Officials for the World Poker Tour recently announced the signing of a new 3-year TV deal with FOX Sports Network which will provide close to 100 hours of new WPT poker programming for the cable network to extend through 2017. The new agreement is set to begin with the upcoming start of Season XII of the WPT, with five designated main events on the schedule through the end of 2013 to be televised. Players will have the opportunity to be a part of a TV final table starting this August when the WPT returns to the Bicycle Casino in Los…

From Card Player “The Mouth” is back! It’s been an amazing year for Mike Matusow, who has seen his ups and downs in the poker world since Black Friday. The 45-year-old poker pro started off the year with a win in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship for $750,000. On Friday, he followed that up by winning his fourth career gold bracelet in event no. 13 of the World Series of Poker. Matusow defeated a field of 210 players in the $5,000 seven-card stud eight-or-better event, claiming a first-place prize of $266,503, which puts him over the seven-figure mark for…

From Press of Atlantic City Casino cheaters have come a long way since the days of using loaded dice or concealing an ace up their sleeve. New Jersey regulators fear that high-tech gadgetry could take cheating to the next level, so they have given Atlantic City’s casinos the authority to ban Google Inc.’s newly developed computerized eyewear from the gambling floor. Known as Glass, the spectacles are equipped with a tiny Web camera and wireless computer. They can take pictures, shoot video and surf the Internet. And they could give cheaters the ability to spy on someone else’s hand during…

In an interview with the Las Vegas Sun, Senator Harry Reid stopped short of officially declaring the effort to revive an online gambling bill dead, but said he couldn’t see any type of legislative effort succeeding. If the gaming market hadn’t already largely determined it, the Senate Majority Leader confirmed it Friday: The era of online poker in Congress is essentially over. “I felt for several months now that I don’t see any movement on this,” Reid said. “I don’t see anything happening.” Reid said that a bill filed in the House of Representatives yesterday by Rep. Peter King, D-N.Y.,…

Gaming software leader Microgaming Systems has released an exciting new video slot game called “Rhyming Reels – Jack & Jill.” Keep reading for a brief review of the new game by online casino Lucky 247. Rhyming Reels – Jack & Jill offers is a five-reel that offers players a great time with its fun theme, colorful graphics and many rewards. Jack and Jill have grown up and are fetching a little more than water these days. Discover the romance blossom and win by lining up Jack and Jill symbols to receive the Mixed Pay. You can try this new slot…

From RGJ.com Kentucky Derby winner Orb is set to take on Preakness winner Oxbow in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday following a workout that had trainer Shug McGaughey declaring his colt ready for another race. “If he has a good week, he’s a go,” McGaughey said Sunday morning at Belmont Park after Orb worked 4 furlongs in 48.30 seconds with exercise rider Jenn Patterson aboard. “He came off the track playing a little bit. He’s been eating well all week, and if he doesn’t show any ill effects of anything, I see no reason why (he won’t run).” Patterson guided…