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40th World Series of Poker

Though Las Vegas casinos are taking a beating -- gaming revenue is down this year by double digits -- one segment of the gambling industry remains evergreen: high-stakes poker. The WSOP is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a ...READ»

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Online Gambling: The Internet's Multi-Billion Dollar Bet

Chris Ferguson (#100 on our list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business) and other poker pros are in Washington D.C. this week to sweet talk members of Congress into lifting a three-year-old ban against online gambling in the ...READ»

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Mike Sexton To Host "Shuffle Up and Deal" Poker Game Show

Game Show America is pleased to announce the host of "Shuffle Up and Deal." GSA has been contracted to design the set and technology behind this exciting new game show, as well as launching a multi-state LIVE TOUR.READ»

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Know When to Hold 'Em

Up next for the title of BlackBerry killer: The not-so-originally named Samsung BlackJack, which comes awfully close to claiming the belt, but loses out on a few technicalities. (And here you thought I was going to use a poker ...READ»

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Digital Dealers, Silicon Chips

Play online, where the stakes are lower.READ»

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The B in Business Stands for Bluff

How to explain poker's revival as America's most popular sport? Could be because it's the ultimate forum for liars. And that, says world poker champ Phil Hellmuth Jr., is good business.READ»

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The B in Business Stands for Bluff

How to explain poker's revival as America's most popular sport? Could be because it's the ultimate forum for liars. And that, says world poker champ Phil Hellmuth Jr., is good business.READ»

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Sleight-of-Hand for Font Freaks: Pick a Typeface, Any Typeface

A deck of cards becomes a giant typographic brain teaser.READ»

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I Love My Windows Mobile 6 (believe it...or not)

There are three types of people in the world. Blackberry users, Treo users and Windows Mobile users. I have been through all three in my search for the perfect mobile computing solution. I did the Treo 650. It needed plug in's ...READ»

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Seven Card Stud

Making decisions under pressure. Scoping out the competition. Sizing up the rewards and risks. (Who knows more than the world's greatest poker player?)READ»

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The Leadership Lessons We Can Learn from Ben Campbell in the Movie "21"

Vison. Hard work. Team work. These are all qualities that good leaders employ. It's also how Ben Campbell, the star character in the film "21," used them to his advantage. Here's what we can learn from an MIT mastermind ...READ»

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The Seven-Card Stud

To play poker like a pro, you've got to learn from a pro: Poker champ Tom McEvoy deals a royal-flush course on swimming with the card sharks of Vegas.READ»

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Veteran Entertainer Lends His Voice to New Poker Game Show

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Poker Goes Family Friendly With New Game Show

Shuffle Up and Deal will be television's first "family friendly" poker game show.READ»

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Multitouch Poker: The Future of Casinos?

Moto Development Group has thrown together a neat prototype device that could possibly be the future of casinos: A multitouch, automatic, cybernetic Blackjack table. Finger-flicking financial fun, perhaps, but also a way to cut down ...READ»

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Work Smart: How to Make Procrastination Productive

Just because you're procrastinating doesn't mean you're being lazy or wasting time. In fact, procrastination actually CREATES motivation and time: when you're procrastinating, you're highly motivated to avoid a certain activity for as long as possible. Channel that time and energy into something worthwhile and procrastinate productively. READ»

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Game Show America Signs Production and Live Tour Deal

Game Show America Signs Production and Live Tour Deal for New Game Show “Shuffle Up and Deal”READ»

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Eulogy for My Father

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

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It's in the Cards

Continuing my interest in work-related card decks, I was pleased to learn about Idea Champions' Free the Genie cards. The deck of 55 creative thinking cards can be used as an oracle -- or a card game. You can use the cards to seek ...READ»

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Skills for businessman from retail to Wholesale

 Skills for businessman  from retail to Wholesale      Along with the advance of the society more and more problems are brought to our attention, one of which is that how to make the business more ...READ»

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New Hampshire, Maine And Massachusetts MINI Owners Drive Hours To Rally

MINI Cooper car owners in Massachusetts compete in Poker Rally hosted by MINI of Peabody. Space is limited and MINI Cooper owners are encouraged to register quickly!READ»

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Personal storage, Pop Art, Playing with iFire

Very Short List delivers one excellent item to your inbox, daily: Books, films, music, web-things, and dispatches on science and technology. Click through for gorgeous photos of not-yet forgotten New York, a crafty little iPhone app, and the world's smallest, toughest art critic.READ»

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Risky Business, Sound Thinking

Blair Hull's traders don't out-shout their competitors. They just outsmart them.READ»

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Delphian Students Create "A Touch of Magic" at the Mayor's Ball

Delphian School students have been volunteering at the annual McMinnville Mayor's Charity Ball long enough to become a staple at the fundraiser, which raises money for the local Kids on the Block program.This year, Delphian Senior ...READ»

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21 & Climbing!

Hanh mitakuyapi.  Hello my relatives.   We're at 21 members now.  The winning number in blackjack..  An excellent number in the Tarot, & we with a vested interest in minority micro-business development definitely ...READ»