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Back in 2005, a 92-year-old World War 2 veteran who goes by the name Elmer Sherwin has something unique in his life that most people cannot possibly experience, and that is, being able to win a Megabucks slot machine jackpot, not only once, but two times! It is indeed the very first time that someone has managed to win a sizeable jackpot twice in a lifetime.

Read more » The Slot Machine Player Who Beat The Odds Twice!

It was a great weekend for Julien Martini at this year's WSOP as he became the very first non-American poker player to win a gold bracelet after a tough heads-up match with Kate Hoang in Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. He won his very first WSOP title bracelet plus a sweet $239,771 prize money.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #4: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better won by Julien Martini for $239,771

Event #3 of the 2018 WSOP was bagged by Joseph "Joe" Cada, who outlasted a total of 363 entries, winning the prize money worth $226,218 plus a gold bracelet, thereby bringing his total WSOP bracelet count to 3.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout won by Joe Cada for $226,218

The first gold bracelet to be awarded at the 2018 WSOP has been won by Elio Fox, who outlasted a player field of 243 at Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em for a sweet prize of $393,693.

This is Elio Fox's second gold bracelet in his poker career, with his first one acquired as the 2011 WSOP Europe Main Event winner.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Event won by Elio Fox for $393,693

Prior to joining in at the 2018 WSOP Event #1 on May 30 (Wednesday), Jordan Hufty only had $1,900 in career live tournament earnings, and now that he took down the 2-day first event of this year's WSOP, he can now add a sweet $61,909 to his lifetime live poker winnings.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em Event won by Jordan Hufty for $61K

Even if there wasn't a WSOP bracelet awaiting the top winner, the prize money is reward enough for most poker players who have joined in on the opening event of WSOP 2018.

On May 29, 2018 (Tuesday), the $250 Daily Deepstack was the opening event to this year's WSOP, and the one who bagged the event was five-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham. He managed to defeat a field of 298 players, claiming the top prize money worth $14,084.

Read more » 2018 WSOP: First Non-Bracelet Event won by Allen Cunningham for $14K

Justin Bonomo came out on top in the 2018 Super High Roller Bowl $300,000 buy-in NLHE event, outlasting a tough field of 48 players to claim the championship ring and take home the humongous first place prize of $5,000,000.

Read more » Justin Bonomo wins 2018 Super High Roller Bowl for $5,000,000

Striking it rich overnight doesn't happen very often, but the thing is, it can happen every now and then, especially if you are a player at Casumo!

On December last year, Neil, a first-timer at Casumo got super lucky and won £6.3 million from just a £4 bet!

Now, a man named Dennis has managed to win an amazing £65,000 prize, from just a £2 bet!

Read more » Lucky Gambler Wins £65,000 at Online Casino from £2 Bet

Many of us dream of ditching our boring, soul-crushing jobs in exchange for that easier and rewarding life filled with fun, excitement, and lots of money, but of course, what kind of gig should we get to achieve that?

If poker is one of those answers, we all know too well that poker is not for everyone. But, one woman has proven that it doesn't take a very extraordinary skill to be able to make that leap from that daily humdrum world into a higher, more thrilling landscape - that if you just push yourself more and with a little luck on your side, you can flourish and make it bit doing something you don't know anything about before.

Read more » Writer decides to write Book about Poker but Stops after Winning Thousands of Dollars playing it

Seven years after the Black Friday, an event that shook the poker world with poker's big three (Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, and Ultimate Bet) getting indicted, Chris Ferguson finally re-emerged issuing an apology for his role in it.

Read more » Chris Ferguson Issues Short Apology to the Poker Community

There will be 78 official gold bracelet events awaiting poker players who will join in on the 2018 World Series of Poker, starting on May 29 up until July 17, 2018.

At this moment, the reigning champ is 888poker ambassador Scott Blumstein. The poker player from New Jersey won a humongous $8,150,000 as his reward for outlasting a massive field of 7,221 players in the 2017 WSOP Main Event.

Read more » 2018 WSOP Action kicks off this week!

The fearless Vikings are back for their biggest battle yet, as they take on the flaming demon hordes of the underworld! The third instalment of Yggdrasil Gaming's legendary Vikings series builds on the previous games to bring even more action to the reels!

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The famed Las Vegas casinos may be facing quite a dilemma as tens of thousands of hospitality workers are preparing for a strike next month.

Unions representing Las Vegas casino workers on Tuesday won the right to have a citywide strike as early as June 1 should they be unable to reach a deal with their employers. The voting reached 99% from roughly 25,000 members of the Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 that participated in the voting session.

Read more » Las Vegas Casino Workers vote to authorize Strike, may leave casinos unable to function properly

There were two people arrested in the case of a poker player who got robbed and shot as he was going out of a poker room in northwest Austin, Texas.

The two suspects, Charles Clines-Martinez (age 24) and Jermaine Patrick Spirlark (age 41) face charges of aggravated robbery that occurred in the wee hours of April 30. Clines-Martinez worked as a security guard at the poker room.

Read more » Two Men accused of Robbing and Shooting Player at Texas Poker Room

Bradley Ruben, a professional poker player from Florida, has been charged with failure to remain at the scene of a car crash on Interstate 95 in Broward County as well as resisting arrest after allegedly crashing into and eventually killing a man who was assisting his wife who had been involved in a separate accident.

Read more » Poker pro Bradley Ruben charged in Fatal Car Crash, admitted to eating Marijuana Edible

Two Swedish poker pros, Viktor ‘Isildur1' Blom and Niklas ‘Lena900' Astedt, have each earned a SCOOP title just this weekend. This makes the 4th win overall for Blom, and the 2nd one in less than a week for Astedt.

Read more » Swedish pros Isildur1 & Lena900 win Big in PokerStars SCOOP Tournaments

The last event of the 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro, HK$1,000,000 (US$127,000) buy-in Short Deck Ante-Only Event, attracted a field of 103 entries which created a massive prize pool of HKD96,902,400 (~$12,344,397)!

Read more » Jason Koon Wins Triton Poker Super High Roller for €3.5 Million

NightRush is an online casino with a Sportsbook, launched in 2017. The casino is operated by Bethard Group Limited and authorised and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority.

Players who like to seize the night and enjoy casino games until the break of dawn will want to check out the 700+ exciting titles available at NightRush. Of course, it's open all day, every day for the rest of us who like to keep normal hours, and has the same great selection, fabulous bonus deals and reliability around the clock.

Read more » Introducing NightRush

Phil Ivey is back on the live tournament poker tables, and he's already on a roll! This recent USD$600k win of Ivey is actually his first cash ever since he stopped being active (on the live tournament scene) around January 2016. Back in January 4, 2016, he finished 5th at the $200,000 NLHE event of WPT National in the Philippines for US$656,500.

Read more » Inaugural Triton Poker HKD$250,000 Short Deck Event in Montenegro won by Phil Ivey

The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup shall be held from June 14 to July 15 in Russia. Starting from June 14 to July 15, 2018, the greatest soccer players in the world shall gather together in Russia for yet another FIFA World Cup event. The tournament returns to Europe for the first time since it was held in Germany back in 2006.

Read more » Things you ought to know about the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

The Eurovision Song Contest, or simply called Eurovision, is a yearly multicultural entertainment event that brings numerous countries together in harmony through music.

This 2018, the competition is set in Lisbon, Portugal - the first time ever for this country to host the event. Portugal acquired its very first Eurovision win at last year's contest in Kiev with their song "Amar Pelos Dois" performed by Salvador Sobral and written by his sister Luisa Sobral.

The event will be hosted by Filomena Cautela, Daniela Ruah, Silvia Alberto, and Catarina Furtado.

Read more » What is the Eurovision Song Contest all about?

A high-stakes class action lawsuit is looming on the world of online poker, and it's about 2016 WSOP main event runner-up Gordon Vayo versus PokerStars, the world's top online poker website. Vayo's lawyer Gregory Fayer says the suit eventually could involve more plaintiffs.

Read more » Attorney for Gordon Vayo says Class Action Lawsuit possible against PokerStars