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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.

Man charged with passing off counterfeit bank note at a Rivers Casino blackjack table.

Mark Knopfler performs his hits at Fallsview Casino for one night only this October.

California cardrooms will host PokerStars Team Pros, including Chris Moneymaker and Daniel Negreanu, in poker tournaments to create awareness for iPoker and support for online poker legislation.

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 Western Las Vegas Valley expects upwards of 30,000 attendees for its Fourth of July parade, and other festivities are planned across the state.

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.

At the end of its first year of operation, the casino is cut off from Strip walk-in traffic and is rapidly losing money.

Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson says that the goal of the Sands Cares program is to make a difference in areas that employees care about the most.

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.

A pleasing start for Plainridge Park Casino as revenue tops $6.1 million opening week.

FireKeepers Casino Hotel confirms recent unauthorized access into its computer systems.

Gary Loveman, the former CEO, will stay on as company chairman and oversee the corporation's bankruptcy restructuring.

The Nevada Transportation Authority estimates that it will take two years and $26 million to upgrade the four oldest pedestrian overpasses on the Strip.

Schenectady Planning Commission to meet in late July and discuss design revisions for planned Rivers Casino.

The tournament series, which runs from July 30-Aug. 19, will be televised on CBS Sports Network and live-streamed online.

The company will use the money to add a hotel tower and other amenities to its western Louisiana race track casino.

The 2010 WSOP Main Event champion navigated his way through the $111,111 buy-in tournament to win his second bracelet and $3,989,985.