Poker News

Online poker superstar and Playboy model, Jennifer “Jennicide” Leigh has joined Iron Duke Poker and is their first ever professional sponsored player. Jennifer is very excited about joining Iron Duke Poker, which operates on the Merge Gaming Network, and feels it will definitely be a site she can grow with. Read the Full Story Here

After the first poorly organized World Series of Poker Europe, organizers seem to have the right motives for the 2008 WSOPE as there will be an exclusive venue for all the events. Last year, the tournaments were held in three different casinos which created a lot of confusion and hassle for the poker players. Read the Full Story Here

It appears that another casino project, Echelon, is also having issues and has halted construction. This news was released shortly after the press release reporting that the MGM and Dubai World City Centre Megacasino is having financial issues. Echelon is a project of Boyd Gaming and the $4.8 billion project is also having financial issues with contractors receiving walking papers. Read the Full Story Here

The classic battle of luck vs skill is taking place in a court room in rural Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. Attorney Larry Burns has started a petition which is being filed by the state attorney general, which looks to seize over $40,000 of revenue made from the organized games at the Westmoreland Country Fire Department. Read the Full Story Here

It took a television expose to get the attention of the California government who now have banned lead chips in casino’s and poker rooms. The expose revealed that the lead content that were found in the chips manufactured by Gaming Partners International held high levels of lead, which made the chips toxic. Read the Full Story Here

According to Forbes.com, the USA government has seized $24 million in the past six months from bank accounts. These bank accounts and funds were apparently used to fund operations and make payments to US-based customers of Bodog. Read the Full Story Here

Nearly one year ago the Dubai World entered into a strategic relationship with MGM to become part owner with MGM’s megacasino City Center project. It was a massive $5.1 billion deal and things were looking good for both companies until it was released that MGM and Dubai World have not raised enough money to build the CityCenter project. Read the Full Story Here

After a lot of serious concerns, it was announced that High Stakes Poker will be returning to the Game Show Network. This news was shortly released after Fox Sports picked up broadcast rights to the World Poker Tour. It looks like poker on television isn’t going anywhere.Click here to read more about High Stakes Poker returning to GSN.

Poker After Dark has another brand new week filled with the biggest stars in the poker world and this week they are featuring the four champions from the NBC’s National Heads Up Poker Championship. Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, Ted Forrest and Paul Wasicka are the players competing. Read the Full Story Here

Police and the Organized Crime Section Illegal Gambling Unit have been launching raids targeting private poker games in Toronto this last week and at least four raids have taken place. As it stands right now there are nearly 50 people with pending charges. The raids were described as business and not personal homes. Read the Full Story Here