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Sep 24 2004, 09:16am
Harrah's Lake Tahoe may give tourism a hand next April.
With the World Series of Poker show to be televised from Stateline, tourism and casinos insiders are welcoming the ESPN show with open arms.
"Anything Nevada can (do) to attract events to the Lake Tahoe area is beneficial to this tourism-based economy," said Chris Chrystal, spokeswoman for the Nevada Commission on Tourism.
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Sep 22 2004, 09:38am
Annie Duke beat out her older brother and eight other poker legends to win $2 million and the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.
The 39-year-old Duke outlasted the other players in an grueling game held earlier this month at the Rio hotel-casino.
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Sep 21 2004, 12:34pm
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/21/2004 -- The Bicycle Casino, ranked as one of the world's largest Card Casinos and the #1 Poker Tournament House in the world, has just announced the launch of its online gaming site at www.thebike.com. This is the first-ever free play site for a land-based, licensed casino. While the online site will not involve gambling for money, it will allow users to rack up points redeemable for cash and prizes.
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Sep 16 2004, 10:51am
With the WORLD POKER TOUR(TM) (WPT) setting records for numbers of players and prize pools at its Season 3 tournament events, WPT Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE) announced a ten-year commitment to its partner casinos by exercising its contract options. WPTE plans to schedule a minimum of 15 WPT-sanctioned events each year, averaging one or more each month through 2013. In conjunction with this commitment, WPT published its Season 4, 5, and 6 tournament schedules through 2008. The WORLD POKER TOUR is the highest-rated television show in the history of the Travel Channel, airing every Wednesday night at 9 p.m. PT/ET.
"We look forward to continuing the Tour that generated a new horizon for poker," said Steve Lipscomb, President of WPT Enterprises. "Thus, we've taken the extraordinary step of activating these renewals early and making sure that our players can mark these dates on their calendars."
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Sep 16 2004, 10:50am
NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) September 16, 2004 -- The Hanging Chad is back just in time for the 2004 national election in a deck of Presidential Poker (www.PrezPoker.com) cards that tackles a wide range of issues from the Patriot Act to homeland security and John Kerry's Purple Heart. The casino quality playing cards— which feature clever illustrations of "Evangelical in Chief" Bush, "Flip Flop" Kerry, "Pretty Boy" Edwards" and "Big Deal" Cheney— sold-out at Madison Square Garden during the recent Republican National Convention and are now being launched nationally.
The creation of a New York venture capitalist, the non-partisan playing cards are intended to increase political participation by informing while entertaining. “Just as Hollywood documentaries, dramatic television series, and late night comedy shows are expanding interest in the important 2004 election, the increasing popularity of recreational poker makes it a great platform to stimulate friendly political dialog among friends,” said creator Gregory Belmont.
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Sep 16 2004, 10:50am
The Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce is scrambling to make sure a gambling parlor it plans for this weekend's community Fall Festival doesn't run afoul of gaming laws.
The annual festival will feature a Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament with $3,725 in cash prizes.
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Sep 15 2004, 09:26am
If you're a Broadway-style dancer or an amateur poker player interested in showing your talents on local television, then producer Dave Wallace wants to see you next weekend.
Auditions for both dancers and players -- as well as for two hosts -- will be conducted by appointment on Saturday and in an open call Sunday.
To schedule an appointment, call (316) 990-6323. Casey Durbin will audition dancers, and Kristy Draxler will audition player and host candidates.
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Sep 15 2004, 09:25am
A Belfast maths graduate who rejected the offer of a £40,000-a-year banking job in favour of professional online gambling is on course to hit a £234,000 jackpot by December, the Sun reports.
Lee-Anne Smyth, 25, currently walks away with a cool £4,500 a week from Ladbrokespoker.com, and told the UK tabloid: "Who needs a proper job when I can make what most people earn in a month in a couple of hours?" Smyth - who graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast with a 2.2 honours degree in pure and applied mathematics - claims that "hours spent solving algebraic equations sharpened my poker brain."
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Sep 15 2004, 09:25am
Leading Offshore Gaming Company Opens Poker Site
(PRWEB) September 15, 2004 -- BetWWTS.com, a leading offshore gaming company for over 10 years, today announced the launch of the company’s new online poker product, BetHoldem.com. The most respected name in the Internet gaming industry has now entered the growing poker marketplace by adding BetHoldem.com to the company’s already impressive portfolio of managed gaming properties that includes online sports books, casinos and a betting exchange.
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Sep 15 2004, 09:24am
Player wears “Dominate the Table” t-shirt at final table of the Ultimate Poker Challenge. For the first time a national brand of No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em clothing products will be featured on a nationally syndicated television show.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) September 15, 2004 --- On September 18th and 19th, amateur poker player Cong Tran will be shown dominating the table against professional poker players at the nationally televised final table of the Ultimate Poker Challenge wearing All N Poker’s “Dominate the Table” signature t-shirt. For the first time a national brand of No-Limit Texas Hold ‘Em clothing products will be featured on a nationally syndicated television show.
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