November 29, 2005
Whatever happened to the idea of playing poker as a personal skill? With increasing talk of the threat of online ‘bots and automated collusion one could be forgiven for thinking that some of the character is being bled from a great game by advancing technology. Take the latest product to be launched on the poker […]
November 29, 2005
The main shareholder in World Poker Tour, US-based Lakes Entertainment, has issued an intriguing “forward looking statement” that suggests it may be considering the sale of its two thirds interest in order to raise capital. Lakes Entertainment recently settled a clash with the Securities and Exchange Commission over late financial reportage, and in earlier statements […]
November 29, 2005
Many industry people have been under the impression that the attempt to legalise and regulate Internet poker in the state of North Dakota was a dead duck, but this week moves were afoot to revitalise the campaign, according to a report from Associated Press. Chief political proponent Jim Kasper is asking gambling companies to help […]
November 29, 2005
Kudos to online poker provider Excapsa, which has made facilities and software available to a new initiative designed to use the popularity of online poker to generate charitable funds. Benefit Poker.org, recently became the first non-profit organisation formed to use online gambling to raise funds for the needy or ill. Charities that register with the […]
November 29, 2005
The trend toward language specific sites continued this week with the launch of a Greek site by William Hill Poker. Gambling software provider CryptoLogic was involved in the project to build the new site, which a spokesman said was inspired by the booming popularity of web-based poker. Financial details were not disclosed. The new site […]
November 29, 2005
Hardly has the previous day’s excitement over his million dollar win in the Prima Monte Carlo Millions died down at the weekend, when consummate poker champ Phil Ivey was in the news with another big win – this one in the Full Tilt Poker Invitational in Monte Carlo. Televised live by Fox News, the seven […]
November 27, 2005
Cassava Enterprises online poker division, Pacific Poker is now Mac-compatible following software improvements to the site to cater for significant demand. Industry observers say that Pacific Poker is trying for a larger market share with its new Mac-compatible software upgrade by going after the largely untapped reservoir of Apple Mac users. Mac users are said […]
November 26, 2005
Further to our recent report on the approval of the Swedish government for state-owned Svenska Spel to enter the online poker sector powered by Boss Media, further details are now to hand. The Scandinavian press report that the decision to approve Svenska Spel instead of a private company to introduce online poker operations was based […]
November 26, 2005
With characteristic marketing flair and wide publicity, Virgin owner Sir Richard Branson launched subsidiary Virgin Gaming’s revamped online poker offering this week. Powered by Boss Media (see earlier report) and a member of that provider’s network there has been extensive site redesign from the original offering introduced last year. Company spokesmen said that Virgin will […]
November 25, 2005
According to a press release from Boss Media President Peter Bertilsson this week, Svenska Spel, the Swedish state-owned gambling monopoly has been given the go-ahead by the Swedish government to start an internet poker service. Boss Media, the company that will partner Svenska Spel in the venture has been awaiting the approval for several weeks […]