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Friday 16th May 2008

Bluff Media Show Their Hand In a move which cements the position of the ladies game in the world of Poker, Bluff Media has confirmed the purchase of rights to the printed version of the Woman Poker Player magazine for an...

Friday 16th May 2008

James Packer Like Father Like Son While it was never going to be easy to follow in his fathers foot steps, James Packer has shown some real business acumen with his joint venture in the casino capital, Macau. Melco PBL recently...

Friday 16th May 2008

Poker Players Alliance Set To Appeal They went into the court room with what they thought was a winning hand only to find that the judge has declared a null and void game. Representatives of the Poker Players Alliance were sent...

Friday 16th May 2008

Elizabeth confirmed for UHI charity tournament The sponsor of the Urban Health Institute charity poker tournament, which takes place tomorrow evening at the Playboy Mansion, has allayed fears that reigning champion Shannon Elizabeth will not be...

Friday 16th May 2008

First WSOP for Stern While most of the top professionals at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer will have cut their teeth at poker's biggest event years ago, one young internet star is about to make his ...

Friday 16th May 2008

WPT Canada won by Wintermans Keith Wintermans emerged from the River Rock Casino Resort in British Columbia with his first ever major poker title this week. The 35-year-old took down the inaugural World Poker Tour (WPT) Cana...

Friday 16th May 2008
Probability Developing Hollywood Classics London-based Probability has signed a three-year contract to license three classic films for games development from Paramount Mobile Entertainment, a division of Viacom Incorporated’s...


Thursday 15th May 2008

Frenchman Wins Over $908,000 At Online Casino Online casino CasinoTropez.com has announced that one lucky player walked away with $908,719 after winning on its Gold Rally eight-line progressive slot. Frenchman ‘Yves G’ won only...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Holland Cracks Down On Gambling Authorities in The Netherlands have announced that they intend to crack down on illegal online casinos and have called on the nation’s banks to stop providing them with financial services. ...

Thursday 15th May 2008

Microgaming Launches Latest Gold Title Isle of Man-based software provider and games developer Microgaming has announced the launch of its new Multi Hand Hold’Em High casino poker game. The latest offering in the Microgaming...

Thursday 15th May 2008

AOL Offering WSOP Seats Online casino Games.com has announced that it will award six lucky players with seats to the upcoming World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event in Las Vegas. A subsidiary of giant AOL, Games.com...

Thursday 15th May 2008

HollywoodPoker Debuts WSOP Grand Weekend Online casino HollywoodPoker.com has announced that its inaugural one million dollar Grand Tournament has been bundled alongside its World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Grand Weekend, which is giving...

Thursday 15th May 2008

PKR Launches Loyalty Programme Three-dimensional online poker room PKR.com has announced the debut of its ClubPKR loyalty programme, which gives players the opportunity to take part in exclusive freerolls and monthly challenges...

Thursday 15th May 2008

PKR.com Holds Charity Tournament Three-dimensional online poker room PKR.com held a charity tournament over the weekend for the benefit of the One To One Children’s Fund attended by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, soccer legend...

Thursday 15th May 2008

US Gaming Revenues Rise In 2007 The American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced that commercial casino revenues for 2007 rose 5.3% from the previous year to hit US$34 billion. Interestingly the AGA also confirmed that casino...