September 12, 2016
PokerStars contacted customers late last week to notify planned changes to their VIP Club in 2017. The most significant change is that of a combined rewards programme for poker, casino and sportsbook moving away from the current format that rewards according to monthly and annual statuses. The company said changes to the VIP club made […]
September 12, 2016
Dublin-based poker platform provider GGNetwork has clinched its first major European partnership with Tain Network who, under the terms of the deal, will distribute GGNetwork online poker games to licensees “who have traditionally demonstrated a huge appetite for online poker”. The deal is described as a major coup for GGNetwork who claims to be the […]
September 12, 2016
The Utah television network KUTV has revisited a six-year-old high profile online poker scandal in which bribery allegations against a US senator were made, publishing a jailhouse interview with convicted businessman Jeremy Johnson over the weekend. Our readers will recall that back in 2010 Johnson was a leading figure in a case involving cloaked bank processing […]
September 9, 2016
September is set to be a bumper month for poker fans, with over $72 million invested by online poker providers in upcoming tournaments, according to the publication Pokerfuse. Collating the investments of several providers, Pokerfuse reports that PokerStars, partypoker.com , 888poker, Winamax and MPN all have bigger and better tournament series this month, with $72 […]
September 9, 2016
The massive $102,000 buy-in NLHE 8-max Super High Roller event scheduled by Pokerstars as part of its current World Championship of Online Poker series will be streamed to poker fans across the globe in separate initiatives by ace professional players Jason Mercier and Jason Somerville on September 11 at 1:30 Eastern Daylight Time. The two […]
September 7, 2016
The long drawn out saga of attempts to move Canada’s sports betting legislation into the 21st century with single game sports betting (see previous reports) will have another run on September 21 when bill C-221 is scheduled for a committee review in the House of Commons. Lawmakers on the Committee on Justice and Human Rights […]
September 6, 2016
Poker pro Tony Guoga’s TonyBet operation is hyping its soon-to-launch Run It Twice tournaments with a tongue-in-cheek reference to Phil Galfond’s new poker site named “Run It Once”. Tony G’s recreational player focus is the inspiration behind the Run It Twice poker tournament format, previously only available as a function in live cash games. “A […]
September 6, 2016
Video games developer Playscape has just launched the trailer of its next product, which may appeal to poker fans with a penchant for video gaming. Including a gaming element within a video game has proved successful for developers of games like Grand Theft Auto, and Playscape’s new Prominence Poker follows that general concept, including a […]
September 6, 2016
888Poker’s new series of 11-day live poker tournaments staggered over the year should prove again the value of this strategy in attracting players to internet poker through online satellites, and for creating greater brand awareness. 888live Festivals will be held at different locations three times a year and kicks off with the inaugural tournament in […]
September 6, 2016
Cricket legend Shane Warne is combining two of his passions in his latest appointment – cricket and online poker. In a deal with the owners of Indian Premier League cricket team Rajasthan Royals, Raj Kundra and his movie star wife Shilpa Shetty, Warne has agreed to promote the couple’s latest venture, a real-money online poker […]