Tom Schneider, host of Texas’ first and only televised poker tournament series, TrueTexasPoker, outlasted a field of 589 players to earn a spot on the televised final table at the World Poker Challenge in Reno, NV. “I believe that we are witnessing a star in the making,” said Karridy Askenasy, TrueTexasPoker’s Creator and Executive Producer. […]
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The International Gaming Conference & Expo (IGCE), slated for April 9th-11th in San Jose, Costa Rica, has announced that it has exceeded all of its early projections regarding attendees and exhibitors. “With only one week to go before we gather in Costa Rica for our conference,” indicated Chris Dauer, Director of Conferences for The Sports […]
Slot machines based on “Wheel of Fortune” and “Men in Black” are apparently going to be around for awhile. A recent survey of slot floor managers by a Wall Street investment house shows casinos are reluctant to replace and update gaming machines that aren’t more than a few years old. Still, enhanced gambling technology could […]
Robert Varkonyi, the 2002 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, won InterPoker.com’s latest Extreme Poker Challenge on Wednesday, beating Finland’s Juha Helppi in a tournament played outside in sub-zero temperatures. Helppi, who won the first Extreme Poker title under water in the Caribbean Sea, chose the venue for the event, opting for a home […]
March 29th 2006 saw the re-launch of Bluesq.com. The re-branding exercise coincided with a complete overhaul of functionality and was as a direct response to customer feedback and future gaming requirements of the brand. The new-look modern site has evolved over time and now firmly places the customer and their requirements at its heart. From […]
Growing up during the Baywatch years made meeting Carmen Electra an obvious highlight in the life of this 24-year old poker reporter, but chatting with Mike Sexton at the opening of Foxwoods Resort Casino’s new World Poker Tour Poker Room was far and away the best part of my day. On March 23rd I had […]
CasinoRoom.com has now been incorporated into the world’s leading online gaming affiliate program ? PokerAffiliate.com. Affiliate partners can now recruit players to not only the leading poker sites PokerRoom.com, HoldemPoker.com, EuroPoker.com and eCardroom.com but also to the brand-new casino site, CasinoRoom.com. As a special offer all affiliates with PokerAffiliate.com will earn 45% revenue share from […]
As reported by the INA Daily News: “The new board of directors of Casino du Liban approved Tuesday the accounts of the casino over the past seven years which showed an increase in gross revenues from $80 million in 1998 to $130 million in 2005. Announcing the figures at a news conference, casino chairman Elie […]
Swedish Games Corp. (Svenska Spel AB) is the first among government-owned licensed gaming companies worldwide with a poker site, which is being launched on March 30. Boss Media provided the development work and system delivery. The next step on the market is expected to be that many government-owned licensed gaming companies follow in Svenska Spel’s […]
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. today announced that 27-year gaming industry veteran Tommy Florio has been named Director, Multi-Station Gaming to lead the Company’s emerging multi-station gaming device business in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Florio will develop and execute strategic sales plans and initiatives for Aristocrat’s new multi-station gaming business, focusing initially on Aristocrat’s […]
As reported by the BBC: “This year’s World Cup is going to see a ‘seismic increase’ in gambling … and that’s on top of betting on Big Brother and online poker. Has the UK become a nation of gamblers? “This summer, £1bn is going to be staked in bets on the World Cup. “That’s the […]
With March Madness upon us, millions will be completing tournament brackets for entertainment or profit. The first 32 games are the easiest of the batch to analyze. Knowing nothing at all about the teams, you can look at the spreads for each game at PinnacleSports.com to get an idea of the likely outcome of each […]
As reported by the CBC News: “Saskatchewan-born billionaire whose Costa Rican mansion was raided by police on the weekend is calling the raid a ‘golden opportunity’ to promote his internet gambling business. “Calvin Ayre was on the cover of Forbes’ ‘world’s wealthiest people’ issue last week and the business magazine says he’s worth in excess […]
Taking the ‘shortcut to Vegas’ paid off in a big way for Catherine Clark of San Pedro, California. She is the most recent major jackpot winner at Pechanga Resort & Casino. In less time than it would have taken her to drive to Sin City, Catherine had achieved the ultimate winner’s goal. Shortly after her […]