They are designed to appeal to recreational players because of their far smaller buy-ins and because they’re held at regional casinos offering easier travel. The World Series of Poker Circuit Events are poker tournaments held throughout the United States and in some international locales beginning in late July each year. Of the 25 WSOPC events identified so far, Harrah’s Cherokee will be the setting for the one in August and two others – Nov. Immediately following the close of the WSOP in Vegas, the Circuit kicks off on July 20 at the Choctaw Durant Casino in Oklahoma and moves on to North Carolina’s Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, Aug. Retail sports betting is legal at the two Cherokee Casino sportsbooks in the western part of the state. The latest effort to add statewide mobile sports betting failed in the North Carolina House last week.

It’s not mobile North Carolina sports betting, but it does prove how popular gambling is in the state. The final day of the summertime poker festival, which is featuring nearly 90 events this year, is July 19. The annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is in its fifth week with the Main Event scheduled to start July 3 and run through July 16. North Carolina is getting three World Series of Poker Circuit events over the course of the 2022-23 season, according to the WSOPC’s newly released schedule.