Archive for November, 2009

Blue Square Poker Giveaway!

Thursday, November 19th, 2009


Blue square poker is giving their poker fans a pre Christmas gift this year and is letting players have the chance to win some fantastic prizes with their free rolls! The blue sq poker gadget giveaway if giving away some brilliant prizes for absolutely nothing with their free to enter tournament.

Check out the list of prizes available, you could win: a 42” plasma TV, a brand new Xbox 360 with the brilliant call of duty modern warfare 2 game, Nintendo DSi and a Sony cyber shot digital camera. That’s without mentioning cash!

How do you win all of these fab gadgets? It’s simple! Just download blue square poker’s software and register an account. Once you’ve done this click onto the tournaments section and then onto the free rolls tab where you’ll find the gadget giveaway where you can register to play in this free tournament.

So check out blue square poker and your Christmas gift gadgets could be sorted!


PartyPoker Buys Out World Poker Tour

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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Party Gaming has announced that they have signed a deal with WPT Enterprises Inc. The sale total $12.3million plus a minimum aggregate payment of $3million during the next three years due to an ongoing revenue share contract.

The sale includes the rights to the World Poker Tour brand and the rights to land based events in the USA and Europe and the intellectual rights to the World Poker Tour.

Also, the sale includes a library of more than 150 hours of poker programmes which is broadcast across the world in 150 countries.

Additionally, the sale includes the rights to the clubWPT subscription poker offering which caters for 16,500 subscribers in 37 US States.

Jim Ryan, PartyGaming Chief Executive Officer, said of the deal, “This deal brings together two of the biggest brands in online and offline poker – Party Poker and World Poker Tour – that we will market internationally to build our poker business. Our plans also include using the ClubWPT subscription platform to leverage our 12 million-strong US player database via a Party-branded website and the launch of a European WPT-branded poker and casino site. We are excited about the opportunities that WPT, a proven marketing channel for the Group, will create for PartyGaming, particularly if the US regulates and licenses online gaming.”

Steve Lipscomb, the founder of WPTE, further said that, “PartyGaming has been an important partner for a number of years and we are confident that they will be an excellent manager of our brands in the future. Combining two of the pioneers and leaders in the poker and online gaming markets will create a strong vehicle for the WPT brand to continue its global expansion.”


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