Friday, 16 November 2012
MGM Resorts International has become the latest Vegas operator to be granted a state online poker license.
The move comes after the Nevada Gaming Commission heard the company’s case for a license and accepted their proposal. The license now puts MGM one step closer to opening their virtual poker platform, with the only piece of the puzzle left to be completed being the acceptance of bwin.party by the Nevada Gaming Commission. Having partnered with bwin.party in October last year, MGM will use their software to run an online poker site in conjunction with Boyd Gaming. Under the terms of the deal bwin.party will own 65% of the company, while MGM will hold 25% and Boyd 10%. It’s expected that MGM will begin offering free money games by early next year before moving to real money games. However, it’s uncertain when this will be as bwin.party isn’t expected to meet with regulators until next year. Indeed, the NGC has also made it clear that bwin.party isn’t “guaranteed approval”, which could mean a severe delay in the process for MGM.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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