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Wednesday 21st May 2008

OPOY top five changes continue After months where the top five in Card Player's online player of the year (OPOY) rankings failed to change around much, the frontrunner list now looks almost completely new. Halfrek has come from...

Wednesday 21st May 2008

Shorr 'irritated' by online loss Shannon Shorr has voiced his frustration at losing $11,000 in an internet poker game this week. Shorr suggested in his blog he may have gone on a tilt during the match and claimed he had his bluff...

Wednesday 21st May 2008

Big names fall at WSOPC The last final table of the World Series of Poker Circuit season will be without any big names. Jonathan Little - who was named player of the year for season six of the World Poker Tour - and Tim ...

Wednesday 21st May 2008

Backgammon Masters Celebrates UEFA Champions League Final with 5K Freeroll Tournament May 21, 2008 -- BackgammonMasters Online Backgammon Operator is hosting a Backgammon FreeRoll tournament in honor of the UEFA Champions League Final tonight in Moscow. The Freeroll tournament will...

Wednesday 21st May 2008

Tabatabai Joins Team Betfair John Tabatabai has become the latest rising young poker star to join Betfair’s elite team of talent. The 23 year old takes his place alongside Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad as Team...

Wednesday 21st May 2008

$25K Heads-Up World Championship This Saturday With a tournament buy-in of $25,000 per player, the Full Tilt Poker Heads-Up World Championship is the largest heads-up tournament ever held either live or online. To add to the excitement, the...

Wednesday 21st May 2008

Devilfish Poker Swimming on New Network DevilfishPoker.com today relaunches on the Entraction network (formerly 24hNetwork) with a host of promotional activities including a sign up bonus of 150% up to €666, a daily €666...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

JackpotFactory’s Lottery Promotion Leading online slots site JackpotFactory.com has announced that the latest promotion in aid of its virtual lottery game will feature a total of $75,000 in bonuses. As part of the promotion, the...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Mansion Giving Away $50 Gibraltar-based online casino MansionCasino.com has announced a special promotion that is rewarding depositing players with an extra $50 every Wednesday this month simply by asking for it. ...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Mansion Signs With Ethoca Leading fraud management firm Ethoca Limited has announced that online casino Mansion.com has joined its global community of companies intent on reducing scams and increasing revenues. 'The...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Lower Revenues For Genting The owners of the UK’s largest chain of casinos, Genting International, has reported a 14 percent drop in revenues to $122.4 million for the first quarter of the year. Genting attributed...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Taiwan Sets Aside Land For Casinos Local government officials in the Penghu County of Taiwan have set aside plots of public land in anticipation of investment from foreign firms once laws governing the establishment and operation of...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Poker breaks into Lycos 35 Poker has entered Lycos's top 35 search terms list for the first time in several months. After spending two weeks in 40th, the card game has risen to 34th where it lies behind Jessica Simpson. Po...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Is Tryst the place to be for poker players? The best poker players in the world are normally found at Bobby's Room at the Bellagio. But now it appears another venue is rising up to rival the MGM Mirage-owned casino's hold on the elite - and...

Tuesday 20th May 2008

Halfrek becomes new OPOY leader Full Tilt Poker competitor Halfrek has topped Card Player's online player of the year (OPOY) table for the first time. The star's victory at event 21 of FTOPS VIII earned him 1,200 points, which c...