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Monday 6th November 2006

Finnish Poker Player Wins Big for 1,000,000,000th Hand Lady Luck was well and truly on the side of 27-year-old Finnish poker enthusiast Petteri S. as he sat playing Texas Hold em’ on IntertopsPoker.com, when his table was handed the honour of receiving...

Monday 6th November 2006

CEO Poker Crowns Dan Fleyshman “Chairman of Poker” Dan Fleyshman, CEO of Who's your Daddy, an energy drinks firm based in San Diego, was crowned 2006 Chairman of Poker and $43,350 in prize money in Las Vegas on October 27. Fleyshman battled agains...

Monday 6th November 2006

Casino Royale Poker Set for Sale Cartamundi, the Belgian company who made poker accessories for the latest James Bond movie Casino Royale has announced the public release of the poker chips and playing cards used by the agent. 'W...

Monday 6th November 2006

Cindy Margolis Becomes Face of Tropical Poker Cindy Margolis who holds the accolade of being the most downloaded person on the internet, is once again generating column inches with the announcement that she will represent Tropical Poker. Marg...

Monday 6th November 2006

Ladbrokes in Talks with 888 Ladbrokes, the UK's second-largest bookmaker, is in talks to buy the online poker and casino group 888 Holdings in a deal that could potentially be worth £470 million. Executives of the betting sh...

Monday 6th November 2006

Ryanair Plans Mile High Casino The low cost airline Ryanair, currently locked in the middle of a hostile bid for fellow Irish airline Aer Lingus, is planning to develop its online casino offering by announcing plans to turn its...

Monday 6th November 2006

Absolute Poker to Make Ultimate Merger The recent spate of consolidation and mergers and acquisitions in the online gaming industry looks set to continue according to a report from eGaming Review which reveals that Absolute Poker and U...

Monday 6th November 2006

Golden Handshake for RNG Golden Palace and RNG Gaming sign over $1 Million Black Jack tournaments service. Zone4Play, the leading developer of interactive software and technology for the betting and gaming industry, has ...

Friday 3rd November 2006

Online Casino Deals Billionth Hand He has only been playing at Intertops for two days, but Finnish poker player Petteri S. has already seen luck shine on him after being the billionth hand at the poker site. The 27-year-old won an...

Friday 3rd November 2006

PSStakes.com to Help Hard-Up Poker Players PSStakes.com has announced the launch of a new poker staking website which is designed to bring together the talented poker player and the ballsy financial backer in a way that will benefit both pa...

Friday 3rd November 2006

CelebPoker.com Offers Helsinki Freezeout 2007 Seats CelebPoker.com has announced that it is now offering poker players the opportunity to win a seat at the Helsinki Freezeout – a major tournament set to take place at Finland’s Grand Casino Helsinki ...

Friday 3rd November 2006

Poker Players Take to the Streets Poker players and supporters disgruntled by the decision to prohibit online gaming in the US will this weekend take their argument to the streets of Washington DC in an attempt to make their voices...

Friday 3rd November 2006

Poker Chip Collecting Gains Credence Poker players whose dreams of a burgeoning bankroll are shattered or who don’t have the talent to triumph at tourneys are turning to a new poker pastime – collecting poker chips. Sylvia Williams f...

Friday 3rd November 2006

Online Casino launches Bingo tournaments The first ever Team Bingo is set to start this November at BingoGringo.com. The tournament brings a social aspect to online bingo, as teams of four sign up to play together with two million loyal...

Friday 3rd November 2006
Cryptologic Offers New Puzzle Game CryptoLogic is to bring one of the Internet's most popular online games to some of the world's top Internet casinos. The company has signed an exclusive five-year agreement for the rights to devel...