August 2, 2006
Over the past month, starting with a viral rumour mill campaign, and graduating to editorial publicity the PokerShare marketing folks have skilfully heightened the profile of their company through Mikey the Poker Playing Chimp. This innovative scheme presented a poker playing chimpanzee called Mikey as a World Series of Poker contestant with a buildup on […]
August 2, 2006
The confusing legal climate, and the uncertain future for online gambling companies in the United States are cited as the main reasons for a US company moving its corporate head office to Ireland this week. Tiltware LLC, the software company behind Full Tilt Poker, has announced that it is moving to Dublin, Ireland, creating up […]
August 1, 2006
Money Casino in association with PokerEon.com has launched a new poker room and joined the Ongame Network, one of the leading internet poker networks with approximately 8.6 million registered players, guaranteeing non-stop tournament and ring game action and maintaining the highest standards of security, reliability, and technical excellence. Employing a single login and wallet system, […]
August 1, 2006
When Joe Sebok lost a bet to his friend and fellow poker pro Gavin Smith he had to arrange several unusual costume changes for his appearances in the four opening days of Main Event matches at the World Series of Poker this week. Four opening days were needed just to get through the record 8 […]
August 1, 2006
Playboy Enterprises Inc. will use poker software from CryptoLogic Inc. to run its Internet poker website, the companies announced this week. The move builds on a relationship between the two companies that began in May with the announcement (see previous report) that CryptoLogic would launch a Playboy-branded Internet casino, providing electronic cash management, marketing support […]
July 30, 2006
Unaudited figures just in indicate that the starting field for the Main Event (see previous reports) at WSOP which started Friday is a new record at 8 580 hopefuls. In 1970, when the first WSOP was formed, there were 38 contestants!
July 30, 2006
Smart marketers associate the product with glamorous high profile sports favoured by their target audience, and this week the US promotional vehicle for Party Poker, the Party Poker.net initiative, was right up there with the best of them. The company is making non-industry headlines with its involvement in five thrilling “Party Poker.net Big ThrowDown” qualifying […]
July 30, 2006
Here’s a chance for aspirant poker champs to sharpen their skills. World class poker tuition by some of poker’s top players is the main attraction at the Playboy Poker Camp, which was launched this week by Playboy Enterprises, Inc.in partnership with Moneymaker Gaming. WSOP Champion Layne Flack and Jim “Krazy Kanuck” Worth are among the […]
July 30, 2006
The major online Scandinavian betting group Unibet is planning to leave the B2B – 24Hr poker network and move completely to the Microgaming Poker Network by September 2006, a company spokesman revealed this week. Since the acquisition of French-language MrBookmaker in August 2005, Unibet had been running two poker platforms, B2B and Microgaming. The move […]
July 30, 2006
Chartwell Technology, the Canadian gambling software developer and turnkey provider has released a new version of its multiplayer poker product. Chartwell’s version 2.1 on the PokerNexus site, includes new features such as “favourites” areas for players, colour coded player plaques, and a mini-view, allowing visitors to see as many as four tables at any one […]