March 2, 2005
Sportingbet group member ParadisePoker.com launched the first Paradise Masters Online Championships midweek in a six day celebration featuring a series of tournaments and events in which players compete for cash and prizes. The highlight of the series will be a No Limit Texas Hold’Em tournament with a prize pool valued at well over $1 million […]
March 1, 2005
The name calling has been done, sarcastic punches thrown, and the final table for six players is ready in GSM’s Poker Royale: The Battle of the Sexes. So far, the men have won every match in the series, but it all comes down to that final table where on Friday, March 4 at 9:00PM ET/PT […]
March 1, 2005
Telecomm analyst group RHK revealed this week that online entertainment worldwide is expected to increase threefold in five years, driven primarily by Internet television Revenues from video, which includes IPTV and video on demand; music downloads, games, gambling and adult entertainment are expected to increase to $36 billion in 2009 from $12.3 billion last year. […]
March 1, 2005
Intriguing press releases from a company called Casino Robots were cropping up all over the Internet this week, punting “…..an intelligent software robot capable of consistently winning games of Texas Hold’Em Poker at popular online Poker Rooms.” Poker Robot Collusion Edition for Windows is claimed to be able automatically and simultaneously to play in up […]
February 28, 2005
The Harvard Crimson campus news reports this week that the hallowed Harvard Law School held a forum on Poker and the Law, where learned lawyers, a pro gambler, and a lobbyist discussed online gambling. The experts gathered around a table—sans cards—to discuss everything from legal issues to card strategy in an event titled “Going All […]
February 28, 2005
Internet poker room owners are re-learning an old lesson, according to a report in this week’s London Free Press – that it helps establish trust and a solid relationship with your customers if you are upfront about your own identity and involvement. The article uses the host at PokerNow.com, Jane Jack to make the point. […]
February 25, 2005
The countdown for this year’s action poker has begun. This June, more players than ever in the history of the game will descend on the Rio Las Vegas for the biggest game in town, the 2005 World Series of Poker. InterPoker.com, will be guaranteeing 145 seats to this year’s World Series, plus a free entry […]
February 25, 2005
In any sport, people always want to know who’s top dog, and the phenomenal rise in the popularity of poker has led to a strong demand among casual and professional players alike for stats to decide just who is the ‘King of the Chips’. In similar vein to golf’s PGA Order of Merit or the […]
February 25, 2005
This week Yahoo! was quick to issue a denial that it has plans to launch a real money poker room, as reported last week by eGaming Review Representatives for Yahoo! UK said it had not started development of a real money poker site and had no plans to launch anything of that nature during 2005. […]
February 25, 2005
The Israeli publication Haaretz reported this week that online gambling is an Israeli success story. “Israelis really like playing casino games, they’re quite hooked on it,” the publication quotes Ira Gladnikoff, vice president of Swedish online gambling company OnGame. She added that Israelis are particularly prevalent visitors on online gambling sites. “That’s why we will […]