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IntertopsPoker Sponsors Richest Online Forum Challenge Tournament Yet
2007-11-14 15:55:00
Host doubles prize money, adds World Poker Open prize package to cash prize Intertops presents the ONLINE FORUM CHALLENGENovember 24 & 25Pre-Registration: OnlineForumChallenge.com More than a thousand online poker players will compete for a prize pool to top more than $10,000 – and bragging rights for their favourite poker community – at the next Online Forum Challenge (http://www.onlineforumchallenge.com/) on November 24 and 25. Sponsored by IntertopsPoker (www.Intertopspoker.com), players can win cash and prizes for themselves– including a satellite seat at the World Poker Open in Tunica – and represent their favourite online poker forum in a huge inter-forum challenge tournament.“For many serious online poker players, their online poker community is a second home,” said Michl Posch of Intertops. “A little rivalry between forums really builds a community so we’re happy to get involved by donating great prizes.”Online Forum Challenge Owner, Jason “Wolf” Ros ...

Video Poker Game Pays Out Third $100K+ Jackpot
2007-11-06 13:05:00
Slotland Player wins $100,317 Progressive jackpot Playing Striking 7sSlotland.com’s favourite video poker game has been hit once again for a major jackpot. Striking 7s, which is available on both the web and mobile game platforms, has paid out three major jackpots. This time it was a $100,000 jackpot won by player “SWTGEORGIA”.All of Slotland’s fourteen slot machine and video poker games are tied to the same progressive jackpot. There have been major wins on Magic, Booster and Golden 8 this year but the jackpot has been hit playing Striking 7s more than any other slot machine or video poker game on the site. COWGYRLHOST won $155,917 last year. Then CHEWEMUP won $97K this spring, also on Striking 7s. And now SWTGEORGIA has won $100K on the same game.Striking 7s is a video poker game, with a unique Doubling Feature. It has been one of the most popular games on the community’s web site since the day it was introduced. After a win, Striking 7s players are offered the option to ...

Last Month’s Million Dollar Free Roll Winner Ready to Take All Challengers at Sunday’s 2nd Monthly Final
2007-10-29 12:54:00
Plenty of Chances to Win Free Seat Through Free Rolls and Cash Buy-ins This WeekThe second of PlayersOnly.com’s monthly Million Dollar Free Roll finals happens this weekend. Players can win their way to Sunday’s poker tournament by winning one of the qualifying free rolls or cash satellites scheduled for throughout this week or by direct buy-in ($50). Sunday’s champion will walk away $75,000 richer but last month’s winner is determined to make it two in a row. Because of the way PlayersOnly.com has structured payouts to spread the $100,000 prize pool around the final table, two runners-up will each get $10,000 and be among thirty cash prizewinners.Awarding a total of $1,000,000 over the next ten months, this is the popular online poker room’s biggest tournament series ever.PlayersOnly.com Million Dollar Free Roll TournamentMonthly Final: Sunday, September 30th at 9:00 pm ETDaily Qualifiers: All this weekwww.playersonly.com/1million“I love the extra excitement of a tournamen ...

Dragon's Den Awards Largest Investment Ever to Online Gambling Website
2007-10-23 13:06:00
BBC’s reality investment program Dragons’ Den has made an investment in online gaming site GamingAlerts.com. On Monday night, Emmie Matthews and Ed Stevens, founders of the site, recieved a £200,000 investment for their gaming site; marking the single largest amount ever awarded on the immesely popular program. Watch the video clip on BBC.The Dragons’ Den panellists are famous for striking fear into the hearts of the hopefuls who turn up asking for investment. But Dragon Theo Paphitis was so impressed with their project he agreed to invest all the money on his own.According to Matthews, Paphitis was excited about his investment because: “Theo knows the current and future value of online gaming and sees it as a major growth industry. He invested because of our years of experience in gaming, and because of our track record of success. In fact, Mrs Paphitis plays online bingo all the time so Theo understood the value of the company and its large consumer appeal.”The winning con ...

Tila Tequila Celebrates Her Birthday With New Look for Her Casino and New Single
2007-10-23 12:59:00
It's MySpace Queen Tila Tequila's birthday tomorrow. maybe that explains the total makeover she's given to her online casino! Tila is throwing a birthday party slash CD release party in Vegas tomorrow. I can't make it myself but I did check out those the updated TilaCasino.com and TilaPoker.com sites and I did buy the new single on iTunes!The poker and casino site now offers enhanced navigation, faster loading time, sexier playing features and a direct link to Tila’s News and Blogs. TilaCasion.com will be the best place for poker and casino fans to have fun and play with the most popular games available. At Tila’s site, the games are live and so are the dealers – they’ll hand out your chips and cards live through video. The casino hosts great tournaments with huge jackpots and poker players can compete at whatever level they prefer.“Tila has been totally hands on with the site’s new design and we all think it looks pretty damn good as well: It has Tila’s magic touch ...

Online Poker Site Disqualifies WCOOP Winner
2007-10-17 11:12:00
Online poker site PokerStars.com has released a statement after weeks of rumour and debate disqualifying the original winner of its World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event.The Kahnawake-licensed site said that, following a two-week investigation that ended on October 1, it had acted on allegations of irregularities in the activities of 'TheV0id', who won over a million dollars at the recent WCOOP, and stripped the player of their winnings. It stated that the remaining players would be moved up one spot and collect the appropriate winnings."The investigation into the WCOOP Main Event has now been concluded," read the statement from PokerStars.com. "We have determined, based on the totality of evidence, that the tournament winner, TheV0id, was in breach of the Poker Stars Terms of Service. In the interests of game integrity, TheV0id has been disqualified from first place.""All other WCOOP Main Event prize winners in addition to the player who originally bubbled in 415th p ...

Affiliates Say Intertops.com has the Fastest Paying Affiliate Program
2007-10-16 13:18:00
Intertops Nominated for "Best Sportsbook Affiliate Program" CAP AwardThe First online betting site is the first to pay its affiliates according to a report in the October issue of CAP Magazine. The world’s leading publication for gambling affiliates has listed Intertops.com as the fastest paying casino affiliate program. The magazine, published by CasinoAffiliatePrograms.com, reports that a webmaster poll showed "getting paid quickly and reliably" is affiliates’ number one criteria for judging affiliate programs. The same story reported that Intertops paid their affiliates faster than nineteen other programs mentioned."This recognition from CAP Magazine shows that ‘Trust the First’ isn’t just a slogan, but something we really mean," said Michl Posch of Intertops.com.Back in 1996, Intertops was the first sportsbook ever to offer online betting. It wasn’t long before they offered online casino games and online poker as well. The Intertops affiliate partner program has been re ...

Real Money Blackjack Now Available at Popular Online Backgammon Community
2007-10-16 13:15:00
Popular demand and the huge success of their Play Money BlackJack have prompted BackgammonMasters.com to quickly unveil the real money version of the classic game in their All-in-One Game Lobby.BackgammonMasters BlackJack game tables seat up to 5 players simultaneously all playing against the dealer. The 3D graphics and avatars offer a dimension to the game that outwardly enriches the experience of playing online blackjack. For newbies, BackgammonMasters offers Play Money Mode and a special View Mode where players can sit in on real money games and observe before placing a bet. Also, BackgammonMasters offers countless BlackJack Articles for those looking to learn more about online BlackJack and get tips on playing BlackJack 21.With each game added to the Game Lobby, which now offers Backgammon, Poker, Perudo and BlackJack in one download and one software, traffic increases so that players can log in at anytime and select from tables filled with participants from all over the world. The ...

Skill-based Slot Machine Now Available for Mobile
2007-10-10 11:29:00
Treasure Box, a game of strategy similar to video poker, designed for new generation of playersSlot machine players that enjoy games requiring skill and strategy love Slotland’s popular Treasure Box and now they can play the multi-line slot machine on their mobile phones and PDAs. The new mobile version of the Treasure Box online slot machine is the sixth real-money game available on Slotland.com’s WAP site. This month, Slotland.com is giving players $20 just to try it.Slotland.com has 13 games online and Treasure Box has always been one of the most popular, especially with more experienced players. It is the only slot machine that allows players to hold the reels after each spin in order to affect the result and get the best potential return. Treasure Box is a unique style of slot machine similar to multi hand video poker games. Players are presented with four sets of three reels. When the lever is pulled, the bottom reel set spins. Players can hold the result on any or all the re ...

Extreme Poker Sydney a Real Cliff Hanger
2007-10-04 10:48:00
Hugo Asenjo Wins and Walks -- Losers Take 90m Vertical DropFollowing 35 knot winds yesterday, there were clear skies yet blustery conditions today as Sydney played host to the fourth International tournament of Extreme Poker suspended over the cliffs of North Head, Manly opposite the Harbour Bridge. Perched on a platform, six players faced a 90 meter vertical drop if they lost their chips. But it was only Hugo Asenjo from Sydney that was permitted to walk off the platform on to solid land as he took the title of Extreme Poker Champion.Extreme Poker’s ‘Cliff Hanger’ is not for the feint hearted! It’s all about playing poker under extreme conditions - that was hard for Mathew Horton who was first to loose all chips and to take the 90m plunge to the rocks and ocean below. Soon to follow was Cameron Stewart from Melbourne and Matt ‘The Rat’ Delbridge whose family emigrated from Cornwall, England. Donna Conlan, the only female in the game was holding on to her position but was s ...

Unique Card Prediction Game, FourCast, New from Slotland.com
2007-10-02 18:41:00
Slotland presents FourCast, a unique card prediction game with exponential payoutsIt’s not a slot machine. It’s not video poker. FourCast, the new game at Slotland.com, combines the thrills of cards and the quick, easy play of spinning slots in an exciting new game that challenges players’ psychic powers. FourCast is a card prediction game. Four cards are dealt face down and the player predicts the suit and/or value of the next card dealt. Bets multiply exponentially each round. Third and fourth round winnings increase by 50% or 100%, respectively “I predict not too many players will want to collect their winnings after the first round, although they can of course,” said Slotland.com Manager John Lancelet. “Knowing how much the winnings increase though, I bet they’ll want to play on!”Apart from the famous progressive jackpot tied to all of their 14 unique slot machines, FourCast has the biggest payouts available at Slotland.com. Players that can correctly predict both t ...

JackpotCapital.com Sends Contest Winners to the Jackpot Capital, Las Vegas
2007-10-02 18:06:00
Online casino’s jackpot approaching a million dollarsJackpotCapital.com is sending two lucky players to the capital of casino jackpots, Las Vegas. If they’re extra lucky, they could even win a million dollar jackpot in the process. In a special free contest, JackpotCapital.com will award an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas at the end of this month but the Mid-Life Crisis jackpot, currently over $800,000, could well be hit before then.The trip-of-a-lifetime contest is free to enter – every dollar wagered this month earns one free contest entry. The amazing prize package includes airfare and 4 days accommodation in a glamour suite at the luxurious MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, plus $1000 in spending money.JackpotCapital.com offers over 300 exciting games, each with state-of-the art graphics and sound to provide a unique gaming experience. Not surprisingly, as the name would suggest, the most popular games at JackpotCapital.com are the large selection of games tied to ...

Another Reason I Wish I Was in Barcelona This Week
2007-10-01 13:10:00
I've already whined about all the fun stuff and interesting people I'll be missing by not going to Barcelona for the two big igaming conferences this week, EiG and CAP Euro.Now I hear Tila Tequila is going to be there. I escorted Tila around London when she was there for the last CAP event so I know the fun I'm missing!The MySpace, and now MTV, star arrives in Barcelona this week to meet with top online poker and casino affiliates. Tila, whose new bisexual reality TV show premiers October 9 on MTV in America, will be on hand at her TilaCasino.com booth during the CAP Euro conference to promote her online casino site to industry affiliates and insiders.Tila will be using what can only be described as the MTV Promotional Steam Train currently in motion for her new reality show, to gain more visibility for her already successful casino/poker site. She'll be talking to the guys at the conference about her love of poker, why the casino site is an important part of her growing empire, an ...

Progressive Jackpot Hit Big Twice
2007-09-27 13:34:00
Canadian Woman Hits $146K Jackpot Within Weeks of $165K WinLast weekend, a Canadian woman was the second online slots player to hit Slotland.com’s progressive jackpot really big in just a few weeks. Her September 23rd jackpot of $146,761 (€105,840) follows a $165, 318 (€119,610) win by a regular player known as “Newman32” in July.“I usually play the Booster slot because I like the way you can boost your bets. But a friend won a few dollars playing the slot machine called Magic so I decided to give it a try last Sunday,” said this week’s winner. “That machine sure lived up to its name that night, eh?”In a recent player survey, 80% of respondents said the reason they liked slot machines over other online casino games is the jackpots. With a progressive jackpot that gets hit for $150,000 or more quite regularly, it’s no wonder jackpot-lovers flock to Slotland.com.“I know a lot of people think slots players just like slots because they’re easy,” said John Lancel ...

First Monthly Final in Million Dollar Free Roll This Sunday
2007-09-27 13:06:00
Winners of Free Roll Qualifiers Compete for PlayersOnly’s Biggest Prize Pool EverThis Sunday, players that have qualified in free rolls and cash satellites through the month will play-off for a cool $75,000 in the first Monthly Final of PlayersOnly.com’s Million Dollar Free Roll Series. In coming months the sexy, video-rich site will award one million dollars in cash prizes making this the richest poker tournament they’ve ever presented.“Who wouldn’t want to win a million bucks!?” said PlayersOnly.com Manager David Anderson, “We’ve put a million into the prize pool but we’ve organized it so there’s lots of opportunities to win a nice piece of it.”The payout structure for the PlayersOnly’s Million Dollar Free Roll Series divides the prize pool so that monthly winners each take away $75,000 and even second and third place players win $10,000.There are still a few chances win a free seat in Sunday’s final, but players that don’t qualify in time for this weekend ...

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