Nur noch kurze Zeit und ISA-GUIDE wird den 7.000.000sten Besucher begrüßen. Ein kurzer Blick auf den Besucherzähler in den nächsten Tagen lohnt sich, denn ISA-GUIDE bedankt sich bei dem sieben Millionsten Besucher mit einem besonderen Leckerbissen: Eine Wochenendreise für zwei Personen nach Baden Baden, das liebevoll auch die kleinste Sommerhauptstadt Deutschlands genannt wird inkl. einem Besuch in der historischen Spielbank Baden-Baden.

Von 14. bis 21. September 2008 lädt das Casino Seefeld zur Mountain Poker Party. Neben der Premiere des Team Cups im No Limit Hold’em gibt es noch einige andere No Limit Hold’em Turnier und natürlich auch genügend Cash Game Action.

Poker boomt in Russland und das Zavidovo Open nächste Woche scheint den Hype des Pokersports noch zu unterstützen. In Russland wurde Poker offiziell von der Regierung zum Sport erklärt. Dadurch werden dem Pokerspiele viele Türen geöffnet. Der Event in Zavidovo ist ebenfalls von der Regierung abgesegnet – wie ein Fussballmatch oder eine Hockeypartie.

The Fox Poker Club, central London’s first legal poker club, is to open in 2009 with a full casino licence. Shareholders in the venture include Joe Beevers, Barny Boatman, and Phil Laak. The club will be undertaking a member recruitment drive at Poker in the Park in Leicester Square on Aug. 15 and 16, offering one month’s free membership to visitors of the lifestyle poker show.

Cherokee, North Carolina - Investigators have stopped a cheating ring that stole USD 286,000 at the Cherokee Indian casino in western North Carolina, a newspaper reported Wednesday. No arrests have been made but investigators are questioning a 26-year-old electronic card dealer at Harrah's Cherokee Casino, the Asheville Citizen-Times reported. Cherokee Indian Police Department Chief Ben Reed said the FBI had been contacted.

Atlantic City, New Jersey (AP) -- Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. says a new mega-casino it plans to build in Atlantic City will have a beach house theme. The Las Vegas-based company plans to hold onto its land on and near the Boardwalk area of Atlantic City until credit markets improve and it can build its mega-casino project, chairman Dan Lee said Wednesday. The theme of the casino has been a closely held secret for nearly two years.

Moncton - Plans for Casino New Brunswick will move forward toight when the project goes before the Greater Moncton Planning District Commission. The commission will consider some of the finer points of the site plan for the Moncton casino, to be built by Sonco Gaming New Brunswick Ltd. The central details of the CAD 90-million project were announced in July and the casino is expected to open in the spring of 2010.

RummyRoyal, a British online gaming operator, has determined that, by percentage of population, the number of online gamblers in Iran is the highest in Asia. Despite religious fanatics who demand that personal freedoms be subjugated to their particular perception of how individuals should live their lives, and the existence of laws that attempt to block and forbid online gambling, the citizens of Iran are one of the most avid groups of customers playing at online casinos.

MGM Mirage, the world's second- largest casino company, plans to almost double gaming tables for high rollers at its Macau casino by year-end to tap the growing number of gamblers who spend more than USD 124,000 a visit. MGM Grand Macau, a venture between the Las Vegas-based company and billionaire Stanley Ho's daughter Pansy Ho, will increase its VIP tables by 70 to 150, Chief Executive Officer Terrence Lanni said on a conference call today.

Seit letztem Freitag bin ich in Hamburg. Der Grund ist ausnahmsweise nicht pokertechnischer Natur, sondern die mittelbare Konsequenz meines siebenwöchigen WSOP-Trips, von dem ich vier Wochen krank war. Die längst überfällige Nasennebenhöhlenoperation hatte ich schon einige Jahre vor mir her geschoben, aber jetzt war Schluss mit lustig.

Odds are good that voters will see an initiative to expand existing casinos on the November ballot as supporters of higher-stakes gambling wait this week for the secretary of state to verify their petitions, according to Denver Post. "Petitioners turned in about 130,000 signatures Friday, many more than the 76,000 valid names they need,” said campaign spokeswoman Katy Atkinson.

Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria are reportedly set to go into business together. The 'Desperate Housewives' actress and former Spice Girls star are planning to team up to open a unique nightspot in Las Vegas. The venue will include a restaurant, Beso II - the second eatery in Eva's Beso franchise - and a casino. The pair's decision to turn half the business into a casino is said to be due to their interest in dominoes...