Archive for September, 2010

Inaccurate Gambling Information Can be Harmful in The Casino Industry

Inaccurate Gambling Information Can be Harmful in The Casino Industry

To read gambling reports on some internet gambling information websites, Industry observers were surprised over the weekend that Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment had allegedly severed its b2b relationship with 888 subsidiaries Dragonfish. However, it was all confusion in some quarters, and one... Read More....

Borgata Poker Open

Borgata Poker Open

Brandon Novena has amassed over 3.3 million chips, vaulting him into the pole position at the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open. With just 27 players left to play, Novena leads a field that features several big names still in contention for the $733,802 first prize. There are several amazing storylines... Read More....

British Poker Awards

British Poker Awards

Earlier this week, before the excitement of the World Series of Poker Europe erupted in London there was a host of top players, poker room managers, affiliates and poker fans gathered together in the Kensington Close Hotel for the 2010 British Poker Awards. Over the past few weeks anyone who has visited... Read More....

Borgata Poker Open Begins in Atlantic City

Borgata Poker Open Begins in Atlantic City

Despite being directly in competition with the World Series of Poker Europe, the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open attracted a strong field, as over 1,000 players are expected in Atlantic City to play in the $3,500 buy-in event. At the end of the first day of play – Day 1A, as the large field... Read More....

Big Winner of Corner-Store Poker – OLG

Big Winner of Corner-Store Poker - OLG

You don’t have to sneak into a smoky backroom somewhere to play poker anymore. Just go into any corner store. Not only have they become casinos but poker palaces, too. But have you been in line behind one of those people who have just won on the new OLG Lotto Poker game? Not good if you are in a hurry... Read More....

PTP Hit and Run: Sept. 15th 2010

PTP Hit and Run: Sept. 15th 2010

Laak near the top at the WSOP Europe, WCOOP events, and Lacey Jones in a bathrobe. It’s all in today’s PTP Hit and Run. PPA rates congressmen: How do your elected officials stack up on issues concerning poker? Story here talks about the Poker Players Alliance releasing its grades for every member... Read More....

Jason Newitt Former Full Tilt Poker Employee Subpoenaed by Feds

Jason Newitt Former Full Tilt Poker Employee Subpoenaed by Feds

According to Wicked Chops Poker, former Full Tilt Poker employee Jason “JDN” Newitt has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and is scheduled to appear today. The reason for his subpoena was not disclosed. Read the article here. In September 2009,... Read More....

Join Pokerstars For The EPT London Poker Festival

Join Pokerstars For The EPT London Poker Festival

The Poker Stars European Poker Tour (EPT) London Poker Festival is the first full blown poker festival of the Season 7 EPT and is scheduled to take place at the Hilton Metropole Hotel from September 29th through October 4th. Last year’s EPT London Main Event attracted 730 participants making it the... Read More....

New Poker Lotto Preys on the Poor, Critics Say

New Poker Lotto Preys on the Poor, Critics Say

A new poker lotto game from Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is just another way for Premier Dalton McGuinty’s cash-strapped government to prey on the poor, opposition parties charge. The game has a main prize of $100,000 drawn every night but players who put down $2 for a ticket during the day could... Read More....

Three Card Poker

Three Card Poker

Three Card Poker was invented in the mid-late 1990s. This was back in the dark ages of proprietary table games. There had been success with Caribbean Stud Poker and Let It Ride, but casinos weren’t really looking for more. Little by little, the game made some inroads and reached about 50 tables when... Read More....