Online gaming giant PartyGaming recently released its interim results from the first half of 2009 and the big news is that the company saw a 6.5% drop in earnings from this time last year. While the company’s earnings dropped to $60.7 million in 2009 compared to $64.9 million this time last year, the numbers are [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | August 29, 2009

According to the British newspaper, The Telegraph, U.K. gaming companies have been shelling out big bucks to grab the ears of legislators across the pond in the United States. A number of companies, including some of the top names in the industry, have been doing business with lobbying firms in the U.S. in an effort [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | August 28, 2009

Party Poker and Matchroom Sport, the headline sponsors behind the upcoming World Open V, have revealed new details about the poker tournament, including some of the big names who will be in attendance and some major changes to the tournament structure. The tournament is set to take place from October 11th-15th at the Palm Beach [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | August 27, 2009

Poker appears to be alive and well in Hong Kong as players turned out in record numbers for the Main Event of the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau Festival of Poker. The HK$34,400 (roughly $4,400) drew a total of 326 runners, a 27% increase over last year’s 257-person field. In the end, Frenchman Adrien “zlatan35” [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kory Travers | August 26, 2009

Less than a month after World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) announced a buyout deal with Gamynia Ltd, news broke that the company received an alternative bid from PartyGaming, the parent company of popular online poker site Party Poker.
The original deal with Gamynia was worth $9 million, but the second bid from PartyGaming, worth just over [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Joe Zusman | August 25, 2009

The online poker room Party Poker recently revealed the details of its latest monthly promotion right as its August Card Rush program draws to a close. The newest promotion, called the Cash Machine, is set to get underway on September 1st and continue throughout the month until 11:59PM ET on September 28th. Unlike the Card [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Neal Farran | August 22, 2009

On Friday, it was revealed that Eurolinx and BetOnBet, two popular online poker sites that make their home on the Microgaming Network, were being liquidated by parent company Linx Media Group and are no longer in operation. As expected, online poker players were up in arms at the news, as doubt about the availability of [...]

Read More... | Comment | By August Darnell | August 21, 2009

Search engine optimization can be a tricky thing, it appears. Just two months after sitting atop the poker internet search rankings, PartyPoker has dropped all the way out of the top ten.
The rankings were produced by a marketing company called Greenlight for EGRmagazine.com, the online presence of eGaming Review. In the study, Greenlight looked at [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Rocco Havel | August 21, 2009

The twelve day long Asian Poker Tour (APT) Macau Festival of Poker is halfway over, but there is still plenty of action left with the Main Event just getting underway. In addition to the $4,400 buy-in Main Event, the festival included a number of side events, parties, charity tournaments and even a little movie magic.

Read More... | Comment | By Adam Ulick | August 20, 2009

As the start of the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) draws nearer, more is being revealed about the special Caesar’s Cup event which will pit the best poker players North America has to offer against the premier players in Europe.
The respective teams will be captained by PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu and Betfair pro [...]

Read More... | Comment | By Kevin Felix | August 19, 2009