New Jersey is attempting to regulate sports betting in their states, but that effort is being met with resistance from major sports leagues that filed a lawsuit late this past week to stop the legislation.

The Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida was the meeting place this week for hundreds of Indian tribe executives with an eye on expanding their gaming to the Internet.

Every year manufacturers wait until the Global Gaming Expo to roll out their latest games. This year was no different as several new celebrity driven slots were unveiled.

Notre Dame may be the number one team in the country, but it is Alabama that is the betting favorite in the BCS National Championship game later today in Miami.

The end of 2012 is right around the corner, and that means that college football is heading towards peak bowl season, with gamblers revving up their bets as New Year's Eve approaches.

The World Series of Poker has reached its pinnacle on Saturday as thousands of players filed into the Rio in Las Vegas for their shot at winning the most glorious prize in poker, the WSOP main event bracelet.

Ohio lawmakers moved a step closer this week to forcing thousands of residents into unemployment when the House voted in favor of a bill that would essentially eliminate Internet cafes.

Minnesota became the latest state this week to offer electronic gambling when pull-tab machines made their way to bars across the state. The beneficiary of the new form of gambling will be the Minnesota Vikings and their fans.

The casino industry is a big part of the Gulf Coast, which is why the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast has adopted a new casino management program.

The national championship game this season is a sports books dream, with storied programs Notre Dame and Alabama driving up ticket prices and wagering patterns.

The New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons are going in two different directions this season. Tonight, the division rivals meet in Atlanta for Thursday Night Football.

Antonio Esfandiari is the leader in the $1 million buy-in event at the World Series of Poker. Esfandiari will have to hold off seven other players to capture the $18 million top prize.

South Carolina poker players were dealt a strong warning from the state Supreme Court this past week when the justices ruled that organized poker is illegal, even in a social setting.

Apple has become the latest company to go the route of allowing online gambling on their mobile platform. Apple has announced that real money gambling will be available on the IPhone in the UK.

Pennsylvania continued to distance itself from the rest of the Northeast gaming industry in August. Revenue was up at Pennsylvania casinos for both slots and table games during the month.

The NFL has taken yet another hypocritical stance this past week when the NFL Network pulled an interview with Bradley Cooper. The league was up in arms over Cooper's new movie, which shows bets being placed on NFL games.

The college football season only has a few weeks of the regular season left, and today some of the top teams in the country take the field with much more to lose than to gain.

Rocco Palumbo came to the World Series of Poker with high hopes in 2012, and he will leave with at least one gold bracelet, the sixth won by an Italian in WSOP history.

The state of Kentucky has their own way of dealing with illegal gambling machines. On Friday, deputies destroyed confiscated electronic gaming machines with a bulldozer.

Facebook is the biggest social media site in the world and the company is using the leverage from their success to launch their first real money online gambling games in the UK.

Steve Wynn won the long, drawn out legal battle between himself and Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis on Monday when a jury awarded Wynn $20 million in the slander case.

The New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles meet tonight with the prospects of one team turning their season around, while the other will see their playoff hopes likely end.

The Detroit Tigers have what many believe are the best pitcher and best hitter in baseball, and that has odds makers predicting a Tigers win in the World Series.

Antonio Esfandiari is one of the most notable pros in Las Vegas this year for the World Series of Poker, but Esfandiari fell just short of winning a gold bracelet this past week in a No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pushing for a new casino in his city, and after election results gave Democrats a majority to overrule a Governor Pat Quinn veto, the casino may be closer to reality than ever before.