A man who ran naked through the Stateline casino core was subdued by a Taser on Tuesday before a group of “startled” children in the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe casino arcade. Read the rest of this entry »

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A South Carolina priest missed the $1 million top prize in a poker tournament to be televised this weekend but he won $100,000 for his church and he hopes his participation gives viewers a “fun twist” on their perceptions of the priesthood.

The Rev. Andrew Trapp said he entered the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge in hopes of putting St. Michael Catholic Church “super close” to its $5.5 million fundraising goal to build a new facility. He also wanted to strike a public relations blow for priests. Read the rest of this entry »

Vegas is America’s Tijuana, but without needing to sit on a toilet for 2 days afterwards. Some of the people you meet in Vegas are so shady it can make you feel like the city had been controlled by a bunch of mobsters. Between your pupils never adjusting to the epileptic flashing lights and the shear amount of free booze you consume, you probably never noticed the characters you are losing your life savings with nor how seedy they are. For any serious player who is crazy enough to actually try beating the house, these seedy characters are as annoying as Ray Romano’s voice going through puberty. Here are the 12 Worst People to Gamble With in Vegas. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s say you’re playing poker and you need one more diamond for a flush. The dealer turns a card, reveals a diamond and you win the hand. Was it skill or luck? The answer is affecting the fates of people across the country accused of breaking anti-poker laws, people like Kevin Raley, 44, of Colorado.

As an engineer, Raley finds the mathematics of poker come easily, and he’s pretty good at keeping a blank face. Reading other people, though, is something he’s always working on. “It’s something I’m better at today than I was five years ago,” Raley said. Read the rest of this entry »