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Tuesday 27th November 2007

Relative Unknown Takes APPT Title Relative unknown Dinh Le walked away as champion of the latest Pokerstars.com Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) this weekend after outplaying 351 other hopefuls at the Grand Waldo Hotel in Macau....

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Ronaldson Triumphs at All Africa Tournament After winning the All Africa Poker Tournament recently at the Piggs Peak Hotel and Casino in Swaziland, Greg Ronaldson announced that he would like to follow in the footsteps of Raymond Rahme. ...

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Swedish Online Poker Site in Trouble According to reports on Sveriges Radio, tax authorities in Sweden claim that the former owners of online poker operation MultiPoker.com owe $6.7 million in unpaid tax. The claim by the...

Tuesday 27th November 2007

New Poker Site Launched Online Gibraltar-based online bookie group Victor Chandler has announced a deal with the UK's Admiral Taverns that will see the launching of a new pub poker site at VCPubPoker.com. Victor Chandler...

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Details Emerge on ‘Mystery’ Playtech Deal Online casino software provider Playtech has announced that the deal it signed late last week with an Asia-facing licensee is to run for three years and could be worth up to five millions dollars...

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Online Casino Switches to Microgaming Online gambling turnkey provider Microgaming has announced that Canbet.com is now using its casino software following the gambling site's switch to the Microgaming Poker Network earlier this year....

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Harrah’s Knocked Back by UK Gaming Group According to reports in The Telegraph, an offer from Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment to purchase a large portion of British land and online gambling group Rank has been rejected. The...

Tuesday 27th November 2007

Harrah’s Knocked Back by Online Casino Group According to reports in The Telegraph, an offer from Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment to purchase a large portion of British land and online gambling group Rank has been rejected. ...

Tuesday 27th November 2007
IGCE Returns After One-Year Break The International Gaming Conference and Expo (IGCE) is to return after a year’s break to focus on the global gaming industry. Being held at the five-star Corinthia Lisboa Hotel in Lisbon,...


Monday 26th November 2007

Unknown takes Asia Pacific poker title Dinh Le, a relatively unknown poker player, has emerged as victor following the climax of the 2007 Pokerstars Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) this weekend. The event, held at the Grand Waldo Hotel...

Monday 26th November 2007

Crowe joins charity poker cast Academy award winning actor Russell Crowe is set to join an Australian poker tournament at the end of the month, aimed at raising money for charity. The Aussie actor, who has starred in memorable ...

Monday 26th November 2007

“The Joe Hachem & Shane Warne Charity Poker Tournament” Announced His name might well have been Gladiator, but Russell Crowe is going to have his poker credentials tested at the Crown Melbourne this Friday. Joining him will be celebrities including Fifi Box,...

Monday 26th November 2007

APPT Macau: The Final Table is Set A total of 76 players came back for Day 2 of the Pokerstars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau championship event, all aiming to take down the $222,640 first place prize. Amongst the players still...

Monday 26th November 2007

No Show for Jerry Yang at APPT Macau One of the main publicity coups for the APPT Macau event was the return to the table of the 2007 World Champion, Jerry Yang. Yang has been keeping a very low profile since winning the title this...

Monday 26th November 2007

Negreanu Featuring on New Mobile Poker Game Mobile phone game developer I-play today launched “Win at Texas Hold’em”, presented by ‘Kid Poker’ Daniel Negreanu on the O2 and T-Mobile networks in the UK. The...