Organized gambling on horse races has returned to mainland China for the first time since the ruling Communist Party seized power in 1949, state media reported.

In poker, the nut hand, or just the nuts, is the strongest hand possible in any particular situation. The term applies mostly to community card poker games to mean the individual holding that makes the strongest hand possible with the given board of community cards. By extension, the term is used [...]

Bidding systems and conventions
Much complexity in bridge arises from the difficulty of successfully arriving at a good final contract in the auction. This is a fundamentally difficult problem: the two players in a partnership must try to communicate enough information about their hands to ultimately arrive at a makeable contract, but [...]

November was another downward slide for gambling stocks. Read comments

Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or internet casinos, are online versions of traditional (“brick and mortar”) casinos. Online casinos enable gamblers to play and wager on casino games through the Internet.Online casinos generally offer odds and payback percentages that are comparable to land-based casinos. Some online casinos claim higher [...]

Koronadal City — Waay nakapalag ang duha ka ginasuspetsahan nga mga “usher” sang last two sang pangdakpon ini sila sang mga polis sa ginpatigayon nga ronda nila kontra sa illegal gambling dire sa siyudad.

Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — For at least five years the gambling industry has touted mobile gambling as the next big thing. Revenue from people playing poker, roulette, blackjack or betting on sports on their cell phones would be huge within 12 months, industry analysts claimed.

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Non-standard poker hands are hands which are not recognized by official poker rules but are created by house rules. Non-standard hands usually appear in games using wild cards or bugs. Other terms for nonstandard hands are special hands or freak hands. Because the hands are defined by house [...]

Mr. Grevemberg, a former state police superintendent, led a sledgehammer-swinging crackdown against illegal gambling in Louisiana in the 1950s.

At its core, bridge is a game of skill played with randomly dealt cards, which makes each deal a game of chance. Despite this, chance can be largely eliminated by comparing pairs’ results in identical situations. This is achievable when there are eight or more players, sitting at several tables, and [...]

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 26 (UPI) — An Indiana appellate court has rejected the attempt of a former gambling boat worker to win compensation under federal maritime law for flea bites.

Charleston Sen. Robert Ford says making video gambling legal again in South Carolina and other forms of gambling could ease the state’s budget problems. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Tuesday that Ford said video poker and other gambling could raise $700 million for the state. South Carolina banned video gambling in July 2000. [...]

Fan-Tan, or fantan (Simplified Chinese: 番摊; Traditional Chinese: 番攤; pinyin: fāntān) is a form of gambling long played in China and among Chinese immigrants to America and other countries.
History
Fan-tan is no longer as popular as it once was, having been replaced by modern casino games, and other traditional Chinese games such as Mah Jong and Pai Gow. [...]

Published: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 9:35 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 9:36 a.m. CHARLESTON — Charleston Sen. Robert Ford says making video gambling legal again in South Carolina and other forms of gambling could ease the state’s budget problems.

PORTLAND — A Portland man who pleaded guilty to two counts of promoting professional gambling avoided felony convictions but was fined $10,000.

There are good and bad aspects of gambling. Compulsive gambling can have dire consequences.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 23 (UPI) — There is a growing national trend of women turning to crime to finance their gambling habit, U.S. experts say.

VANCOUVER — If Las Vegas is any kind of barometer, B.C. gambling operators should brace themselves for slower growth.

 In poker, a made hand is one that does not need improvement to win, in contrast to a drawing hand. For example in Draw poker, if you have two pair, and your opponent is drawing for a straight or flush, you are said to have a made hand because even though you will be drawing a card [...]

Detectives from Pittsburgh’s Vice Squad say they have seized 10 illegal gambling machines from three city bars.