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Annie Duke Joins Decision Education Foundation

Oct 31, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Players
On Saturday October the 27th the Palo Alto nonprofit group Decision Education Foundation held an event entitled 'Evening with Annie Duke' to introduce her into the organization on the board of directors. The organization helps children make better life decisions and An...

New Way to Reach Asian Pacific Poker Tour

Oct 31, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
There is a different way for poker players to reach their seats at the Asian Pacific Poker Tour and while it is not a new way it has not been used since PartyPoker introduced them to online poker players.

They are called step tournaments, of which there are several leve...

Gaming System on Display at Global Gaming Expo

Oct 31, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Industry
This year's upcoming Global Gaming Expo (G2E) will take place on November 13-15 in Las Vegas Nevada. The Sona Mobile Holdings Corporation will be exhibiting their GLI certified server-based gaming system. There will be product demonstration at stand #3307 and Shawn Kreloff...

Former NHL Assistant Coach Tocchet to Meet with NHL

Oct 31, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Online Casino
Rick Tocchet, former NHL Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach, has been on a leave of absence since allegations were made that in 2006 he took part in an illegal betting ring while working with the team. Charges were made by New Jersey officials because two men said they had partic...

Titan Poker Holds Aussie Millions

Oct 31, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
Titan Poker will be holding one Aussie Millions satellite every week and the last one they will have is planned for January fourth.

  

Titan Poker Bonus Code is offering prize packages to the 2008 Aussie Millions and will include the buy-in in this pac...

No Ruling For iMega

Oct 31, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

In the iMega legal case against the United States that had been given a thirty day time limit in which the judge would review each sides case has had no rule as of yet.

Friday was the end of the thirty-day period in which Judge Cooper was to render a decision, in the...

European Poker Tour To See Titan Poker Players

Oct 31, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
This year at the European Poker Tour that will be held in the Czech Republic is taking place that the Hilton Prague Hotel and will see poker players from Titan Poker who is one of the favorite poker rooms in Europe and part of the iPoker Network. Their software is from the wel...

Bad Beat Hits Twice

Oct 31, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The bad beat jackpot was hit two times in four hours time at UltimateBet for a jackpot of more than $600,000. Early morning October 25th an online poker player that goes by the name ITALIC hit the jackpot, in his hand he was holding quad eight's and with th...

888.com sees 37% Growth in Third Quarter

Oct 30, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Industry
888.com has continued to see growth this year despite their loss of the United States market. They have showed a 37% increase in their revenue for the third quarter report this year. The gaming sites revenues were $3.83 million in 2006 and now have risen to $52.5 milli...

PokerNews Cup Event Was A True Success

Oct 30, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Over the past week, 130 online poker players from over 15 different countries came together in Melbourne in order to do what they love...play poker. The PokerNewsCup is what each player came for and they were welcomed with a party at the Crown Casino.

 

Event ...

Betfair Signs Annette_15 and Talks With New South Wales

Oct 30, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Betfair has signed the World Series of Poker Main Event winner Annette Obrestad in a sponsorship deal; they are the largest betting exchange and claim more than one million gamblers. Betfair is known for its online poker room and casino as well as other betting opportuniti...

Norway Drafts its Own UIGEA

Oct 30, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
In earlier reports there has been news about Trond Giske the Minister for Culture and Affairs in Norway who wanted to bring a stop to online gambling in Norway similar to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Of the United States.

 

There are now re...

Online Poker Enticing to Students

Oct 30, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Online poker is taking the UK by storm, as it has become an $8 billion market, and college students world wide are becoming part of this with sites such as studentpokerpro.com that touts its self a place where students are able to use logic and strategy while playing...

Delays In WTO Dispute

Oct 30, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The United States has successfully had the decision delayed on claims made against them for implementing legislation that cut profits by the billions for many online gaming companies. Many of those companies taking drastic losses from the United States market. The dispute goin...

EPT Dublin Starts Today

Oct 30, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
One of the best events on the circuit is making its annual stop in Dublin. The European Poker Tour has everyone that will be playing, wanting to try their hands at the luck of the Irish.


The Merrion Casino Club Royal Dublin Society will be hosting this years festivities a...


Full Tilt $750,000 Guaranteed

Oct 30, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Full Tilt Poker came a little short of their guarantee this time around. The prize pool needed a small bit of help with an overlay of $3,200 to make it to the $750,000. There were only 3,734 players with first place receiving a nice chunk of change...$132,787....

New Online Casino Game

Oct 29, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
There is a new casino game in town...well, online anyways. Some of the games you will find on Playtech would be that of Euro Grand Casino, Casino Tropez, and 32 Vegas Casino. But now, there is a new addition to the list of popular games and it's called the Wild Viking a...

What to Expect at WSOP 2008?

Oct 29, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The California Poker Players Conference took place last weekend and was attended by many people. They were there to hear from several different speakers and learn from some of the best professionals. The highlight of the weekend was when the commissioner of the World Series of...

Petter Nylander Case Ordered to be Dropped

Oct 29, 2007 by Sadonna Price
CEO of Unibet Petter Nylander was arrested on Monday of last week on a French warrant by a French judge on charges of money laundering and internet crimes. The arrest was brought on by the company Francaise des Jeux and PMU who said that Unibet had broken their monopoly rights...

Is Sweden

Oct 29, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Svenska Spel the government owned gaming company has been in question from members of the European Union, while they did not get immediate satisfaction the ruling party in Sweden may be unlocking the monopoly for them.

The ruling party, the Moderates in Sweden have dec...

2008 PCA Sattelites Added to PokerStars

Oct 29, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The European Poker Tour (EPT), is happy to announce their addition of the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), and the online poker site already has the $8,000 main event satellites up and running. Be sure to check them out soon. On January 5-10, the qualifying ...

Brad Booth All-In for Arthritis Charity Poker Tournament

Oct 29, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Software
Brad "Yukon" Booth will be heading up the Brad Booth All-In for Arthritis Charity and for the millions that are afflicted world-wide by this condition, this huge event promises to be a premiere fund-raiser.


2007 promises to be even better this year with a full w...


The Battle For Victoria's Lotteries Licencse

Oct 29, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Online Casino
This week in Victoria, Australia, The Brumby Government will take on the Upper House to gain control of Victoria's lotteries licenses. The head of The Brumby Government is The Honorable John Mansfield Brumby is the Premier Minister of the Cabinet of in the Legislative Asse...

Island Blue Casino Sees High Volume of Players upon Opening

Oct 29, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Online Casino
Island Blue Casino is the first free online poker site available through the DMOI company. It is a non-gambling entertainment only site and is available for United States players. The Diamond I,Inc has announced that on the sites opening day the traffic through the website was...

Dutch Authorities Detain Unibet CEO

Oct 28, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Petter Nylander was detained earlier this week under a French warrant by Dutch authorities.

Unibet says it was because of an alleged breach of French Gambling Laws. French gaming monopolies PMU and FDJ have placed legal challenges against Unibet, filed in 2006. They are bas...

Absolute Poker Cheating Allegation Update

Oct 28, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites
In its first statement on allegations made of cheating, Absolute said, "The result of our investigation is that we found no evidence that any of Absolute Poker's redundant and varying levels of game client security were compromised.

"In other words, we have d...

BArry Greenstein Talks Online Gambling Reform

Oct 28, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
In recent political meetings that discussed the Barney Frank bill and the Wexler bill, Barry Greenstein feels they went very well and support that is needed to get atleast one of these bills passed is close to being reached.


The Frank bill in a sense states that people sh...


Presidential Poker Games

Oct 28, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Has it ever crossed your mind to sit back and picture the United States President sitting around the table with buddies, enjoying a good hand of poker? It may be hard to imagine but believe it or not, several Presidents in the history of the United States did just that, and so...

Betfair Struggles With Getting License

Oct 28, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Industry
With all the current disputes and battles going on over online gambling, why not add another struggle for these businesses? Betfair is trying to obtain an operating license but nothing yet has gone through for them. Currently, the New South Wales Government is in discussions w...

Million Dollar Freeroll Is Back

Oct 28, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

PlayersOnlyPoker is holding their Million Dollar Freeroll series on Sunday where online poker players will have another try for the prize; this is one of their ten monthly freeroll tournaments. Online poker players can qualify in a few different ways, they can qualify by...

PokerStars Asian Pacific Tour Goes To Macau

Oct 28, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Macau will be seeing their first site of a poker tournament as the Asian Pacific Tour makes its way there; this tour begins November twenty-second and ends November twenty-seventh.

Macau is planned to be the third stop on the Asian Pacific Poker tour, the tour was got ...

Next Level of Online Poker Software

Oct 28, 2007 by
Category: Poker Software

There is a new software, it is exciting it has advantages over other poker software and it is pokercrusher.com and was developed by Matatum Solutions Ltd.

According to Daniel Higgins an online poker pro there are two advantages to this new software that stand out.

PSO Website Offers French Language

Oct 27, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
Poker Source Online has decided to expand their market to other languages beside English so they have opened up their site to the French language. The different language markets have been opening up and PSO wanted to be ready for their customers. All of the features on the PSO...

Svenska Spel Has Reportedly High Earnings

Oct 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
The figures are out from Svenska Spel who has reported a sharp increase in their profits which are SEK $1.4 billion this shows how the company grew this past year as they are Sweden's only online gambling site that is legal.

Their rise in profits they feel is due...


PokerStars Asian Pacific Tour Goes To Macau

Oct 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Macau will be seeing their first site of a poker tournament as the Asian Pacific Tour makes its way there; this tour begins November twenty-second and ends November twenty-seventh.

Macau is planned to be the third stop on the Asian Pacific Poker Tour, the tour was got ...

North American Poker Championship and Party Poker

Oct 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Starting today, October 26th is the North American Poker Championship and it will run thru November 2nd and it is being held at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort.

The Party Poker site has held qualifiers and the winners from these tournaments got prize packages that were...

Trip To Capitol Hill Looks To Be a Success For Alliance

Oct 27, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Well, it was what we have all been waiting for. The Poker Players' Alliance made their three day trip to Washington in hopes to educate and convince politicians that Internet poker and gambling has it's place and is needed for many reasons.   Many of th...

Poker Players Winning Tournament Seats

Oct 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Recently there have been several online poker players that have registered for online poker sites through PokerListings and have gone on to win prize packages in special freerolls.

One of these online poker players was J.R. Lingurar who won one of the free rolls at Ful...

PokerNews Cup Bad Boys Update

Oct 27, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The PokerNews Cup being held at the Crown Casino poker room saw the $230 No-Limit Hold'em event known as the Bad Boy Event with a $10,000 buy-in was won by well-known Gary Benson. His win took a battle against Emad Tahtouh that would rage on for approximate...

Titan Poker in Prague Will Have Satellites

Oct 26, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The European Poker Tour will be held in Prague this December and Titan Poker Bonus will be giving their registered players five chances at winning a seat in the main event as a part of the prize package.

There will be five Prague satellites held and the first will be ...

Dragon

Oct 26, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The Dragon's Den who is the BBC reality television program and they have invested in an online gambling site; they have awarded a large amount to Gaming Alerts who are to receive ₤200,000.

This was aired on October 22nd as they have been rated the most appeal...

LadBroke Gambling Ads Receive Complaints

Oct 26, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Industry
Even though Ladbrokes first gambling advertisement that aired on UK television seemed to have earned many applauds by their earned fans along with winning publicity from the press, they have also gained a problem. ASA, Advertising Standards Authority has received complaints ab...

Major Win at Indiana WSPOC

Oct 26, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Steve "Virus" Saris, a nightclub owner from Canton, Ohio, proved his outstanding ability to play some exceptional poker, hitting quads and a straight flush. Saris' style being described as being full of action and very aggressive, which provided him with the powe...

Antigua is Joined by European Union in Fight for Gambling

Oct 26, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The European Union have teamed up with Antigua in its case against the United States and they plan to seek compensation for their members' losses. They have charged the United States that under international trade laws, they have violated a treaty.


Many online compani...


Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge to be in Oklahoma

Oct 26, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Many Oklahomans are happy about the coming Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge IV, to be starting on November 1. Not only is it one of the biggest tournament events around but it will be featuring one of the premier stars of poker as well.


"The Scotty Nguyen Poker Challeng...


Profit Increase for Party Gaming

Oct 26, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Industry
Results for the third quarter have rolled in and Party Gaming, one of the world's leading online gaming operation, is showing a 24 percent annual revenue increase, which brings them to an impressive $116 million.


This is excellent news for Party Gaming as this is...


Mansion Grand Tournament in Poker This Weekend

Oct 26, 2007 by Sadonna Price
This Sunday October 28th Mansion Poker will be hosting the Grand Tournament and it will boast a guaranteed $300,000 prize pool. This is a 50 % increase from other Grand Tournaments. The site says the tournament will be a heat tournament with two starting heats in the str...

It's Time For The 3rd Annual BC Poker Championships

Oct 25, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
There are only a few more weeks until the start of the 3rd Annual British Columbia Poker Championships. This year the Championships will have an added feature to their weekly poker tournament - a new ladies only event. The prize pool package is at an impressive estimated $...

Bodog Offers New Services for Latino Customers

Oct 25, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Bodog Entertainment has announced today that they are launching a full-service customer service line in Spanish that will begin today. In the future there will be a Spanish-language gaming site available also. The customer service call center for the company was based in Costa...

New Online Poker Room Available for United States Residents

Oct 25, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
WassOnline was re-launched about two months ago and has now announced the beginning of their new online poker site WassPoker. The site will is available for preregistration now and will go live at the end of November. The site is available to United States players as well...

Partnership Between Betbull and Bwin

Oct 25, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Industry
A large number of citizens in the Spanish community can look forward to their gambling opportunities to broaden in a much larger capacity than they're used to, in the very near future. This is certainly great news to a large number of people in this community.


Bwin an...


Team Cincinnati wins Poker Bowl

Oct 25, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Starting off with a rough start, losing two of their key players early in the game didn't slow down the rest of the players or have an affect on the final outcome for Team Cincinnati. The number one spot paying $600,000. Napolitano moved all-in for the win of the 2007 ...

Caribbean Poker Classic Nears

Oct 25, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The Caribbean Poker Classic is drawing near and with it so do the end of the freerolls for a seat at tournament. The dates of the Caribbean Poker Classic are November 26th to December 3rd and is planned to be held at St.Kitts with a prize pool of $1,000,000.

There i...


Poker And The $75k Connection

Oct 25, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Full Tilt Poker whose site holds a weekly $1 million guaranteed event, and while every poker player is there to win they are all at the mercy of their Internet connection as Soren Kongsgaard found out when he was vying for first place and his online service in Barcelon...

Poker Players Alliance On Capitol Hill

Oct 25, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The Poker Players Alliance who claims to have 800,000 members nationwide had members in Washington this week and made a visit to some congressional offices. They also sponsored a forum to give lawmakers information to help them change the current laws banning Americans fro...

PokerStars Hosts First Ever Real Money Event in Macau

Oct 24, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
It has been reported that PokerStars will be hosting the first ever real money No-Limit Texas Hold'em poker tournament in China on the island of Macau. The event will be the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau and will have a $2,500 USD buy-in main event called th...

France Drops Arrest Case

Oct 24, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

The French government has ordered the case against Unibet CEO dismissed, Petter Nylander who was detained as he was entering a flight out of Amsterdam with an arrest warrant that had been issued by a French judge. The charges were money laundering and cybercrime, the ini...

Sun Poker New Promotion

Oct 24, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
There is a new promotion at Sun Poker, it is the Fearsome Foursome, this will be poker players at Sun Poker who qualify and will play in tournaments until June of 2008.

New poker players at Sun Poker who deposit funds will get a bonus of 100% up to one hundred and they can...

IGREA Gaining Support

Oct 24, 2007 by Steve Vaughan

Gaining support slowly but surely, the IGREA, Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007, has had lawyer, Steve Cohen who is a Tennessee Representative to pledge his support. Cohen is a supporter of the proposed bill to legalize poker made by Florida Representa...

UK CEO Comments On UIGEA

Oct 24, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Joe Saumarez-Smith the CEO of Sports Gaming has written about his thoughts on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and has used the title "Internet Gambling Enforcement Act Should Be Scrapped". This was written for the Bloomberg news site, his opinio...

Will European Union Talk With US

Oct 24, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Some of the online gambling operators have asked the European Union Trade Chief Peter Mandelson to speak with United States legislators hoping he can convince them to change the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

The online gambling operators that are still con...

New Deposit Method: Quick Tender/UseMyWallet

Oct 24, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Making purchases online and transferring funds can be made with ease using Quick Tender/UseMyWallet, an easy to use money transfer service. For online gamblers, you'll find Quick Tender available on many online casino as well as online poker sites , making it very convenie...

China Online Gambling Raid

Oct 24, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino
As reported in a leading newspaper, after local police raided a residential address, 20 people were arrested along with the female operator for illegal online gambling. After witnessing a large number of people coming and going from the location, police moved in to find 20 men...

Par Wennstrom Wins 2007 Everest Poker European Cup

Oct 23, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
There were a total of two hundred players, which were representing 17 countries who had qualified for the 2007 Everest Poker European Cup (EPEC). The event, which was played this last weekend, gave first place to Pär Wennström from Gällivare, Sweden. It was &eur...

WTO Gives U.S. More Time

Oct 23, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
The decision has been made by the European Union and other trading partners that the United States will have more time to negotiate a deal that will provide all the parties concerned to reach an agreement that will be fair to all parties involved.

The new date is Decem...

CEO Peter Nylander Detained

Oct 23, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
In Holland Chief Executive Office Nylander of Unibet was detained while boarding a plane, on the basis that he had violated French laws dating back to 1836 and 1891.

This warrant and the arrest were due to a proceeding that was filed in 2006 by PMU and FDJ the French ga...

$500,000 Buy-in for High Stakes Poker

Oct 23, 2007 by Sadona Price
High Stakes Poker IV will begin on November 5th, 2007 and will be televised in seven episodes. The new series will feature a buy-in of $500,000 instead of the normal $100,000. Many big named pro poker players are ready and willing to lay down the large buy-in to get in...

WPT Hires Experience to Help Online Poker Site

Oct 23, 2007 by Steve Vaughan

WPT believes that to keep a business successful you must begin within, and then move outward.  To do this involves making every effort in hiring the very best that is available to you, to remain the best in the poker industry.  WPT believes that ...

Tila Tequila Revamps her Online Gaming Websites

Oct 23, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Online Casino
Tila Tequila keeps getting bigger and bigger. Not only is she the queen of myspace.com she now is going for queen of online gaming. She has been out in full force promoting her new site TilaCasino. She has recently revamped her site to make it better. Her site now offers faste...

Freerolls for ECOOP at CD Poker

Oct 23, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
For those looking to get in on the $1 million European Championship of Online Poker Final but are running short with cash flow, there may be another option. CD Poker, a highly known and respected online poker room, is offering six $1,000 freerolls for a spot in the ...

Online Casino 32Red One of the Best in the Business

Oct 23, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Online Casino
The online casino 32Red was one of three online casinos nominated this year for Best Casino Operator. The e-Gaming Review awards took place at the end of September in London where 32Red was nominated. The site has continuously provided top notch service and support to their pl...

Fortuna Gaming Corporation Re-Launching in Europe

Oct 22, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino

They are back and better then ever. Fortuna Gaming Corporation has made the announcement that they are re-launching their business in Europe. It is a online poker and casino site branded as Fortuna Royale and they are looking to specifically targeting the German market ha...

Jackpot Stud Poker - Online Gaming

Oct 22, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
One of the more famous online games is Jackpot Stud Poker and this classic yet intriguing game is available for play at Mansion Instant Play Casino. Not only is there an attractive and user-friendly design, but also the Mansion version of the Jackpot Stud Poker is that there...

Amateur Online Poker Player Makes The Leap To Live Tables

Oct 22, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Rita Riddle has been playing online poker for about for months now but decided to jump into live games for only the third time when she heard of a live poker event that she just could not pass up on...an all women's event.   One Hundred and three players c...

CD Poker Begins ECOOP Freeroll November 1st

Oct 22, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs

CD Poker and iPoker Network will host the 2007 European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP). There will be a total of eleven championship events played between November 30th through December 10th and commences at 13:00 eastern standard time. Between the eleven events, th...

Absolute Poker's Statement Concerning Cheating Allegations

Oct 22, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Finally, this past Sunday, Absolute Poker made a statement in regards to the poker tournament gone bad. Any statement at this point is a good sign as Absolute was remaining hush hush while doing internal investigations.

 

The message to the public comes from J...

Casino Convention To Be Held In Asia

Oct 22, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino

Asia is one of the new hot spots for online operators as it is one of the largest targets that can keep growing for the next decade. With this in mind there are plans to hold a convention there, Ticonderoga Ventures Inc. announced the Casino Affiliate Convention would be...

PPA in Washington This Week to Fight UIGEA

Oct 22, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
This is the week that many online operators, players and software companies have been waiting for, the Poker Players Alliance is going to Washington this week to meet with representatives and let the feelings and voice of those that want to gamble online be heard.


In ...


The Great British Poker Tour Gets Poker Pro

Oct 22, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
In the up coming Great British Poker Tour that will be played November 5th to November 11th has five well known poker players that have signed on; Jamie Gold, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, Jennifer Tilly, and Robert Williamson III. Not only are they are they pro poker pla...

CakePoker Offers Million Dollar Freeroll Series

Oct 21, 2007 by Sadonna Price
CakePoker has officially started their Million Dollar Freeroll Series that will take place over the next ten months. The series will give players a chance to win a piece of $1,000,000. The series will be ten main events will $100,000 prize pools. The first place winn...

Gigamedia LTD. Owner Of Everest Poker Hits NASDAQ High

Oct 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Industry
GigaMedia Limited, a holding company which develops and licenses software for online gaming through several subsidiaries had their stock share price shoot up to the $23 dollar range. It was a great sign because they suffered a stock low last August to $8.66. They hit a...

16th Annual Master Classics Of Poker

Oct 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The 16th Annual Master Classics of Poker begins Friday, November 2nd, 2007 through Saturday, November 10th, 2007 and will be hosted by The Holland Casino Amsterdam. The Holland Casino operates fourteen casinos in Amsterdam, Breda, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Mi...

22 Year Old Wins 2nd WSOP Circuit Event

Oct 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
In the second stop of the 2007/2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) circuit tour had 22 year old Jason Potter winning a prize package worth $52,987, a gold and diamond trophy ring and a $5,000 seat in the Championship event. The riverboat, Ceasers Indiana had 668 playe...

You Can Still Qualify For the Great British Poker Tour (GBPT)

Oct 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The Great British Poker Tour (GBPT) will have world class Poker Professionals, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Williamson III and Jamie Gold playing in the event. The Tour will have these poker pros and skilled amateurs battling it out for a big prize pac...

Trump Taj Mahal Poker Parlor Hosts Charity Event

Oct 21, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The Trump TAJ Mahal Poker Parlor is one of the largest poker rooms in Atlantic City and why wouldn't it be with the name and man, synonymous with success, behind it. Donald Trump serves as Chairman of the Board and is the company's largest shareholder. The Poker Parlor...

Opening The French Market May Be off

Oct 21, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Many have waited to see what the response would be from France after the their appearance in front of the European Union, their has been speculation that they would open up their monopoly on online gambling allowing other operators in.


This may not be the outco...


Titan Poker Sends 15 Players To the Australian Open

Oct 20, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Several different countries will be represented at the 2007 Australian Open in Melbourne. The well talked about event will be running from October 24th - October 30th with Titan sending 15 poker players from around the world.

 

Titan Poker Bonus Code had ori...

Terracotta Selected For Software For PartyGaming Plc

Oct 20, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Sites
PartyGaming Plc, the world’s largest online gaming company, who holds under them PartyPoker Bonus Code has come to an agreement with Terracotta, Inc. The agreement is the Terracotta will provide PartyGaming Plc with their infrastructure software which will make sure...

Danish Poker Pro Signs with Full Tilt Poker

Oct 20, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
There is another sponsorship deal that has made within the poker world. And that deal has been made between Peter Jepsen and Full Tilt Poker. The Danish poker professional, also known as "Zupp", has joined others such as the notorious David Benyamine, Carlos Mortense...

Masters Classics of Poker

Oct 20, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The 16th Masters Classics of Poker will be held at an Amsterdam casino, this is one of the best-known European poker tournaments and attracts players from every corner of the world for its seven events. The most alluring event of this tournament is the ₤5,000 ...

Security Breach At Absolute Poker

Oct 20, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

Absolute Poker sent a letter confirming there was a breach in security that led to the online cheating allegations, they have said that their system was compromised for a limited amount of time and the cause of the breach has been resolved.

They have also pooled res...

Poker Rules From The IRS

Oct 20, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen

The United States Internal Revenue Service has announced that casinos and other sponsors of poker tournaments are going to be required to report winners and their winnings to the IRS. This new requirement is planned to go into affect March 4th of 2008, and this was relea...

The Ultimate Player's Choice Promotion on UltimateBet

Oct 20, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
It was announced yesterday that UltimateBet will be providing a new type of Texas Hold'em poker tournament series. The tournament allows its winners to choose their own prize. The series is called The Ultimate Player's Choice and will be featured online at UltimateBet....

Mansion Offers Value Guaranteed Tournament Series

Oct 20, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Since Mansion has teamed up with the Ongame Network last week more players have signed up to discover the great value the site has on their Guaranteed Tournament series. Today at 20:00 GMT the $150,000 Guaranteed tournament will begin and players will get their chance to p...

France Has A Stranglehold On The Online Gambling Industry

Oct 19, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
France's monopoly of online gambling, including government owned lottery Francaise des Jeux and the PMU betting organization may over shortly. They may no longer be in control of the welfare of their citizens and their revenues that comes from online gambling.

 

Arabian Nights Winner At Everest Casino

Oct 19, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Online Everest Casino has announced a winner for their Arabian Nights promotion, which went on during the month of September; this promotion offered the winner a trip to Dubai including airfare, luxury accommodations and one thousand in cash. They have now announced thi...

Everest Poker Looking for Pros

Oct 19, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

There is a new game that is going to be held, Everest Poker Room is looking for online poker pros; they are looking for ten online poker pros to represent them in the online pro world of poker. However winning at online poker will not be the only qualification.

Ever...

Crime Commission to Fight Legislation Over Casinos

Oct 19, 2007 by Sadonna Price

One of the United States oldest citizen crime fighting groups, The Chicago Crime Commission are going to join forces with anti-gambling activists and the government to fight legislation in Chicago. The new legislation will permit Chicago to own a casino and add two casinos o...

Executive Poker Tour Starts Wednesday

Oct 19, 2007 by Sadonna Price

The Executive Poker Tour will begin this Wednesday at the Trump Taj Mahal. The new tour will place executive against executive in poker tournaments. The entry fees for each tournament will be donated to the Project Lifesaver Foundation. This foundation is an organization tha...

PokerRoom.com's eSport TeamPlay Promotion

Oct 19, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Software

PokerRoom and eSport-Poker.com have teamed up to bring players new leagues that participate in team play and offer great prizes. The first season has already started and is only open to players who have qualified through one of the official league sponsors in UK, Germany or ...

Absolute Poker Facing Audit Concerning Former CEO

Oct 19, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
A statement has been released by Absolute Poker stating that an independent third party is auditing them, which is Gaming Associates. Absolute has stated that Gaming Associates will be providing an investigation in order to reveal any foul play by someone who may have had a...

Doyles Room.com Welcome

Oct 18, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

Doyles Room was a popular online poker site for many Americans before the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act that led to many online poker sites banning U.S. poker players. Doyles Room has announced that they are back and will be allowing American poke...

Freeroll at Chan

Oct 18, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The online poker site Chan Poker will be hosting two $12,500 Aussie Millions freerolls that can send a winning poker player to the Aussie Millions one of the largest poker tournaments held. The next one will be January 5th to January 20th of 2008 and is going to be ...

Absolute Poker Headed For An Audit

Oct 18, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Absolute Poker who has had recent problems is now being looked into be the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in the report of cheating. This probe into the Absolute Poker site is after allegations by bloggers and in poker forums that there have been irregular plays with one pl...

Simon Charity Poker Tournament Gets Seat

Oct 18, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The 3rd of November the Simon Poker Charity Tournament will be hosted in Dublin by the European Poker Tour, it has been announced by the European Poker Tour that they will donate a seat at the Grand Final Monte Carlo that is worth $10,600. The seat that will be dona...

Paddypowerpoker's "Battle of the Mags"

Oct 18, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall

Paddypowerpoker announced today that the "Battle of the Mags" Grand Final Poker Tournament in London that takes place November 8th, 2007 will be televised by SkyTV on Friday, December 14th, 2007. During the summer, eight of the top poker magazines offered their readers a cha...

VC Casino Announces New 100,000 Promotion

Oct 18, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
There is more happening then VC Casino's new sponsorshiprndeal supporting the UK football team, Fulham FC, as they have announced a newrnpromotion they are launching called "Crack the Code". This is in celebration ofrnthe new deal and something extra special for both casin...

Stan James Poker Offer Freeroll Promotion

Oct 18, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
"Let's hear it for the girls!" Women are finally getting credit in being formidable opponents in the world of poker. Some popular ladies of poker you may already know are Annie Dukes, Jennifer Harmon, Clonie Gowen, Jennifer Tilly, Shannon Elizabeth, Chantel McNul...

UltimateBet

Oct 18, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Even though it's been less then 48hours since $330,000 Bad Beat Jackpot was spread out between 19 players of the Texas Hold'em, UltimateBet is reporting the stats of their current jackpot amount. The online poker site is stating that their jackpot has already go...

5 US Poker PLayers Commented to Great British Poker Tour

Oct 17, 2007 by Steve Vaughan

The Great British Poker Tour from Nov, 5th to the 11th, being held at the Casino Harbourside on Bristol, England will include five big poker names from the U.S.

The U.S. poker players that have committed to compete for the title are Antonio Esfandiari, Jamie Gold, Ph...

The 888 Group Excepts First Italian Sports Bet

Oct 17, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Online Casino

Tuesday, October 16th had The 888 Group (headquartered in Gibraltar), the online gaming firm that owns brands Pacific Poker and Casino-on-Net, begins accepting its first bets on their new Italian sports betting website.

It is going to turn out to be a pretty sweet deal ...

Fifteen Going to Australian Open

Oct 17, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
There are fifteen online poker players that by playing their skilled poker on Titan Poker that they have won prizes that will be sending them to the Australian Open. These Titan Poker winners will make up an international group of players, at the Australian Open in the next co...

Antigua and Barbuda In Front of WTO Again

Oct 17, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Antigua's lead attorney Mark Mendel said, "So far, we have been the only ones willing to negotiate, and it takes two to get a deal done. That is what we have always been wanting to happen. Hopefully, they will come around and see that it is the best and right thi...

Sportsbetting.com Suffers Annual Loss From US Gambling Ban

Oct 17, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Industry
Another online gaming site takes a substantial hit from the US gambling ban. Today, Sportsbetting.com (the license is by the Antigua Government and the website is owned and operated by Buronomic Limited Cyprus) suffered an annual loss of £312.9 Million ($638.1 US M...

Svenska Spel May be Sued by Swedish Poker Association

Oct 17, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Who owns the right to the 'Swedish Poker Championships' brand has been up for debate lately. The Swedish Poker Association hosted a championship in Estonia in March and Svenska Spel hosted a championship in June. Now both also will host championships in November. Eve...

Hearing in Geneva on WTO Compensation

Oct 17, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The World Trade Organization are holding a hearing on October 18th to work out just compensation for the nations who were affected by the United States withdrawal of treaty obligations. The meeting will take place in Geneva , Switzerland and will host a World Trade Organizatio...

$750,000 Guaranteed Full Tilt Tournament

Oct 16, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Who doesn't love a lazy Sunday? Spend the day relaxing, with no work to do. Why not play a little online poker ? Why not play a little poker and win $134,770.46? That's what gagillionaire did on Full Tilt Referral Poker this past Sunday evening. He beat o...

Absolute Poker Set New Record

Oct 16, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

Absolute Poker has announced that the prize pool for their new Bad Beat Jackpot has grown; they are now topping their own top prize pool this week.

David Clainer the Vice President of Absolute Poker stated that for the fifth time in ‘s under three weeks they w...

Harvard Poker and the Law

Oct 16, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
October 1st of this year an organization was formed officially at Harvard Law School, this group that formed is the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Societies or GPSTS.

In the daily Harvard Crimson their newsletter Harvard Law School held a forum on the legal issues of on...

The European Market Growing

Oct 16, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
In a press release from eCOGRA has found there is renewed interest in the European market with the new laws in the UK that are somewhat relaxed and the United States with its Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act the American players are no longer viable. In this press ...

SuperiorCasino Launched Redsigned Online Casino

Oct 16, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Online Casino

It has been announced today that SuperiorCasino has launched their newly redesigned online website. The site has been redesigned to improve the overall look and make it easier for United States players to deposit. The site has stated that players will still have access to th...

Lee Takes Plea Deal and Loses Millions

Oct 16, 2007 by Sadonna Price

Richard Henry Lee decided on Tuesday to take a plea deal to lower his charges from a felony to a lesser charge. Lee was facing a felony bookmaking charge along with four other men he was in business with. Lee took a plea offered to him that would make the charge a keeping a ...

WPT Spanish Championship Winner Marcus Lehmann

Oct 16, 2007 by Sadonna Price

The final table at the WPT Spanish Championship held six diverse players from six different countries. Three-time WPT champion Gus Hansen was hoping to make this tournament his fourth WPT win but was unable to come out on top. With players from Russia, Sweden, Korea, France,...

Results Are In For PokerStars Sunday Million

Oct 15, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Like other big name poker giants, PokerStars blew their guarantee out of the water with a total of 6,366 players and a prize pool of $1,273,200 with an amazing 900 places paid. Binde was the first to walk away from the final table, leaving with ninth place and $7...

European I-Gaming Conference and Expo Attendance

Oct 15, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
The results are in from the attendance at the European I-Gaming Conference and Expo that was held in Barcelona is in and this being the sixth of these conferences has had the largest attendance yet. In attendance were more than twelve hundred executives from approximately sixt...

Bodog

Oct 15, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
Bodog Poker has a new look for their online poker players, and they will be adding changes to enhance the new poker software until the beginning of 2008. The beta version of the new software is being tested by some online poker experts in order to give Bodog Poker their f...

2007 WCOOP Cheating Scandal Is Complete

Oct 15, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The investigation into the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) scandal is finally over and the findings were that there was overwhelming evidence that TheV0id was multi-accounting.

Earlier rumors were abound when it was discovered that TheV0id had never entered a Po...

U.S. Ban on Online Gambling Not Stopping Many

Oct 15, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
While some see the ban to gambling online for real money as a law that must be obeyed, others see it more as a suggestion. It was just a year ago that President Bush signed into law an amendment to the Safe Port Act. But that hasn't stopped many U.S. citizens from gam...

Canada Getting Special Bonus From PokerRoom

Oct 15, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Sites

One of the largest online poker sites in the world is going to celebrating their tremendous success with some very attractive deposit bonuses, which will be made available only the players in Canada.


From now to November 30th, new and existing Canadian PokerRoom players will ...


Live The Dream Promotion on Everest Poker

Oct 15, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
Starting on October 23rd, players on Everest Poker can qualify to win one of the best promotions ever. Ten lucky winners will get a chance to live like a poker pro for one year. The winners will travel the globe participating in WSOP, WPT, and EPT events. Qualifying will take ...

Mansion Casino Offers Huge Jackpot Prizes

Oct 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Online Casino
Mansion Casino has a great selection of games to choose from. Anywhere from your favorite card games to slot machines. With most of these games there is an opportunity to win a jackpot. Mansion Casino offers easy to win jackpots with large prize amounts. One of the best ways t...

First Annual Women in Poker Hall of Fame

Oct 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame was created by The Ladies International Poker Series. The Women in Poker Hall of Fame will have its first induction ceremony and luncheon on February 8th 2008.The event will take place at 11:00 am at Benny's Bullpin at Binions Casino in Las ...

WSOP Academy Adds Two New Instructors

Oct 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The World Series of Poker Academy recently added two new names to their list of instructors. Paul Wasicka and Brad Booth are the newest additions to the WSOP Academy. Both men will join the family of professionals who make up the WSOP Academy instructors.

Jeff Golde...


CrazyPoker.com Sends Players to Bahamas

Oct 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The World Poker Tour Boot Camp Battle for the Season Pass II will take place on December 3rd through the 8th in the Bahamas. The event will take place at the Nassau's Crystal Palace Casino. CrazyPoker.com , the online poker room, is sending lucky players from their site to...

Hollywood Poker Hosts Michael Woods Celebrity Invitational

Oct 14, 2007 by Sadonna Price

Hollywood Poker has a tournament running every Saturday that allows its players to play with celebrities and earn money by knocking them out. The tournament runs every Saturday at 2 pm EST time and is hosted by Hollywood Poker Celebrity Ronny Cox. He has taken over as guest ...

Casino Gaming Launched - Pub-Casino

Oct 14, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Online Casino
There is a new online casino in town and the name of it is Pub-Casino. Owned by Punch Taverns, a pub and entertainment group and licensed in Malta. Cantor Gaming, an online and mobile gaming business and affiliate of the global financial services company Cantor Fitzgerald, is ...

Bonus For New Players at Mansion

Oct 14, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Mansion has been in the news recently for their partnership with Ongame and are here again making news. This time they are offering new players to their site Mansion Casino a welcome bonus and not just a welcome bonus but also the highest online.

When a new online player j...


Bloggers Tournament Results

Oct 14, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

PokerStars tournament for online poker bloggers had a turn out of thirteen hundred and thirty-seven for the tournament on Saturday. These bloggers who usually blog about online poker were there to put to the test what they usually put in print, with prizes that would sta...

PokerHeaven Launches IQ Test For Poker Players

Oct 13, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
There is a new game on the market. It's an IQ test for poker players.  PokerHeaven, an online poker company, has launched the first worldwide competition in which poker fans from all over are able to face off against each other in hopes of being the won who knows ...

University at Buffalo Backs Will Not Offer Casino Classes

Oct 13, 2007 by Sadonna Price

The University at Buffalo, New York, has backed out of its partnership with Gatlin Educational Services. The University was supposed to be offering online career training in us casino gaming and was going to use the GES to help launch and run the program. The casino training...

888.com begins ad campaign

Oct 13, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Industry
888 has announced that they will launching their own gambling ad campaign. The company has joined forces with CHI and Partners to begin their £6 million campaign launch. The campaign is designed to be a multi-format marketing campaign for the site. The campaign will feat...

49 Cent Site A Winner With Online Players

Oct 13, 2007 by SAndy Kitchen
Category: Online Casino
It has bee approximately eight weeks since the German base Carmen Media's site Jackpot City Online Casino opened. This is the next generation in online gambling taking bets from one cent and a maximum of 0.49 Euro, along with the flash technology they are using on thei...

Full Tilt Has New Tables

Oct 13, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

Recently Full Tilt Referral Codes Poker added some new tables to test the skills of even the most advanced poker player, these tables are some of the highest paying on the Internet and also some of the hardest. For the poker player that is looking for a challenge these high ...

Titan Poker

Oct 13, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

The Titan Poker tournament the European Championship of Online Poker 2007 is nearing, there will be two qualifying events for poker players to win there way into the tournament. The European Championship of Online Poker will begin the end of November and run for ten days. Gi...

Bloggers Put Their Advice To The Test At PokerStars

Oct 13, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Sunday will bring the tournament held for poker bloggers, PokerStars will be hosting the World Blogger Championship of Online Poker. This will be the third year of this tournament for online poker bloggers.

 

This year the prize for the winning blogger will be a ...

Cost of U.S. Ban

Oct 13, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
The World Trade Organization and the members angry over the United States ban and the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act that sent many online operators out of business or seeking new players After the lost of American online players has fined the United States $100 ...

Owner of the former Betcha.com Extradited

Oct 12, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
It is what Nick Jenkins has feared most would happen. This 38-year-old entrepreneur and previous owner of Betcha.com which, is now no longer in operation, is being extradited to the state of Louisiana to face local and Federal laws that the state claim he broke.


But Jenk...


Tax Increase on Poker Tournament Winnings Dropped

Oct 12, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
There was a panic for a short while. Professional poker players all across the U.S. were dazed, angry, and even confused when the United States IRS decided they were going to raise the withholding tax from poker tournament winnings to 25%. While this increase was only going af...

WBCOOP Announces Prize Packages To Be Won on Sunday

Oct 12, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Well, it's about the time for poker book authors to show their stuff and prove they know what's going on. The World Blogger Championship of Online Poker is scheduled to begin a 3pm E.S.T. on Sunday, October 14th. With each year, the WBCOOP has gotten bigger and better ...

Amusement Trades Exhibition To Be Held In November

Oct 12, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
It has been announced that Clarion Gaming that is based in London will be the organizers of Amusement Trades International Show, and will be held in Malta.

Along with the World Poker Congress that will be held at Westin Draganara Resort on the Mediterranean Island of Ma...


1st Technology Petition Denied

Oct 12, 2007 by SAndra Kitchen
Its been nearly seven weeks since Bodog Entertainment Group S.A. has lost control of their previous domain name. This happened due to an improperly obtained default judgment with the attempt by 1st Technology LLC for approximently $49 million that was a disappointing c...

Poker Jackpots and Online Poker Players Growing

Oct 12, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
One online site has not only made the jackpots larger but they are also bringing in new online poker players with their Texas Hold'em along with the addition of their Bad Beat Jackpot.

This company is UltimateBet players have  been breaking old records at the site...

New 888.com Advertising Campaign

Oct 12, 2007 by SAandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
The company 888 Holdings has taken the plunge to advertise in the United Kingdom information from MarketingWeek.co.uk has stated that later this month 888 Holdings along with CHI & Partners will begin this advertising campaign.

The advertisements will run on UK tele...

The WPT Boot Camp

Oct 12, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
The WPT Boot Camp's "Battle for the Season Pass II" is coming up as December is fast approaching. Taking place between December 3rd and 8th, participants will be staying in the lovely Bahamas for this year's event. And online poker room Crazy Vegas ...

European Poker Tour Baden Open Winner Julian Thew

Oct 11, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Baden Open took place at the Congress Casino just outside of Vienna, Austria. The town of Baden is small but brought in 282 players who bought in at $8,000, making the prize pool $2.14 million. The final table of the tournament held...

Growth in Asia iGaming Results in New Business Pavilion

Oct 11, 2007 by Sadonna Price

In June of 2008, G2E Asia 2008 will introduce a new iGaming pavilion in the Cotai Strip Convention and Exhibition Center of the Venetian Macao. It will allow people to learn and visualize the newest products, advanced technologies, and services. The scheduled dates for the p...

Ultimatebets New Winner In Their Bad Beat Jackpot

Oct 11, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Check this out - on October 9th, 2007 Ultimate Bet's Bad Beat Jackpot worth $234,812.04 was struck with the incredible amount of $234,812.04. DADDYHOUSE hit it big with $76,313.92 of the Bad Beat Jackpot. DADDYHOUSE's story unfolded with one of his op...

American Online Poker Players Still Playing

Oct 11, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Last year when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed most of the us online casinos and us poker sites saw an immediate drop in their profits and now a year has passed and while many online sites have found other markets. Other closed down as the loss in p...

Challenging Poker Software

Oct 11, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Software

There are many websites that offer online poker but few who offer players challenging poker, however there is much in the way of poker software that can be downloaded or played anywhere from no cost to the amount the poker player wants to put out, spending more to load softw...

Sky Group On Neutralize

Oct 11, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

With the UK having new laws and the gambling industry growing the Sky group or BskyB has made a deal with Neutralize a search engine marketing agency to market their betting and gaming, this includes SkyBet, SkyPoker, SkyVagas, and yet to be released SkyBingo.

They dec...

Profits Released By 888.com

Oct 11, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

Since the ban for American online gamblers and poker players many online sites have seen a sharp decrease in profits. The site 888 has released their profit statement, and the figures are looking up for them.

The operators of 888 were hit especially hard with the pas...

University at Buffalo Calls Off Casino Training

Oct 11, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
Category: Online Casino

The University at Buffalo and Gatlin Educational Services has canceled the partnership between them that would allow casino game training online at the University. They were going to provide dealer courses in poker, blackjack and baccarat through the Johnny Chan Academy.

Playtech LTD. Annouces Official Migration With BET365

Oct 10, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Industry
Playtech Ltd. announced October 9, 2007, they had success in enterprising the online poker gaming activities of Hillside (Gibraltar) Ltd.'Bet365' to the Playtech iPoker platform. iPoker is the world's largest independent poker network and Playtech Ltd. develops a...

UMASS School Demands Poker Site be Taken Down

Oct 10, 2007 by Sadonna Price
School officials of the University of Massachusetts have found a website that is using the Universities logos and name to promote their site. The officials want the site to shut down immediately. The site is about campus gambling and has links that take a person to online poke...

National Collegiate Team Poker Tournament

Oct 10, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Charles Nesson, a professor at Harvard University, and several students started the GPSTS-Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society. Nesson started the society to explore the popularity of poker and use it as a way of education. The society announced yesterday that poker clubs w...

Titan Poker Winner Four Out Of Five Tournaments

Oct 10, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Recently there has been one player that has been very lucky at Titan Poker Bonus and he is Jelete Kruijer a Dutch citizen who has been winning more than most, it began in May winning a $14,000 seat to the 2007 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas with Titan Poker's sate...

Online Problems With Poker Sites

Oct 10, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen

In every type of gambling all through history some players have been accused of cheating and today that means at online poker sites. Recently in the past several weeks there have been accusations of rigging have been made, the first of these accusations was against Absolute ...

New Site To Asian Market

Oct 10, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

There have been four new us online casinos and us online poker websites launched in Asia by 12Buzz-casino, these new sites are Buzz-poker and Buzz-casino and they are after the rapidly growing market in Asia. The buzz sites will be using Playtechs software and will be featur...

Mansion Poker Switches to Ongame Network

Oct 10, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites
"We aim to take full advantage of Ongame Network's established liquidity to build bigger prize pools and bolder Member promotions for our growing global player base." That was the statement by Mansion Group CEO Guy Gussarsky after an announcement was ma...

Absolute Announces Tournament Winner

Oct 9, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Industry
The town of Helena, Montana has a lot of history to speak of, most stemming from their gold rush past. But now, they have another story to go down into history. One of their residents has won access to $100 million in online poker tournament prize money. Absolute p...

U.S. Online Poker Operator PurePlay Reaches 700,000 Players

Oct 9, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Sites

With all of the new laws surrounding the ban on most international online gaming sites, where is one to go when they are in need of excitement, fun, cash money prizes, and yet still be on a site that is in compliance with the U.S. laws?

That would be PurePlay which all...

Oggs Presents its Annual Online Casino Awards

Oct 9, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites

Oggs is gearing up again for their annual Online Casino Awards. The site is one of the most honest and trustworthy review companies available online. Each year, Oggs, picks the top online casino sites from all over the world that excel in certain areas. The United States, Un...

Still Qualify For EPT Dublin at PokerStars

Oct 9, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites
It is not too late to win your seat to the next European Poker Tour event in Dublin, Ireland. PokerStars is still offering an opportunity to qualify for the Oct. 30-Nov. 3 EPT Dublin through special tournaments on their site. The Merrion Casino is hosting this year&#...

Antigua Speaks Out

Oct 9, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Antigua's Finance Minister is speaking out; Errol Cort stated that the United States is ignoring the World Trade Organizations ruling against the online gambling ban.

He is defending Antigua and Barbuda, in the talk that they are targeting the United States trademark...

Concern Over European State Gambling Monopolies

Oct 9, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
The recent talks at the European Gaming Conference and Expo in Barcelona of devising an online gambling code to protect online players, problem gamblers and minors was given much thought and discussion.

On the panel of guests that discussed this Andre Wilsenach, Alderne...

PartyGaming Seeking Sale

Oct 9, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

The EIG iGaming conference in Barcelona heard from the Chief Executive Officer of PartyGaming, Mitch Garber in an interview said that PartyGaming is looking forward to takeover offers from some of the major casinos in Las Vegas.

PartyGaming is based in Gibraltar and wa...

The Poker Alliance Wants Obama

Oct 9, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
The Poker Players Alliance is preparing for their trip to Washington D.C. later this month and gathering their members other and recruiting representatives of online poker operators. They recently approached attendees at the EIG and Expo in Barcelona stating that every ope...

Amatuer Adam Gerber Wins U.S. Poker Championship

Oct 8, 2007 by Steve Vaughan

In the past such names as Daniel Negreanu, Men "The Master" Nguyen and Alex Jacob have been called champions but this year it all changed as poker amateur Adam Gerber was crowned the 2007 US Poker Champion.

The Philadelphia-resident was the last man standing...

Casablanca Gaming Group

Oct 8, 2007 by
Category: Poker Industry

Two well names in online poker are teaming up and to form the Casablanca Gaming Group that will have ties in Malta, who has been in online gambling news recently and where many online operators are moving their headquarters.

These are 24hPoker and Martinspoker, alo...

Annette_15 Continues Online Success

Oct 8, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
It didn't surprise many people when Isaac "mr. menlo" Baron and Annette "Annette_15" Obrestad wiped out competition on Sunday. Each of these top professionals took total control of the No Limit Hold'em events on the Full Tilt Poker site. ...

Irish Championship 2008

Oct 8, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites

The PartyPoker Irish Championship has been announced, this will be held at the Radisson Hotel and Spa in Galway. This championship tournament is the first major tournament that is being held by PartyPoker and is one of the first large tournaments to come to Europe in 2008.

PokerStars Sunday Million

Oct 8, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
Sundays are the largest day of online poker and at PokerStars it is tournament day and players show up from all corners of the globe to battle down to the final table each hoping their skill, luck and cards will hold out to get to the final prize, in this Sunday's tourna...

WCOOP Poker Player Makes Apology

Oct 8, 2007 by Sandra Kitchen
One of the WCOOP players has made an apology to PokerStars, a French poker player who uses the online name Belragazo posted in the PokerStars forum about his actions during the WCOOP Event, when he commented on Greg Raymer leaving the table. The words typed were "kill...

2008 WSOP Dates Announced

Oct 8, 2007 by Kelli Smithgal
Category: WSOP
The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will be hosting the 39th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Owned by Harrah's Entertainment, the tournament will run from May 30 through July 17, 2008, extended two days longer than the 2007 WSOP. Milwaukee's Best Lite ...

World Blogger Championship of Online Poker Returns

Oct 7, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs

Just when you think you have heard and seen all of the different types of contests and drawings for poker players, think again. What about for poker blog? This hobby and stress release past time could actually bring you more then just a place to voice yourself and your feeli...

TravestyFund Rice Wins Aruba Poker Classic

Oct 7, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Aruba is known for many things. It's a great vacation spot, a relaxing place to unwind and see some extraordinary beauty and a heck of a place to win some nice cash prizes in doing what you love most...playing poker. With 548 players taking part in the Aruba Poker ...

Richard Lee Formally Charged In Illegal Gambling

Oct 7, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Richard Henry Lee placed 6th in the 2006 World Series of Poker. He was formally charged Thursday, October 4, 2007 along with four other men. This came after a fourteen month investigation by San Antonio police of his illegal online gambling operation. The majority of the nearl...

Ultimate Blackjack Tour Operates Under Sweepstakes Laws

Oct 7, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites

ClubUBT is a website created by The Ultimate Blackjack Tour providing United States poker players an opportunity to play with no purchase necessary. Since the passing of the UIGEA last year, online gambling sites have been unavailable to U.S. residents. ClubUBT operates...

Pamela Anderson Wed for the Third Time

Oct 7, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Pamela Anderson has found her true love, again. She married Rick Saloman today at the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Anderson has been performing as a magician's assistant in Vegas so the two were married during a break between her two shows. Around sixty family...

Absolute Dream Package Winner To Be Announced

Oct 7, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Whether you play poker on a PC or a Mac, Absolute Poker will provide you with an enjoyable online gaming experience 24/7. This weekend will prove to be not exception at Absolute Poker. Though they primarily offer multi-player online poker such as Texas Hold'em, Omaha ...

$300,000 Stake in Upcoming Poker After Dark

Oct 7, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
The latest ‘Poker After Dark', the NBC hit television show, will feature some big names and huge stakes which will make for some great poker drama. Poker fans will see names such as David Benyamine, Eli Elezra and Phil Ivey create the biggest prize pool to...

World Poker Association (WPA) Announces Tournament

Oct 7, 2007 by Steve Vaughan

"Creating tournaments that will showcase the highest level of professionalism in the organization and execution of the competitions," that is what the Board of Directors of the World Poker Association wants to do as they plan a major poker tournament to coincide...

888.com Announces Sports Betting

Oct 6, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Sites

As early as this coming year, the online gaming sensation 888 may have the first element of its sports betting offering in place.

"We expect to launch in the first country by the end of this year or the beginning of next," explained Gigi Levy at the European i...

Fourth Annual Scotty Nguyen Poker Challange Is Set

Oct 6, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Tulsa, Oklahoma's Cherokee Casino Resort will be the host of this year's Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge. The tournament will feature a series of thirty-one events that will take place over twenty days. The dates for the tournament are November 1st through the 20th and w...

Paddypowerpoker.com Starts New Paddy First Incentive

Oct 6, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
A great new incentive has started for poker players on Paddypowerpoker. The site has started a new promotion that will give qualifiers for the $3 Million Guaranteed Irish Open a chance to win a great bonus. If a player has qualified with Paddypowerpoker and they win the ...

Vince Neil's Third Annual Off The Strip Poker Tournament

Oct 6, 2007 by Sadonna Price
The Joint, inside Las Vegas' Hard Rock Casino, will be the host of this year's Off The Strip Poker Tournament. This will be the third year that Vince Neil has held his charity event. The tournament will benefit the Skylar Neil Memorial Fund and the T.J. Martell Found...

New Happy Hour Games At Hollywood Poker

Oct 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Sites
Hollywood Poker has its own happy hour for their online poker players who are playing for cash.

From 3pm to 3 am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday its happy hour for the online poker players at the site, where pocket aces can earn more money.

Aces that hit the ...




EiG Expo Talks And British Gambling Study

Oct 6, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
One of the topics that have been discussed at the European iGaming Congress and Expo held in Barcelona was the British Gambling Prevalence Study, which over a year's time studied online gamblers and has recently released their findings. Sporting bet spokesman Andrew...

Everest Poker Avalanche Finalists

Oct 6, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Poker Sites
For months now players could qualify to play in the Everest Poker Avalanche tournaments. With satellites as little as $3 and the prize pool set at $1 million, many tried to make it. The online final was played and now the top ten will finish it up live. Part...

Masion Casino Offers New Draw Hi-Lo Game

Oct 6, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Category: Online Casino

Mansion Casino has announced the launch of a new game aimed at beginners who are not familiar with how the play hi-low card games.

This leading us online casino, wants players to get used to the new Draw Hi-Lo card game then they will be more confident to try it at the...

Betcha.com Still Awaiting Its Fate

Oct 5, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
It is still unclear right now if Nick Jenkins will be extradited to Louisiana from Washington State. But the 38-year-old owner of Betcha.com will only have to wait another week to see where fate will take him.

 

In July of this year, a Louisiana state trooper pl...

Swedish Study on Online Poker Playing Releases Results

Oct 5, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
During the year of 2006, the Swedish National Institute of Public Health conducted a survey of 16,500 adults. The study was done with three objectives in mind. They felt the need to identify exactly what the size of the online poker market in Sweden, to see and create a profil...

DreamBingo Just Launched New Online Bingo Game

Oct 5, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
Just about everyone has heard or read something about online poker and the money that can be made there. But what about online bingo? This seems to be the next craze hitting our cyber space and is taking the gaming community by storm.


Early last month, DreamBingo launched...


2nd Annual National Poker League (NPL) - Vegas Open

Oct 5, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
The National Poker League (NPL) Tournaments deviate from the norm. It's more than just another tournament; it's a way of life. Venues in exotic locations, prize packages with a little more oomph to them and worldwide televised coverage in High Definition (HDTV) in over...

VC Student Poker Championship Promises To Be Spectacular

Oct 5, 2007 by Kelli Smithgall
Category: Poker Sites
Students - get ready for crazy wicked fun as The VC Student Poker Championship 2008 Live Tournament Finale will be held at the Spearmint Casino in Prague; with an after party that will be all the rage with no expense spared. There will be $75,000 guaranteed in prize money ...

Netcetera At European I-Gaming Expo

Oct 5, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

Netcetera is attending the European I-Gaming Congress and Expo Dave Boswell, the Chief Operating Officer stated at the conference made statements saying there are many online operators that are moving to the Isle of Man, and here they have access to technology at its best.

Norway Ban In Plans

Oct 5, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

Recently there has been mention of an online gambling ban in Norway; the Ministry of Culture feels online gambling has the potential to harm their citizens and as such would like to form laws against online gambling like those in the United States.

At the Conference goi...

Talks At Barcelona To Support Washington D.C. Trip

Oct 5, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

One of the discussions at the iGaming Expo in Barcelona was about operators, developers and poker players among others supporting and attending the meeting that is planned in Washington D.C. from October 22nd to October 24th by the Poker Players Alliance.

This group ha...

Casino Bonus Guide Available From Fair Online Gambling

Oct 4, 2007 by SaDonna Price
Category: Poker Sites
A new service has recently been launched that will be very helpful for online casino players around the world. Fair-online-gambling has started a casino bonus guide which will help players find top rated casinos and bonuses to help build a larger bankroll. The site only lists ...

Still Time to Qualify for the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise III

Oct 4, 2007 by SaDonna Price
Qualifiers are still taking place for this Januarys Poker Cruise III from Ladbrokes. Every Sunday evening at 19:15 Ladbrokes Poker is running a $900 + $50 weekly final. You can buy in the tournament directly or qualify during a $95+$9 Cruise Daily Final. There ...

Microgaming In Barcelona With New Software

Oct 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Software
The online gambling software company Microgaming while attending the European Interactive Gaming Congress and Expo used their presence there to introduce their new online poker lobby. Statements by the company are that they are currently placing the new lobby at more than fort...

New Rules Set At EIG Expo

Oct 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry

At the EIG Expo a code of conduct was discussed that covered problems with online gambling and poker such as underage gamblers, protection for online players, and customer communication.

This even is one of the largest gatherings of operators, developers and action grou...

Poker Player Alliance And D.C.

Oct 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
October is the month that the Poker Players Alliance plans to rally their troops in Washington D.C. from October twenty-second until the twenty-forth. The Poker Players Alliance is claiming they are 800,000 strong, while this sounds like their presence alone will be enough.

...

Womans WSOP Poker Camp

Oct 4, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

There is soon to be a poker camp held for women, it is WSOP camp and will be to aid women not only in their game but to feel more comfortable competing in poker tournaments where the poker playing can be filled with excitement as all the entrants will be trying to make it to...

Taking Texas Holdem Poker to the Extreme

Oct 4, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
High stakes Texas Holdem has a whole new meaning in Australia. Sitting on a platform in high winds, 90m above Sydney Harbour's North Head, six poker players took the game to extreme in the fourth Extreme Poker event tournament.


They have played at 30,000 feet, underwa...


New Poker Site Gives Players Free Prizes

Oct 3, 2007 by Sadonna Prize
Category: Poker Sites

The first of October brought great changes to the online poker world. ZeroRiskPoker is a new online poker site that was launched by ZeroRiskPoker, LLC. It is a sponsor based site that allows players to win prizes without spending any money. Sponsors are advertising on the si...

JackpotCapital Offers The Trip of a Lifetime Contest

Oct 3, 2007 by Sadonna Prize
Category: Poker Sites
Two very lucky people will win an all expense paid trip to Las Vegas from JackpotCapital this month. Any player can enter the contest for free and every dollar wagered will earn the player an entry into the contest. Also the Mid-Life Crisis jackpot is still available and it is...

Mike Matusow & iAmplifyVegas Develop New Software

Oct 3, 2007 by Sadonna Prize
Mike Matusow is one of the better known names in professional poker. He has participated in many tournaments and has won over $5.6 million dollars in his career. Matusow has most recently signed with iAmplifyVegas to develop poker content. iAmplifyVegas is part of ...

Miami Styles Tournament on PokerRoom.com

Oct 3, 2007 by Sadonna Prize
Category: Poker Sites
Online poker site, PokerRoom, is still holding qualifiers for the October 14th final in the Miami Styles Tournament. The site is offering freerolls everyday at 17:00 CET and then a daily $5 qualifier at 19:00 CET. The top two players from every freeroll and the top twent...

Mansion Poker $110K Guarantee Tournament

Oct 3, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Tuesday a $110,000 guaranteed tournament was held at Mansion Poker and the site saw five hundred and eighty players who paid fifty-eight thousand in entry fees with the chance to wind $110,000 guaranteed. Mansion Poker has satellites that run daily at the site ...

Absolute Poker's Contest For Avatars

Oct 3, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
The site Absolute Poker is running a contest of sorts for their players, giving them a chance to win big; they are running this contest to find new and creative avatars. The rules are few for this company that operates games for window-based computer and also for Mac...

UIGEA Regulations Made Public

Oct 3, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

The day that many have been waiting for has arrived, the United States Treasury department and the Department of Justice have finally published a fifty-two pages of the regulations that they have decided should enforce the UIGEA.

Many online gambling operators and onlin...

Party Poker Offers Bonuses and Trips to Oktoberfest

Oct 3, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Poker Sites
Looking for some free money and a great vacation? Then I am urging all online poker player to visit Party Poker as they have officially announced details of a competition they have running for October. Party Poker is giving 12 winners a VIP trip to Oktoberfest in Germany along...

Antigua Asking for $3.4 billion in Commercial Sanctions

Oct 2, 2007 by Cathy Roberts
The small Caribbean country Antigua, are looking to the US for $3.4 billion in commercial sanctions. This is brought on by the United States failure to follow a ruling on its online betting ban. Antigua has been using electronic commerce as a way of fueling their economy...

The Void Wins Event #23 in WCOOP

Oct 2, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Event # 23 in the World Championship of Online Poker was a no-limit holdem event that concluded the WCOOP tournament series. The tournament had a $5 million guaranteed prize pool and a buy-in of $2,500 plus a $100 entry fee. Many more players entered the tourname...

October 10th - 888.com First Charity Day

Oct 2, 2007 by Sadonna Price
Category: Poker Industry
888. com is celebrating their 10th birthday this year and as a part of the celebration they are donating $100,000 to charity and allowing their players the chance to do the same. The first charity day will be held on October 10th, 2007. There will be two charity organiza...

United States Holding Ground on Illegal Online Gambling

Oct 2, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
While there has been no clear cut, black and white, set of rules as to the bans and laws on online gambling in the United States...there soon will be. Steps are being taken as this is written to ensure that online gambling is banned once and for all.


Many banks and credi...


Online Poker Bodog with Guaranteed $100,000

Oct 2, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
With other popular site experiencing a drop in numbers in there big week ending guarantees, Bodog Poker actually received a small bump in poker players from 729 to 747. While that doesn't seem like a lot, it is better then others are seeing in the past few weeks. Neve...

European I-Gaming Congress and Expo Meets

Oct 2, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Industry
Today at the Barcelona Diagonal Conference met for the sixth annual European iGaming Congress Center. This is a rather impressive meeting featuring eighty speakers and sixty online gaming exhibitors. There were one thousand pre-registered delegates from forty nations. The visi...

Gambling Commercial Is Run On UK TV

Oct 2, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen

The first television advertisement has begun running on television in the UK, proving that they are standing to their word that these advertisements would be permitted to run.

The regulations in place to limit certain items with these advertisements, some of these are t...

WPT North American Poker Championship at PartyPoker

Oct 2, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Now you can have a chance to win a seat in the WPT North American Poker Championship via satellites at PartyPoker for as little as $2. The overall prize package is valued at $12,000.   Niagara Fallsview USA Casino Resort in Ontario, Canada will be the...

WMS Launches Sweepstakes For New Online Casino

Oct 1, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino
There is a new online promotion running right now that is starting to get a lot of people buzzing. WMS Gaming Inc. has launched an online casino promotion, which is geared to educate casino players and build more of an awareness of WMS' first Transmissive Reels prod...

Casino Del Rio Going Green

Oct 1, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
Category: Online Casino

With all of the troubles that our environment has been showing within the media lately, it is no wonder that some big time, big name companies are stepping up to the plate to do their part in promoting environmental awareness. 

The first online gaming venue to pro...

France Bows To Pressure In Online Gambling

Oct 1, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
It has been reported that the French are backing away from the position they held as to their online gambling regulations and seems as if they won't withstand the pressure they have been under in Brussels.

They are agreeing to a partial change in their state run bett...

Online This Week UIGEA Regulations

Oct 1, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
This is the week that many have waited for since the Unlawful Internet Enforcement Act came in to effect banning American online players. The regualtions will make its way to the Internet this week. The many online gamblers, operators and the iMEGA group have been waiting ...

Canadian Online Software to Move to Dublin

Oct 1, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
Category: Poker Software
Announcement of Vancouver based Veridigm has announced that it will relocate in Dublin, and their move will create approximately one hundred jobs in Ireland. Both its corporate and it management will move to Dublin with a statement from the company saying that this move wi...

PokerStars Asian Pacific Poker Tour Final Results

Oct 1, 2007 by Steve Vaughan
Ziv Bachar is the champion of the PokerStars Asian Pacific UK Poker Tour which was held at the Sheraton Walkerhill. The Israeli outlasted 185 other poker players that made the trip to Seoul, Korea. For his efforts Bachar won $139, 872 in this first ever tournament of its k...

UltimateBet Poker Bad Beat Jackpot Hit

Oct 1, 2007 by Jennifer Spriggs
As if there wasn't already enough reasons for Texas Hold'em fans to be thrilled with UltimateBet but now they have learned that a lucky 343 online poker players will share in UltimateBet's first Bad Beat Jackpot.


It was back on September 26th when PeterGunzzz ...


PokerListings and GNUF.com Freerolls

Oct 1, 2007 by Sandy Kitchen
One of the biggest secrets in online gambling is online poker freerolls it has small fields and large payouts in the co-sponsored games by PokerListings and Gnuf, there is an upcoming one on October 12th having a package for the EPT Dublin main event.


In a statement from...


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