“We invited the FBI several times to take a look in Second Life and to have the chance to ask any doubt they had, and we know that at least in one occasion federal agents visited the virtual casino”, said Ginsu Yoon, who was the general advisor of Liden Lab until recently when we was promoted to Vice President of Commercial Affairs.

Second Life has hundreds of casinos where people can enjoy playing poker, slot machines and also blackjack. It is hard to estimate the amount of money produced with these online bets.

Joey Porter, Miami Dolphins linebacker, has been summoned by Las Vegas police for misdemeanor after been accused of punching Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Levi Jones during a blackjack game at Las Vegas Palms Casino.

This is not the first time both players are in trouble. In 2004, Jones was arrested for trying to take away a baton from a police officer during a bar fight. Porter, on the other hand, was part of a fight with Cleveland Browns running back William Green, when he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The L.A. Poker Classic that is taking place at the elegant Commerce Casino, attracted 791 players who paid $10,000 to have a chance to win the $2.4 million prize that will go for the first place. Players who make it to the final table will receive a guaranteed prize of at least $250,000.

The best 54 players will be competing for a prize pool of more than $7.9 million, which means that the 2007 L.A. Poker Classic is the largest $10,000 buy-in event in the history of the World Poker Tour.

The Casino de Asturias has organized different activities for its first anniversary, the events will take place between the 21st and 25th of February.

There will be four main events that will include a gastronomic delight at the Ace of Spades Restaurant, a Blackjack tournament and varied music and cinema shows.

The actor Kevin Spacey is already planning his next project “21”, a story about a MIT student that becomes the game king in Las Vegas. The two-time Oscar winner, is going to produce this film in which he might also act.

This is the story of a famous student of the MIT that decides to travel to Las Vegas to compete against the biggest poker players whom he defeats easily thanks to his ability of counting cards.

About $40 million were invested this year to renovate the Southland Park Gaming and Racing. The refurbishing was planned after a referendum that took place on November 8th 2005 allowed electronic games of skill in racing tracks.

Dinning, meeting and gaming areas have been added to Southland plus 603 slot machines. Twelve video blackjack tables Digital 21 are available as well as video poker machines, forty of which are Texas Hold’em Poker machines.

The casino is going to launch four blackjack tables and also four French-roulette and American-roulette tables in Mar del Plata. The authorities of the Institute decided to recover the blackjack and roulette tables and reinsert them in the Central Casino rooms, for the happiness of several betters that remember old days, enjoying the abilities of the players and the handle of the chips.

Also, there will be installed four blackjack tables that will be connected together by an electronic system in order to participate of a progressive jackpot. Four roulette tables with progressive jackpot will be installed as well.

The first Playboy Club in 22 years will open on October 5th 2006. The club will be located at the top of the Palms Tower and Playmates dressed in retro bunny outfits will be in charge of dealing blackjack cards.

“It was real important for Hef to have the traditional bunny outfits represented,” George Maloof, Palms owner, said. The club has a capacity for 500 people and will feature 10 blackjack tables.

DrinkEatPlay and CozmoCard are hosting a gaming, dining and wine tasting event on Saturday, August 26th. The event will take place at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar and it will feature more than 30 restaurants and over 50 wineries.

Attendants will be able to play blackjack, craps, roulette and poker with “play money”. All of their winnings will be exchanged for raffle tickets to participate in a drawing for prizes that include concert tickets, museum memberships, and a first-class weekend trip to Las Vegas.

“There's a simple explanation for why Congress gets itself all worked up over such inoffensive acts as gambling over the Internet: There's no current way to tax it, so it should be illegal”, as published by DelawareOnline.com