‘Gambling - Poker’ Archives
PKR.com Signs Up Rising Stars
Leading online poker room PKR.com has announced the first six members constituting its first sponsored team of professional players that will serve as brand ambassadors at major events around the world.The members of Team PKR Pro will also provide a range of content for PKR.com’s website and PKR TV while also participating in cash games and [...]
UIGEA Opposition Not Partisan
In America, the Chairman for the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) non-profit poker advocacy group, Alfonse D’Amato, has reacted strongly to suggestions that the issue of regulating Internet gaming is partisan in nature.The former three-term New York Senator wrote a letter to The Hill newspaper last week criticising an April 2 article entitled [...]
Grand Series Of Poker Returns
Online poker room TowerGaming.com has announced that it has brought back its popular Grand Series Of Poker (GSOP) for a second edition featuring twice as many events and a guaranteed prize pool of $3.4 million.GSOPII kicked off last week and features a total of 16 events with different buy-ins including no-limit Texas hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, [...]
PartyPoker.com Advert Found Misleading
In the UK, a magazine advertisement for prominent online poker room PartyPoker.com has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) watchdog for presenting ‘misleading’ survey claims.The print ad in question featured a headline that contained the claim ‘Players Win More At PartyPoker’ alongside text in the body copy that read [...]
Entraction Selling Online Subsidiary
Online gaming software developer Entraction Holding AB has signed a letter of intent to sell its Casagaming Limited online games operating subsidiary to iGame Limited in a deal worth €4.5 million.iGame already operates Pokerihuone.com on the Entraction network and the sale will see it take control of popular Casagaming sites including [...]
