Three more online poker sites join Cake Network

April 9, 2010

The Cake Poker Network has signed up three more operators from online casino, sportsbook and poker sites JuicyStakes, BeteXpress and KakuyPoker. Retro-themed JuicyStakes, is an online casino site adding poker to its gambling services, whilst BeteXpress is an online bookmaker licensed within the European Union intent on widening its range of gambling offers. Kakuy is […]

Beast Gaming signs up for white label poker

April 9, 2010

The Alderney-licensed Beast Gaming group has signed up for a white label poker and fantasy sports i-gaming platform from Vancouver-based online gambling software developer Intelimax.com. The deal is the first of its kind for Intelimax, which recently launched its white label service. Beast Gaming has a number of online gaming website products throughout Europe and […]

Big names flock to Party Poker´s Big Game

April 8, 2010

The possible unmasking of Swedish high stakes player Isildur1 (see previous report) is just one element that is exciting attention around the Party Poker Big Game, where the action starts next Sunday at the Les Ambassadeurs Club in Mayfair, London and will continue for 48 hectic hours. Big names for the Big Game have been […]

Entraction poker network signs up a new site

April 8, 2010

The Entraction online poker network has signed an agreement with European sports book PlanetWin365, to deliver poker software and access to Entraction’s global poker network. Entraction poker will sit alongside other gaming products in Planetwin365’s sister brand Vegas365 Poker and strengthen the position of the company’s position in both the South and Eastern European market. […]

Poker popular with Czechs

April 7, 2010

The Czech Republic has been at the centre of an Internet and land poker boom over the past year, the newspaper Prague Daily Monitor reported this week, revealing that poker venues have proliferated and the national poker player numbers have surged to around 200 000. The newspaper reports that added impetus to the game was […]

Brit takes Irish open title

April 7, 2010

Hope in the Emerald Isle that an Irishman would take the Paddy Power Poker Irish Open title were dashed Monday when British poker pro James Mitchell (20) bested a large field of 708 entrants to carry off the title and the Euro 600 000 main prize. Among the field were big names such as Dan […]

French online poker site to expand into sports betting

April 6, 2010

The French online poker provider of free poker play, NetBetPoker.fr has strengthened its appeal in the soon-to-liberated French gambling market through a sports betting white label deal with French betting provider France Pari. Itechsoft Game, the owner of the online poker site, signed the agreement this week, which will enable to it to expand its […]

International poker aces sign up with Pokerstars

April 6, 2010

Two more international online poker aces, one from the United States and one from Ukraine, have signed up to Pokerstars Team Online, the 24 professional player roster that represents the company on and offline. The new recruits follow the appointment of Dusty ‘leatherass’ Schmidt from the US at the end of March. American George ‘jorj95’ […]

Consorting with the enemy?

April 6, 2010

With the June 1st implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act regulations looming on the horizon, the Poker Players Alliance is reportedly looking for some unusual allies in its bid to exempt online poker from the law, which prohibits financial transactions with ‘illegal’ online gambling operators and processors. This week, PPA executive director John […]

Manhattan Grand Jury probe focused on Full Tilt Poker?

April 5, 2010

The American enforcement noose may be about to tighten around the Internet’s second largest online poker site, Full Tilt Poker, according to reports over the weekend in the respected Financial Times newspaper in the UK. The newspaper claims that a Manhattan federal grand jury is probing the online poker company to determine whether there has […]