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Shawn Daniels has had a fairly profitable 48 hours of playing high-stakes tournament poker this week. A native of Placerville, California, he finished second with 77 entries in the Venetian High Roller $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament on Thursday, May 27, cash in $120,180. The next day, he improved in the latter place, ...

Last Wednesday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to remove all COVID restrictions in state casinos this weekend. Players at the Encore Boston Harbor facility celebrated the end of these restrictions in the same way as most of the world celebrate New Years Eve. The people who were at the casino on Friday night gathered at the bar and counted down the seconds until the clock ...

Casinos in Nevada have surpassed $ 1 billion in gaming revenue for the second consecutive month as the state gambling market continues to experience a strong rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing containment measures. In April, game operators Silver State reported $ 1.039 billion in total gaming revenue, according to figures released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Revenues fell ...

Nobody has won more live poker tournament titles in 2021 than Ali Imsirovic. The 26-year-old Bosnian-born professional poker player secured his fifth victory of the year in the early morning hours of Friday May 30. Imsirovic made 77 entries to win Venetian High Roller $ 10, 11 no-limit hold'em event with ...

An ESPN college basketball broadcaster decided to take a second job, delivering food to make up for the money he lost playing basketball. According to a New York Post report, Dan Dakich has been working as a driver at DoorDash for several months as a self-punishable punishment for losing money at the NCAA men's basketball tournament last March. "I'm from…

Massachusetts gaming regulators are removing all COVID - 19 - restrictions placed on gambling operators in Bay State this weekend. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted 4-0 to remove the remaining restrictions. According to the Berkshire Eagle report, this move will allow two state casinos and one arcade to return to normal gambling before ...

2021 World Poker Tour Online Series $ 25,500 no-limit hold'em super high roller tournament attracted a field of 43 entries total for $ 1, 000, 000 guarantee surpassed by approximately $ 75,000. The top seven players ultimately made money in this high-stakes scandal, and the lion's share of it went to a German poker player ...

Each month, Bovada Poker assigns one special Sunday to host a huge online poker tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $ 1 million. The $ 535 monthly Milly entry fee of $ 535 will be available on Sunday June 6th. There is still plenty of time to qualify for the discounted event. The popular online poker site hosts daily qualifiers and satellites, ...

In addition to federal government interference, online poker and sports betting are coming to Connecticut. Late Tuesday night, the Senate passed a bill that allowed the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes to offer both online gambling, including poker, and sports betting, as well as allowing the Connecticut lottery to offer sports betting. The act passed through the upper house of parliament overwhelming 28 - ...

An R&B singer hit a jackpot on a slot machine at a California casino, but unlike most famous players, he did hit a slot machine with low stakes. Ray J, an artist with four 1997 studio albums, was at San Manuel Casino in Southern California this week playing the popular slot "Buffalo". According to the report ...