Read more gambling stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1647/gambling.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:28:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73578/logger-earns-world-series-of-poker-final.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA logger and a community college dropout have outlasted 6,492 other competitors and will go head-to-head in Monday's final of the World Series of Poker. Joe Cada, 21, flirted with elimination in the round that ended today in Las Vegas but holds 136 million chips and a substantial lead...http://www.newser.com/story/73578/logger-earns-world-series-of-poker-final.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 22:02:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72443/chuck-todd-chickens-out-on-goatee-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they won, his...http://www.newser.com/story/72443/chuck-todd-chickens-out-on-goatee-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 13:29:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70233/vagrants-find-home-in-tunnels-under-vegas-casinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFlood tunnels beneath the casinos of Las Vegas seem an unlikely place to call home. But that’s exactly what they are to an estimated 700, including some who’ve built surprisingly elaborate makeshift dwellings in the 350-plus miles under the city. The Sun describes the “home” of couple Steven and Kathryn,...http://www.newser.com/story/70233/vagrants-find-home-in-tunnels-under-vegas-casinos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 18:39:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69930/expanded-gambling-wont-be-a-windfall-silver.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe many states hoping gambling will revive their troubled budgets are in for an unpleasant surprise, writes Nate Silver for Esquire. Gambling is supposed to be recession-proof, but that hasn’t been the case this time. "The year 2008 was the first time in history that total casino gaming revenues declined...http://www.newser.com/story/69930/expanded-gambling-wont-be-a-windfall-silver.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 13:29:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68236/penny-slots-bring-in-big-bucks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCasinos are making big bank off the tiniest—and oft-most derided—denomination, USA Today reports. Gambling outfits have added penny slots at an amazing rate—in the last 2 years, Nevada has removed 12,000 more costly machines to make room for 7,000 penny slots—and the move has...http://www.newser.com/story/68236/penny-slots-bring-in-big-bucks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 11:41:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68074/tennis-cops-warn-players-about-us-open-tweeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTennis authorities are telling participants in the US Open, which begins Monday, to watch their tweeting. Signs are posted in the players' lounge, locker rooms and referee's office at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center with the header: "Important. Player Notice. Twitter Warning." The signs, written by the...http://www.newser.com/story/68074/tennis-cops-warn-players-about-us-open-tweeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 21:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67654/court-ruling-scuttles-del-sports-gambling-plans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal court quashed Delaware’s bid to legalize single-game sports betting today, ruling that the gambling expansion violated a 1992 federal law, the News Journal of Wilmington reports. State lawyers had argued Delaware was exempt from the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act under a grandfather clause, but a three-judge...http://www.newser.com/story/67654/court-ruling-scuttles-del-sports-gambling-plans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 16:29:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66986/time-to-fold-online-poker-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe government's online poker ban isn't just hypocritical—given that state lotteries are "the nation's most aggressive promoters of gambling"—it's unfairly slandering a sport that requires great skill by labeling it mere gambling, George F. Will writes in the Washington Post . Professional poker player Howard Lederer—known as "The...http://www.newser.com/story/66986/time-to-fold-online-poker-ban.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 8:42:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66510/states-lose-shirts-as-gamblers-cut-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEvery state but Utah and Hawaii allows some form of legal gambling, and most have come to rely on it as a growing source of revenue. Unfortunately, a lot fewer people are hitting the slots or buying lotto tickets these days, the Wall Street Journal reports. Commercial casinos produced 2....http://www.newser.com/story/66510/states-lose-shirts-as-gamblers-cut-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 8:13:32 CDT