16 September 2004
New Celebrities Flock to Poker Showdown
Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown is gearing up for its fourth
star-studded tournament. Following the news that it has found
sponsorship for the $250,000 prize pool in Internet Service
Provider, NetZero, (previous backers, Cingular, the cellphone
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RoyalVegaspoker.com to Stage $100,000 Freeroll Tournament
RoyalVegas.com are billing it as ‘The World's Largest Poker
Tournament in History’, which may be stretching the imagination
somewhat, but it certainly must be the largest freeroll tourney
ever.
WagerWorks to Create WPT Branded Site
As part of a continued brand expansion for the World Poker Tour
brand, WPT Enterprises has announced it has entered into an
agreement with software providers, Wagerworks, to offer an
international, real-money gaming website, to countries where such
Partypoker.com To Float on Stock Exchange?
Online poker market leader, Partypoker.com, is believed to be
considering floating on the London Stock Exchange, according to the
Times, and is currently understood to be in talks with several
investments banks, discussing to the finer points of such
Games Inc. Launches New Poker Rooms
Ohio based Games Inc., operator of www.games.org, www.gameland.com,
www.skillmoney.com, www.lottery.com, www.cards.com among others,
has incorporated a play for prizes, multi-player poker game to a
selection of its sites.
13 September 2004
BetWWTS.com Teams Up With PrimaPoker.com
BetWWTS.com’s, forthcoming poker offering, BetHoldEm.com, due to
launch later this month is to become part of the Prima Poker
Network under the terms of a new agreement.
'By integrating our pending poker site into the PrimaPoker
network we will
Bodog Card Room Goes Live
Online sportsbook, Bodog.com, has finally unleashed its new poker
room on a willing public. Bodog.com/poker has been the most eagerly
awaited new release for some time, because the sportsbook has
developed and created the platform entirely in-house,
Avago to Launch iTV Multi-player Texas Hold’em
Digital iTV channel, Avago, has signed a deal with Zone4Play is to
bring first ever iTV mullti-player, Texas Hold’em game that will
allow thousands of players to bet simultaneously, into UK
households.
New ESPN Poker Drama from the Writers of Rounders
ESPN has commissioned ‘Tilt’ a new poker drama, which will
chronicle the lives of six fictional poker players in the run up to
the World Series, and is expected to start shooting mid-November.
WPT Brand Name Blitz
WPT Enterprises, has announced it has signed a succession of
sponsorship deals which it hopes will see its brand become a
household name. In a strategy that will substantially increase
brand presence and ensure that the WPT name is seen everywhere fr