The PokerStars.com World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event ended late on Monday night after thousands of players competed for 23 hours to win their share of the $10 million prize pool.

With two bracelet wins and 11 cashes already to his name in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker, Daniel "djk123" Kelly held both the hot hand and the chip lead heading into the final table of the WCOOP Main Event's final table on Monday.

The grim economy would seem to make the timing bad for a major poker tournament in this struggling casino market.However, the WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship has been a success since it started on Sept. 8 with an estimated 15,000 entrants. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa's signature poker tournament concludes with a televised final table of the main event Thursday. The Borgata Poker Tour is a stop on the World Poker Tour and the final table eventually will be seen on Fox Sports Net.

You have to respect Titan Poker for going all out on their online promotions and their latest, European Championship of Online Poker V (ECOOP V) is no exception. The tournament will feature $4.55 million in prizes divided between 14 separate events. There are flavors for every online poker aficionado to delight in including Pot-Limit Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, Turbo, Six-Max and Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo.

No other city in Asia may have been deflated more quickly by the global recession than the Chinese gambling mecca of Macau.

Gala Coral Group, who own the UK's biggest bingo brand Gala Bingo, as well as the Coral chain of bookmakers and Gala Casino, fell from 11th place in the top 50 gaming companies to a lowly 36th, due partly to a fall in income in bingo halls and the company's relatively high debt.