September 7, 2006
Aided by good World Cup football returns, Ireland’s top bookie group Paddy Power PLC reported an 11 percent gain in first-half net profit this week. Growth in the group’s Internet, telephone and over-the-counter gambling markets was also encouraging. The Dublin-based company said its net profit from January to June rose to Euro 17.5 million (US$22.4 […]
September 6, 2006
Poker Creations has announced a multi-week, online poker promotion with Milwaukee’s Best Light Beer and Casino Media Group, a multi-media agency with offices in Toronto, New York and Las Vegas. In terms of the agreement, Poker Creations will provide online logistics for its second nationwide promotion sponsored by Milwaukee’s Best Light Beer, a Miller Brewing […]
September 5, 2006
Hot on the heels of the Pokertropolis closure comes news this week that All In Poker, an online poker room which attracted hundreds of players via it’s controversial multi-level marketing program, is to close. Members were informed of the action by email last week. All In Poker allowed it’s members to refer other players with […]
September 2, 2006
The online poker room Pokertropolis.com advised players this week that it would close with effect from September 1. Fortunately the owners, Horizon 20 Group out of Costa Rica appear to be carrying this exercise out in a professional manner, communicating with their players and advising them that support facilities would remain open until September 7. […]
September 2, 2006
Over the weekend more news emerged on the police raid on poker personality Richard Lee’s home in San Antonio last week (see previous reports) which indicated that the raid was the culmination of an intense police investigation that has been running since February this year. Police applications for a search warrant showed that officers had […]
September 2, 2006
Last week we reported on the imminent debut of the new Microsoft Texas Hold Em game for Xbox Live Arcade, and the event proved to be every bit as popular as predicted, breaking records for Microsoft as the most in-demand download yet on the Xbox Live Arcade. On its first day out, the game was […]
September 2, 2006
All In Sports, formerly known as The Poker Channel, will be bringing another game of high-stakes poker to television screens in the U.K. next year with the “Million Dollar Cash Game.” UK poker fans will have more exciting poker television to watch when Sky Sports TV channel screens the event, which takes place at the […]
September 2, 2006
The first issue of Poker Pro Europe magazine was on the shelves at over 8000 retail outlets, bookstores, airports, casinos, card rooms and newsstands throughout English-speaking Europe this week. The new publication is backed by a rich media website in both .com and .co.uk domains launched on August 24. The 100-page glossy will be published […]
September 1, 2006
Joanne “JJ” Liu took the winner’s prize in this weeks World Poker Tour Ladies Night IV tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, earning herself a $25,000 seat into the WPT’s Championship Event and a WPT ring. Defending Ladies Night champion, actress/player Jennifer Tilly was the first player out, eliminated by amateur […]
September 1, 2006
Newport Beach, California player Joe Pelton is the new champ in the 2006 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker, beating a starting field of 460 players in a 4 day tournament to take to the $1 577 170 first prize this week. Third in chip counts at $1.1 million as the thournament entered the final […]