‘Gambling - Poker’ Archives
Four Stops For Poker Academy
Leading poker magazine Bluff Europe has announced that its new Poker Academy lecture series will get underway on April 26 in Manchester before moving on to Birmingham, Dublin and London.Kicking off at 235 Casino in Manchester on April 26, the Poker Academy will see professional players Ian ‘Raiser’ Frazer and Paul ‘Action’ Jackson conduct [...]
Major Deal For New PartyGaming Unit
Leading listed online gaming operator PartyGaming has announced a cooperation agreement with Intralot that will see the two explore opportunities for providing online gaming services to specific markets around the world.The five-year deal with PartyGaming’s new business-to-business unit contains an option that could see it extended further and [...]
WSOP Duo Joins PokerStars
PokerStars.com, one of the world’s largest online poker rooms, has announced the addition of last year’s World Series Of Poker (WSOP) champion Peter Eastgate and runner-up Ivan Demidov to its Team PokerStars Pro.The signings bring the total number of poker players in Team PokerStars Pro to 33 and follows last week’s news that Brazil’s [...]
PPA Hails New Study
In America, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) poker advocacy group is hailing a new study released by Cigital Incorporated in conjunction with PokerStars showing the outcomes of games are predominantly determined by players' decisions and not just chance.The study is entitled Statistical Analysis Of Texas Hold ‘Em and used data acquired from 103 [...]
Profits For GigaMedia Up 23 Percent
Hong Kong-based GigaMedia Limited, the firm behind online poker site EverestPoker.com, has announced its unaudited financial results for 2008 showing a 25 percent rise in consolidated revenues to $190.4 million.The firm reported a 14 percent rise in annual net income to a record $44.4 million while gross profits for the twelve months increased 23 [...]
