Bodog to Host Online Poker Event
Bodog to Host First Online Poker Event
Popular casino and poker company, Bodog, will run its first ever online poker tournament, beginning March 3rd. The lucky winner of tournament will win – over and above the cash prize – a super engraved Omega Speedmaster watch worth over $4000. Bodog said that it would be throwing a further $75,000 into the prize pool so that event payouts would be higher. There will be six events that make up the tournament, with the grand finale on March 9th in the form of a $500 No-Limit buy-in. Alwayn Morris, CEO OF Bodog North America said: “We're excited to finally give our online players a tournament series where they can battle it out for some major bragging rights and serious money. While there will be more Bodog Poker Opens, there will only be one 'first' Bodog Poker Open, and he or she will have the cash and champion's Omega Speedmaster watch to show for it."
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Online Poker Site for Austria
Taking inspiration from Sweden, Austria has become the second global nation to launch a state-run online poker site. The new Win2Day.at started taking bets from citizens this week and, as part of the inaugural celebrations, will give away over $70,000 in freeroll tournament prizes this month. The new site will run more or less in the same way as traditional poker sites do, although Austrians are limited to bet just over $1000 per week, and no other incentives will be part of the site’s package. Win2Day will work off the Boss Media software platform.
32Red Ups the MegaMoolah Ante
32Red Casino, the online company that was recently awarded the title of Best Casino, announced that it would bring the Mega Moolah jackpot prize to at least £5-million on its site – making up the difference of over £60,000 for the lucky winner. As the UK’s leading online casino, 32Red also announced that it would be expanding its online gaming portfolio this year and continue to reward its customers with specials such as the Mega Moolah jackpot special.
Partouche Goes English
The French online gambling firm has come up with a novel approach to enter the English sportsbetting market ahead of the Euro 2008 tournament. Partouche has created an entire English advertising campaign around one of the greatest French-English soccer stars in the world, Eric Cantona. Cantona, idolised by players on both sides of the channel, made the English Hall of Football Fame in 2002 and is a former Manchester United star. Partouche said that the new site, PartoucheGaming.com would not serve French citizens due to the legislation surrounding online gaming in the country.
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