Luis Velador emerges WSOP Bracelet winner
June 23rd, 2008The World Series of Poker also conducts number of smaller No-Limit Hold’em tournaments with 1500 USD apart from a signature tournament and the main No-Limit Hold’em tournaments event which will take place in July.
Mobile contest- Restricted by Malaysian Government
June 20th, 2008Celcom Mobile, which is the second largest mobile company in Malaysia, is stopped by the government as it was running the contest which was based on SMS for offering new cars. It was stopped as some of the unspecified sources have claimed it to be a resemblance of gambling and it also incurs high SMS charges.
Lawsuit filed against the casino in Rohnert Park
June 18th, 2008California- A Federal lawsuit has been filed on Friday by the East Bay Attorney to prevent the casino to be built in the Rohnert Park.
New gambling rules in Norway
June 16th, 2008Trond Griske, who is a Norway’s Minister of Culture and Churches, has asked for the implementation of new rules and regulations in the gambling machines which will actually limit the money spend on betting by the player per game. And also to have a check on how much they can loose per game, how long they are playing the game so that the government can keep a check on it by having these strict rules.
Ukraine restricted gambling in their country
June 14th, 2008The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine website official notification states that the there is an impending crack down in the Eastern European countries for the registration on casino and gambling advertisements.
Collaboration of Blinkx with Poker Channel for Poker videos to poker lovers
June 13th, 2008April, 2008, the biggest search engine of videos in the world named Blinkx has announced their collaboration with Poker Channel which is the only channel which works exclusively with general entertainment and poker gaming.
Kwaysser won Poker stars at Costa Rica
June 11th, 2008Twenty four years old, Valdemar Kwaysser, who is from Hungary, became the champion of the Poker Stars Latin American Poker Tour on 25th May, 2008. He won 280,000 dollars home in the tournament which held in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Premier of Bernard Lee Poker show on RoundersRadio.com
June 9th, 2008On May 6th, 2008, Mr. Bernard Lee a poker professional will be celebrating the first anniversary as a poker radio commentator for a show. In this show a lot of poker stars will be coming and chatting on Lee’s Radio show starting with J.C. Tran. Tran was a successful player in the 2007 season with many wins that year.