PartyGaming - PartyPoker Online sponsorship deals continue
Leading listed online gaming operator PartyGaming has announced that Australian Tyron Krost has become the latest member of its Team Party Poker sponsored squad of players.
Gibraltar-based PartyGaming operates popular Internet poker site PartyPoker.com and revealed that Krost would join well-known players including Tony Guoga, Kara Scott, Mike Sexton, Dragan Galic, Bodo Sbrzesny, Ian Frazer and Felipe Ramos on the domain and at land-based events around the world.
Twenty-three-year-old Krost recently won the main event of the Aussie Millions tournament to pocket $1.85 million and stated that he was pleased to sign such a sponsorship deal with the Gibraltar-licensed site.
“I suppose it’s any serious poker player’s dream to get a sponsorship and I can’t think of a better site to represent than PartyPoker.com,” said the Sydney native.
“From speaking to all levels of management, it’s clear to see that the site is moving in the right direction. I feel incredibly lucky to be a member of Team Party Poker and offered the chance to help make PartyPoker.com one of the best places to play online.”
Krost began playing poker with his friends at the age of 18 before buying some books on the subject in order to help his game. He then made his first deposit of $50 at PartyPoker.com and began competing at limit hold’em for a year on the domain’s $1/$2 tables before moving up to the $5/$10 level.
The New South Welshman then moved on to tournament play at PartyPoker.com and was almost immediately successful. He first entered a $33 no-limit hold’em tournament in 2006 and beat 189 players to win just over $1,000. After this, he triumphed in another competition to pocket $3,102 before entering further tournaments for even more cash success.
“Along the way I’ve cashed a couple live events including the 2008 World Series Of Poker main event where I finished 249th but I’ve played nearly all of my poker online,” said Krost.
“Winning the Aussie Millions this year was a totally crazy experience and something which will never seem real. I wasn’t planning on heading to Melbourne and entered a $640 satellite on PartyPoker.com at the last minute on a whim. I won my seat without too much trouble and had a couple months to look forward to it. I took my younger brother with me and we had an awesome time watching the tennis and hanging out. I think being relaxed without any expectations helped a lot.
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Friday, May 07, 2010
Ante Up For Africa at PKR - 6th May 2010
We've teamed up with poker's leading charity to aid African development
Ante Up For Africa is PKR's nominated charity for the coming year
Since Don Cheadle, Annie Duke and Norman Epstein launched Ante Up for Africa in 2006 they've raised more than $3million for front line aid agencies like Refugees International, Enough Project and Darfur Peace and Development Organization. These are groups that are doing an incredible job helping people on the ground in some of the most troubled and impoverished places in the world.
And now we're going to help them raise even more. You can help by donating PKR Points to Ante Up For Africa in our shop with donations ranging from 20,000 to 1,000,000 Points that we'll turn into cash for AUFA to help end conflicts, deliver aid to refugees and re-build lives.
We'll also be releasing details about special charity tournaments and other ways you can get involved with Ante Up For Africa soon.
In the meantime, watch out for Team PKR Pros wearing Ante Up for Africa gear at major poker events and PKR sponsored celebrity participants in the Ante Up for Africa tournament at this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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We've teamed up with poker's leading charity to aid African development
Ante Up For Africa is PKR's nominated charity for the coming year
Since Don Cheadle, Annie Duke and Norman Epstein launched Ante Up for Africa in 2006 they've raised more than $3million for front line aid agencies like Refugees International, Enough Project and Darfur Peace and Development Organization. These are groups that are doing an incredible job helping people on the ground in some of the most troubled and impoverished places in the world.
And now we're going to help them raise even more. You can help by donating PKR Points to Ante Up For Africa in our shop with donations ranging from 20,000 to 1,000,000 Points that we'll turn into cash for AUFA to help end conflicts, deliver aid to refugees and re-build lives.
We'll also be releasing details about special charity tournaments and other ways you can get involved with Ante Up For Africa soon.
In the meantime, watch out for Team PKR Pros wearing Ante Up for Africa gear at major poker events and PKR sponsored celebrity participants in the Ante Up for Africa tournament at this year's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Aviation Club de France to join PartyGaming’s French Poker Network
6th May 2010
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PartyGaming, the world’s leading listed online gaming company, today announces its third B2B deal in France with an exclusive multi-year agreement to provide a white label online poker service for Aviation Club de France (“ACF”), one of the country’s most prestigious card rooms and private members clubs.
The new service, branded ‘ACFPoker’, will join PartyGaming’s expanding French poker network which will also include www.partypoker.fr. Once PartyGaming obtains the required licence and is operational, players on the network will benefit from a shared pool of player liquidity and operate on a single platform.
Founded in 1907 by four pioneering French aviators, today ACF has 100,000 members and is the leading card room in France. The club is a regular host of World Poker Tour’s events including the forthcoming Grand Prix de Paris to be held on 8-16 May 2010. The new online poker service will be promoted through a variety of channels to ACF’s extensive customer base.
Commenting on today’s announcement, Jim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of PartyGaming, said:
“ACF is a great addition to our French poker network and allows us to directly connect with France’s offline poker players. This deal is a great strategic fit and together with our other B2B alliances in France, we are determined to establish a strong position in what we believe will become one of Europe’s largest poker markets.
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6th May 2010
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PartyGaming, the world’s leading listed online gaming company, today announces its third B2B deal in France with an exclusive multi-year agreement to provide a white label online poker service for Aviation Club de France (“ACF”), one of the country’s most prestigious card rooms and private members clubs.
The new service, branded ‘ACFPoker’, will join PartyGaming’s expanding French poker network which will also include www.partypoker.fr. Once PartyGaming obtains the required licence and is operational, players on the network will benefit from a shared pool of player liquidity and operate on a single platform.
Founded in 1907 by four pioneering French aviators, today ACF has 100,000 members and is the leading card room in France. The club is a regular host of World Poker Tour’s events including the forthcoming Grand Prix de Paris to be held on 8-16 May 2010. The new online poker service will be promoted through a variety of channels to ACF’s extensive customer base.
Commenting on today’s announcement, Jim Ryan, Chief Executive Officer of PartyGaming, said:
“ACF is a great addition to our French poker network and allows us to directly connect with France’s offline poker players. This deal is a great strategic fit and together with our other B2B alliances in France, we are determined to establish a strong position in what we believe will become one of Europe’s largest poker markets.
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Crown Casino Logies Twitter Gate Claims Journo Scalp, by Greg Tingle - 5th May 2010
Think all of the excitement (and hype) had died down from the Logies held at James Packer's Crown Casino, down under in Melbourne, Australia? You know, the event where 'Underbelly' got killed in the awards department with a donut - nil.
Twitter Gate is in full swing with a journos' (aka "hack") outrageous (funny or sick) tweets raising the ire of the Crown Casino powers that be, celebrities and their agents. It's the talk of the Aussie media and gaming world, and the infamous tweets look to have overshadowed the plastic handcuff gossip. Media Man and Gambling911 take the probe, with just a touch of "poison pen" to Crown's Twitter-Gate...
Catherine Deveny has been culled as a columnist for The Age after a tidal wave of debate over her Logies night tweets.
Deveny used, many say, misused the popular social networking tool to proclaim remarks about celebs, media identities et al while the awards ceremony was in full swing at Melbourne's Crown Casino. The jibe at wildlife warrior princess Bindi Irwin looked to be the final nail in the coffin...
"I do so hope Bindi Irwin gets laid," Deveny tweeted.
The columnist cum comedian tried in vain to defend herself with "to expose celebrity raunch culture and the sexual objectification of women, which is rife on the red carpet".
Wait, there's more says our partner in crime Pluka Duck...
"Rove and Tasma look so cute ... hope she doesn't die, too,". McManus's first wife, Belinda Emmett, lost her battle with cancer a number of years ago.
Her response was not accepted kindly by follows and readers... with return fire worthy of the "casino war" between Crown and Sydney's Star City...
200 plus comments had been published since yesterday.
"It's a wonder how Catherine could still be employed following the comments about Bindi. It is abhorrent to make such comments, no matter what context is intended. Absolutely disgraceful Catherine, I wonder if such comments made against your children would be taken in humor?" tweeted AJ of Melbourne.
"Catherine, you've done yourself proud again. Exemplifying what the 'twit' stands for in 'Twitter'," from Steve of Melbourne.
The newspaper's Editor-In-Chief, Paul Ramadge, advised last night that Deveny would no longer write for the Melbourne broadsheet, which got the office and punters all chirpy.
"We are appreciative of the columns Catherine has written for The Age over several years but the views she has expressed recently on Twitter are not in keeping with the standards we set at The Age," Ramadge advised. Not to mince words he added...
"I came to the view that I didn't think Catherine was a good fit for The Age going forward," Mr Ramage told 774 ABC Radio Melbourne.
"The way she was positioning herself (in social media) was not in keeping with paper's standards."
Yesterday, Media Man 'Hack Of The Month' winner Deveny responded to her culling with postings on Twitter and Facebook, entitled "What a day! Boned", with links to a message on her personal website. Bonded is term for fired, made famous in Australia media land by media entrepreneur, broadcaster and host of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' host Eddie McGuire.
"What a day! I’ve been sacked from The Age," she penned.
"I’ve adored every moment of my time with The Age. The Age is the heart and soul of my city and Melbourne is the love of my life. Every column I have written for The Age was prepared like a meal for close friends. I am disappointed. To my beautiful readers of The Age, I will miss you. Can somebody write me a reference? "Dev x x".
The comments posted by Deveny on Twitter have been described as "offensive" and "vulgar".
Fellow comedian Wil Anderson's Logies tweets have also drawn heavy criticism.
The upskirt... er upshot is Deveny is history from Fairfax publication The Age. Return fire tweets continue against the comedian, and a bit of poison pen style journalism and hack jobs to her in kind.
A Media Man insider whispered (not tweeted) "The Twitter flock has put white stuff on Deveny... no plastic handcuffs but the poison pens came back at her ten fold. Good on The Age for taking a stand. It's a lucky thing for the offending columnist that Kerry Packer isn't still alive to give her a harsher treatment that what can be described. Operation Goanna would have been in full flight. Think 'that' scene from Casino the movie").
Numerous professional poker players have got in trouble with their poker table tweeting over the years. Poker tournament entities such as the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker have issued warnings to players about tweeting, both for in-play and post match tweeting. Bad eggs are not welcome in the great "sport" of poker.
Some of the world's leading online casino and online gaming brands (such as PartyGaming, WPT, Virgin Games - Virgin Casino, WSOP, Harrah's and Betfair) do have official Twitter accounts and they are eggs tremly careful of what comments they let fly into cyberspace.
Punters, er readers, with that issue dead and buried, tweet with caution, check your Twitter accounts for bird flu and mad cow, know the odds and have fun. We've got to fly.
*Greg Tingle is a special contributor for Gambling911
*Media Man http://www.mediamanint.com is primarily a media, publicity and internet portal development company.
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*The Media Man Twitter flock and Betfair Pink Pigeons contributed to this report. No birds, animals (or whales) were were harmed while researching
*The writer owns shares in Crown Limited
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Think all of the excitement (and hype) had died down from the Logies held at James Packer's Crown Casino, down under in Melbourne, Australia? You know, the event where 'Underbelly' got killed in the awards department with a donut - nil.
Twitter Gate is in full swing with a journos' (aka "hack") outrageous (funny or sick) tweets raising the ire of the Crown Casino powers that be, celebrities and their agents. It's the talk of the Aussie media and gaming world, and the infamous tweets look to have overshadowed the plastic handcuff gossip. Media Man and Gambling911 take the probe, with just a touch of "poison pen" to Crown's Twitter-Gate...
Catherine Deveny has been culled as a columnist for The Age after a tidal wave of debate over her Logies night tweets.
Deveny used, many say, misused the popular social networking tool to proclaim remarks about celebs, media identities et al while the awards ceremony was in full swing at Melbourne's Crown Casino. The jibe at wildlife warrior princess Bindi Irwin looked to be the final nail in the coffin...
"I do so hope Bindi Irwin gets laid," Deveny tweeted.
The columnist cum comedian tried in vain to defend herself with "to expose celebrity raunch culture and the sexual objectification of women, which is rife on the red carpet".
Wait, there's more says our partner in crime Pluka Duck...
"Rove and Tasma look so cute ... hope she doesn't die, too,". McManus's first wife, Belinda Emmett, lost her battle with cancer a number of years ago.
Her response was not accepted kindly by follows and readers... with return fire worthy of the "casino war" between Crown and Sydney's Star City...
200 plus comments had been published since yesterday.
"It's a wonder how Catherine could still be employed following the comments about Bindi. It is abhorrent to make such comments, no matter what context is intended. Absolutely disgraceful Catherine, I wonder if such comments made against your children would be taken in humor?" tweeted AJ of Melbourne.
"Catherine, you've done yourself proud again. Exemplifying what the 'twit' stands for in 'Twitter'," from Steve of Melbourne.
The newspaper's Editor-In-Chief, Paul Ramadge, advised last night that Deveny would no longer write for the Melbourne broadsheet, which got the office and punters all chirpy.
"We are appreciative of the columns Catherine has written for The Age over several years but the views she has expressed recently on Twitter are not in keeping with the standards we set at The Age," Ramadge advised. Not to mince words he added...
"I came to the view that I didn't think Catherine was a good fit for The Age going forward," Mr Ramage told 774 ABC Radio Melbourne.
"The way she was positioning herself (in social media) was not in keeping with paper's standards."
Yesterday, Media Man 'Hack Of The Month' winner Deveny responded to her culling with postings on Twitter and Facebook, entitled "What a day! Boned", with links to a message on her personal website. Bonded is term for fired, made famous in Australia media land by media entrepreneur, broadcaster and host of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' host Eddie McGuire.
"What a day! I’ve been sacked from The Age," she penned.
"I’ve adored every moment of my time with The Age. The Age is the heart and soul of my city and Melbourne is the love of my life. Every column I have written for The Age was prepared like a meal for close friends. I am disappointed. To my beautiful readers of The Age, I will miss you. Can somebody write me a reference? "Dev x x".
The comments posted by Deveny on Twitter have been described as "offensive" and "vulgar".
Fellow comedian Wil Anderson's Logies tweets have also drawn heavy criticism.
The upskirt... er upshot is Deveny is history from Fairfax publication The Age. Return fire tweets continue against the comedian, and a bit of poison pen style journalism and hack jobs to her in kind.
A Media Man insider whispered (not tweeted) "The Twitter flock has put white stuff on Deveny... no plastic handcuffs but the poison pens came back at her ten fold. Good on The Age for taking a stand. It's a lucky thing for the offending columnist that Kerry Packer isn't still alive to give her a harsher treatment that what can be described. Operation Goanna would have been in full flight. Think 'that' scene from Casino the movie").
Numerous professional poker players have got in trouble with their poker table tweeting over the years. Poker tournament entities such as the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker have issued warnings to players about tweeting, both for in-play and post match tweeting. Bad eggs are not welcome in the great "sport" of poker.
Some of the world's leading online casino and online gaming brands (such as PartyGaming, WPT, Virgin Games - Virgin Casino, WSOP, Harrah's and Betfair) do have official Twitter accounts and they are eggs tremly careful of what comments they let fly into cyberspace.
Punters, er readers, with that issue dead and buried, tweet with caution, check your Twitter accounts for bird flu and mad cow, know the odds and have fun. We've got to fly.
*Greg Tingle is a special contributor for Gambling911
*Media Man http://www.mediamanint.com is primarily a media, publicity and internet portal development company.
*Media Man International Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mediamanint
*Casino News Media Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/casinonewsmedia
*The Media Man Twitter flock and Betfair Pink Pigeons contributed to this report. No birds, animals (or whales) were were harmed while researching
*The writer owns shares in Crown Limited
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
World Poker Tour® Partners with The Palm Beach Casino to Launch Televised London Stop
WPT London Poker Classic, Sponsored by PartyPoker, to Be Held at The May Fair Hotel August 29 – September 5, 2010
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World Poker Tour® (WPT) and The Palm Beach Casino have partnered to launch the first ever WPT stop for the United Kingdom: WPT London Poker Classic, sponsored by PartyPoker.com. A super satellite will kick off the series August 29, followed by the £5,000 + £300 Main Event August 30 – September 5, 2010* at The May Fair Hotel, a five star property located in the heart of London’s West End. The Main Event will be filmed for television broadcast.
“The Palm Beach Casino is delighted to welcome the World Poker Tour 2010 in London,” said Genting Casinos London Poker Manager Simon Tomsett. “We anticipate players from all over the world, playing for the prestigious title.”
The Main Event will feature two starting days and a total player cap of 400. The winner of the WPT London Poker Classic will receive the first place cash prize, a WPT title, WPT Champions bracelet and a seat to play in the 2011 WPT Championship in Las Vegas.
In addition to online qualifiers on PartyPoker.com, a land-based satellite series is set to kick off this summer in poker clubs and Casinos across London. More information will be announced soon.
The Palm Beach Casino is located in The May Fair Hotel's former Grand Art Deco Ballroom and features one of the largest gaming rooms in London. The casino is part of Genting Casinos UK, Britain’s largest casino operator. For more information, visit www.thepalmbeach.co.uk or www.themayfairhotel.co.uk/home.
“London is a great poker destination and has always been a major target in our ongoing expansion,” said WPT President Adam Pliska. “We’re thrilled to have found amazing partners in The Palm Beach Casino, Genting UK and The May Fair Hotel London. With the added power of PartyPoker.com, this is sure to be a highly anticipated WPT event on the international schedule.”
For more information and the complete WPT tour schedule, visit World Poker Tour.
*Dates are subject to change.
ABOUT WORLD POKER TOUR
World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of the most recognized names in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments. WPT is now broadcast globally in 150 countries and is currently filming its all-new eighth season for broadcast on Fox Sports Net’s national sports network in the United States. WPT also offers a unique online subscription and sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states across the U.S. WPT also participates in strategic brand license, partnership and sponsorship opportunities. WPT is a subsidiary of PartyGaming Plc. For more information, see World Poker Tour
About Palm Beach Casino/Genting Casinos UK
The Palm Beach Casino provides a truly elegant gaming atmosphere for players of all levels and experience. The Palm Beach Casino is part of Genting UK, Britain’s largest casino operator. Genting UK which trades as Genting Casinos has three key brands across the provincial estate; Circus, Maxims and Mint. Circus is a mass market proposition with 12 locations, Maxims is aimed at the aspirational end of the market and has 8 locations whilst Mint is targeted more towards the "true gamers" and has 20 sites.
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WPT London Poker Classic, Sponsored by PartyPoker, to Be Held at The May Fair Hotel August 29 – September 5, 2010
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World Poker Tour® (WPT) and The Palm Beach Casino have partnered to launch the first ever WPT stop for the United Kingdom: WPT London Poker Classic, sponsored by PartyPoker.com. A super satellite will kick off the series August 29, followed by the £5,000 + £300 Main Event August 30 – September 5, 2010* at The May Fair Hotel, a five star property located in the heart of London’s West End. The Main Event will be filmed for television broadcast.
“The Palm Beach Casino is delighted to welcome the World Poker Tour 2010 in London,” said Genting Casinos London Poker Manager Simon Tomsett. “We anticipate players from all over the world, playing for the prestigious title.”
The Main Event will feature two starting days and a total player cap of 400. The winner of the WPT London Poker Classic will receive the first place cash prize, a WPT title, WPT Champions bracelet and a seat to play in the 2011 WPT Championship in Las Vegas.
In addition to online qualifiers on PartyPoker.com, a land-based satellite series is set to kick off this summer in poker clubs and Casinos across London. More information will be announced soon.
The Palm Beach Casino is located in The May Fair Hotel's former Grand Art Deco Ballroom and features one of the largest gaming rooms in London. The casino is part of Genting Casinos UK, Britain’s largest casino operator. For more information, visit www.thepalmbeach.co.uk or www.themayfairhotel.co.uk/home.
“London is a great poker destination and has always been a major target in our ongoing expansion,” said WPT President Adam Pliska. “We’re thrilled to have found amazing partners in The Palm Beach Casino, Genting UK and The May Fair Hotel London. With the added power of PartyPoker.com, this is sure to be a highly anticipated WPT event on the international schedule.”
For more information and the complete WPT tour schedule, visit World Poker Tour.
*Dates are subject to change.
ABOUT WORLD POKER TOUR
World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of the most recognized names in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments. WPT is now broadcast globally in 150 countries and is currently filming its all-new eighth season for broadcast on Fox Sports Net’s national sports network in the United States. WPT also offers a unique online subscription and sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states across the U.S. WPT also participates in strategic brand license, partnership and sponsorship opportunities. WPT is a subsidiary of PartyGaming Plc. For more information, see World Poker Tour
About Palm Beach Casino/Genting Casinos UK
The Palm Beach Casino provides a truly elegant gaming atmosphere for players of all levels and experience. The Palm Beach Casino is part of Genting UK, Britain’s largest casino operator. Genting UK which trades as Genting Casinos has three key brands across the provincial estate; Circus, Maxims and Mint. Circus is a mass market proposition with 12 locations, Maxims is aimed at the aspirational end of the market and has 8 locations whilst Mint is targeted more towards the "true gamers" and has 20 sites.
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PartyGaming to Provide Online Poker to French Media Giant
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PartyGaming, operator of PartyPoker, announced Monday that it had entered into a partnership with one of France’s largest television broadcasters. The deal will have PartyGaming provide a white label online poker room for AB Groupe, a company with 15 subscription channels and 52 million paid subscribers across France and other French speaking countries.
The new poker room will be called LuckyJeux (meaning Lucky Games) and will join PartyPoker.fr on PartyGaming’s French poker network. Also on the network is another white label PartyGaming product, the online poker room of Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), which is France’s state-run horse racing monopoly. PartyGaming and PMU forged that deal near the end of March.
PMU will not be a monopoly for long, however, as earlier this month, French lawmakers approved a bill to legalize online gambling, eliminating the government monopoly. The timing of the agreement with AB Groupe was no coincidence. In a press release issued by PartyGaming, the online gambling giant’s CEO Jim Ryan said, “AB Groupe is a first rate addition to our French poker network and is consistent with our stated strategy of combining B2C and B2B offerings in newly regulated markets. Together with our recently announced alliance with PMU, we are in great shape ahead of the market opening and are excited about our prospects.”
AB Groupe owns the French television station RTL9, which made poker headlines at the beginning of April as a key player in a lawsuit filed by Ultra Internet Media (UIM), the parent company of Everest Poker, against Harrah’s, owners of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In 2008, UIM signed a three-year agreement with Harrah’s to make Everest Poker the on-felt sponsor of the WSOP, a deal which would have UIM pay a total of $22.5 million. According to UIM, RTL9 substituted the Everest Poker logo with that of rival Full Tilt Poker in its broadcasts of the WSOP. Officials from Everest Poker, ESPN, and Harrah’s met in February 2009 to discuss the issue, but while promises were made to have Full Tilt’s logo removed, it remained in the broadcasts. UIM has sued Harrah’s for breach of contract and is withholding its 2010 payment.
In addition to the WSOP, RTL9 airs episodes of “Poker after Dark” and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The station’s website also advertises promotions with Full Tilt. On AB Groupe’s own website, the company offers a contest in which visitors can send a text message or call a pay-per-play phone number to enter a sweepstakes for a seat in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
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PartyGaming, operator of PartyPoker, announced Monday that it had entered into a partnership with one of France’s largest television broadcasters. The deal will have PartyGaming provide a white label online poker room for AB Groupe, a company with 15 subscription channels and 52 million paid subscribers across France and other French speaking countries.
The new poker room will be called LuckyJeux (meaning Lucky Games) and will join PartyPoker.fr on PartyGaming’s French poker network. Also on the network is another white label PartyGaming product, the online poker room of Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU), which is France’s state-run horse racing monopoly. PartyGaming and PMU forged that deal near the end of March.
PMU will not be a monopoly for long, however, as earlier this month, French lawmakers approved a bill to legalize online gambling, eliminating the government monopoly. The timing of the agreement with AB Groupe was no coincidence. In a press release issued by PartyGaming, the online gambling giant’s CEO Jim Ryan said, “AB Groupe is a first rate addition to our French poker network and is consistent with our stated strategy of combining B2C and B2B offerings in newly regulated markets. Together with our recently announced alliance with PMU, we are in great shape ahead of the market opening and are excited about our prospects.”
AB Groupe owns the French television station RTL9, which made poker headlines at the beginning of April as a key player in a lawsuit filed by Ultra Internet Media (UIM), the parent company of Everest Poker, against Harrah’s, owners of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In 2008, UIM signed a three-year agreement with Harrah’s to make Everest Poker the on-felt sponsor of the WSOP, a deal which would have UIM pay a total of $22.5 million. According to UIM, RTL9 substituted the Everest Poker logo with that of rival Full Tilt Poker in its broadcasts of the WSOP. Officials from Everest Poker, ESPN, and Harrah’s met in February 2009 to discuss the issue, but while promises were made to have Full Tilt’s logo removed, it remained in the broadcasts. UIM has sued Harrah’s for breach of contract and is withholding its 2010 payment.
In addition to the WSOP, RTL9 airs episodes of “Poker after Dark” and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. The station’s website also advertises promotions with Full Tilt. On AB Groupe’s own website, the company offers a contest in which visitors can send a text message or call a pay-per-play phone number to enter a sweepstakes for a seat in the 2010 WSOP Main Event.
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Australian Casino News: Jenny Woo Poker Babe of Month
It's been a huge week for Australian gambling, gaming, sports betting and censorship news. This is likely the biggest Australian casino and gambling news week in modern history. Let's see... NRL Melbourne Storm sports betting scandal, Melbourne Gangland Killer Carl Williams dies and gets buried, Sin City Sydney Crime & Corruption Expo, Computer kiosk gambling device tested by law, Aussie Daniel Tzvetkoff to remain in Vegas jail facing money laundering charges, Aussie internet filter delayed for months, Melbourne's Crown Casino to host The Logies tomorrow night, with 'Underbelly' nominated for awards... wait, there's more!...
Australia - Asia Pacific casino king, James Packer and his City Of Dreams Macau also faces its latest challenge with the opening of competitor casino, Marina Bay Sands in downtown Singapore, and New Zealand's SKYCITY was host to the 2010 New Zealand Gaming Expo.
Oh, how could we forget...Gambling911's Jenny Woo, wooing us (and 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair), picked up Media Man 'Poker Babe Of The Month' and PartyPoker's Kara Scott grabbed 'Casino Babe Of The Month', so it was a jam packed week and month.
Media Man and Gambling911 advise its time to take our the probe and dig a little deeper...
NRL Melbourne Storm Sports Betting Scandal...
Apart from whispers in the industry, it all started when punters starting betting on The Storm to take out the "wooden spoon" (last place). A day or two late alarm bells were ringing loud and sports betting outlets effected are estimated to be out of pocket by at least $100,000, possibly at much as $200,000. The Storm are fighting for survival and now allegations are being laid against other NRL footy teams are are also understood to have cheated their way to winning. This story is far from over.
Melbourne Gangland Killer Carl Williams dies in prison bashing; Gets buried in gold coffin
Not a well known gambler, but self described "semi professional gambler" Williams was buried yesterday, in a gold plated coffin no doubt. Police warned the grave diggers and other "need to know" people (like direct family) not to disclose where the coffin is buried. We wonder why... just kidding. Williams luck ran out for good, that much we know. More real life 'Underbelly' news is bound to surface in the near future, helped in part by our sometimes contact Bert Wrout, 'Underbelly' survivor, leaking news and and information to the press. Insiders say the killings are over, and no one is (smartly) willing to attempt to hurt Melbourne "consultant" Mick Gatto.
Sin City Sydney Crime & Corruption Expo - Opens 1st May
Gambling themes and figures a plenty. Touted as the real 'Underbelly' history, focusing on the 1940's to 1980's, George Freeman ('Colourful Racing Identity) and 'Mr Sin' Abe Saffron are the main event (dead) draw cards.
Of all the black-market trades, casinos played the most active role in corrupting police and politicians, paying them thousands of dollars a week in bribes.
Baccarat king Richard Reilly was shot dead in 1967. With him gone, other operators moved in and transformed the city's basic gambling houses into substantial, plush 'Las Vegas'-style casinos. Business-minded criminals such as George Freeman, Lennie McPherson and Stan Smith joined forces to revolutionise gambling and protection rackets in a massive restructuring of the underworld.
Illegal SP (‘starting price') bookmaking exploited off-track betting restrictions to generate huge profits for savvy criminal operators. George Freeman, at one time the largest SP operator in the state, bought influence by using his ability to guarantee winning bets as a powerful form of bribery. Freeman was not alone. Illegal bookies were both the favoured betting choice for punters and the most consistent earner for Sydney's criminal syndicates until the 1980s, collectively turning over as much as $6.4 billion in today's dollars each year. The very integrity of racing was threatened nationwide by corrupt bookmaking that encouraged horse doping and race fixing.
I'm the toughest man in f***king Sydney. I can kill anyone I f***king well want to, but I can't get my f***king dinner on time!
Lennie McPherson to his first wife, 1960
... there was only one thing I wanted out of life. I wanted to be a crook. Not just any crook, but the crook, the BIGGEST - the man with money, power, influence. Working for a living never entered my head.
George Freeman, 1988
Mr saffron should be employed by the Australian forces as a camouflage expert, sir. He's done it successfully for many many years.
Jim Anderson, 1983
Website
http://www.hht.net.au/sincity
Marina Bay Sands VS Aussie James Packer's City of Dreams Macau
The land based casino wars continue to heat up, and 'Our James'... Australian James Packer is in the thick of the action. Packer's Crown Casino faces increased competition down under in Australia from Sydney's revamped Star City, and now Sands has opened in Singapore, in a move that insiders say will lure whales and dolphins away from Crown Macau, but don't underestimate the loyalty to Packer. Many have bet against the Aussie - Asia Pacific casino king before and lost. The Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is one of the biggest and most expensive casinos every built. Having opened its doors two days ago, throwing down the gauntlet... the dust is just starting to settle. Insiders say James Packer is at the top of the list of other operators who need to stay on guard and answer the challenge. Packer has enough top line connections to stay on top and in favor with the whales, should an all out "war" erupt, as is the case in Australia, where Tabcop Owned Star City Casino has now spent $600 on a revamp, part of which is designed to lure "whales" and the world's top entertainers.
Computer Kiosk Gambling Device (Not) Tested By Law (And Returned)
Following our report on the 25th of the month, there's been some very important developments on the legal situation re the internet kiosks located in Australian pubs and hotels that Australia's Tabcorp called a "gambling device". The courts do not agree! Victory for VenueNet and Australian internet lovers... Media Man and Gambling911 with the story...
Yesterday a computer terminal with internet access that gaming authorities claim is an "unauthorised instrument of betting", was reinstalled! A computer being plugged back in is not normally so newsworthy, but because of the gaming, legal and political connection, it is, so there you go! Back to the pub from where you were seized, you good computer. The (kangaroo not) court ordered it, so hop to it son.
The manufacture of the device er machine, VenueNet, has a business arrangement with Darwin-based bookmaker Sportsbet to offer customers access to their betting accounts through the computer kiosk. The full details of the agreement are commercially sensitive in nature, but its a win-win.
VenueNet is hopeful the court's ruling will facilitate a planned roll out by the truck full of some 200 devices er machines.. up and down the east coast of Australia.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation confiscated the device er machine from the Rising Sun Hotel in South Melbourne last August, after receiving a complaint from Aussie gaming and racing giant Tabcorp, which currently holds Victoria's exclusive retail wagering licence. Tabcorp are also the current owners of Star City Casino in Sydney (which James Packer of Crown is rumored to have an interest in... a deal once stopped by his late farther Kerry, close to a decade ago).
The 'Kiosk Case' as its now known as in gaming circles is seen as being a test of Australian gambling and igaming laws that have failed miserably to keep pace with technology and has raised doubts about the value of the Victorian wagering licence, which is up for tender. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Senator Stephen Conroy take note "failed miserably"..."raised doubts"... its the Kiosk Case, not the Aussie internet filter case.
Aussie Daniel Tzvetkoff To Remain In Vegas Jail Facing Money Laundering Charges
Tzvetkoff, also exposed as also processing porn company transactions, remains in jail. He faces up to a 75 year term (if he lives that long). Federal prosecutors said that Intabill utilized the automated clearinghouse system to transfer funds between U.S. checking accounts and various Internet gambling businesses, including online gambling and porn. They charge that Tzvetkoff and others disguised those gambling transactions as repayment of payday loans that consumers had taken out online, as well as transferred funds applied to pre-paid debit cards. He was indicted for money laundering.
"Tzvetkoff and his co-conspirators obtained unique websites and toll-free numbers for these shell companies and developed phony websites to make the companies appear to have a valid, non-gambling purpose," the indictment said.
Aussie Internet Filter Delayed
The prospect of Internet filtering in Australia is highly unlikely in either the May or June sittings of Federal Parliament. Online gambling websites were among those that appeared on a leaked list of "banned sites".
The Late Mail
Report urges government to take over gambling regulation
A new report urges the federal government to take over the regulation of gambling, which costs Australians $18 billion a year and which states rely on for $4.69bn in tax revenue annually.
The report by Deakin University and the Australia Institute urged the Rudd government to put a 2% tax on all gambling revenue, while using some of that $378 million to give state governments that reduce gambling levels incentive payments to reduce their reliance on tax from poker machines.
Crown Casino Groupier's Scammers Caught
A Crown Casino croupier and his gambling housemate (almost inmate) who teamed up to try beat the house have had the scheme die out.
Quoc Tran, 27, manned the roulette wheel as his mate Hoa Nguyen, 34, placed bets over at least three days in April last year.
A Melbourne court heard while Nguyen placed some legal wagers, other chips downed after Tran called "no more bets" and the ball had landed on its number!
Mr Tran allowed Nguyen to repeat such illegal transactions 15 times, which got them "winnings" of $15,750.
Crown security spied them and called police who arrested the pair, later to plead guilty to charges of theft.
David Grace, QC, advised Nguyen had turned his life around and had also repaid his $7857 to Crown. Nguyen's legal eagle said he had so far repaid $900 bucks.
Deputy chief magistrate Jelena Popovic said the men's efforts went in their favour.
The Footscray pair were released on non-conviction undertakings with orders they pay $750 to the "court fund". Media Man and Gambling911 with them well with their rehab from their past ways.
So readers, er punters, what a week its been. Freeman, Saffron and our old mate, 'Big' Tim Bristow would be proud, and most likely reading the world famous Gambling911 website for updates, if there were still with us. Network Nine's 'Hey Hey' top bloke, 'Pluka Duck', and his handlers, have been reading with great interest.
Till next time, don't do anything we wouldn't do. Know the odds, good hunting and happy punting.
*Greg Tingle is a special contributor for Gambling911
*Media Man http://www.mediamanint.com is primarily a media, publicity and internet portal development company. Gaming is just one of a dozen industry sectors covered
*The writer owns shares in Crown Limited
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It's been a huge week for Australian gambling, gaming, sports betting and censorship news. This is likely the biggest Australian casino and gambling news week in modern history. Let's see... NRL Melbourne Storm sports betting scandal, Melbourne Gangland Killer Carl Williams dies and gets buried, Sin City Sydney Crime & Corruption Expo, Computer kiosk gambling device tested by law, Aussie Daniel Tzvetkoff to remain in Vegas jail facing money laundering charges, Aussie internet filter delayed for months, Melbourne's Crown Casino to host The Logies tomorrow night, with 'Underbelly' nominated for awards... wait, there's more!...
Australia - Asia Pacific casino king, James Packer and his City Of Dreams Macau also faces its latest challenge with the opening of competitor casino, Marina Bay Sands in downtown Singapore, and New Zealand's SKYCITY was host to the 2010 New Zealand Gaming Expo.
Oh, how could we forget...Gambling911's Jenny Woo, wooing us (and 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair), picked up Media Man 'Poker Babe Of The Month' and PartyPoker's Kara Scott grabbed 'Casino Babe Of The Month', so it was a jam packed week and month.
Media Man and Gambling911 advise its time to take our the probe and dig a little deeper...
NRL Melbourne Storm Sports Betting Scandal...
Apart from whispers in the industry, it all started when punters starting betting on The Storm to take out the "wooden spoon" (last place). A day or two late alarm bells were ringing loud and sports betting outlets effected are estimated to be out of pocket by at least $100,000, possibly at much as $200,000. The Storm are fighting for survival and now allegations are being laid against other NRL footy teams are are also understood to have cheated their way to winning. This story is far from over.
Melbourne Gangland Killer Carl Williams dies in prison bashing; Gets buried in gold coffin
Not a well known gambler, but self described "semi professional gambler" Williams was buried yesterday, in a gold plated coffin no doubt. Police warned the grave diggers and other "need to know" people (like direct family) not to disclose where the coffin is buried. We wonder why... just kidding. Williams luck ran out for good, that much we know. More real life 'Underbelly' news is bound to surface in the near future, helped in part by our sometimes contact Bert Wrout, 'Underbelly' survivor, leaking news and and information to the press. Insiders say the killings are over, and no one is (smartly) willing to attempt to hurt Melbourne "consultant" Mick Gatto.
Sin City Sydney Crime & Corruption Expo - Opens 1st May
Gambling themes and figures a plenty. Touted as the real 'Underbelly' history, focusing on the 1940's to 1980's, George Freeman ('Colourful Racing Identity) and 'Mr Sin' Abe Saffron are the main event (dead) draw cards.
Of all the black-market trades, casinos played the most active role in corrupting police and politicians, paying them thousands of dollars a week in bribes.
Baccarat king Richard Reilly was shot dead in 1967. With him gone, other operators moved in and transformed the city's basic gambling houses into substantial, plush 'Las Vegas'-style casinos. Business-minded criminals such as George Freeman, Lennie McPherson and Stan Smith joined forces to revolutionise gambling and protection rackets in a massive restructuring of the underworld.
Illegal SP (‘starting price') bookmaking exploited off-track betting restrictions to generate huge profits for savvy criminal operators. George Freeman, at one time the largest SP operator in the state, bought influence by using his ability to guarantee winning bets as a powerful form of bribery. Freeman was not alone. Illegal bookies were both the favoured betting choice for punters and the most consistent earner for Sydney's criminal syndicates until the 1980s, collectively turning over as much as $6.4 billion in today's dollars each year. The very integrity of racing was threatened nationwide by corrupt bookmaking that encouraged horse doping and race fixing.
I'm the toughest man in f***king Sydney. I can kill anyone I f***king well want to, but I can't get my f***king dinner on time!
Lennie McPherson to his first wife, 1960
... there was only one thing I wanted out of life. I wanted to be a crook. Not just any crook, but the crook, the BIGGEST - the man with money, power, influence. Working for a living never entered my head.
George Freeman, 1988
Mr saffron should be employed by the Australian forces as a camouflage expert, sir. He's done it successfully for many many years.
Jim Anderson, 1983
Website
http://www.hht.net.au/sincity
Marina Bay Sands VS Aussie James Packer's City of Dreams Macau
The land based casino wars continue to heat up, and 'Our James'... Australian James Packer is in the thick of the action. Packer's Crown Casino faces increased competition down under in Australia from Sydney's revamped Star City, and now Sands has opened in Singapore, in a move that insiders say will lure whales and dolphins away from Crown Macau, but don't underestimate the loyalty to Packer. Many have bet against the Aussie - Asia Pacific casino king before and lost. The Marina Bay Sands in Singapore is one of the biggest and most expensive casinos every built. Having opened its doors two days ago, throwing down the gauntlet... the dust is just starting to settle. Insiders say James Packer is at the top of the list of other operators who need to stay on guard and answer the challenge. Packer has enough top line connections to stay on top and in favor with the whales, should an all out "war" erupt, as is the case in Australia, where Tabcop Owned Star City Casino has now spent $600 on a revamp, part of which is designed to lure "whales" and the world's top entertainers.
Computer Kiosk Gambling Device (Not) Tested By Law (And Returned)
Following our report on the 25th of the month, there's been some very important developments on the legal situation re the internet kiosks located in Australian pubs and hotels that Australia's Tabcorp called a "gambling device". The courts do not agree! Victory for VenueNet and Australian internet lovers... Media Man and Gambling911 with the story...
Yesterday a computer terminal with internet access that gaming authorities claim is an "unauthorised instrument of betting", was reinstalled! A computer being plugged back in is not normally so newsworthy, but because of the gaming, legal and political connection, it is, so there you go! Back to the pub from where you were seized, you good computer. The (kangaroo not) court ordered it, so hop to it son.
The manufacture of the device er machine, VenueNet, has a business arrangement with Darwin-based bookmaker Sportsbet to offer customers access to their betting accounts through the computer kiosk. The full details of the agreement are commercially sensitive in nature, but its a win-win.
VenueNet is hopeful the court's ruling will facilitate a planned roll out by the truck full of some 200 devices er machines.. up and down the east coast of Australia.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation confiscated the device er machine from the Rising Sun Hotel in South Melbourne last August, after receiving a complaint from Aussie gaming and racing giant Tabcorp, which currently holds Victoria's exclusive retail wagering licence. Tabcorp are also the current owners of Star City Casino in Sydney (which James Packer of Crown is rumored to have an interest in... a deal once stopped by his late farther Kerry, close to a decade ago).
The 'Kiosk Case' as its now known as in gaming circles is seen as being a test of Australian gambling and igaming laws that have failed miserably to keep pace with technology and has raised doubts about the value of the Victorian wagering licence, which is up for tender. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Senator Stephen Conroy take note "failed miserably"..."raised doubts"... its the Kiosk Case, not the Aussie internet filter case.
Aussie Daniel Tzvetkoff To Remain In Vegas Jail Facing Money Laundering Charges
Tzvetkoff, also exposed as also processing porn company transactions, remains in jail. He faces up to a 75 year term (if he lives that long). Federal prosecutors said that Intabill utilized the automated clearinghouse system to transfer funds between U.S. checking accounts and various Internet gambling businesses, including online gambling and porn. They charge that Tzvetkoff and others disguised those gambling transactions as repayment of payday loans that consumers had taken out online, as well as transferred funds applied to pre-paid debit cards. He was indicted for money laundering.
"Tzvetkoff and his co-conspirators obtained unique websites and toll-free numbers for these shell companies and developed phony websites to make the companies appear to have a valid, non-gambling purpose," the indictment said.
Aussie Internet Filter Delayed
The prospect of Internet filtering in Australia is highly unlikely in either the May or June sittings of Federal Parliament. Online gambling websites were among those that appeared on a leaked list of "banned sites".
The Late Mail
Report urges government to take over gambling regulation
A new report urges the federal government to take over the regulation of gambling, which costs Australians $18 billion a year and which states rely on for $4.69bn in tax revenue annually.
The report by Deakin University and the Australia Institute urged the Rudd government to put a 2% tax on all gambling revenue, while using some of that $378 million to give state governments that reduce gambling levels incentive payments to reduce their reliance on tax from poker machines.
Crown Casino Groupier's Scammers Caught
A Crown Casino croupier and his gambling housemate (almost inmate) who teamed up to try beat the house have had the scheme die out.
Quoc Tran, 27, manned the roulette wheel as his mate Hoa Nguyen, 34, placed bets over at least three days in April last year.
A Melbourne court heard while Nguyen placed some legal wagers, other chips downed after Tran called "no more bets" and the ball had landed on its number!
Mr Tran allowed Nguyen to repeat such illegal transactions 15 times, which got them "winnings" of $15,750.
Crown security spied them and called police who arrested the pair, later to plead guilty to charges of theft.
David Grace, QC, advised Nguyen had turned his life around and had also repaid his $7857 to Crown. Nguyen's legal eagle said he had so far repaid $900 bucks.
Deputy chief magistrate Jelena Popovic said the men's efforts went in their favour.
The Footscray pair were released on non-conviction undertakings with orders they pay $750 to the "court fund". Media Man and Gambling911 with them well with their rehab from their past ways.
So readers, er punters, what a week its been. Freeman, Saffron and our old mate, 'Big' Tim Bristow would be proud, and most likely reading the world famous Gambling911 website for updates, if there were still with us. Network Nine's 'Hey Hey' top bloke, 'Pluka Duck', and his handlers, have been reading with great interest.
Till next time, don't do anything we wouldn't do. Know the odds, good hunting and happy punting.
*Greg Tingle is a special contributor for Gambling911
*Media Man http://www.mediamanint.com is primarily a media, publicity and internet portal development company. Gaming is just one of a dozen industry sectors covered
*The writer owns shares in Crown Limited
Website Network
Media Man
Media Man Australia
Media Man Canada
Media Man Asia
Casino News Media
Global Gaming Directory
Australian Casino News
Australian Casinos
Australian Sports Entertainment
Poker News Media
Media Man Poker
Media Man Casino
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