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Friday 21st July 2006

Star of ACES the Movie Wins Wednesday Free Roll at Aces.com Lacey Toups, star of ACES the Movie, won the weekly freeroll tournament at Aces.com, the site which sponsors the film. She battled it out at the final table with a regular player who frequently pla...

Friday 21st July 2006

Humberto Brenes Joins Team PokerStars PokerStars.com has announced that Humberto Brenes has joined their roster and will put in his first public appearance as a Team PokerStars player at the 2006 WSOP. He will also represent Team Poke...

Friday 21st July 2006

PokerShare.com Sponsors Mikey The Chimp At The WSOP July 21, 2006 (LONDON, UK & LAS VEGAS, USA) –– Yes, the rumors are true. PokerShare.com is sponsoring Mikey the Chimp at the 2006 World Series of Poker. There will be a press conference at 2:00pm ...

Friday 21st July 2006

Partygaming Looks Beyond the US as Revenues Double Online gambling group Partygaming has unveiled an increase in sales, with revenues up 50% to $319.3m (£172.7m) in the three months to June, from $214.8m the previous year. The announcement surfac...

Friday 21st July 2006

Online Betting Operators Avoid FBI Sting As the US crackdown on Internet gambling gathers momentum, it has been reported that an international conference of online gambling operators in Las Vegas has been cancelled at the eleventh hour, ...

Friday 21st July 2006

Peak Online Casino Group Receives Certification The Peak Entertainment Group, one of the oldest online casino and online poker operators in the industry, has received full certification for its online casinos and poker rooms from independent ga...

Friday 21st July 2006

CelebPoker.com Breathe Some West Life into WSOP The singer and former Westlife star Brian McFadden, has been busy adding various strings to his bow in recent months, and his latest addition is representing CelebPoker.com at the 2006 World Serie...

Friday 21st July 2006

BetonSports Claim No Deal with Dept. of Justice Reports of a deal between embattled sportsbook operator BetonSports and the US Department of Justice have been quashed by the online gaming company. In a statement overnight, a source from BetonSpo...

Thursday 20th July 2006

Titan Poker Players Win Big at Million Dollar Tournament Titan Poker players won huge prizes at the online poker room's Million Mania tournament, staged on July 16. The top three players won prizes totalling $525,000, with player jambrose55 beating out 5...

Thursday 20th July 2006

Psychological Savvy Scoops $264,000 for “The Poker Ph.D.” Dr. Drew Rubin of Plantation, Florida recently returned from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) where he won $226,579 plus $38,000 in endorsements as well as a place at the final table. The secret to...

Thursday 20th July 2006

Poker Pros File Antitrust Lawsuit against the WPT Seven top poker players have filed an antitrust Complaint against WPT Enterprises, Inc. in a federal district court in Los Angeles. Plaintiffs Chris Ferguson, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon,...

Thursday 20th July 2006

At Absolute Poker Every Night is Ladies Night Absolute Poker have launched AP Lady (www.aplady.com), an online poker site aimed at helping women who want to learn the basics of playing poker and advance in the game. 'Poker is popular with wom...

Thursday 20th July 2006

New Betfair Leaderboards are the Real Deal Betfair Poker has launched what it describes as the most comprehensive skill-based leaderboard structure of any poker room. “Betfair Poker leaderboards” reveal the top players in ten disciplines ...

Thursday 20th July 2006

Online Casino Offers Satellites for European Poker Tour Everest Poker is to offer qualifying satellites to all seven events on the European Poker Tour's Season 3 calendar. In addition to dedicated satellites for each EPT event, Everest Poker will be ...

Thursday 20th July 2006

Win Hot Babes at the Online Casino Sometimes players want more than cash when they hit the online casino, and that's exactly what software provider PlayWizard is offering, as they put video clips and screensavers of sexy women up f...