The inaugural BetVictor Club Poker League competition has been won by “alias 111” from the UK who managed to take home the top prize of Euro 1,500. The competition attracted an enormous amount of interest by online players from all over the world who gathered to pit their skills at the launch of online poker room, BetVictor’s first league. The BetVictor Club offered players a free play league and the offer was taken up by more than 500 players. Prize money in excess of Euro 10,000 was … [Read more...]
Full Tilt Poker to Open Shortly
October 23, 2012 by
Eighteen months after Full Tilt Poker was forced to shut down by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) the online poker room will once again be back in business on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Since its shutdown, it was a very frustrating period for Full Tilt Poker players whose funds had been blocked. Those in the industry also found this to be a very trying time as they tried to get the online poker room back on stream. The Alderney Gambling Control Commission canceled Full Tilt … [Read more...]
Microgaming Signs Poker Network Deal with PAF
October 22, 2012 by
Finnish gambling operator Atlands Penningautomatforening (PAF) has announced that it has signed an internet poker agreement with Microgaming, the Isle of Man based leading online gaming software and poker network provider. In terms of the agreement, PAF, one of the largest online gambling operators for the Scandinavian market will be joining the Microgaming Poker Network toward the beginning of next year. PAF who currently holds deals with Ongame Network Limited and Boss Media AB has … [Read more...]
Americas Cardoom Online Qualifiers Compete in Punta Cana Poker Classic
October 14, 2012 by
Popular online poker site, Americas Cardroom, has announced that 82 of its competitors have been sent to its Punta Cana Poker Classic. Michael Harris from Americas Cardroom welcomed all their online qualifiers as well as many in-person sign-ups at a party that officially started on Friday, October 12, 2012. The Punta Cana Poker Classic is entering its third year and will run from now until Thursday, October 18 offering competitors a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000. The event is taking … [Read more...]
Ongame Poker Network Acquired by Amaya Gaming
October 6, 2012 by
Leading entertainment solutions provider for the regulated gaming industry, the Amaya Gaming Group, was thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of the popular B2B online poker network, Ongame Poker Network, from Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment in a deal that is worth up to $32.2 million. It has been revealed that the Montreal based Amaya Gaming Group will hand Bwin.Party an initial payment of $19.3 million in cash on completion of the deal which is expected to be made during the fourth … [Read more...]
Microgaming Set to Absorb Entraction Poker Network Skins
September 25, 2012 by
Owners of the Entraction Poker Network (EPT), International Gaming Technology (IGT) have announced that they will be shutting down the poker network that it acquired for $108.2 million last year. International Gaming Technology withdrew the poker network from markets such as Russia, Belgium, Spain, Canada, Turkey and Israel which resulted in traffic to the network beginning to thin. Entraction Poker Network’s online poker skins are already in the process of looking for other network and it … [Read more...]
BetVictor Poker Moves to Microgaming Network
September 24, 2012 by
Microgaming, the leading online gaming software provider, is thrilled to announce that it has signed a deal with Victor Chandler International Limited in terms of which the operator’s BetVictor Poker site will transfer all of its poker business to Microgaming’s Poker network. BetVictor Poker currently operates on International Game Technology’s Entraction Poker Network along with the Microgaming Poker Network but will be moving entirely to the Microgaming Poker Network by the end of this … [Read more...]
iGame Malta Takes Sites to Microgaming Poker Network
September 23, 2012 by
iGame Malta, has confirmed that, due to the approaching closure of its former network, Entraction, it will be moving all its online poker properties, which include 24hPoker.com, Casinohuone.com, iGame.com, Pokerihuone.com and NoiQ.com to the Microgaming Network. Tommi Maijala, iGame Malta’s Managing Director, announced that they are delighted to be joining the Microgamign Poker Network which will see them securing access for all their loyal players to the highest quality poker software, a … [Read more...]
