With the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) looming overhead and watchdog groups trying their best to curb internet gaming, many felt that the online poker industry would do nothing but regress in 2009.
Read More . . .For more than a decade, people in the Maryland horse racing industry have dreamed that their sport could be revived by the legalization of slot machines. Those hopes were crushed Monday night.
Read More . . .The NBA isn't fixed. Anyone who believes to the contrary must then assume the natural next step of believing in the existence of a multi-layered fraud meant to deliberately deceive the general public.
Read More . . .The impact the recession had on the casino industry in 2009 has not been completely accounted for, but by all measures the year will go down as the worst on record.
Read More . . .Motivation can play a prominent role in the early bowls, and the Rutgers-Central Florida game appears to fall in that category.
Read More . . .Anticipating a trip to Las Vegas excites most people. Oregon State football coach Mike Riley might be an exception.
Read More . . .New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.'s move to seek Chapter 9 pro tection in order to re-organize has produced a shrill cacophony from critics who say OTB should shut down.
Read More . . .CNBC Original Reported by CNBC's Melissa Francis to Premiere on Wednesday, December 16th at 9PM ET/PT on CNBC
Read More . . .Poker Voters of America (PVA) has said it has an author for its online poker bill in the California Senate and has pledged to target the cash-strapped governments of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania if the state legalises the online game.
Read More . . .Calvin Ayre is a successful — and controversial — entrepreneur. He grew up on a pig farm in Saskatchewan, attended the University of Waterloo on a full scholarship in physics and pioneered online gambling through his Bodog website family.
Read More . . .Reporting from Sacramento - With the state bracing for billions of dollars in budget shortfalls, a group of casinos is offering California leaders a stake in a new pot of money if they allow Internet poker sites to set up business in the state.
Read More . . .As part of SI.com's all-decade project highlighting the best and worst of sports in the 2000s, I asked commissioner David Stern to examine the last 10 years while also envisioning what the future may hold -- including legalized sports betting on NBA games.
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