A Richland County sheriff's deputy and the county's chief litter control officer have been arrested after a five-month investigation into an illegal gambling operation involving video poker machines, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said today. Richlan

Half of the Main Event field at the 2008 World Series of Poker has been eliminated. The $64,333,600 prize pool is sliced up accordingly and ready to be distributed.

The legalization of Internet gambling will be the hottest federal issue facing Nevada's gaming industry in the next few years, the president of the American Gaming Association said.

Online poker is becoming more and more popular in Germany. As a result, the country's strict legal restrictions on gambling are under pressure, and Germany may soon have to open its protected markets to private online poker providers. Currently, private

Attorney says neither has connections to Outfit, Outlaws A federal judge Friday ordered two Chicago-area men accused in a mob-connected pipe-bombing of a video poker business to remain in custody while awaiting trial.