Patrick St. Kitten

Las Vegas hotel and casino operator, Station Casinos, is preparing to celebrate the 4th of July with an spectacular firework display set to take place at several Station properties and Hotels located in the Las Vegas area.

Online poker site PartyPoker.com has recently announced that online qualifiers for the first Asian Poker Tour Macau Poker Festival taking place in  August 2009 are already available on the site.

Actress, talk show host and comedian, Whoopi Goldberg will make a stop in Las Vegas to perform two special shows scheduled on May 22nd and 23rd at Encore Theater.

Award winning painter and offical artist of the Boxing Hall of Fame, Richard T. Slone, has been selected to create the artwork for the Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao fight taking place at the MGM Grand on May 2nd.

Instructional online poker site UltimateBet.net is continuing building strong ties with the Mixed Martial Arts ("MMA") industry after signing an agreement with Canada's live-event sports leader Sportsnet, to serve as main sponsor for the network's weekly sports show, MMA Connected.

According to a recent report released in the UK newspaper, The Times, Party Gaming, owner of PartyPoker.com, PartyBets and Party Casino and GigaMedia Ltd, owner of EverestPoker.com and Everest Casino, are currently discussing a possible sale or merging.

Online casino RoyalVegas.com has recently introduced a new instant flash version of its popular software that will give players the opportunity to access the casino anywhere and anytime they want to. 

Online poker room bet365 is offering poker players a wide range of promotions and races awarding thousands of dollars in cash prizes and packs for the 2009 WSOP.

Innovative online poker room PKR.com has announced the introduction of a new Club PKR loyalty promo that will give players the chance to win six luxury VIP packages for the 2009 UEFA Champions League final held on May 27th at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.

Harrah’s Entertainment announced yesterday that pre-registration for the 2009 World Series of Poker is now open to players.

Last night, the initial pairings for the group of 64 players invited to the 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship were finally determined in a  party held at PURE Nightclub inside the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The first-round matches will take place Friday, Mar. 6. The round of 32 and the sweet 16 take place on Saturday, March 7th, while the elite eight, final four, and championship match will take place on Sunday, March 8th.

Rapper and hip hop artist Nelly Mulling is currently working on what is going to be its debut in the world of TV entertainment with a new variety and talk show shot in Las Vegas.

Online poker site LadbrokesPoker.com has officially joined the Microgaming network, and to celebrate the move, Ladbrokes has released a series of new promotions, which means more cash and prizes for its poker players.

Professional Danish poker player, Gus Hansen will switch the poker tables for a boxing ring to face poker champ Theo Jorgensen in a full-fledged boxing match aimed to launch Hansen’s Online Poker TV Channel. The match will feature a 200,000 Danish Kronen purse (Approximately $34.500) and will be aired live on February 21st, 2009 on Gus TV.

Online poker site CelebPoker.com is offering their poker players the chance to become part of “Team Celeb” and live the poker experience of their life at the exclusive EPT San Remo

Leading online poker room Titan Poker has recently announced that it will stage another record breaking tournament in March featuring a $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool.

German Tennis legend and six time Grand Slam winner, Boris Becker is currently preparing to battle against PokerStars online qualifiers in a heads-up Battleship-style match programmed to take place during the 2009 Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) taking place in the Bahamas.

The best Chinese restaurateurs from all over the United States will meet in Las Vegas on January 5th, 2009 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino to attend the 5th Annual Top 100 Chinese Restaurants in the USA Awards Show and Conference.

LasVegas Phantom actor and performer, Jason Forbach, will perform a benefit concert to launch his first solo album called “A New Leading Man”, which will be available to the public the day of the show.

Only a few days after Ultimate Bet announced the debut of the CEREUS online poker network, an online Texas Hold'em player who recently signed up with UltimateBet, has won more than $250K playing Texas Hold'em at UltimateBet's Bad Beat Jackpot tables.

Lou Anne Harrison Chessik, a former Las Vegas showgirl is putting together a new exhibition to honor and remember one of the most important elements in the Las Vegas nightlife: the showgirls.

The Court of Appeals of Kentucky has accepted a motion to stay a forfeiture hearing for 141 Internet domain names. Kentucky Gov. Stephen Beshear and Michael J. Brown, the state's Secretary of Justice and Public Safety, recently filed a case to seize over a hundred domain names related to online gambling companies, including poker sites, sportsbetting companies and online casinos, as a measure to reduce the competition from online gambling sites.

As an action to support the Poker Players Alliance and its nonstop efforts to legalize online poker, Mitchell Cogert, author of several famed poker books, has announced that he will donate all the net profits from sales of his book "Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves" offered on WDIAV’s shopping section on Tuesday November 11^th, 2008.

CryptoLogic Limited, the world leading online gaming software developer, has unveiled a series of new branded slot games based on the classic film “King Kong” and the popular Casinomeister portal, as well as new European Blackjack and an improved version of its European Roulette software.

Innovative poker site PKR.com has introduced a revolutionary way to buy and reserve seats at some of the greatest online poker tournaments on the net.