Casinos

Poker is played offline, too. Here you will find all the news about the casinos where poker is played, as well as casino-specific tournament news.

• Harrah's Acquires Majority Position in London Clubs International

  November 09, 2006,

  Recently, Harrah's announced it had successfully acquired, or received acceptance of, almost 83% of London Clubs International's ordinary shares and expects to control 100% by the end of the year.

   

• Poker Room Review: South Point Casino in Las Vegas

  November 05, 2006,

  I will guarantee this is the first poker room review you have seen on the South Point Hotel and Casino. I know this because when I was at South Point a few days ago they were giving out champagne and cake celebrating their name change from South Coast to

   

• Deal Me Out: The Stardust Closes Forever

  November 01, 2006,

  The Stardust is one of the oldest hotels on the strip; opening on July 2, 1958. When the hotel opened, it had the second ever poker room in Las Vegas. On Halloween night 2006, I played the last seven hours of poker ever to be dealt...

   

• Harrah's Announces 'Peer to Peer' Remote Gaming Systems for Casino Properties

  October 30, 2006,

  A new wave of interactive gaming devices allowing casino patrons to play poker anywhere on a casino's licensed property is on the way path to implementation, Progressive Gaming International Corporation [PGIC], a leading provider of technology...

   

• Poker Room Review: Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Nevada

  October 22, 2006,

  The new room at Green Valley Ranch opened August 5th. The new poker room manager, Frank Meoni, took over just three weeks ago. GVR is one of the Station/Fiesta Casinos (Palace Station, Boulder Station, Texas Station, Sunset Station, Santa Fe Station....

   

• Online Poker and Live Poker Meet: The 'ePoker Room' is Here

  October 18, 2006,

  Ever have trouble getting a read on a player while playing poker online? Ever wish you could watch their hands as they put the chips in the pot, or look at them while they sweat your decision?...

   

• Poker in Tunica, Part Two

  October 08, 2006,

  In part one of this two-part series, I discussed the relative benefits and drawback of playing poker at the Gold Strike, and the Grand in Tunica....

   

• Poker in Tunica, Part One

  October 07, 2006,

  Tunica Resorts, Mississippi has five poker rooms competing for your play. I took a recent week in September to explore them all. Like a good restaurant critic, I hit the rooms at least three times each...

   

• Harrah's Receives Buyout Bid

  October 02, 2006,

  On a morning where the gaming world was focused on anything but the casino industry, Harrah's confirmed it has received a buyout bid, reportedly for $15.1 Billion US Dollars from an investment group....

   

• Live Poker in Detroit—Greektown, Motor City and Casino Windsor

  September 25, 2006,

  The poker options in and around Detroit have been changing the last year or so and will continue to change for the next two years as each of three major casinos in Detroit build there new permanent hotel and gaming facilities....

   

• Live Poker in Chicago – The Majestic Star and Resorts East Chicago Casinos

  September 10, 2006,

  Although there is a wide spread of live poker rooms available throughout the Chicagoland area, Majestic Star and the Resorts East Chicago Casino are the two closest and most popular destinations....

   

• Poker in Downtown Las Vegas – The New Golden Nugget Poker Room.

  August 27, 2006,

  The Golden Nugget has had an interesting recent history as far as poker is concerned. A couple years ago, The Nugget took some of the space from its pool area, and opened a nice, big poker 'tent' that had plenty of room, and usually housed plenty of

   

• Borgata Expands Poker Room, Announces Summer Poker Open

  June 21, 2006,

  One of the premiere poker destinations on the East Coast, the Borgata in Atlantic City, announced the expansion of their poker room is nearly complete....

   

• The New Venetian Poker Room Hosts the 'Big Game', and a Big Freeroll

  May 25, 2006,

  Poker in Las Vegas is big business. The last year or so has been particularly heavy with new poker room launches, as the big casinos compete for the big name players...

   

• Poker Makeover: Improvements at Turning Stone

  April 24, 2006,

  With poker's rise in popularity over the past decade, most casinos have seen the need to open poker rooms or expand existing facilities to accommodate the continually growing numbers of players. The Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Resort...

   

• Ed McMahon Helps Open New Indiana Poker Room

  March 19, 2006,

  Heeeeeeerrrrreeeee's a new poker room! Okay, maybe he didn't use a cheesy line, but after thirty years of introducing Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show...

   

• The Vegas Poker Boom Continues

  March 08, 2006,

  The anticipated opening of poker rooms in two Las Vegas strip mega-resorts this spring will mark a climatic year of unprecedented growth in the gambling Mecca's's poker scene...

   

• Beau Rivage's Re-Opening to Include Poker

  March 01, 2006,

  The Beau Rivage, one of many Biloxi, Mississippi area casinos damaged by Hurricane Katrina, will re-open on August 29th, 2006 according to its parent company MGM Mirage...

   

• Foxwoods To Host WPT Themed Poker Room

  February 22, 2006,

  Foxwoods Resort & Casino, located near Hartford, CT, has long had a history as being one of the finest casinos on the East Coast, if not in the entire United States...

   

• Harrah's Reopens New Orleans Casino

  February 20, 2006,

  After the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005, New Orleans has been struggling to recover. Flooding took over a large part of the city and residents were forced...

   

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