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Aristocrat's Britney Spears slot game can be found at several Caesars Entertainment properties. The pop superstar also announced that she has extended her residency show at Planet Hollywood through 2017.

Italy's Federico Butteroni improbable run to the World Series of Poker Main Event final table would not have been possible if not for a jaunt to Australia that included a profitable run at the poker table, as well as working as a dishwasher and on a watermelon farm.

Archie Karas is famous for once turning $50 into $40 million during an infamous Las Vegas hot streak in the 1990s.

Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu stole the show in ESPN's first World Series of Poker Main Event broadcasts this week, as two famous pros squared off against each other on the featured table.

Following a public nomination process, four new candidates and six previous finalists make up the list of this year's candidates for the Poker Hall of Fame, which will induct the 2015 class in November.

Casino City's Dan Podheiser has played poker in 16 different casinos in eight different states and two different countries. In this column, he details his 10 favorites.

Casino City's Dan Podheiser has played in his fair share of poker rooms. In this column, he lays out the top 10 qualities a perfect poker room should strive to have.

Casino City's Dan Podheiser explains that despite a few bumps and bruises along the way, the 2015 World Series of Poker has been a tremendous success.

In 2014, Dallas-area chiropractor Dean Baranowski made a deep run in the World Series of Poker Main Event. This year, Baranowski is on the rail as his home game buddy, Kenny Conoley, chips up the leaderboard.

Colorado-based poker pro Craig Varnell has made two final tables in the past week, including a $330,000 win in the WPT500 Aria tournament. On Thursday, he continued his heater, chipping up near the top of the leaderboards on Day 2C of the WSOP Main Event.

Jack Effel sat down with Casino City to discuss the planning process for the World Series of Poker, controversies during this year's events and how he handles player feedback.

Amar Anand finished Wednesday night's play with 100,000 chips more than anyone else in the field. Meanwhile, Brian Hastings is in great position to take down his third WSOP bracelet of the summer.

When the final numbers were tallied, 6,420 players had entered the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event. The winner will receive $7.68 million.

Marco Rodriguez got his money's worth in the 2015 WSOP Main Event, as the 29-year-old bar owner had Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Keith Lehr and Melanie Weisner at his Day 1C table.

Shortly before the dinner break on Day 1B of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event, water started leaking through the ceiling at the Rio, causing tournament officials to pause the tournament and send players to dinner early.

Even if Annette Wood had won the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event, the Akron, Ohio native would have returned to her job helping adults with disabilities.

The Poker Players Alliance brought the Republican Congressman from Texas to the World Series of Poker to recognize him for his work on behalf of legalizing online poker in the U.S.

The eight-time WSOP bracelet winner ranks in the top three on poker's all-time money list, though he garners less fanfare than many other professional players.

Jonathan Duhamel won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2010. He looks primed for another deep run in 2015, after finishing Day 1A with XXX chips.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker is supposed to be the gold standard of poker. But Day 1A on Sunday felt like any other poker tournament, and it didn't help that it wasn't played in the Amazon Room at the Rio.