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Officials closed down a central Indiana business where patrons are alleged to have played poker for money, contrary to that state's law. Authorities targeted the Hold 'Em House, in Tipton, 30 miles north of Indianapolis, stating that...

Gathered around a large, vintage diaphragm microphone, the native West Virginians in Hillbilly Gypsies perform a mix of traditional and original Appalachian music before a crowd at the international Mother's Day Shrine.

NEW YORK, N.Y., July 18 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- 'Red Canyon,' a feature film by Puerto Rican director, Giovanni Rodriguez, will screen at the Helen Mills Theatre, 137-139 West 26th Street (Between 6th and 7th Avenue), at 10:30PM on Saturday, July 26th, as part of the HBO Presents: international Latino Film Festival.

Online poker room poker Room.com has put out a new Facebook application that will leverage the power of the social networking site to raise awareness of their poker room. The application is called DareDevil and awards points for players completing the best poker hands in a given time frame. The social aspect comes into play by displaying the score of friends on a user's homepage, allowing for competition.Related Articles:Online poker player youngest to win signature eventiPods available at online poker room...

While technically the 39th annual World Series of poker won't end until November, when the final table of the main event is held, the last event on the roster was completed Tuesday when 930 players came together to play the Casino Employees No Limit Holdem tournament. The $500 buy in event was open only to casino employees, such as dealers and poker room managers. The event was won by Jonathan Kotula, who won $87,929...

There is a bill moving through the California legal system that would legalize intrastate online poker, and it is taking a few more steps towards becoming a reality. The bill, put forth by California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) has passed all steps but one in its journey to become law. It is now before the Senate Appropriations Committee, where the final vote will be taken before it comes before the Governor to be signed into law...

Turiya Mareya and timbalero Charlie Chavez will perform at the Baja Jazz Festival2008 in Tijuana. the concert will take place July 26th at Casa De La Cultura at 9:30 pm Mareya was raised in the vibrant border of Tijuana and San Diego. She started playing with Mexican dance bands at a young age and later studied Jazz under the direction of Mr. Daniel Jackson, one of the West Coast Jazz Legends. She studied also at the Creative Music School in Woodstock but most of her musical instruction came from the streets, the clubs and fellow musicians. She began playing Latin Jazz with the Tambu international Ensemble, moving to Vera Cruz and living later in Mexico City. Returning to the border she was active in the jazz and Latin music scenes. In 1992 she became the musical director and pianist for the Kokopelli Lati...

The international Ice Hockey Federation informed the NHL, NHL's Players' Association and Russia's new Continental Hockey League (KHL) that the contracts of six players are being investigated. Alexander Radulov, Nikita Filatov, Thomas Mojzis, Jason...

There were 6,844 entrants in the 2008 World Series of poker Main Event. As of this week, just nine remain. These nine players must now patiently wait on the sidelines until November, when they'll return to the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among the nine finalists is Scott "r_a_y" Montgomery, a PocketFiver who has dominated in both live and online play. He'll begin play in November third in chips. (PRWeb Jul 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1119484.htm

Utarget.FOX, the European ad network that is part of the Fox international Channels, will sell the in-games inventory on innerActive's mobile advertising channels. (PRWeb Jul 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/mobile/advertising/prweb1122064.htm