Miami Casinos and Miami Gambling - Florida

Florida casino opens with Vegas-style slots

News brief: Miami's Flagler Dog Track has become the first in Miami-Dade County to feature Vegas-style slot machines. read more

Slot machines arrive in Miami

News brief: The Flagler Dog Track plans to open its $54 million Magic City Casino in October. read more

Fontainebleau poised to recapture spotlight

When it debuts this fall, Fontainebleau Miami Beach will be poised to recapture its place among the world's most celebrated resort playgrounds. read more

Florida tracks approved for slots

Florida Gaming Corporation reports that Miami-Dade County voters approved the operation of up to 2000 Class III Las Vegas style slot machines at Miami Jai-Alai. read more

Ex-spouses' Lotto settlement stays unsealed

News Brief: A Miami-Dade judge on Thursday said a settlement agreement between a man and his ex-wife divvying up her lottery fortune should remain an open record. read more

Miami Jai-Alai could be sold

News Brief: If Miami-Dade County voters decide in January to allow slot machines at the county's parimutuels, the election could trigger the sale of venerable Miami Jai-Alai to Isle of Capri. read more

Florida tracks request slot vote

Calder Race Course and Flagler Dog Track and Sports Entertainment Center have initiated a formal request before the Governmental Operations and Environment Committee of the Miami-Dade County Commission for a referendum to be held allowing Miami-Dade voters to consider the inclusion of slot machines at the three existing pari-mutuel facilities in Miami-Dade County. read more

Sore Loser Drives Into Casino

News Brief: After dropping some cash at the Miccosukee Resort & Gaming hall in West Miami-Dade Thursday night, an unlucky gambler got into his pickup truck and crashed it into the casino's glass doors. read more

Just Call Me James McManus

Perhaps it was fate that I packed Positively Fifth Street in my travel bag as I got ready for my first trip as a poker journalist. In the book, James McManus chronicles his trip to cover the 2000 World Series of Poker. It was on my list of books to review, and since taking this job, at least a half-dozen friends told me I HAD to read it. read more

PokerRoom.com Takes a Different Approach When Finding a Face

Jim Davenport made his first 'televised' appearance in late February. His self-produced home video appeared on PokerRoom.com's Web pages prior to the online poker site's "Become a Poker Pro" tournament. read more

First Player Out at "Become a Pro" Finds Way To Stay and Play

Playing in the biggest Texas Hold’em tournament of his budding poker career, 31-year old Christopher Birchby couldn’t believe his good fortune, when on the first hand, he was dealt aces in the hole. read more

Pokerroom.com Tournament Cruise Provides Fun in the Sun

Ten Internet poker players entered the massive “Majesty of the Seas” Royal Caribbean cruise ship on March 3rd as amateurs – one finished the weekend as a professional. read more

Davenport Claims Inaugural PokerRoom.com "Become a Poker Pro" Tournament

NASSAU, Bahamas - After trailing Bill Pero for nearly the entire tournament, Jim Davenport dominated the final hour of PokerRoom.com's "Become a Poker Pro" tournament en route to the inaugural PokerRoom.com title on Sunday afternoon. read more

Snoop Dogg Hosts Poker Tournament

The Rapper's Challenge Texas Hold 'Em Tournament, hosted by Snoop Dogg, is a one-day event in Miami on Friday, May 5, 2006. read more

Horizon's Edge Casino Cruises Launches from Miami

Horizon's Edge, New England's premier casino and entertainment cruise line, reports its launch from the Bayside Market Place in Miami. read more