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The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced multiple arrests related to an alleged illegal gambling operation in Midway.

Investigators with the DCSO vice and narcotics unit Thursday seized poker tables, playing cards, poker chips and $1,748 in cash from the premises of Corporate Entertainment Solutions, 11141 Hickory Tree Road, Suite 8.

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MILL CREEK — A Mill Creek bar owner took the safe bet and changed his mind Friday about taking on the Washington State Gambling Commission.

Stephen Dorn, owner of Jet Bar & Grill, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gambling charge. A judge suspended the one-year jail sentence and ordered Dorn to pay a $1,000 fine. He’s on probation for a year and also is prohibited from allowing any gambling at his business without a valid license.

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The 39th World Series of Poker got going in earnest Friday, and perhaps the most common question pondered about the game is this:

Luck or skill, which is it? The obvious answer, of course, is:

Both.

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Washington and this tiny Caribbean country will not resolve their dispute over Internet gambling by a Friday deadline, according to Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney in the trade battle.

Antigua and Barbuda accuses the U.S. of crippling its lucrative gambling industry by banning Americans from placing online bets with gambling operators, including those based in the twin-island country of 70,000 inhabitants.

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New Hampshire legislators have passed a new tax on Texas Hold ‘Em and other poker games being run by charities.

The legislation raises the maximum bet from $2 to $4.

A 3% tax would apply in tournaments where the playing chips had no monetary value. A 10% tax would apply if the chips had a monetary value.

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COLONIE — In a nondescript building wedged in a small strip mall along Everett Road, the Sons of Caesar social club offers more than just companionship for its “members.”

It’s a haven for poker players, with house dealers shuffling the cards and players from as far away as Syracuse eager for a piece of the action, according to players.

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Persistence is often a good thing, and it can produce beneficial results when it’s aimed in the right direction.

There’s a great scene in the 1994 classic movie “The Shawshank Redemption” where Tim Robbins plays the protagonist “Andy Dufresne.” Dufresne is given the charge of renovating the prison library, and the warden gives him permission to write letters to government officials for funding for new books and materials.

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