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.