2006 March 30 Poker News, Events and Happenings - Page 2
Back in November of last year the word hit the Internet that the world’s first government owned poker room was coming soon. The Swedish gaming company Boss Media had gotten into bed with Svenska Spel, an outfit owned by the Swedish government. Of course, both companies had worked together before, but not in the world of online poker…
No poker player is hotter in 2006 than Barry Greenstein, who has long been known as one of the greatest cash game players in the world. Now he is enjoying the same success in high profile tournaments, and he is the favorite to win the latest WPT event, the World Poker Challenge…
Swedish Games Corp. has become the first government-owned gaming company to launch a poker site. The site was developed by Boss Media and is to be launched on March 30. In the wake of this, it is widely expected that more government gaming companies will follow in Svenska Spels footsteps and launch their own sites appear in the near future.In total, there are about 140 World Lottery Association (WLA) government-owned licensed gaming companies and Svenska Spel is a pioneer among WLA operators in
Burt Reynolds will star with and Bret Harrison in the poker movie Deal for writer-director Gil Cates Jr. The movie revolves around an ex-gambler who teaches a hot-shot college student how to “play the player” vs. just the cards. But after the two have a bitter falling out, they find themselves competing against each other in the World Poker Tour championships.Shooting begins April 3rd in New Orleans. Shannon Elizabeth and Charles Durning will also star with real-life poker players Phil “The Unab
ZANESVILLE - The Muskingum Area Poker Championship Series, round 1, comes to an end this weekend with the Philo Athletic Boosters event today through Saturday at the local Eagles aerie, 1275 Market St. in Zanesville.
It is nice to know that civic leaders still listen to the people. In an unusual case a city council and county leaders have been flooded with electronic pleas to reopen a case closed two years ago. The case involves the establishment of a poker room at the Sarasota Kennel Club…
TORONTO—-March 30, 2006–CryptoLogic Inc. , a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, announced today the latest tournament enhancements to its Internet poker software released through its wholly-owned subsidiary, WagerLogic Limited.
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