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The state's Seminole casinos will offer Las Vegas-style high stakes, no-limit, around-the-clock poker play starting July 1.

Harold Angle won the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship at the World Series of Poker on Monday morning. It was the biggest senior’s poker event ever on record, with Angle outlasting a field of 3,142 players to win $487,994.

The Mardi Gras Casino has updated its slot floor and launched the largest penny progressive link in the country.

David Baker won the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball championship at the World Series of Poker in the early-morning hours on Saturday to claim a WSOP gold bracelet and $294,314.

The Mardi Gras Casino has upgraded to the Game King poker software by IGT and also converted 10 nickel slot machines with new themes.

The Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GIGSE) returned Tuesday after a two-year hiatus, gathering online and land-based gambling industry professionals for a "Pre-Conference Workshop" to discuss the future of the industry in North America.

Florida’s gambling agreement with the Seminole Tribe was approved by lawmakers on Thursday.

The Mardi Gras Casino in Florida will see the arrival of 100 new slot machines this April, including the debut of the The Amazing Race slot.

Virginia McDowell has been selected by Casino Journal as the magazine’s “2009 Gaming Executive of the Year.”

A Las Vegas man won $183,264 when his four 10s were beaten by Spade Royal Flush at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa.

Phase one of the Village at Gulfstream Park to open Thursday.

The growth in casinos in the US has challenged the spend at casinos in The Bahamas.

A Florida House committee voted 17-0 to reject a proposed revenue-sharing proposal with the Seminole Tribe.

The Seminole Mega Bad Beat Poker Jackpot was hit at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa about 48 hours after the debut hit on Jan. 3 at Seminole Casino in Hollywood.

The Seminole Casino Hollywood paid out $365,401 after a player's bad beat was everyone's fortune.

State regulators denied an application from Miami-Dade County to allow slot machines at Miami International Airport.

After much anticipation and delay, virtual blackjack has been introduced at Gulfstream Park in South Florida.

Three barns are under quarantine at Calder Race Course, due to single case of EVH-1 equine herpesvirus.

8 years later Hialeah Park reopens to big crowd.

City commissioners agreed to apply for a permit to allow slots at Miami International Airport.