Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck are shedding light on the Internet gambling industry in their latest movie, Runner, Runner, and the film has already launched a political battle.

Now that the top gambling sporting event, the Super Bowl, has come and gone, bettors are turning their attention to March Madness and the start of the baseball season.

The Revel Casino Hotel has been for the most-part a failure in Atlantic City, and this week Chatham Asset Management was given control of the floundering gaming facility.

The US Supreme Court will weigh in on Friday as to whether they will hear a case involving the legality of home poker games in the country, at a time when poker is more popular than ever.

PokerStars will not be issued an online gambling license in New Jersey after regulators denied the application due to the companies founder still being locked up in a federal indictment.

Professional poker player Archie Karas has been arrested for an alleged gambling scheme that included marking cards at blackjack tables at a California casino.

With three of the four home teams losing during wild card weekend, the top-seeded teams are hoping to avoid a similar fate as the divisional playoff betting odds have been released.

The gaming debate over whether electronic gambling machines in Alabama are legal is ongoing, but one operator has their sights set on bringing their operation to New York.

The compact the Seminole tribe signed with the state of Florida is set to expire in 2015, and that has led lawmakers to consider other possible gaming expansion options this year.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke this week on how he believes online gambling will produce upwards of $1 billion by next summer, while Internet gambling ads ran all across the state.

The online poker industry is set to get its biggest boost in the US yet after Caesars Interactive announced that they were ready to launch their long-anticipated WSOP.com.

The NFL playoffs are now just three weeks away, but already gamblers are starting to see odds change on which teams have the best shot at hoisting the Lombardi Trophy come February.

Pennsylvania had their run of good luck end in 2013 when casinos in the state saw their first decline in revenue since the state authorized casino gambling in 2006.

The gambling issue has not gone away in Kentucky where lawmakers are preparing the latest gambling expansion bill that they expect will hit the floor in late 2014.

New Jersey residents will wake up Tuesday morning with a new gambling option as the state prepares to bring the first online casino to New Jersey.

A group of professional poker players who were indicted on illegal gambling charges in association with the Russian mob, have won the right to continue to play poker while they await trial.

The Major League Baseball season is still months away, but that has not stopped odds makers from changing odds based on the first few signings of the free agency period.

Macau casino revenue has reached new heights after 2013 figures show that the city has now surpassed the entire US market in terms of overall casino revenue.

Steve Wynn has made his living in the gambling industry, which is why his distaste for a Massachusetts gaming law has legislators rethinking their position.

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson is putting his billionaire fortune behind a new coalition aimed at stopping the spread of state betting regulations.

The riches start for poker players when they reach the final table at the World Series of Poker main event, and this year is no different with JC Tran signing a deal with 888poker.

The NBA season is less than two weeks old, and already some teams are making gamblers rethink their preseason future bets on which teams will compete for a title.

Italian lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned with the amount of social problems occurring from video lottery terminals that have taken over the country in recent years.

A several decade battle over whether to expand gambling in New York came to a head Tuesday when voters approved an amendment allowing up to seven new casinos.

The long, slow process of bringing regulated online gambling to the US has hit a snag in the form of the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.