Zynga Poker extends their sponsorship deal with Go Fas Racing’s #32 Ford Fusion driver Matt DiBenedetto until the end of the season and vows to help him win the All-Star Driver Fan Vote.

The closest I came to becoming a racing driver was to paint ‘go-faster’ stripes on the frame of my Budgie and to put lollypop sticks in my spokes. A nasty incident, when I collided with Gary Sutcliffe’s Chopper sending me over my handlebars, and my tooth into the roof of my mouth ended any hopes of being a speed freak.

Since then, I have often wondered why people watch NASCAR and the Grand Prix. For me, it’s no more interesting than watching a bunch of old people in mobility scooters going around in a circle, but then again, I do get paid to watch poker players playing that bird game on their mobile phone in between tossing cards in the muck.

So, maybe the recent decision by Zynga Poker to extend their sponsorship deal with Go Fas Racing’s Matt DiBenedetto is a match made in heaven?

Disgraced high stakes poker, Ali Fazeli, will not face the beak to answer for the crimes of Summit Entertainment Group for quite some time after the sheer volume of investigative data causes the judge to postpone the trial date.

Three of my grandparents have died. One remains, in her 90s. I saw her the other day. She looked like Davros, the leader of the Darleks. I pictured her going home, opening a coffin, releasing triplet vampiric babies to feast on her body, and thought that was the likely reason she was still alive.

I don’t miss any of the other three grandparents. I don’t think anybody does. The speed at which we forget those that lived and then died is astonishing. It makes you question your worth. You die, everyone cries, and the following day, as they dig around your possessions fighting over your old record collection, they complain about the latest garbage strike.

Nah, nobody misses you.

Steve Wynn, the embattled and embarrassed former boss of Wynn Resorts, faces a number of investigations and lawsuits over problems stemming from allegations of sexual misconduct. Not only is he facing serious blowback, but the allegations have also brought into question the future of the company he found. Now, Wynn is looking for a little payback, and has sued a former employee of Wynn Resorts.

The lawsuit was filed against Jorgen Nielsen, who worked as the artistic director for the salon at Wynn Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Wynn is suing for defamation of character, stating that Nielsen’s comments to the Wall Street Journal and ABC News are false. Nielsen was quoted as the source of the comments in articles published by the media outlets.

The articles centered on reports of sexual mistreatment by Wynn that had allegedly been occurring for decades. They included reports that staffers were forced to perform sex acts on Wynn, and included a reported $7.5-million settlement to one of the victims. In his lawsuit, Wynn argued that Nielsen’s comments were lies, and were defamatory.

Wynn has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, claiming that his ex-wife is to blame. He accuses her of launching a campaign to disparage his name and push for his ouster. Wynn resigned from Wynn Resorts in February, a month after giving up his position as the Republican National Committee’s finance chair.

Costa Rica is preparing to get a new casino. The $400-million Casino City Caribe will be built in Moín on the country’s Caribbean coast, with construction beginning early next year, The Costa Rica Star reported. There will be several phases of construction before the entire project is complete in 2027.

The project will offer three different casinos and three hotels with a total of 264 rooms. There will also be 219 apartments, two convention centers, a business center, a spa and wellness center and additional recreational facilities. It will have access to the beach, as well as a marina and a heliport.

Casino City Caribe is still in development, but has acquired the necessary support needed to proceed. The project was designed by the architecture firm Patti Rao Project out of Vancouver, Canada. It has reportedly already received approval by the Ministry of Environment, the Costa Rica Tourism Board (CRTB) and the municipality of Matina, where Moín is located.

The first phase of the project is expected to generate about 150 new jobs for the region. When construction is complete and all facilities are open, it will reportedly provide employment to around 1,500 people. There was no indication of how long each phase would take to complete.

Art Papazyan has had a great year. He’s picked up several key wins, like the WPT Legends of Poker and WPT Maryland, giving him a comfortable lead in the WPT Player of the Year (POY) race. There are only two events left in the season that could see someone come up from behind, but only if they bring their A-game.

Papazyan has a total of 2,450 points. He earned 1,200 for each of his wins and an additional 50 points for cashing at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown earlier this month. Tournaments with prize pools of $4 million or more offer 1,400 POY points to the top winner, so the remaining two events will need to be monsters if someone is going to challenge his position.

The two events are the WPT Bellagio Elite Poker Championship and the Bobby Baldwin Classic, both in Las Vegas. Following the top points award, second place will award 1,200, third awards 1,100 and fourth awards 1,000. The rest of the top ten places continue the same structure, offering 100 points less per place.

Eric Afriat is currently the closest to Papazyan with 1,750 points—certainly within reach. He won the WPT Borgata Winter Open in January of this year and placed second at a NLHE tournament at the partypoker Caribbean Poker Party in November 2017. He’s no stranger to tough action at the felt, and has several final-table appearances over the past several years. He’s racked up over $2.5 million in live action since his first tournament win in 2008.

3: Barrels of vintage PokerStars with a round-up of the early action at the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo, news of BetStars odds for PokerStars ambassadorial Platinum Pass winners, and a partnership with the Irish Poker Series MAMMOTH.

Heidi has a hearing problem.

After I told her I wouldn’t sue if I caught food poisoning because she didn’t sufficiently warm up my vegetable pasty to the right level of heat, and she began dialling it down a tad, it’s still coming out of the microwave, peas like recently fired shotgun pellets.

Man, that pasty is hot.