Martin Staszko is the preference to prevail at 14/5

Nevada Gaming Control Board approved changes to sports book betting earlier this year with the addition of action on non-sports events.  Although odds have been posted in the past on non-sporting events the bookmakers could not accept wagers and did it for fun only.  The earliest non-sporting meet that bequeath courier peculiars besides indeed receive chances is the latter defer of the 2011 Creation Series of Poker Leading tournament to be played in November.

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November Nine chasing the chain

The stage is set and the final nine players from a WSOP Main Event starting field of 6,865 players are now on break until the final able reconvenes November 5-7 to determine the 2011 WSOP Championship winner.  The November Nine was stubborn in the pristine sunrise hours on Wednesday, July 20th, whereas John Hewitt pushed total-in also was eliminated in 10th seat, $607,882.

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The famous Moroccan canopy inclination directly go abstruse

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Yep, the M Resort is the only casino in town that will reward poker play with not just bottles of wine but other gifts as well.

These are the same gifts that you'll see M slot players walking around the casino with, only you won't be expected to lose as much, as you'll just need to put in a couple hours of poker.

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Legends of Poker – Phil Hellmuth, Dan Harrington, Doyle Brunson, Jack Binion, Eric Seidel

Professional poker players Dan Harrington and Eric Seidel were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame on Monday evening before the start of the WSOP Main Event heads-up play.

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It may have been less than the past two years, but Jerry Lewis still brings in the donations even in a tough economy.

His annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon from South Point Hotel & Casino pulled in $58.9 million, concluding today after a marathon 21.5 hours.

It's his 5th year at South Point, and the MDA has been running annually for 45 years.

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At the risk of becoming the ParisHiltonParisHilton blog, we hear that Paris Hilton has been booted from Wynn Las Vegas.

With an apparent zero tolerance policy for drugs (or needing to distance themselves for stockholders), Hilton has been banned from both Wynn and Encore, following her arrest for cocaine possession over the weekend.

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Apparently dancing on a casino table game costs $250,000.

Back in October, a high-limit baccarat player at Caesars Palace climbed on his table at least three times (and even danced at one point), and personnel didn't stop him.

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Free Museum Day is back!

On Sept. 25, museums across the country affiliated with the Smithsonian are opening their doors with free admission for 2.

In Las Vegas, you can visit the Atomic Testing Museum (755 E. Flamingo) between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Although admission is free, you must fill out information (email, address) and print out a ticket at the following link: http://microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday/admission.html?2010

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You'd think a town such as our fine neon city would be the most stressless city in the U.S.

And it very well may be, just as long as you're a tourist.

But for locals, Forbes magazine has listed Las Vegas as being at the top of this year's survey of America's Most Stressful Cities.

Seems running a 24-hour city to make others' vacations is detrimental to stress levels.

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