2009 July 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Actress Lori Petty’s feature directorial debut, “The Poker House,” a drama based on her teenage years, has been picked up for U.S. distribution.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Actress Lori Petty's feature directorial debut, “The Poker House ,” a drama based on her teenage years, has been picked up for U.S. distribution.

For the most part the boss gamblers who thrived in Texas in the 1950s and 1960s were congenial to outsiders who wanted to sit in their games…

If you see a video poker machine in a Georgia store, the state court of appeals says someone’s already broken the law. The panel ruled that all current video poker machines are illegal based on a 2001 state law challenged by the amusement game industry.

See complete story in Thursday’s Flint Journal BURTON, Michigan — Former Flint Police Chief Bradford Barksdale fatally shot a masked gunman who shot his way into a locked poker room early Wednesday in an apparent robbery attempt, the business’ co-owner…

Poker pro Annie Duke might be known as the Duchess of Poker but the queen of the card tables wishes she could lose the nickname.

POKER-faced she aint, this bleach-blonde pop product of the naughties and the naughty, Lady Gaga of the blazing bazooms.