Changes in the membership terms of WPA
July 18th, 2008Jesse Jones, who is appointed as the new leader and Chairman of World Poker Association (WPA), has made several changes in the membership terms.
Best Practice Standards set by EGBA
July 17th, 2008In order to promote the fair competition among the European-licensed operators the EGBA (European Gaming and Betting Association) has introduced some best practice standards to monitor the European gambling market for responsible operator behavior and player protection.
UK gambling commission approved new Test Houses
July 15th, 2008The UK Gambling Commission has published the fully approved updated list of test houses. These have been accepted to test this week for the compliance against the Commission’s Technical standards.
Control on Svenska Spel by Sweden’s Finance minister
July 11th, 2008The Finance minister of Sweden Anders Borg has put regulations by vetoing plans for expanding beyond Sweden for the State-Owned gambling monopoly.
A Record breaks at WSOP this year
July 9th, 2008In this year, the World Series of Poker has seen some records been broken. Even with a dull economy, the number of people who have registered their names in this series is much more than the previous year.
WCOOP announced for 7/7/08
July 8th, 2008July 7, 2008- The seventh annual World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is starting from 5th September and will be hosted by PokerStars.com and it is going to give away double the money than last year which is $30 million.
An arrest during Poker play
July 5th, 2008Liberty TWP, PA- A poker game became ugly when the player stole back the money, which was lost. The court records show that a 23 years old man from Morristown N.J, named Bruce W. Harries II was charged with the stealing and assault.
Distribution of WSOP event by ESPN
July 3rd, 20082 July 2008, Las Vegas-The WSOP has broadened its reach globally. The commissioner of WSOP Jeffrey Pollack declared that now the WSOP would extend its reach from conducting four events from three.
Partnership to host Bar Poker league
July 2nd, 2008
30 June 2008, Montreal- The World Poker Store Inc. in association with Everest poker together has done a deal for sponsoring Germany’s first official Bar Poker League with around 100 locales to host various tournaments.
Win for a tyro Poker player Rebecca
June 30th, 2008For a novice like Rebecca to win a poker game at Hart Shaw’s annual poker tournament proved to be a great luck. The leading South Yorkshire accountants organized the third Texas Hold’em Poker tournament which saw a head to head struggle between 16 qualifiers in the Grand finale.