Europe will soon have its first dedicated live school of poker thanks to London Based company, The Poker Agency.

It will offer tips and tricks on becoming a successful poker player and will be hosted by PhD poker student Catman.

With 10,000 hours of recreational cash play behind him, he will be spearheading a team of world class professional poker players.

And with a number of Hollywood stars such as Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck and Nicole Kidman following the poker craze, the game looks set to continue in its popularity.

A Poker Agency statement said: “The game of Poker is the ultimate examination of character, where it all comes down to one of three decisions: call, fold or raise. What other options are there in business, war, love or life for that matter.”

InterCasino is running a fantastic promotion giving its customers the chance to win a ride of a lifetime on a Nascar racetrack.

The Richard Petty Drive Experience is open to all InterCasino players and includes 30 laps of your favourite circuit in a Nascar.

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Worth around $4,000, this ride of a lifetime includes flights for you and a friend to your favourite Nascar circuit as well as accommodation in a top hotel.

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James Cameron, director of the hugely successful movie Titanic, has linked with Harrah’s in its bid for a Singapore casino resort.

The company is bidding for the integrated resort project at Marina Bay in Singapore and hopes to create “iPort” at the facility – an immersive indoor entertainment experience.

The iPort facility will compliment the casino at the location and will feature a one million square foot, 16 story state-of-the-art complex with huge attractions, rides and groundbreaking shows.

Gary Loveman, Harrah’s CEO, said: “iPort is something that is truly pathfinding, something that has never been done anywhere in the world.

“We believe this will be the gateway attraction for Asia.”

Mpthrill.com has launched a new website called CasinoWorld Online.

The new portal will feature news, downloads ratings as well as blog and forum facilities.

One of the major site features will be the rating system for online casinos, which will monitor all sites for 24-hours a day and will check payouts and bonuses as well as evaluating earning potential.

Jeff Mayers, Online Casinos Portal editor, said: “We have seen over 3,000 hits a day from online gamblers who used our services to pick the top rated online casinos.

“The experience of choosing an online casino is about to change, the gamblers are looking for a reliable source of information that actually rate Online Casinos by more than just a short review.”

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We all played it when we were young whippersnappers but you wouldn’t expect to walk into a casino and be challenged to a game of rock, paper, scissors.

Or would you? Well, that seems to be exactly what is happening at the Luxor Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this April.

Instead of a few hands at poker or a few spins on the roulette wheel, patrons will be expected to choose carefully between a rock, paper or scissor hand shape.

Around 300 people are expected to participate in the tournament at the Luxor Hotel and Casino.

Taking place on April 9th, the winner will walk away with a cool $50,000 first prize.

So all together now one, two, three….

This year’s European Poker Tour (EPT) winner may sadly have to put his poker playing days on hold.

Despite winning over $1 million in the EPT final, University of Georgia Freshman Jeff Williams is unfortunately not old enough to play in most major US casinos.

Young Mr Williams is just 19 years old, which means he might have to wait a few years before he takes on the high rollers in Las Vegas’ biggest casinos.

This also means that he will be unable to currently take part in prestigious World Series of Poker (WSOP) events.

Williams beat a number of big name players in the EPT Final including 2004 WSOP champion Greg Ryamer, 2005 WSOP champion Jo Hachem and also Marcel “The Flying Dutchman” Luske.

An odd casino tale has arisen in Britain concerning the short-staffed nature of one of the country’s casinos.

That’s right, apparently gambling has become so popular there that one casino in Nottingham has found it hard to hire suitable staff.

This lack of skilled croupiers has been a huge problem, according to Maggie Smith of Gala Casinos.

She said that the antisocial working hours and the skilled nature of the job meant many casino operators were having to look abroad for trained croupiers.

Ms Smith told the BBC: “It is difficult purely because we’re generally a night time operation and a lot of young people – rather than work at night – would like to be out with their friends.”

Oh well, at least there’s never the chance of a lack of skilled croupiers when gambling online!

US publication Bluff magazine is due to hop across the pond later this month and make its European debut.

It will be the first lifestyle magazine aimed at European poker professionals.

Philip Conneller, Bluff magazine features editor, stated the time was right for a magazine catering to a European poker audience.

He said: “With Bluff’s winning blend of entertainment and information, we are confident that we can replicate the success achieved in the US for our readers and our advertisers.

Michael Caselli, editor-in-chief, added: “The poker lifestyle in Europe is a different animal to that in the US.

“Bluff Europe reflects that. Where poker goes, we will follow.”

US authorities have shut down a fake casino as it was deemed too realistic

The casino in question was a 1920s-themed venue in Wisconsin, which was created by the Wasau Women’s Community Group.

However, a female representative from the state Department of Justice said the casino looked too realistic and as a result threatened them with legal action.

Jane Graham Jennings, the executive director of the woman’s group explained how she didn’t understand the need for proceedings.

She told the Daily Herald: “I explained that we felt it wasn’t illegal in any manner.”

The casino had been using fake money at the event, which is held as an annual fundraiser by the Women’s Community.

The fundraiser went ahead anyway without the casino, however it raised $10,000 less for charity than in had done in the previous year.