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Eric Buchman — who finished fourth in the World Series of Poker’s Main Event last year, won the $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #18) on Friday night.

Jason DeWitt won the $5,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #17) for $818,959 at the World Series of Poker on Friday morning. It is his first career WSOP gold bracelet victory for DeWitt, an Indiana native now living in the Atlanta area.

The Penny Grove is a smoke-free slot room featuring nearly 300 machines all with a one-cent denomination.

Hollywood Casino Perryville to open four weeks early.

Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, bested eight top poker players to win the final seat into the 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.

Carter Phillips won the $1,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament at the World Series of Poker on Wednesday night, claiming $482,774 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Ameristar Casinos will spend $14 million to expand the hotel portion of its riverboat casino property in Kansas City, Mo.

Steve Gee won the second $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker to collect $472,479 in prize money on Wednesday night.

Study finds that like previous research on men, genetics may also play a role in gambling addiction for women.

UK and US diplomats wager -- a meal -- on World Cup match outcome.

Frank Kassela won the $10,000 buy-in Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split World Championship for $447,446 at the World Series of Poker in the early-morning hours on Wednesday, defeating an all-star final table lineup that included four former WSOP gold bracelet winners, including John Juanda, Steve Zolotow, Jennifer Harman, and Dario Minieri.

Dilemma over regulating Greektown's new owners, some of whom are hedge funds.

Triple Towers Virtual Horse Racing is debuting at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.

Yan R.Chen, a professional poker player from Irvine, Calif., won the $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball title at the World Series of Poker on Monday night to collect $92,817.

Matthew Matros won the $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker early on Monday morning to claim $189,870 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Simon Watt beat noted professional poker player Tom “Durr” Dwan heads up to claim the third $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship (Event #11) at this year’s World Series of Poker to win $614,248 and a WSOP gold bracelet early Monday morning.

Casinos fined for single missing playing cards, steps taken to ensure future prevention.

Men "the Master" Nguyen won the Seven-Card Stud World Championship at the World Series of Poker, his first bracelet since 2003.

James Dempsey, one of England’s top online poker pros, topped a field of 650 players to win the $1,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em Championship (Event #9) at the World Series of Poker on Saturday night to take home $197,470 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Men “the Master” Nguyen topped a field of 150 of the world’s best poker players to claim the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship (Event #10) at the World Series of Poker for his seventh career WSOP gold bracelet and $394,807 in the early-morning hours on Sunday.