A committee in the California State Assembly voted to approve an online poker bill last week. The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved AB 2863, which is a modification of earlier iPoker bills which failed to gain traction. Previous bills had a controversial "bad actor" clause, which banned companies which continued to
Ernesto Gonzales, the 58-year old man who was convicted of murder in a 2011 casino shootout, appeared in a Reno court on Thursday for preliminary hearings in his retrial. Gonzales had his murder conviction overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court in December 2015. Ernesto Gonzales was convicted of murder and
The Brexit vote is history. 72% of all voters in the United Kingdom were asked to answer this question in a referndum on Thursday: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" The British exit or "Brexit" vote split the UK elites
New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow made a statement this week which is bound to offend many American poker players. Gary Pretlow failed in his attempt to pass an online poker bill in the New York State Assembly. At the same time, Pretlow had been able to get enough votes for
One of the most remarkable Game 7s in NBA Finals history is barely over and the Las Vegas sportsbooks have released their odds on who will win the 2017 NBA Title. The Golden State Warriors, who lost Game 7 at home by a mere 4 points, are the favorites to
A man was arrested over the weekend for his attempt to grab a policeman's firearm during a Donald Trump political rally at the Treasure Island Hotel & Casino. The Californian man had practiced firing weapons at a California gun range, and is now alleged to have driven to the Las
Workers at four Atlantic City casinos voted to authorize a strike if the Unite Here Local 54 was not given a fair contract by the start of the July 4 holiday weekend. The Thursday vote for a potential strike is said to have passed by an overwhelming margin. The threat
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is on the verge of being sold for around $4.1 billion. One of the bids was made by China Media Capital, while the other bid was placed by a combination of Dalian Wanda Group and WME-IMG. Whichever company wins the bidding is going to own
beThrough the first 2+ weeks of the 2016 World Series of Poker, Ryan Laplante is atop the leaderboard for Player of the Year. Ryan Laplante is a native of Brainard, Minnesota, though he lives in Wisconsin these days. It is still early in the 2016 World Series of Poker calendar,
The National Hockey League is in the midster of expansion and it looks like Las Vegas is at the top of the list of expansion sites. The decision by the NHL's Executive Committee to admit Las Vegas as the latest new franchise in the league has stirred controversy. Ironically, little
DraftKings and FanDuel are in merger talks, according to Bloomberg News. The two largest daily fantasy sports companies have been in merger negotiations for some time, though both sides say the deal might fall apart. At this point a year ago, both companies were valued at over $1 billion. Scottish-owned
Bankrutpcy negotiations have broken down between Caesars Entertainment Corporation and a group of investors referred to as the second-lien creditors. The creditors had invested in the company's operations division -- Caesars Entertainment Operations Company (CEOC) -- and believe the parent company is saddling them with billions of dollars of debt
