Bookmakers have revealed that wagers have all but dried up from fans betting that Elvis Presley is still alive.

Over the years bookmakers William Hill have taken thousands of bets that Elvis will be found alive, but in the last year fans have stopped placing bets.

Bookmakers have now lengthened the odds of Elvis being found alive from 100/1 to 1000/1.

"The biggest odds we have ever given was a Elvis related bet, we offered 14 million to one that Elvis will crash land a UFO into Loch Ness hitting the monster," said bookmaker Rupert Adams...

World Poker Exchange commissioned KRC Research to conduct a Poker Player Habits and Attitudes survey in June, 2005 encompassing 301 online interviews of poker players age 18 and up.

From a list of celebrities, George Clooney was the most desired fantasy poker player, with more than one in five respondents (21 percent) saying they would most like to play with him.

Other popular celebrities that people want to play poker with included Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Shannon Elizabeth and Mimi Rogers...

Hollywood Poker (hollywoodpoker.com) has improved its chip stack once more with the successful running of The World Poker Tour Hollywood Poker Celebrity Shootout I.

The two who played their cards right were overall winner Aron Marquitz of Durham, North Carolina, and last celebrity standing Kirk Acevedo ("Law & Order: Trial by Jury," "Oz," "Band of Brothers").

Together, they will join the winners from Celebrity Shootout II, the second online tournament from Hollywood Poker, for the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event in Bell Gardens, California where they will compete for the grand prize and a chance to call themselves legends...

Like many other resorts, Green Valley Ranch in Henderson has hosted its share of dignitaries and celebrities (Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, George Clooney). But it is the only Las Vegas-area property whose employees can stake their own claims to fame.

The posh resort, hotel and casino is the setting for American Casino, a Las Vegas-themed reality show that currently airs at 8 p.m. Wednesdays on the Travel Channel. American Casino captures how the Green Valley Ranch is operated while giving viewers a glimpse at the personal lives of its workers...

World Poker Exchange announced that two additional celebrity poker enthusiasts, Jennifer Tilly, winner of the 2005 World Series of Poker Women's Tournament (Seed of Chucky, Haunted Mansion), and John McCririck, (2005 Celebrity Big Brother) will join Mimi Rogers (Stone Cold), Willie Garson ("Sex and the City") and Nicholas Gonzalez ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") at the August 3-6, 2005 World Poker Exchange London Open.

These representatives will be among an international array of glamorous film and television performers, musicians, athletes and world-renowned poker players who will compete aggressively for the $2 million jackpot in the first-of-its-kind lifestyle poker event.

It's every gambler's dream - to find a way to beat the odds and take buckets of cash from the coffers of Vegas casinos. Some people get lucky; but others scheme their way to riches. The new series BREAKING VEGAS profiles people who took on Vegas—and took it for lots of cash. Sometimes they got away with it, and sometimes the odds—and law enforcement—caught up to them.

Dice Dominator:

From the physics behind the flight of dice to the eight critical steps to mastering the act of tossing two dice, we reveal the true story behind Dominic LoRiggio's phenomenal rise to riches through a seemingly impossible challenge--to control the outcome of a craps game with the flick of a wrist...

Brad Pitt and George Clooney are all set to build a new hotel and casino in Las Vegas, in a deal with Cindy Crawford's husband, nightclub boss Rande Gerber.

"Brad will design the hotel and be the face of it with George. After Ocean's Eleven this makes perfect sense, and the three of them are very good friends," an insider was quoted by Hello magazine, as saying. A formal announcement on the deal is due in November with work getting underway in January 2006.

Ocean’s Eleven saw Brad Pitt and George Clooney rob a Las Vegas Hotel Casino. In Ocean’s Twelve, Brad Pitt’s Character ran a casino. In a case of life imitating art, it looks like the two stars will be building their own casino...

It was only a matter of time before the recently outspoken and wild Tom Cruise was going to pop the question to girlfriend Katie Holmes. Past weeks, Cruise asked actress, Katie Holmes to marry him at the top of the Eiffel Tower in France. Many feel this is all a publicity stunt for the world's biggest actor and his supposed bride-to-be, who both have major movies out this summer.

Whether this is a publicity stunt or not, one thing is for sure, Cruise is acting like he never has before. Holmes, whose movie "Batman Begins" is out now, and Cruise, who is promoting "War of the Worlds", have not been seen apart for more than a day at a time for the past several weeks.

"Whether this marriage ever happens or not, it sure has created a ton of excitement around both Cruise and Holmes," said Wagerweb.com CEO Dave Johnson...

Slot machines featuring comedians Paul Rodriguez and George Lopez and tennis star Andre Agassi will appear in casinos this summer. Drew Carey's machine recently was launched. Pamela Anderson and Donald Trump hit the Atlantic City Boardwalk to inaugurate her Playboy machine at the Trump Taj Mahal, following its premiere earlier this year in Las Vegas.

Some celebs have had slot machines for a few years: Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor and The Gambler himself, Kenny Rogers. And actors appear on slots with TV or movie tie-ins such as Star Wars, The Addams Family and Saturday Night Live.

Celebrities also are appearing on casino chips. In the past two years, Vegas' Palms Casino has unveiled chips picturing reality-TV star Nicole Richie, model Brooke Burke, Survivor winner Amber Brkich and motorcycle builder Jesse James. Across town, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has chips featuring artists who have played at the resort, including Coldplay, Motley Crüe, Billy Idol and Lenny Kravitz...

As part of its international roll out of its latest diversification into the hotels, resorts and casino business, Planet Hollywood International Inc (PHII) is poised to launch its new venture in India. The company’s master franchisee Arch Millennium Corp (AMC), which will develop five Planet Hollywood restaurants in India, will also be responsible for bringing in PHII’s hotel and resort properties in the country.

In an exclusive to Express Hotelier & Caterer, Siddharth Mobar, promoter and founder president of Arch Millennium Corp, said, “Being the world’s largest franchisee of Planet Hollywood, we are working very closely with them to develop their hotels and resorts as well. Besides the restaurants, our primary task today is to develop the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino brand in India”...