May 17, 2007
Casino Affiliate Programs, organisers of the CAP Spring Break convention for online gambling marketing affiliates celebrate the support of a major new sponsor this week. Heavyweight poker company World Poker Tour has stepped up as host of the Late Night Party element of CAP’s next big event at the Aura Night Club in Atlantis, Bahamas. […]
May 16, 2007
In the two weeks since the Casino Affiliate Convention ended, there has been growing speculation about who bought the Poker.com domain….and how much they paid for it. The domain was part of a silent auction held during the event, in which high prices were recorded for a number of singular domains. The already considerable interest […]
May 15, 2007
The Gibraltar-based Mansion online gambling group is building up some serious World Series of Poker steam with a change in focus on its daily $100 000 guaranteed tourneys that will make 8 WSOP main event packages available every day for the next week. The daily $100 000 Guaranteed Tournament will be turned into the Mansion […]
May 15, 2007
A new feature article on the PPA site by Dan Cypra of the PocketFives.com portal reveals that the Association has enjoyed an astonishing growth in membership to almost 500 000 – most of it since the advent late last year of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the USA. The US law, which attacks […]
May 15, 2007
Roy “the boy” Brindley took home the Betfair.com Poker Masters of Europe trophy and $120 000 at the weekend after an exciting heads up with top Swedish pro William Thorson, who had to be content with a second placing payday of $70 000. Brindley was chip leader for the majority of the final table, making […]
May 14, 2007
It appears that Playwize plc, the AIM-listed games developer with links to Microgaming may be gearing up to market its reportedly exciting new animated 3d poker software package which was the subject of much publicity last year. The company is apparently seeking shareholder authority to raise additional capital for further development projects and marketing initiatives […]
May 14, 2007
Texas state Representative Jose Menendez’s bill HB 3186, which proposed improving the legal position for Texas poker players’ game of choice, has been [temporarily] stymied by a procedural time-out according to media reports from the state that gave Texas Hold Em its name. Rep. Menendez’s bill was scheduled too far down a very full list […]
May 14, 2007
The 18 year old Canadian online poker star Will Ma (better known as cuteipi314 in the virtual arena) emerged as the champ in the final table of the Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France in Paris this weekend. Unfortunately, French officialdom’s clampdown on the originally World Poker Tour event means that […]
May 12, 2007
Unless Florida governor Crist vetos it (an extremely unlikely occurrence) Florida poker players will be able to up their bets from July 1 following passage of a bill through the Florida House and Senate that raises the maximum betting limits in the state. While poker has been legal in Florida, the maximum betting limit had […]
May 12, 2007
Despite its cautious approach to Internet-sponsored contestants, the World Series of Poker appears to have no problem with accepting heavyweight advertising from online poker companies, judging by an agreement signed this week. The agreement was between WSOP organiser Harrah’s Entertainment and the no-gambling marketing and publicity arm of Party Gaming, Party Poker.net and renewed the […]