http://topgamblingnews.com Gambling News Headlines from Around the World Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:02:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gambling can save your life, Arkansas’ highest court ordered an inmate off of death row on Thursday, citing a 1940 court decision that gave an escape clause from an aggravated-robbery conviction to people trying to recover gambling losses. Justices ordered a new sentencing hearing for Michael B. Daniels, who said ... http://topgamblingnews.com/how-gambling-can-save-your-life/ Ok, this one was very painful because I made it to the last table in a $3.40 tourney on PokerStars - I had pocket 5's and there was a couple of decent raises pre-flop and 4 of us saw the flop. The flop came Q-Q-5, I already had the ... http://topgamblingnews.com/nother-bad-very-bad-beat/ Here is one of my latest 'bad-beats': Playing Omaha the flop is 7-7-10 and I have pocket 10's. I check the flop to see if I can spot someone with a 7 and maybe they will bet and I will make some cash. Nobody bets the flop and a ... http://topgamblingnews.com/bad-beat-fun/  So who likes to play games? I do, I do!!! Seriously I am 40 years old but I love to play all sorts of games. I remember when I was young, a pre-teen, my favourite game was monopoly and something called ‘Movie Makers’. I was actually able to find that ... http://topgamblingnews.com/fun-and-games/ A very lucky gambler has made one million pounds, or about $1.97 million, from a 50 pence ($1) bet, British bookmaker William Hill said Saturday. The man, who William Hill has not identified, correctly guessed the outcome of eight horse races Friday, beating odds of two-million-to-one. He walked into a William Hill ... http://topgamblingnews.com/8-race-winner/ Some nice news for Obama last month when a federal judge has allowed Nevada Democrats to hold presidential voting in casino hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, potentially helping Sen. Barack Obama in the next round of the campaign on Saturday.  For the first time, Nevada Democrats planned to set ... http://topgamblingnews.com/obama-gets-casino-ruling/ The ruins of the Bethlehem Steel plant in Pennsylvania are of great interest to many history buffs. The plant is embedded in U.S. history, having had a role in everything from arming U.S. warships, to providing materials for some of the countries best architectural achievements. A deal for an $800 ... http://topgamblingnews.com/casino-preserving-history/ In Illinois, The State Appellate Court have ruled that the law which allowed the Emerald Casino firm to move its operation to Rosemont does not prevent the Illinois Gaming Board from revoking the firm's gambling license. The Emerald Casino firm has been fighting for years to open a branch in Rosemont, ... http://topgamblingnews.com/emerald-casino-troubles/ So yesterday I went to the casino to play 5-10 limit hold 'em and here are 10 reasons I like playing there as opposed to an online casino. 1 spot - mid 40's hippie, plays a lot of hands and likes to roll his eyes everytime he got rivered, which was ... http://topgamblingnews.com/casino-personalities/ As mentioned below I do love to gamble. I remember my dad taught me to gamble around the ago of 10. We used to play poker with monopoly money and he would tell me what hands beat which and some of his expert strategies. It was a nice father-son bonding ... http://topgamblingnews.com/online-casino-fun/