We continue to give you weekly upadate of the 2006 World Series of Poker tournaments currently running at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in las Vegas [...]

The UK Gambling Commission has set out to ‘clamp down’ on illegal poker games by writing to police forces, local authorities and the licensing trade to highlight the new guidelines it has published. It is warning operators that a permit is needed to run poker games and such games cannot be used as an inducement [...]

The US House of Representatives has passed HR 4411, or the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act, a bill that aims to stamp online gambling, inlcuding online poker, in the US.

Internet poker could bring the U.S. government some $3.3 billion in taxes annually, according to a study to be released on Tuesday, ahead of an expected debate over legislation to ban online gambling. Income taxes on winnings from Internet poker alone — which is estimated to have attracted $60 billion in wagers worldwide in 2005 — could amount to $2.5 billion each year, according to the study commissioned by the Poker Players Alliance.

LAS VEGAS, July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A field of more than 1,128 women — by far the largest in poker history - entered the Ladies No-Limit Hold’Em tournament at the 2006 World Series of Poker, each hoping to unseat reigning champion Jennifer Tilly and outlast a host of other Hollywood celebrities who entered the event [...]

Crave Entertainment, a leading publisher of console videogames, will host a press breakfast with Howard Lederer and Annie Duke, stars of their best-selling poker video game series, World Championship Poker.

As the 2006 World Series of Poker wraps up its second week of tournament plays, here’s an update on what poker game events have been played and who pocketed the golden WSOP bracelets so far [...]

Poker players in New Jersey turned to online poker while lawmakers debate on a new budget that plunged the state into a crisis and shutdown casinos in Atlantic City sending 80,000 people out of work. On Thursday, however,  governor  Jon Corzine and NJ state legislators finally reached a deal on a new state budget ending nearly a week of financial crisis.

2005 World Series of Poker champion, Joe Hachem, is in the money again after winning $345,000 in a WSOP No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament currently running at the Rio All-Suite in Las Vegas. The former Melbourne chiropractor, who won $7.5 million playing poker almost a year ago, yesterday outlasted 822 poker players to finish runner-up in the event.

Pacific Poker has good news for Mac online poker users. The site has increased the initial sign up bonus for Mac users who deposit in July to 50% up to $100 on the online poker room. The site is one of the only Mac user websites to offer upfront cash bonuses, with people taking advantage of the free money in July before the rate returns to 25% in August.