Rio Hotel & Casino News - Page 56

It's ladies' night at the 2006 World Series of Poker, as ELLE magazine heads to Las Vegas with an all-star poker team to raise funds for the American Heart Association.

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is a busy man. Exclusively a tournament player, Ferguson travels around the world, buying-in to poker’s biggest events.

When 39-year old Alan Sofer was in high school, one of his teachers had hemophilia. A complication during surgery cost that teacher his life and the experience has stayed with Sofer.

Bally Gaming and Systems, a business unit of Alliance Gaming Corp., reports its third annual Systems User Conference will be held on Nov. 15-16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Rock star Rod Stewart told a jury that he has always been willing to perform a concert at the Rio to make up for a canceled concert in 2000, but the resort never gave him the chance to earn the $2 million advance he received for the show.

The president of Harrah's Entertainment said Monday that Rod Stewart's entourage bullied the gaming company into a regrettable, $2 million concert deal in 2000 with threats to destroy a high-profile millennium eve concert at the Rio.

Matthew Jacob of Majestic Research said the World Series of Poker, which left the Rio resort Thursday after beginning in early June, did much more than just attract hordes of poker fans to the Harrah's Entertainment Inc. property.

Greg Raymer must outlast the other 184 remaining players, including some of the leading names in tournament poker, to claim this year's $7.5 million first prize.

News Brief: Card sharks are in the money stage at the 2005 World Series of Poker and a Winnipegger was in prime position heading into yesterday's crucial third round.

As competitive poker's premier tournament winds toward its conclusion Friday when the 2005 world champion is crowned, the numbers coming out of this year's 45-event competition have surprised Harrah's officials.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference gets under way Sunday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among the highlights are two very special awards presentations.

With a first place prize jackpot of roughly $7.5 million awaiting the winner, the World Series of Poker kicked off its nine-day championship run Thursday at the Rio with the first of three preliminary rounds.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference has grown into a global affair, with attendees coming from the United States, Canada, Austria, South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Australia and Costa Rica.

As a record number of poker enthusiasts from around the globe gears up for the main event of the 36th annual World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, some of the game's brightest minds are putting together lesson plans designed to raise the level of play at this year's tournament.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference returns for its second big year July 17-19 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Thousands of poker enthusiasts will begin descending on the Nevada desert today to compete in the 36th annual World Series of Poker.

News Brief: The World Series of Poker tournament will hold all but the final two days of the championship event in a new 60,000-square foot convention center at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, just off the Strip on Flamingo Avenue.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino's $39 million meeting space expansion is open.

When Mandalay Resort Group released its latest quarterly profit report this month, it was room rates -- not gambling revenue -- that did most to boost earnings by about 65 percent.

News Brief: A freak accident at the roulette tables in Las Vegas has a plumber demanding a payoff.