Archive for November, 2008

William Hill Caps Fourth Millionaire for the Year

Monday, November 17th, 2008

William Hill recently crowned its fourth millionaire for the year. A Hampshire based client won the £1.5 million Clover Rollover jackpot on the William Hill Bingo website. The event turned out to be a record online payout. The huge jackpot is currently believed to be the largest online slot payout in the entire UK. Read more

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PokerNews and Full Tilt Poker to have a $20,000 Freeroll

Monday, November 17th, 2008

PokerNews and Full Tilt Poker have once again come together to give PokerNews players a special admission and a huge $20,000 cash freeroll. The decision of having one more event of this kind was based on the fact that all such previous events have been successful. Read more

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Mansion Casino Announces November Promotions

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Mansion Casino has returned with a bang. The site has announced a list of promotions for its loyal players in the month of November. The prime event is definitely the ongoing $50,000 Around the World in 80 Days Promotion. Read more

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WPT and FTP Sign Exclusive Television Deal

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

WPT Enterprises, the organisation that pioneered the internationally famous World Poker Tour, recently concluded an exclusive deal with online poker giant Full Tilt Poker. The companies are two of the biggest and respected in the poker arena, its not surprising at all that they signed such a deal. Read more

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PKR and Lovestruck Collaboration Successful

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Online Poker site PKR.com recently teamed up with Lovestruck.com and came up with a night of poker, fun and games on Thursday. This joint pioneering venture was called ‘Singles Poker Night.’ There were many single men and women who got together to make the event successful at London’s über-cool Hoxton Pony bar. Read more

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UK Player Wins EPT Hungarian Open

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Nottingham based player, Will Fry emerged as the winner in the first PokerStars European Poker Tour Hungarian Open. Fry won a staggering $759,456 (€595,839) as first prize. He also booked himself a place in the €10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Finale, which will be held in Monte Carlo, when he defeated 531 other players in the $5,544 (€4,350) sell-out event. Read more

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UltimateBet Owner Obtains $15 Million for Settlement with Excapsa

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Owner of Absolute Poker and UltimateBet, Tokwiro Enterprises has reached a settlement with Absolute Poker’s previous owner, Excapsa Software. It will also receive $15 million as a part of the agreement because of the role played by Excapsa’s in the “superuser” cheating scandal that beleaguered UltimateBet this year. Read more

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Bodog.com Launches New Mobile Casino

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Bodog.com, one of the leading and trusted online casino websites recently released its ‘Bodog Mobile Casino.’ Now players can enjoy Bodog’s online casino from just about anywhere. All that the players need to do is download the Mobile Casino software on their phones, login and start playing. Read more

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GigaMedia and Cryptologic Sign Contract

Friday, November 7th, 2008

GigaMedia Limited, a prominent online entertainment software and services provider, and Cryptologic Limited have just disclosed that they have signed an exclusive, multiple year contract for licensing. Cryptologic is one of the leading software developers for the booming global gaming market on the Internet and according to sources, they will be the sole external casino software provider across Gigamedia’s well-known gaming technology offering, Everest Gaming. Read more

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UltimateBet’s Star Shines at WPT Tournament

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

UltimateBet.com’s Star Players team member Adam ‘Roothlus’ Levy recently emerged as winner out of a land based poker circuit held in Las Vegas. The win has proved that the successes of the Star Players Team are not restricted to just online poker tables. Read more

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