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75-Year-Old Local Favorite John Mokhtari Ships A Platinum Pass To The Bahamas

It was a raucous night in late August in the Lucky Chances poker room in northern California. There were several players at the final table, but one received plenty of cheers from everyone in the room. Regulars, visitors, and staff members alike were all cheering on retiree John Mokhtari as...

Industry

Arkansas Court Rightfully Leaves Casino Decision Up To Voters

The Arkansas Supreme Court made the wise decision this week to uphold democracy and keep a referendum on gambling expansion on the November midterm election ballot. It doesn’t really matter...

Industry

PA State House Candidate Wants To Expand Gambling Even Further

Not even a year has passed since Gov. Tom Wolf signed off on a gambling expansion bill in Pennsylvania. Passed Oct. 26, the gambling legislation legalized, among other things, online poker and online...

News

Three PokerStars Platinum Passes To Be Awarded At Seminole Hard Rock In November

The Platinum Pass promotion rolls on and PokerStars announced Wednesday that the final stop on the Moneymaker PSPC Tour will be at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in...

Industry

Does Vegas’ Rumored Rio Hotel Sale Mean Hope For An MLB Stadium?

World Series of Poker to World Series? The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, is involved in another rumor about a possible sale. However, the particularly juicy tidbit to...

Industry

Does Bobby Baldwin’s Departure Mean That MGM Is Leaving Poker Behind?

Bobby Baldwin has stood at the center of the poker universe for more than four decades. The 67-year-old poker pro and 1978 World Series of Poker Main Event champion turned...

Industry

MGM Springfield Provided A Nice Boost To New England Casinos In August

The New England casino market got a little bit bigger in August. And even though MGM Springfield was only open for business for nine days it generated nearly $10 million...

Industry

Modern Poker Doesn’t Have Much Of A Use For Prop Players

For the first time in a long time, the topic of prop players in poker came up on social media thanks to the following tweet from Dara O’Kearney. The first...

Culture

Has The William Kassouf Show Finally Been Cancelled?

Americans don’t seem to like William Kassouf. He’s loud, obnoxious, and boorish. He’s everything bad that people in the rest of the world have been saying about American tourists for decades...

Culture

Pittsburgh Woman Claims Rivers Casino Helped Her Ex Spy On Her

A Pittsburgh woman is suing Rivers Casino, members of its security staff, her ex-husband, and his lawyer, claiming they used the casino’s video surveillance system to spy on her while...