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Bonita Springs dog-track slots get Lee County hearingIf there happens to be a pug at an opening night showing this week of the movie "Men in Black III,"... 2012 has been a stunner of a year so far - at least, as seen through the eyes of Tropicalia readers.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 11:50
Daytona poker tournament produces plenty of winners
While most locals spent their Sunday catching up on laundry and splashing in the waves at the beach, more than 600 people hunched over poker tables at the Daytona Beach Kennel Club trying to win tens of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 07:35
POLL: Should Maryland Add Table Games at Casinos?
The Maryland Live! casino near Arundel Mills will open next month with thousands of new slot machines available.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 05:30
Sweepstakes cafes make their way to the Midlands
Richland County Council will discuss several new Internet sweepstakes cafes that have suddenly popped up around the county.
Topix.net | 21-May-2012 01:21
2012 World Poker Tour World Championship Day 1: Steve O'Dwyer Leading the Way
Allen Kessler , Daniel Negreanu , Daniel Santoro , Erik Seidel , Guillaume Darcourt , Isaac Haxton , Jason Mercier , John Juanda , Jonathan Little , Michael Mizrachi , Phil Laak , Sam Trickett , Steve O'Dwyer , Vanessa Rousso , WPT Every year, the $25,000 World Poker Tour World Championship attracts the most notable players in poker.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 21:06
Expanding Internet gambling deserves OK
The Legislature has plenty on its plate this session with budget issues and Medicaid and pension reform, but Senate President John Cullerton has piled more on with a plan to legalize online poker.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 16:57
Lottery tickets can lead to 1-800 hotline addiction
My dad played cards with his young daughters for years: poker, blackjack and rummy.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 12:52
3. Fundraising fun aims to ensure carnival success
On Sunday, May, 27, a car boot sale will take place from 9am until 1pm at Exmouth Rugby and Football Club.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 08:47
Head to Happy House for Poker and BBQ Today
Still looking for some family fun today? Nancy Cartwright, the voice of TV's Bart Simpson, is hosting the annual Happy House Poker Tournament and Barbecue.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 04:38
Can motorcycle poker save antique Hardwick church?
Judy Berg Kohn is leading the effort to save the 140-year-old Trinitarian Congregational Church.
Topix.net | 20-May-2012 00:28
2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 13: SCOOP Victory and Six-Figure Score for Faraz Jaka
Day 13 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars was unlucky for many, but a certain few had excellent days.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 20:09
Ramble, gamble, check out a battle in Northwest Ohio
The interior of the Hollywood Casino in Toledo, March 3, 2012. The casino is scheduled to open in late May.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 16:54
The Online Railbird Report: Brian '$tinger 88' Hastings Returns with $379,000 Win
With PokerStars' 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker well under way and the World Series of Poker right around the corner, one might expect the online high-stakes cash games to take a back seat.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 12:54
White House Responds to 'We The People' Petition on Online Poker
After nearly eight months, the Obama administration finally responded Friday to the American people's online petition to license and regulate Internet poker.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 08:45
SA's billion-dollar punters revealed
TWO South Australian punters have been revealed in the world's biggest and most secretive gambling club - which bets billions of dollars a year.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 06:35
2012 World Series of Poker Rookie Roundup: Harrison Gimbel
Each year when PokerNews compiles it's World Series of Poker Rookie Roundup list, Harrison Gimbel's name comes up.
Topix.net | 19-May-2012 02:21
Waiting game for clubs on pokies offer
AFL clubs have hosed down an offer to purge themselves of their poker machines, saying there is little substance to league chief Andrew Demetriou's proposal.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 22:16
G-poker: PokerStars' Plans for Full Tilt Poker May Be Affected by...
The Spanish government announced that despite previous agreements, demands on online poker companies seeking a license to operate within the country will be increased.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 18:02
Peppermill to host charity poker tournament
The Peppermill Resort and Casino is hosting a Texas Hold'em Charity Poker Tournament on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The tournament will benefit the Nevada Humane Society's G.I. Dogs Program, which transforms abandoned animals into service dogs and pets for military veterans.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 14:02
Anthony Mackie Joins "Runner Runner"
Anthony Mackie is in negotiations to join Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake in the online gambling thriller "Runner Runner" at 20th Century Fox, New Regency and Stone Village Pictures says Variety .
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 12:02
Paddy Power is ready for move to online poker in US, says chief
PADDY Power chief executive Patrick Kennedy insisted yesterday that the internet bookie is not in danger of being left behind in the United States as a number of states there move closer to legalising online poker.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 08:03
Investing Like a Poker Player
On a recent business trip to Pittsburgh, PA, I had the pleasure of hanging out with one of the best advisers in the country, Michael Reese from Michigan.
Topix.net | 18-May-2012 03:48
Global Poker Index: All Quiet on the GPI Front; Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier On Top
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 23:38
2012 PokerStars SCOOP Day 11: Shawn 'buck21' Buchanan Claims SCOOP Victory
Day 11 of the 2012 Spring Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars spanned nearly 20 hours from start to finish, awarding nine winners.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 21:34
NC Senate approves Cherokee casino card games bill
Beverly Perdue.The key changes would allow live dealer gambling for card games such as poker and blackjack at the tribe's western North Carolina casino, with a share of the revenue from the new games going to the state.The 30-year agreement would begin sharing revenue from the card games with the state, starting at 4 percent and increasing to 8 ... (more)
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 20:34
PokerStars purchase of Full Tilt will be done by May 23
A report at the iGaming Post website on Mother's Day claims that the deal between PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker is just days away from being announced.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 16:24
Why do people gamble their lives away?
"The closest person to me needed me and was on 15-minute observation, and while I was visiting her I was looking at my watch and thinking how I could make an excuse to go gambling.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 12:09
Illinois looks to lottery to regulate online casino, poker
Illinois was the first state in the U.S. to sell lottery tickets online, and now, Illinois State Sen.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 08:00
Tinley Park folding from video poker plan
Tinley Park is poised to join the growing list of Illinois towns that have opted out of the state's Video Gaming Act, making it illegal for bar and restaurant owners to have video poker machines in their businesses.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 03:50
NC Senate Takes Up Cherokee Casino Card Games
North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state's only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games.
Topix.net | 17-May-2012 00:46
World Poker Tour Unveils Season XI Schedule for 2012
On Wednesday, the World Poker Tour unveiled its 2012 schedules for Season XI, as well as the 2012 WPT Regional and National series.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 23:46
Pokie reforms slash jobs
FEDERAL Hotels has blamed new Tasmanian poker machine rules for its decision to cut work hours for 45 employees at the Wrest Point and Launceston Country Club casinos.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 20:46
Breeders' Cup Extends Deal With Poker Pro
Breeders' Cup said May 15 it will continue a partnership with professional poker play Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi that began in 2011.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 16:41
PokerNews Players Can Win a $4,500 WSOP Package at PKR
The 2012 World Series of Poker is just weeks away and thanks to PKR you could be jetting out to Las Vegas armed with a WSOP package worth $4,500! The PKR Daily Dollar WSOP Rake Race is under way and will run all the way through June 10, 2012.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 12:32
California could cash in on legalized online poker
State Senate President Darrell Steinberg is pushing a bill that would legalize online poker in California to help the cash-strapped state.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 10:27
Poker champion Mizrachi to continue representing Breeders' Cup
Roaring Fever sire of Papa Frita 1st Alw . Owner, Ronald Breed, Jr.; Breeder, Diamond M Stable... El Corredor sire of El Deputy 1st Mdn .
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 09:27
Senate leader wants to legalize online poker
Senate President John Cullerton, a North Side Democrat, said in a letter to fellow legislative leaders and Gov.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 05:12
The Nightly Turbo: Phil Galfond's College Years, Zoom Poker's Official Launch, and More
Looking for the day's biggest poker stories? You've come to the right place. In this edition of the Nightly Turbo we're bringing you Phil Galfond's latest blog, the official launch of PokerStars' Zoom Poker, and more.
Topix.net | 16-May-2012 02:03
Illinois Senate president champions online gambling
Illinois was the first state to sell lottery tickets over the internet. Now Senate President John Cullerton wants Illinois to embrace all kinds of online gambling.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 21:43
Drunk, Gambling Buddhist Monks In South Korean Video Scandal Also Paid For Sex, Says Exiled Monk
A secret video of Buddhist monks drinking, smoking and playing high-stakes poker circulated the Internet and Korean television networks, stirring controversy in where gambling is illegal and prompting six leaders from the Jogye Order to quit.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 17:38
Spearfish Man Is South Dakota Poker Champion May. 15
A Spearfish man is $30,000 richer after winning the South Dakota State Poker Championship.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 16:39
Casino opens to music video show
Ohio's first casino opened Monday night with long lines of gamblers ready to roll the dice, a glitzy music video instead of a traditional ribbon cutting and a taste of Las Vegas with two bare-midriff showgirls wearing plumed hats and sequined tops.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 15:34
Eudora Welty, Ted Heller and Richard Zacks: New in Audio
As the mind drifts toward summer vacation, consider casting the ear toward five new audiobooks, all available on discs for your car, or downloads from audible.com. This is simply fabulous! Production values are high, and the 20 narrators are equally accomplished with stories that range from horror to humor, bringing everyday characters to life with ... (more)
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 13:34
Supporters collecting signatures to bring casinos to Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK The push for casinos in Arkansas now features two groups pushing separate ballot proposals that could bring gambling venues to as many as seven counties.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 09:24
Cleveland Casino's 'Total Rewards' program; what you get
Just like the Hollywood movies show, casinos take care of their high rollers with free hotel rooms, dinners and spa services.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 05:15
Ohio's First Casino Bets On Big First-Night Crowds
Horseshoe Casino Cleveland is set to open to the public at 9:30 p.m. Monday. A big crowd is expected so authorities shut down some traffic lanes in the heart of downtown Cleveland opposite the casino.
Topix.net | 15-May-2012 01:11