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In this section we provide you with all the latest news from the Global Poker Scene. We keep you up to date with the most interesting and relevent poker news from the all around the world.
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Online Casino Keen to ‘Spel’ the End of EU Probe
September 5th, 2007 | Poker News
Svenska Spel, Sweden’s state backed gaming company, which offers a sportsbook, lottery site, poker room, gaming site and bingo room, could be heading to court after the company failed to accept the findings of the European Commission’s (EC), that, by blocking gambling firms from neighbouring EU countries, it has contravened EU law on the freedom […]
Everest Poker shows that Weekdays need not be Poker Free
September 4th, 2007 | Poker News
Everest Poker, one of the most popular poker sites on the internet, has announced a Texas Holdem promotion they are currently developing. Thanks to this promotion, online poker players from around the world will no longer have boring weekdays.
Throughout the month, Everest Poker will be hosting online poker tournaments they call “Survive the Workweek.” Through […]
Absolute Poker Announces 9% Interest Bearing Account for Elite VIP Members
September 1st, 2007 | Poker News
Playing online poker pays, especially if you’re one of Absolute Poker’s VIPs.
The Elite VIP Members will earn 9% interest per year on their Absolute Poker account balance with a new interest bearing account, this starting from today.
Senior Vice President for Absolute Poker, David Clainer stated: “We’ve taken the Elite level of our VIP program from […]
Betdirectpoker.com is micro-improved
September 1st, 2007 | Poker News
With continued customer friendly goals in mind, BetDirect announced a complete site redesign for betdirectpoker.com. The new online poker software is currently freely available to players.
Maintaining the Micrograming software platform, the newly designed site and client interface is free for download with several new perks. This new design will allow players to enter into free […]
September 1st, 2007 | Poker News
The winds of change continue to blow through the European Poker Tour. The tour has been growing and adding stops to the new circuit of play this year. During a press conference originally intended for the first date of the EPT in Barcelona, Spain, an additional stop was announced.
John Duthie, head of the European Poker […]
Is Malta is the next online casino superpower?
August 31st, 2007 | Poker News
With a new ban being put into practice in the UK against advertisements for online casinos that do not come from the “white listed” countries, the next contender for supremacy of the online casino industry seems to be Malta. There are 27 corporations who have announced that they are moving their operations to the Mediterranean […]
American Student Takes 1st Place at Asia-Pacific Poker Tour
August 29th, 2007 | Poker News
Brett Parise, a 22-year-old university student from Indiana USA, won the first event of the inaugural PokerStars Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in Manila on Sunday, being awarded a first prize of $179,775 and a solid place in December’s grand final in Sydney Australia.
Parise proved to be the top of a field with more than 250 […]
Titan Poker launches European Championship of Online Poker
August 29th, 2007 | Poker News
Titan Poker is again creating an opportunity for their players that will impress even the most seasoned online poker room veteran. As part of the iPoker Network, it is the company’s intention to host the first European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP) towards the end of 2007. What’s on the table you ask? A share […]
Gonzales is Gone, what’s next for poker and gaming industry
August 29th, 2007 | Poker News
Alberto Gonzales has resigned from his position as US Attorney General, where he lead the agencies that created significant setbacks to online poker and the online gambling industry’s business with United States residents, resulting in significant business and financial damage to international gaming companies, their investors, as well as the individual freedom of the players.
Arizona […]
Jerry Yang wins 2007 WSOP Main Event
July 18th, 2007 | Poker News
The World Series of Poker Main Event is the biggest and most prestigious poker tournament in the world and what a spectacle this year’s final table was.
With the final table going out live over pay per view on ESPN and in front of a large audience in the Amazon room at the Rio the millions […]
