jr., bought a 2.5-acre parcel of land in Nevada on which he plans to build a casino and resort.

A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 19 defendants on charges related to an alleged racketeering enterprise and a scheme to cheat casinos across the country out of millions of dollars.

Dealers at the Atlantic City Hilton Casino have voted against joining the United Auto workers. The dealers voted on Saturday and narrowly rejected the proposal to enter the union. News clip by Bill Hash

Former hockey star Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty to gambling charges on Friday.

The World Trade Organization on Tuesday, May 22, formally adopted its ruling against the U.S. on online gambling. The small country of Antigua and Barbuda is aiming to take actions against the U.S.

Australian poker pro Joe Hachem, winner of the 2005 World Series of Poker, will head 2007 membership drive and serve on the WPA Board of Directors.

A gambling addiction caused a Minnesota man to steal $500,000 worth of silver from his employer.

The world record for the biggest online casino jackpot was broken last week when a player at Intercasino won a massive jackpot of $5,898,352. The previous world record was about $3 million.

888.com, one of the biggest online casinos in the world, on Thursday, May 17, announced its event sponsorship of the largest headsup poker tournament in the World: the World Headsup Poker Championship 2007.

Wynn admitted to making a "big mistake" with a program that allowed supervisors to share the tips of the dealers. This vote followed months of debate over the tip-sharing program that caused unrest among the casino's dealers.

Casino dealers at the Trump Marina Casino handed the UAW its first defeat in efforts to organize dealers at the casinos in Atlantic City. News clip by Bill Hash

Following an investigation by the Nevada Gaming Commission and Harrah’s Entertainment, the origin of the 2.5 million spare chips that turned out in the last stages of the World Series of Poker 2006 Main Event will remain unknown.

Police in Jiangsu Province, China, shut down an online casino that held 4 billion Yuan ($519 billion) in bets.

eCOGRA has stepped up its game fairness testing for online casinosand poker rooms with the appointment of a dedicated and fully qualified team to run the Total Gaming Transaction Review (TGTR) continuous monitoring and data analysis process.

A bomb went off early Monday morning at the Luxor Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, killing one man, a hotel employee, who picked it up.

Dusk till Dawn (DTD), a UK poker club who was set to open Europe's largest poker room in Nottingham, was blocked from obtaining a license, after 3 casino chains objected to their gambling license.

The Atlantic City Hilton casino has become the fifth resort casino to face a union vote for organization of its dealers.

Long lines were at the ticket counter and the security checkpoint Thursday evening, as every seat was sold on Spirit Airlines' first flight to Las Vegas from Atlantic City.

The Sands Hotel and Casino, one of Atlantic City's first casinos, closed its doors in November 2006. The casino has opened a sale of its entire contents to the public today, May 3, and until every piece of property is sold.

Poker is back on the silver screen with Lucky You, a new poker film starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore.

Papua New Guinea has entered the world of gambling by legalizing gambling and online gambling.

A Texas man was sentenced Friday to ten years in prison for an online gambling fraud scam that took advantage of 41 mainly elderly and retired victims.