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John Juanda defeated Phil Hellmuth heads up to claim the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball World Championship at the World Series of Poker title, his fifth WSOP bracelet, and deny Hellmuth from clinching his 12th to break his own record.

Canadian poker pro Tyler Bonkowski overcame a 12-1 chip disadvantage to win the $3,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em Championship at the World Series of Poker, claiming his first WSOP bracelet and $220,817 in prize money.

Facing four former WSOP gold bracelet winners with six combined career wins amongst them, Andrew Badecker slayed the field at the final table, claiming $369,371 in prize money and becoming the 13th first-time bracelet winner in 13 events.

As a child growing up in Honduras, David Diaz beat cancer, something that most in his situation would have seen as a death sentence. On Thursday night, he fittingly won the $1,500 Triple-Chance No-Limit Hold'em event at the World Series of Poker to claim $352,808 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Two gambling bills saw contrasting outcomes in the Maine Senate yesterday.

Viacheslav Zhukov, a 22-year-old professional poker player from Stary Oskol, Russia defeated a star-studded field of 202 players to win the $10,000 Omaha High-Low Split Championship and $465,216 at the World Series of Poker.

Opening arguments in gambling corruption trial could take more than six hours.

Spa Resort Casino in downtown Palm Springs will undergo renovation of its guest rooms, corridors and lobby this summer.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks has re-branded Restaurante Orozko into Restaurante Orozko and Tapas Bar.

Geffrey Klein, a 44-year-old gynecologist from Houston, won the largest six-handed no-limit Hold’em tournament in history to claim $544,388 at the World Series of Poker after pulling off a stunning comeback during heads-up play and won what must be considered one of the most unlikely victories so far at the 2011 WSOP.

Gaming revenues on the Las Vegas Strip dropped 2.2 percent in April, despite the total visitor count rising 4.8 percent.

After two British players won WSOP gold bracelets the previous week, Sean Getzwiller, from Las Vegas, Nev., won the $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the World Series of Poker to claim $611,185.

Commerce Casino's "Original Million Dollar Tournament" will kick off on June 20 with a guaranteed purse of $1 million.

Priest expected to enter guilty plea over gambling addiction alleged theft case.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board fined Harrah's Chester Downs for allowing an underage patron to gamble at their facility.

Second day of jury selection in Alabama gambling corruption trial.

Macau looks likely to maintain lead as world's top gambling destination, with Singapore overtaking Las Vegas in second.

Animal Kingdom is now the favourite to win the Belmont Stakes.

The state will receive a majority of revenue made off unclaimed slot machine tickets from casinos starting July 1.

Bally Technologies will provide more than 5,000 gaming devices and systems to Italy's video lottery program.