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Equity Crowdfunding: Next Generation of Angel Investors Is Not Sorry to Disrupt

Victoria Silchenko | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Victoria Silchenko

Nikola Tesla wrote once, "The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine." I can see this being quoted by any supporter of equi...

How Poker Can Tell Us If a Person Will Blow His Money

Don McNay | Posted 04.29.2013 | Business
Don McNay

Poker players frequently give off signals that tip off the kind of cards they have. It is the same thing in these conferences. I would actually pay the attorneys and clients to bring me to meditations as I can spot problems and make corrections before they get money in their hands.

The Best Vacations You Take Are the Ones That Expand Your Inner World

Susan Krauss Whitbourne | Posted 04.26.2013 | Fifty
Susan Krauss Whitbourne

When you reach the midlife years and beyond, travel is as much about expanding your mind as it is about getting away from it all.

Suspects Charged In Alleged Russian Mob Organized Poker Games Plead Not Guilty

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.20.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — It's a case teeming with colorful characters: a reputed Russian mob boss once accused in an Olympic scandal, a wealthy art world impr...

Russian Mob Ran High-Stakes Poker Games For Stars: Feds

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.16.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — Nearly three dozen people were charged on Tuesday in what investigators said was a Russian organized crime operation that included il...

Calling a Bluff: Is It All in the Arms?

Wray Herbert | Posted 04.09.2013 | Science
Wray Herbert

We all know the expression "poker face" because the face is where we expect to find meaningful information. But what if poker players are looking in the wrong place?

Real Money Gaming: The Next Billion Dollar Opportunity?

Michael B. Fishbein | Posted 04.01.2013 | Small Business
Michael B. Fishbein

Many believe that online gambling will soon become as simple as buying an e-book or streaming a movie, and that the convenience of being able to bet from your couch, will present incredible opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Philippines To Open $1 Billion Casino

AP | By OLIVER TEVES | Posted 03.14.2013 | Travel

MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines will become one of the biggest gambling centers in the world, vying with Macau, Singapore and Las Vegas for Asi...

Addiction Isn't What It Used to Be

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.05.2013 | Healthy Living
Stanton Peele

For the second time in less than a year, The New York Times Magazine has identified a major addictive trend that does not involve drugs. In this case, it is junk food.

Online Gambling: Coming To Your State?

Reuters | Deena Beasley and Nichola Groom | Posted 05.01.2013 | Technology

By Deena Beasley and Nichola Groom (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie this week finally approved online gaming in the Garde...

Vegas Poker Rooms Fold

AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 04.30.2013 | Travel

LAS VEGAS — The Tropicana hoped to step back into the big leagues when it opened its poker room in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, touting it ...

Cincinnati Casino's Opening Gambit

AP | By AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 04.30.2013 | Travel

CINCINNATI (AP) — Slot machines were clanging and bets were flying for the first time Wednesday as the last of Ohio's four voter-approved casinos be...

City Stunned By Mayor's Massive Loss

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics

SAN DIEGO -- Maureen O'Connor was a physical education teacher who won a seat on the San Diego City Council when she was only 25 years old, later winn...

Ex-Mayor Wagered More Than $1 Billion In Decade-Long Gambling Spree

AP | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics

BY ELLIOT SPAGAT, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO -- A former San Diego mayor and fast-food heiress acknowledged Thursday that she took $2.1 million f...

Christie Strikes Down Contentious Measure Again

AP | WAYNE PARRY | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill Thursday that would have made New Jersey the third state to legalize gambling over the I...

HUNDREDS Of Major Soccer Matches Fixed In Global Betting Scam

Reuters | Thomas Escritt | Posted 02.05.2013 | World

(Reuters) - Hundreds of soccer matches have been fixed in a global betting scam run from Singapore, police said on Monday, in a blow to the image of t...

What This Year's Super Bowl Means for Your Taxes

Mark Steber | Posted 04.03.2013 | Business
Mark Steber

Aside from the parties, the ads and shouting at the TV for three hours, what does this mean to you, the taxpayer? Let's look at some of the tax consequences of the activities around the Super Bowl.

Rolling Dice and Flashing Lights: How Your Brain Gets Addicted to Risk

Ben Thomas | Posted 03.19.2013 | Science
Ben Thomas

It's not just movies that lie at the root of our fascination with casinos. For some of us, it's the promise of striking it rich with that one lucky poker hand or dice roll. And as a matter of fact, in neurological terms, gambling is its own sort of drug.

Online Poker Room Wants To Go Brick-And-Mortar

AP | By WAYNE PARRY | Posted 03.18.2013 | Technology

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AP) — The owner of the world's largest online poker website wants to add a brick-and-mortar casino to its portfolio. ...

The Rules of Investing: Ignore Them at Your Peril

James Berman | Posted 01.09.2013 | Business
James Berman

Should investing be governed by simple rules? It not only should be. It must.

Casino Unlocks Its Doors...For The Last Time!

AP | Posted 12.27.2012 | DC

HANOVER, Md. -- Maryland's largest casino will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Maryland Live! at Arundel Mills Mall unlocked its doors for...

Could Sandy Help New York's Gambling Expansion?

AP | MICHAEL HILL | Posted 02.13.2013 | New York

ALBANY, N.Y. — Anti-gambling forces fear that the economic losses from Superstorm Sandy could help efforts to expand casino gambling in New York...

MORE Crooked Miami Cops

Posted 12.12.2012 | Miami

As a two-year investigation by the FBI and police department's internal affairs comes to a close, ten allegedly crooked Miami cops will likely wind up...

Movie Review: Lay the Favorite

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.03.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

But despite a cast that includes Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn and Catherine Zeta-Jones -- and a director like Stephen Frears -- Lay the Favorite just kind of, well, lays there.

The Case for Ending Powerball

Eli Lehrer | Posted 01.30.2013 | Politics
Eli Lehrer

Now, with the big drawing over and a few people much, much richer than they were on November 27th, it's a good time to look at America's lotteries. And an objective look at them reveals a simple truth: They're a bad idea.