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The Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 cardroom
Cardroom

A cardroom is a gambling establishment that exclusively offers card games for play by the public. The term poker room is generally synonymous, since the gambling games played in such establishments are typically, and sometimes exclusively, variations of poker such as Texas hold 'em....
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Located in Bell Gardens, California
Bell Gardens, California

Bell Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 44,054 at the 2000 census.Bell Gardens is notable for being one of the only five cities in Los Angeles County to permit casino gambling ....
, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker
Pai gow poker

Pai Gow poker is an Americanized version of Pai Gow . The games of Pai Gow poker and Super Pan-9 were created by Sam Torosian and Fred Wolf....
 and panguingue
Panguingue

Panguingue is a gambling card game similar to rummy. It used to be particularly popular in Las Vegas, Nevada and other casinos in the American southwest....
 and California blackjack
Blackjack

Blackjack is the most widely played casino game banking game in the world. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting ....
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For several years during the 1990s, after being seized due a tax lien, the casino was owned by the United States government, providing millions of dollars of revenue to the government.

The casino is home to the Legends of Poker, a tournament series established in 1995 that now includes a stop on the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
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The Bicycle Casino is the world's second largest poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 cardroom
Cardroom

A cardroom is a gambling establishment that exclusively offers card games for play by the public. The term poker room is generally synonymous, since the gambling games played in such establishments are typically, and sometimes exclusively, variations of poker such as Texas hold 'em....
.

Located in Bell Gardens, California
Bell Gardens, California

Bell Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 44,054 at the 2000 census.Bell Gardens is notable for being one of the only five cities in Los Angeles County to permit casino gambling ....
, the Bicycle Casino offers a wide variety of poker games and limits, as well as pai gow poker
Pai gow poker

Pai Gow poker is an Americanized version of Pai Gow . The games of Pai Gow poker and Super Pan-9 were created by Sam Torosian and Fred Wolf....
 and panguingue
Panguingue

Panguingue is a gambling card game similar to rummy. It used to be particularly popular in Las Vegas, Nevada and other casinos in the American southwest....
 and California blackjack
Blackjack

Blackjack is the most widely played casino game banking game in the world. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill, and the publicity that surrounds card counting ....
.

For several years during the 1990s, after being seized due a tax lien, the casino was owned by the United States government, providing millions of dollars of revenue to the government.

The casino is home to the Legends of Poker, a tournament series established in 1995 that now includes a stop on the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
. Prior to the Legends, the casino's main tournament series was called the Diamond Jim Brady.

The Bicycle Casino was the first brick and mortar casino to broadcast live poker games over the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
. Live at The Bike ran five nights a week, and was accessible via the casino's website. The program was first broadcast in February 2005. Besides a group of regular commentators that has included Shirley Rosario
Shirley Rosario

Shirley Rosario is a professional poker player and website owner. Born in San Pedro, California, she grew up in Torrance, California and currently resides in Downey, California....
, the show sometimes features guest commentary from professional players like Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He was exposed to poker at a young age by his father. After graduating from Bogan High School, he earned a bachelor degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign....
 and Kenna James
Kenna James

"Cowboy" Kenna James is an United States professional poker player who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.James has finished in the money at twelve World Series of Poker events as of 2006....
. A sign in back of the hosts is signed by any notable player who provides guest commentary in the booth.

Live at the Bike became a subscription service in mid-2006. The live broadcast was canceled in March 2007. Archives of the program are still available through a subscription.

The Bicycle Casino was featured in an episode of the TV series Numb3rs
NUMB3RS

NUMB3RS is an American television show produced by brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. It follows Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematics genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI....
 dealing with the murder of a successful card-counter.

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