June 3, 2005
Analysts have been commenting on the positive impact that online poker has had on the Sportingbet business since the acquisition of Paradise Poker, and this week CEO Nigel Payne gave a timely reminder that the British gambling giant covers more than just poker interests. Speaking to the media, Payne played down the emerging dominance of […]
June 2, 2005
By Mark Prigg And Jim Armitage, Evening Standard An internet porn baron and two Indian graduates were today set to become billionaires as plans to float their poker website for GBP 5.5billion on the London stock market were revealed. PartyGaming, which runs partypoker.com, today formally announced the Footsie flotation plans and said their 1,100 staff […]
June 2, 2005
PartyGaming, the world’s biggest online poker company, has settled weeks of intense speculation by announcing plans to float on the London Stock Exchange in what is likely to be the City’s biggest new listing for four years. Based in Gibraltar, PartyGaming barely existed four years ago but riding a wave of popularity in online poker […]
June 2, 2005
Doyle Brunson, winner of nine championship bracelets at the World Series of Poker, has a new CD-ROM out that is attracting comment on Internet poker fora this week. The highlight of the offering is a lively and informative heads-up poker game between Brunson and the “Mad Genius of Poker” Mike Caro, poker’s leading educator. “This […]
June 1, 2005
The pre-listing publicity machine at Party Poker was hard at work this week, with reports from analysts and wire services telling the world that the top online poker site aims to price its flotation on the London Stock Exchange by June 27. The reports indicate that parent Party Gaming is tentatively planning to list about […]
June 1, 2005
Pokerthink Inc., a Florida firm that produces DVD tutorials on poker playing has briefed NuTech Digital for the distribution work on an upcoming DVD Poker Tutorial. Tom McEvoy, a four-time winner of World Series of Poker events, and the World Series of Poker Championship in 1983, has been named as the star of the tutorials. […]
June 1, 2005
Paradise Poker.com’s second Master’s competition will be decided on July 3 at an as yet unannounced tropical location. Ten finalists are about to compete for the grand prize of $1 million in an online tournament that began on May 23rd and ended May 28th with 10 finalists from the main event. These competitors will be […]
May 31, 2005
The important turnkey online poker provider Ongame has successfully completed rigorous acceptance inspections for membership of the international regulator eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA). The announcement today has significant implications for the first ever self-imposed regulation of the booming online poker industry. Ongame powers PokerNetwork which hosts many poker operators including PokerRoom.com […]
May 31, 2005
Texas Hold ‘Em can be made available across a range of delivery platforms, enabling mobile, iTV and Web gamblers to compete against each other. Zone4Play, Inc. today (Tuesday) launched the world’s first cross platform multi-player poker solution as an technology-based answer to the worldwide Texas Hold’em poker demand. Worldwide poker-playing communities are now estimated at […]
May 31, 2005
The land and online popularity of poker shows no sign of slackening and participation records will be shattered in coming weeks when the 36th World Series of Poker opens in Las Vegas, US reports said this week Tens of thousands of players compete in more than 40 events that will be held from June 2 […]