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Thursday 10th May 2007

Final Satellites for Live Event in Portugal at Everest The last two qualifying events for the Everest Poker Live in Portugal online satellites will be held on the 13th and 20th of May at 21.00 Portuguese time. Each satellite is a no limit $2 +.20 tourn...

Thursday 10th May 2007

Magna to Launch Lottery-sized Horseracing Payouts A brief series of televised horse races will launch Magna Entertainment’s next generation of betting structures aimed at new punters. Magna Entertainment Corp’s new chief executive officer, Mic...

Thursday 10th May 2007

Greenberg Boxing Shorts Bought for $100K by Backgammon Site May 11, 2007 – http://www.BackgammonMasters.com has purchased heavyweight boxer Roman Greenberg’s shorts for $100,000 and will auction them for charity. The $100K will give the young fighter a sho...

Thursday 10th May 2007

US Opts Out of WTO Rules on Online Gambling The United States has withdrawn from its World Trade Organisation commitments on online poker and online gambling, following its lost appeal against a decision in favour of Antigua and Barbuda over...

Thursday 10th May 2007

Bluff Europe Magazine Announces $2,500 Poker Freeroll Bluff Europe Magazine has announced a guaranteed $2,500 freeroll tournament exclusively for Bluff Europe readers in conjunction with online poker room and bookmakers William Hill. The tournament ...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Casino Firm Says Harrah to Rise in Profits Harrah's Entertainment Inc, the world’s largest casino group with products including the World Series of Poker, announced that its first-quarter earnings had increased by 2 percent. The Group’s n...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

No tears for high turnovers Casino bosses have always lamented the high turnover of staff that they seem to encounter, but a top expert in the gaming industry has said managers should get over it and cheer up, for it might be...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Back to school at Caesars The cream of the poker pros are descending on Caesars Palace to prepare some lucky pupils for the World Series of Poker's main event. Pay attention at the back. Phil Hellmuth, Greg Raymer, Joe Hac...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Slotland Doubles Seed Jackpot After Record $179K Win After their famous progressive jackpot was recently hit for an all time high of $179,166, Slotland.com has increased the jackpot seed for their frequently hit progressives to a whopping $50,000. A...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

WPT Announces TV Tourney Schedule for Season VI WPT Enterprises has announced its official tournament schedule for Season VI of its TV show, the World Poker Tour (WPT). The schedule includes 19 regular-season WPT tour stops and the annual ladies...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Bluff Europe on UK Newsstands Bluff Europe is making its magazine available to every British poker enthusiast by expanding its distribution beyond premium card rooms across Britain, Scandinavia, Continental Europe and Russia, t...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Spanish Everest Poker Player Takes Women’s Tourney Title Everest Poker has celebrated the final of its first European Women's Poker Tournament which took place in several countries and culminated in an exciting online finale on 19 April 2007. Following...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Titan Poker Sends a 15-Player Team to Pokerface 2007 Titan Poker is sending 15 of its most talented players to Las Vegas to participate in the Pokerface 2007 Main Event, to be staged at the Binion's Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, from 13 May 2007. Tita...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Pocket-Size WSOP Prizes at PokerRoom.com PokerRoom.com is inviting World Series of Poker (WSOP) calibre players to compete in three different pocket-size qualifiers that will see the winners heading to Las Vegas to play in the WSOP Pot Li...

Wednesday 9th May 2007

Bluff Magazine Hits UK Stands The world’s premier monthly poker magazine, Bluff Europe has announced that it will be available on UK newsstands from June 1st. The guide to all things poker has already made a name for itself th...