While most poker players are making their plans for the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this summer, some are already looking ahead and overseas to the World Series of Poker Europe coming up in September.
Harrah’s recently released the schedule for the third annual event which consists of four bracelet tournaments, including the prestigious [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | April 16, 2009

A small piece in the London Times has the poker world buzzing about the future of online gambling as well as the Harrah’s Corporation. The brief article, published in Sunday’s business section, states that Harrah’s has hired former PartyGaming CEO Mitch Garber to an unnamed position within the company.
Garber’s official title has not been revealed, [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | April 14, 2009

One of the venerable state championships in the poker world announced on Tuesday a change to the start date of their tournament and the addition of new tournaments on the schedule.
The California State Poker Championships, battled out on the tables of the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, has moved its starting date from September to [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 11, 2009

PartyGaming announced Tuesday that it has entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO), ending discussions that have been going on for about two years. The agreement protects PartyGaming and its subsidiaries from prosecution stemming from the company’s offering of internet gambling services to United [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | April 10, 2009

PartyPoker really pushed the satellite tournaments in the days leading up to Sunday’s Monthly Million tournament. The site is always running an array of satellites to their marquee tournament starting as low as $1, but this past weekend they added some extra events to get some more qualifiers into the $600 + $40 event with [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 9, 2009

In the wake of numerous announcements from PartyGaming, including their non-prosecution agreement with the US Attorney’s Office and the release of their annual earnings report, the company has disclosed yet another piece of news about the direction of Party Poker. The online gaming site will be partnering with the company Intralot to expand the Party [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 9, 2009

Tuesday brought news that many in the online poker world were anticipating when it was announced that PartyGaming PLC, the company that has been at the forefront of providing poker and casino services to Internet players, has entered into a non-prosecution agreement with the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
The agreement [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | April 8, 2009

Those of you who picked up online poker for the first time within the last couple years wouldn’t remember the days when Party Poker was the king of the hill. It’s not a small site right now by any means, but in the early-to-mid 2000’s, Party Poker was the 800-pound gorilla of the industry. Let’s [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | April 3, 2009

Less than a month after releasing their 2008 financial results, PartyGaming has published their 152-page annual report for stockholders. The report offers detailed analysis of the earnings in all sectors of their company, including PartyGaming’s largest division, PartyPoker. Amidst a generally gloomy economic climate, the report remained positive and realistic about company expectations for 2009.
The [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | April 2, 2009