‘Geography - USA and Canada’ Archives
World Poker Tour Improving
World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) Incorporated has released its financial results for the first three months of 2009 showing a ten percent jump in revenues quarter-on-quarter to $5.5 million. The Californian firm revealed that the increase was due primarily to higher revenues from its ClubWPT.com domain alongside increased World Poker Tour [...]
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 [...]
Morris Mohawk Settles 1st Lawsuit
Leading technology licensing firm 1st Technology LLC has ended its long-running legal action against Bodog and the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group after the two agreed a resolution on all outstanding litigation.Kahnawake-based Morris Mohawk operates the popular Bodog online poker brand founded by Calvin Ayre. The Canadian entrepreneur was originally [...]
Harrah’s Hires Garber
The world’s largest land-based gaming company, Harrah’s Entertainment Incorporated, has hired the former Chief Executive Officer for leading online gaming operator PartyGaming, Mitch Garber, to oversee its Internet operations.Harrah’s has annual revenues of around $10.8 billion and the appointment has set industry tongues wagging as to [...]
