And since poker is the reason we all make the pilgrimage to Sin City each year, the first installment is going to cover the myriad ways you can scratch your poker itch in Las Vegas during the WSOP. @pokerlistings.com

Team "hard at work" completing the steps necessary to launch Nevada-licensed WSOP.com. The launch of real money online poker under its Nevada license on WSOP. @pokernews.com

The attorney for Chad Elie filed an amended complaintagainst Jeff Ifrah, Ifrah PLLC, and others yesterday in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada. @pokerati.com

Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen was award on Tuesday $70 million by a court in Nevada after he sued billionaire casino boss Sheldon Adelson, owner of Las Vegas Sands Corp. @cardplayer.com

The Nevada Gaming Board has confirmed that is investigating the circumstances surrounding the brief service period of online security firm iovation in connection with Ultimate Poker, the first fully authorized, real-money Nevada online poker site. @pokernews.com

According to a report by Howard Stutz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) is looking into the relationship between Ultimate Poker and iovation, the company that provided Ultimate Poker with identity verification services until last Thursday. @pokernewsdaily.com

“We have spent the last year or so with our engineers making sure we fully complied with all the technical requirements of the new regulations here in Nevada. @pokerlistings.com

Senate Bill 346 is looking like a favorite at the Nevada Legislature. The bill would allow investor groups to bet as a single entity much in the way hedge funds pool their money. @pokerati.com

Nevada casinos had yet another solid month in terms of gaming revenue. On Friday, state regulators released figures from the month of March. The report stated: Nevada’s non-restricted gaming licensees.. @cardplayer.com

Wired reported Tuesday that federal prosecutors in Nevada will no longer pursue hacking charges against two men who, in 2009, allegedly found a bug in International Game Technology’s “Game King”.. @cardplayer.com

A new name will likely be joining Nevada’s Excluded Person List, commonly referred to as the “Black Book.” The addition reportedly is the first one in nearly four years. @cardplayer.com

Gaming magnate Steve Wynn met behind closed doors with the governor and legislative leaders Wednesday, proclaiming in a brief interview that the gaming industry is not in a “healthy” condition and future growth will be in places other than Nevada. @pokerati.com

The biggest news of the week was the launch of UltimatePoker.com – the first real money, U.S. licensed online poker site to service Nevada residents. @bluff.com

Clearly my life would be better if it weren’t for that friggin’ flush card. Nevada online poker is here! Kinda-sorta at least for those not on a Mac and/or Verizon. @pokerati.com

The opening of the first regulated online gaming site in the United States has drawn a great deal of attention across the country. When Ultimate Poker let the virtual cards fly on Tuesday under the auspices of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and its intrastate regulations, it was seen as a landmark moment for online.. @pokernewsdaily.com

PokerNews' very own Kristy Arnett talked to a few players about their preparations for the summer and the 2013 World Series of Poker. @pokernews.com

Cantor Gaming, one of the preeminent race and sports book operators in Nevada, announced last week that it has inked a deal with Atlantis casino in the Bahamas. @cardplayer.com

A calendar shift that moved the lucrative Chinese New Year holiday into February sent Nevada gaming revenues soaring, contributing to the largest single-month total ever for the Strip. @pokerati.com

A bumpy but ultimately successful day 1 for Ultimate Poker, Nevada's first regulated online poker room. It is going take more than geo-location problems and sign-up issues to stop Nevada citizens and visitors celebrating the launch of the first ever regulated real money online poker site in the United States. @pokernews.com

Earlier today the U.S.-facing Ultimate Poker, out of nowhere, dealt the first hand of regulated real-money online poker in Nevada. Now on one hand it seems a bit anti-climatic since people have played online poker in the United States since the early 2000s but this marks the first time the government has officially given the green light. @pokerlistings.com

Exclusive to Nevada residents, players will be able to download the UltimatePoker client, make a deposit and play real-money poker against fellow Nevada residents or state visitors. @pokerlistings.com

Since the day the Nevada legislature legalized online poker in the state the race has been on among potential providers to be the first in the market, and after numerous postponements and missed launch dates, one room is now apparently ready to open its doors and start dealing.. @pokernewsboy.com

Online gaming firm 888 Holdings Plc reported its quarterly financials Tuesday, showing improvements from last year across the board. On the whole, the company brought in $103 million in the first quarter of 2013, a new record for 888. @pokernewsdaily.com

SecureTrading Inc., a Las Vegas-based subsidiary of UC Group, has been licensed by Nevada gaming regulators to provide online gambling payment processing, identification verification and geo-location services, the company said Monday. @pokerati.com

888 CEO Brian Mattingley expects the company to launch online poker in Nevada this summer. @pokernews.com

Station Casinos-owned Ultimate Poker, which has yet to launch its pay-to-play website in Nevada, has a brand ambassador. The company, which has been licensed by state gaming regulators but is waiting for approval of its technology by testing laboratories, announced Tuesday that it has signed poker champion Antonio Esfandiari to promote the website. @pokerati.com

One would think that after a record-setting gaming revenue month for Macau, share prices of the three Nevada casino operators doing business in the Chinese gaming enclave would skyrocket. @pokerati.com

Boss Media AB, which has been OK’d to be involved with online poker in Nevada, has announced that it has been selected by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to.. @cardplayer.com

Step by step, week by week, online poker inches towards a return in the United States. This week Nevada was back in the news, as it made halting progress towards dealing the first hands of regulated online poker. @bluff.com

As Nevada’s new real-money online poker inches closer to becoming live, World Series of Poker officials have extended a public invitation to players to help test the new WSOP. @pokernews.com

Back to the winning ways for Las Vegas casino owners? Sure looks like it. Nevada gaming regulators released revenue numbers Tuesday from the month of February 2013, and it was.. @cardplayer.com

Some in the Silver State are looking to allow investment firms to place sports bets for individuals, according to a bill currently up for consideration in the state legislature. @cardplayer.com

Amid the flurry of activity over the past year or so with online gaming and poker, there have been some success stories. The moves by Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey to enact online regulations for the industry (in Delaware and New Jersey’s cases for full online gaming and Nevada’s online poker only laws) have been.. @pokernewsdaily.com

Legalized online poker is ready to launch any day now in Nevada, and one of the licensed online poker rooms, Ultimate Poker, has just made a bit of history, inking poker superstar Antonio Esfandiari to a sponsorship deal; making him the first poker player to represent a US.. @pokernewsboy.com

The Nevada Gaming Commission, the state’s top regulatory body for the powerful and lucrative casino industry, just saw two of its members receive four-year extensions by Gov. @cardplayer.com

In Europe, it’s known as novelty betting. Bookmakers from Paddy Power to William Hill post odds and take bets on a variety of activities, from who looks good to win the Nobel Prizes this year to whether Prince Harry’s next girlfriend will be a blonde or a brunette and who might host the Oscars in.. @pokerati.com

The Nevada Gaming Commission is seeking public comment before drafting interstate online poker regulations under the recently passed Assembly Bill 114. @pokerati.com

Two high-profile incidents and the fast-approaching summer months led state gaming regulators and Las Vegas police to issue a stern warning Thursday to hotel-casino operators: Keep a close watch on your nightclubs and pool parties or face disciplinary action for any illegal activity. @pokerati.com

The 2013 Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Casino Resort Spa in Reno, Nevada concluded Tuesday with the main event. Here are the results. Main Event $1,080 NLHE, 190 entries 1. @cardplayer.com

Representatives of Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings wanted to assure the Nevada Gaming Commission that the company, which operates legal Internet gaming websites in Europe, would comply with the state’s regulatory structure. @pokerati.com

A Nevada lawmaker is leading a push for legalizing betting on political elections as well as pop culture events such as the Academy Awards, Politico reported. @cardplayer.com

The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) granted interactive gaming licenses to 888 U.S. Limited and Treasure Island LLC last week, bringing the launch of the first legal intrastate online poker site in the United States just a bit closer to a reality. @pokernewsdaily.com

Online poker site 888, a business-to-business and business-to-customer provider, is looking to be a dominant player in a future Nevada online gambling market. @cardplayer.com

The final table at the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Reno $1,080 no-limit hold’em main event crowned a champion today in Northern Nevada at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. @cardplayer.com

As the remaining players in the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis All-In Poker series main event play down to the final table in beautiful Reno, Nevada Card Player TV had a take a tour and check out some of the many great amenities that the four-diamond rated Atlantis Casino Resort Spa had to offer outside of it’s great poker options, including gaming, dining and the Atlantis Spa. @cardplayer.com

Day 1A at the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Reno $1,080 no-limit hold’em main event saw 62 players battle on the tournament floor, while the surrounding high-desert Mountains of Northern.. @cardplayer.com

Ray Dehkharghani wins the 2013 CardPlayer Poker Tour Wynn Classic Main Event for $235,931, defeating Sam Stein heads up. @pokernews.com

After an eventful few months since the beginning of the year, the online poker legislative beat was relatively quiet this week. No major bills were proposed, passed, or killed. @bluff.com

The Nevada Gaming Commission continued issuing interactive gaming licenses on Thursday. The latest recipients, 888 US Limited and Treasure Island, LLC, are now clear to participate in offering online poker in Nevada. @pokernews.com