February 18, 2006
Thumbs up to the Paddy Poker poker marketers, who this week came up with a new distribution method for their poker software. The Irish online casino, poker and sportsbetting group has inked a deal with Brandedmedia for the production of a promotional compact disc featuring its poker software in download form. The discs will be […]
February 18, 2006
The marketing staff at Titan Poker has launched a campaign aimed at college poker players, starting with a series of tournaments in conjunction with Campusfood, a nation-wide network of restaurants in the USA. The concept is to provide innovative marketing to restaurant partners and offer online menus with interactive ordering to students. University students who […]
February 16, 2006
An independently financed and produced movie with a poker story as its central theme is attracting attention from both poker players and the general public – and it was mostly financed from poker winnings! “Freeze Out” was filmed three years ago on a tight $20 000 budget, three quarters of which came from the producer’s […]
February 15, 2006
March 4 to 6 will be in the diaries of many poker fans following the announcement of the date and venue for the next National Heads Up Poker Championship, scheduled for Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, where spanking new facilities have been completed. One of the most popular poker events in 2005, the championship was […]
February 15, 2006
The Phillipines is set to become the latest venue for celebrity poker players following a move by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) to host the popular game. The inaugural World Celebrity Poker Tournament has been scheduled for February 22 at the Casino Filipino in the city of Cibu. Pagcor spokesmen said that the […]
February 15, 2006
Christchurch Casino (which also operates Kiwi online casino) has been selected as the venue for the New Zealand Poker Championships scheduled for 1 to 8 April this year. Some of the world’s greatest poker players are expected to enter the competition, with a total of around 150 players from around the world taking part. Among […]
February 15, 2006
The Australian business media reported this week that the Betcorp betting group is to turn to online poker to compensate for painful losses to gamblers on the sports side of its business. The Australian reported that Betcorp hopes to exploit the conventional wisdom that sports betters are best attracted to poker, and will make attempts […]
February 14, 2006
We have previously reported on the lighjt hearted Paddy Power “Poker 2006 – The State of Play” poker study conducted earlier this year, but the deviltry is in the detail, so here are a few of the more amusing facts: With typical Gaelic eloquence, Paddy Power Poker.com said it “….delved deep into the hearts and […]
February 14, 2006
There can be little doubt that the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) has done wonders in introducing hundreds of smart women poker players to the Internet and land tables. sing an exciting and entertaining series of women only tournaments coinciding with World Series of Poker circuit tourneys, LIPS has creatyed interest and involvement in the […]
February 14, 2006
Previous bulletins have reported on the Bodog gambling group’s venture into reality television, but this week the full detail of the series has been released and makes for interesting reading. Bodog founder and CEO Calvin Ayre will host the six-episode reality show, which will be taped in March this at the Bodog compound in Costa […]