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In 1990, Tony Holden wrote his classic look behind the scenes of poker, Big Deal . His update, answering what has happened since and how the game has changed, is the focus of Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom (291 pages, hard bound, $26).Bigger Deal; Poker Handbook; tourney craps get spotlight (Casino City Times)
MODESTO, Calif. A woman who acknowledged having sex with two teenage boys during a strip-poker party was sentenced to 300 days in jail on Thursday.Woman sentenced for having sex with teens at strip-poker party (The Daily Comet)
In 2003, Tennessee accountant Chris (no nickname needed) Moneymaker won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker after earning his $10,000 seat in an online tournament. Poker’s biggest, richest showdown has been dealing out wild-card winners ever since.Wild, wild cards in the World Series of Poker (USA Today)
A woman who acknowledged having sex with two teenage boys during a strip-poker party was sentenced to 300 days in jail on Thursday.Woman sentenced for having sex with teens at strip-poker party (The Fresno Bee)
Associated Press - May 31, 2007 8:14 PM ET LAS VEGAS (AP) - The dealing starts tomorrow for the warm-up events for the World Series of Poker.World Series of Poker warm-up events begin (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
MONTREAL, Quebec — (PRESS RELEASE) — Everest Poker today announced that the online poker room would be sponsoring the third event in the upcoming Italian Championship.Everest Poker sponsors Italian championship (Casino City Times)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The dealing starts tomorrow for the warm-up events for the World Series of Poker. For the first time, organizers plan to broadcast ten final table showdowns among the earlier events on the Internet.World Series of Poker warm-up events begin (KRON 4 Bay Area)
OSMAN The Smiling Moose Saloon Grill, 10731 State Highway 42, Osman, will be host a poker run for the benefit of Bikers Against Child Abuse on Saturday, June 23.Poker run is June 23 (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
LAS VEGAS — A woman accused of stabbing her poker player husband to death in an exclusive Las Vegas condominium pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder, in a case that could get her life in prison if convicted.Wife of slain Las Vegas poker player pleads not guilty to murder (North County Times)
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Rick Tocchet, who played 22 seasons in the NHL before becoming an assistant under Wayne Gretzky in Phoenix, pleaded guilty in New Jersey to running a gambling ring.Tocchet enters guilty plea to gambling charges (ABC 13 Texas)
Former Philadelphia Flyers star Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty today to charges of promoting gambling and conspiracy in a plea bargain that may allow him to avoid prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting ring.Ex-Flyers star Tocchet guilty in sports betting ring (Philly.com)
Former Philadelphia Flyers right-wing Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty on Friday to third-degree charges of conspiracy and promoting gambling in connection with his role in a multimillion-dollar sports betting ring.Tocchet pleads guilty to sports gambling charges (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Former National Hockey League player and coach Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty Friday to running a sports gambling ring.Tocchet pleads guilty in gambling ring case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Two dozen people cheated casinos in Mississippi, several states and Canada out of at least $3.3 million over five years by using technology and bribes to rig card games, federal prosecutors alleged in indictments unsealed Thursday.Indictments allege San Diego-based ring cheated casinos in several states, Canada (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Macau, a Chinese territory next to the Guangdong province, has exploded into a gambling mecca of sorts in recent years after Las Vegas Sands and Wynn built casinos there.Sector Snap: Casinos with Macau ties dip (Sharewatch)
Two dozen people cheated casinos in several states and Canada out of at least $3.3 million over five years by using technology and bribes to rig card games, federal prosecutors alleged in indictments unsealed Thursday.2 dozen charged with cheating casinos (AP via Yahoo! News)
SAN DIEGO — Federal grand jury indictments unsealed Thursday in California and Washington state charged 24 people with cheating 18 casinos in several states and Canada out of millions of dollars by using technology and bribes to rig card games.Indictments allege bribery in casinos (Contra Costa Times)
A federal grand jury in California has indicted 19 people on charges related to a scheme to cheat casinos across the country — including Caesars Indiana — out of millions of dollars.Hoosier casinos targeted by cheaters (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Gov. Blagojevich and Senate President Emil Jones embraced a new $5 billion plan Friday that would bring four casinos to the Chicago area and impose additional business taxes to fund health care, schools and mass transit.Blagojevich: ‘I’m Prepared To Accept’ New Casinos (CBS 2 Chicago)
Federal prosecutors say the cheating ring worked for four years, hitting 18 U.S. casinos, including several on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in Tunica, Miss.Casinos in Mississippi, several other states, and Canada were allegedly cheated out of more than $5 million in what … (WTOK-TV Meridian)
A statewide smoking ban in Illinois is just one signature away from the governor’s desk. Meantime, lawmakers are drafting an exemption for the state’s riverboat casinos.Illinois Casinos Could Be Exempt From Smoking Ban (WPSD Paducah)
Indictments unsealed in San Diego and Seattle Thursday charged 24 people with rigging card games using bribes and surveillance technology at casinos in several states and Canada.24 Charged With Rigging Games, Cheating Casinos Out Of Millions (NBC 4 Los Angeles)