24 August 2004
Connecticut Bars Battle Poker Ban
Several Connecticut bar owners are challenging a ruling by Attorney
General, Richard Blumenthal, that bans poker tournaments from their
premises. At least one Stanford bar is known to be taking action
against the ruling after receiving warning letter
UltimateBet Joins Income Access Gambling Affiliate Network
Leading online poker room, UltimateBet.com, has teamed up with top
affiliate network, Income Access, to offer webmasters some of the
best deals around. UltimateBet affiliates can now receive up to 35%
commissions on the revenue generated by each refe
PokerBook Gaming Kicks off Charity Poker Event
Newly established US charity poker organisers, Poker Book Gaming,
have announced that the National Greyhound Federation will be the
first organisation to benefit from their keenly awaited World Poker
Charity Tour.
Texas Hold’em and Fantasy Football’s Vegas Marriage
Kahuna Sports, the US National Fantasy Football organiser, has
announced it will stage a $100,000 Fantasy Football fest, with a
side order $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament at Binion’s
Horseshoe on September 4th.
Fireswirl Moves into European Market
Online poker software developer, Fireswirl Technologies, has
launched its first partner program for its planned expansion into
the European market. The British Columbia based company announced
this week that its aim is to work with partners in the UK
11 August 2004
World Poker Tour Flotation Raises $32 million
World Poker Tour Enterprises began priced its initial public
offering and began trading on Tuesday, raising $32 million by
offering 4 million shares at $8 a share, a higher price than
expected.
Former WSOP Director To Launch Paradigm Poker Consultants
Former World Series of Poker director, Steve Morrow, has created a
new online poker consultancy firm, Paradigm Poker Consultants. The
company offers expertise to new Internet poker rooms.
TSN to Air The Great Canadian Poker Tournament
Extreme Poker Ltd, the event coordinating and entertainment
company, has announced that it has sealed a deal with TSN, Canada's
sports leader, to air its reality TV poker project, The Great
Canadian Poker Tournament.
888.com Creates 'Women Only' Poker Table
888.com has got in touch with its feminine side this week with the
announcement that it is launching a card room solely for the ladies
in response to the growing number of women playing poker.
Radica to Create World Poker Tour Branded Games
Radica Games Limited has announced that it is developing a line of
handheld electronic WPT branded Texas Hold 'Em games. Radica says
the games will be based on the WPT tournament structure and will be
launched in March 2005 to coincide with the telev