Gambling News by House of Odds

PARIS - Online gambling presents a special peril for people with Parkinson's, a disease that boosts compulsive risk-taking, doctors warn in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ).Internet gambling a major risk for Parkinson's patients: doctors (The Nation)

The WSOP, or World Series of Poker, will kick off this year on June 1st. If you dont know what the WSOP is, then you havent been watching all of the major sports channels too closely. ESPN, for one, is one of the main television networks broadcasting the various rounds of this major poker event.The Stars of Poker Put on their Best Face at the WSOP (Online Casino Reports)

Log in to remember this page. Email this Culture secretary Tessa Jowell is facing fresh opposition to her gambling laws after the UK's poker clubs announced that they forming a trade body and were considering taking legal action against the government.Poker clubs threaten Jowell with legal action (ATE On-line)

A humorous examination of Warren G. Harding's presidency highlights oil scandals, affairs, illegitimate children, cabinet suicides, psychics and gambling during his tenure. Penned by Neo-Futurists' ensemble member Sean Benjamin ("The Santa Abductions," "Drinking & Writing").Poker Night at the White House (Metromix.com)

Some students wait tables, lifeguard, bartend or do office work as part-time jobs during college. Others play online poker. For Daniel Stermer, 19, and Kevin Laird, 20, playing online poker is not only fun, but a way to put money in their pockets.Students are playing online poker to earn money (Gainesville Sun)

Two veterans organizations' posts were raided for alleged illegal gambling last weekend in Far East Dallas.Poker raids target VFW and AmVets posts (Dallas Morning News)