The $130,000 Bad Beat hit in the Horseshoe Cincinnati Poker Room early this morning! Nine lucky poker players walked away with extra cash and plenty of smiles. Josh Lilze was the big “bad beat” winner with $52,000 when his Quad Deuces lost to Benjamin Moertle’s Straight Flush. Benjamin still walked… Continue reading
A big improvement in the number of jobless people there are in both Nevada and Las Vegas was reported by the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation on Friday. Officials said Nevada’s unemployment rate in April fell to 8 percent, from the March figure of 8.5 percent. For Las Vegas,… Continue reading
The Florida legislature closed their usual lackluster session May 2 and gambling (among a number of things) got bupkis. The $440,000 commissioned gambling research study never got out of the starting blocks. The entire session was a “Re-Elect (Gov. Rick) Scott” beauty session implemented by both Republican-heavy governing bodies. Gambling,… Continue reading
The start of poker’s biggest annual party is a week away. As the dozens of events that comprise the World Series of Poker unroll across the next six or seven weeks Caesars Entertainment will have its best chance yet to give Internet gaming a major boost. The WSOP has been… Continue reading
