excerpt:

Talk of table games in West Virginia goes back a few years, and this week marks one year since two counties’ referendums pulled the trigger for table gaming in West Virginia.

Jefferson County voters defeated a measure allowing table games at Charles Town Races and Slots during a special June 2007 election, but Ohio County’s passed it. Hancock County voters approved it June 30, 2007, and, despite some ballot blunders, Kanawha County voters accepted table games by a slim margin Aug. 11.

(more…)

excerpt:

Who would have guessed that Bryn Mawr is fast becoming a poker hotbed?

For the second straight year, the upscale Main Line suburb has produced a big-money winner in the World Series of Poker.

Businessman Eric Brooks, a cofounder and former director of the investing powerhouse Susquehanna International Group, collected $415,856 and a champion’s gold bracelet from a Las Vegas seven-card stud table Monday.

(more…)

excerpt:

A retired judge who operates poker rooms in southern Arizona in defiance of state investigators says his organization is opening a new card parlor in Phoenix later this month.

Texas Hold’em games operated by Harold Lee of Tombstone have been referred for criminal prosecution several times by agents of the Arizona Department of Gaming, but he has never been charged.

(more…)

BRANFORD — Police raided a West Main Street restaurant Tuesday and broke up an illegal poker tournament, police said.

They seized about $1,400, along with poker chips and playing cards, from the SBC Restaurant at 850 W. Main St.

(more…)

excerpt:

Imagine playing poker and not being able to hear what’s going on at the table. That’s the challenge for deaf players, but it doesn’t keep them away from the game they love, nor does it discourage them from pursuing opportunities to compete against the best players in the world.

(more…)

excerpt:

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.

(more…)

excerpt:

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.

(more…)

(more…)

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.

(more…)

excerpt:

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.

(more…)