2008 December 18 Poker News, Events and Happenings

The Austrian-based online gaming company bwin Interactive Entertainment AG and the Division on Addictions at the Cambridge Health Alliance have announced a five-year agreement to continue researching online gaming…

December 19 - If nobody grabs the Bad Beat Jackpot at Carbon Poker by the end of 2008, the poker site believes that it will pass the $800K milestone!

Full Tilt Poker is offering four $8,000 PokerNews Cup Alpine Packages exclusively to PokerNews players between now and March 1, 2009…

Leading online poker site PokerStars continues preparations for its December 28th attempt to rewrite the entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest-ever online poker tournament. With a target of 35,000 players…

Currently the biggest shareholder of PartyPoker’s parent PartyGaming is Anurag Dikshit who owns a 27 percent stake in the company.

An English-only rule at the card tables in Saskatchewan’s government-owned casinos sends a bad signal to visitors, the province’s francophone association says.

Joanne Monteavaro of Bronx, NY was the last woman standing at the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at Harrah’s Atlantic City. Ending Day 1 with a strong chip count, Monteavaro carried her chips to an impressive 11th-place…