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The World Poker Tour's (WPT) Legends of Poker event is currently under way at the Bicycle Casino,boasting a record turnout and prize pool. The 839 players entered in the Legends of Poker, and the resulting $4,195,000 up for grabs, has made this event the biggest in the World Poker Tour history. Legends of Poker kicked off on August 28th and runs through the 1st of September.

Compared to June's overwhelmingly lucrative Party Gaming IPO, the upcoming stock market debut of online poker and casino operator Cassava Enterprises is a considerably more modest offering. Cassava, which owns online casinos 888.com and Casino on Net, as well as online poker room Pacific Poker, is expected to issue its prospectus early next month.

Newly-launched online casino and sportsbook company 777 Sports Entertainment Corp. announced that it will open its online poker room September 1st.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. announced that ESPN will broadcast footage from the 2005-2006 World Series of Poker Circuit events. The WSOP has dramatically increased the number of circuit tournaments for the WSOP Circuit's second season. In the Circuit's debut season, the WSOP hosted just five circuit events, but this year, the company has upped that number to 12 events, culminating in the final Tournament of Champions. The first WSOP Circuit event in the current season has just come to a close at the Grand Casino Tunica, with its next event coming to Harrah's Las Vegas in early September.

World Poker Tour (WPT) recently announced that it had come to an agreement with the Travel Channel, the network that broadcasts the WPT television program, permitting players to wear apparel bearing sponsor logos during all stages of play, including final tables. Nonetheless, WPT continued to say that these logos must fulfill the company's particular standards and that sponsors must be pre-approved. The WPT website lists the specific criteria for logos, and parties wishing to sponsor a WPT poker player will have to contact the company first.

New online poker league Fifthalarmpoker.com has created a niche poker site with a purpose. Fifthalarmpoker, an online poker site devoted to firefighters and emergency service (EMS) workers, devotes a percentage of its earnings to charity.

Online poker site PokerRoom.com recently announced that according to PokerPulse.com, the site is officially the third largest poker room on the net, boasting a player base of over four million. PokerPulse is a site that researches the online poker industry.

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), the largest poker tournament to grace the internet, and the ninth richest tournament over all, is coming back to PokerStars.com next month for its fourth consecutive year. This year's online tournament will feature a prize pool starting at $8 million in total, with the main event alone boasting at least $2.5 million in prizes. Over two weeks starting September 4, Poker Stars will host 15 individual competitions, culminating with the final event on September 18.

Mike Sexton, co-host of the World Poker Tour, as aired on the Travel Channel, came to a local bookstore in Shelbyville, Indiana, in honor of his newly co-authored book, "The World Poker Tour: Shuffle Up and Deal." Three Sisters Books & Gifts hosted Sexton for a book signing commemorating the recent publication, co-authored with fellow WPT host Vince Van Patten.

Online and mobile gaming software provider Chartwell Technology Inc. announced that it had licensed its online poker software to power a new network of poker sites. PokerNexus (www.pokernexus.com) is a fledgling network of independent online poker rooms that already includes two European sites. Chartwell said that it hopes to add another several sites to the network by the close of the company's fiscal year. The network is managed by Eliteclub Management N.V., and powered by Chartwell's software, complete with its back-end solutions.

Independent member of South Australia's parliament Nick Xenophon, who heads the anti-gambling organization No Pokies, has predicted that the number of poker machines ('pokies') in South Australia is about to rise. His prophecy comes as a result of an alleged loophole in gaming law, which he expects will be exploited to benefit the gambling industry. Accordingly, establishments licensed as community-based clubs seem to be able to operate poker machines, without being subject to many of the restrictions in place for poker machine venues.

Expekt, an online sportsbook, casino and poker operator with a Scandinavian tilt, is casting off rumors that it is considering leaving the Prima Network and its Microgaming software. Reports have surfaced, claiming that Expekt is considering a move to Tain, a Swedish software company, in efforts to set up its own online poker site.

WSOP champ and entrepreneur Chris Moneymaker has recruited interactive marketing firm bep Consulting to give the poker pro's online poker retail website, www.moneymakergaming.com, something of a makeover. The new look and feel of the site is designed to cater towards poker's shifting demographic. The new poker player is young, middle class and hip to a trend, and thus the site needed to better fit this target audience.

In its efforts to boost poker playership among women, The Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) Tour has launched a new initiative, aiming to involve women outside of the classic casino environment. Whereas the LIPS Tour has sponsored manly casino poker games until now, the new branch, coined "Ladies' Poker Night," will aim at encouraging poker play among women from all locales, with or without a casino.

Before the stock markets opened yesterday, online gaming software developer CryptoLogic announced that it will likely lose one of its main poker licensees. Immediately thereafter, CryptoLogic's stock prices dropped approximately 25 percent.

The 2005 European Poker Championships came to a close earlier this week, making a champion out of a poker player known as Tony G. The tournament took place at London's Victoria Casino between the 1st and the 7th of August. Tony G took home the first place prize of £ 240,000 (nearly $428,300). Second place and the accompanying £ 121,178 ($216,811) went to Sverre Sundbo of Norway, while Edward Moncada nabbed third, and the £69,090 ($123,514) that went along with it.

Players Pty Ltd., a company led by some of South Australia's most prominent sports and legal personalities, recently lost an AUS$1 million (~ US$766,419) Supreme Court case launched over a poker machine licensing dispute. The dispute concerns licenses for poker machines located in a former entertainment hotspot. Players had been leasing entertainment venue "The Planet" from Economic Development Board member Fiona Roche's family company since 1995.

Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls will host a charity poker tournament today, bringing together some of hockey's biggest names. The charity tournament is open to anyone prepared to lay down the $300 buy-in. Up for grabs is more than $40k in cash, and proceeds will benefit the Louis J. Billittier Foundation, which allocates funds for a number of children's charities.

A convenience store in Bath, Pennsylvania, recently lost its five poker machines and $1,000. Police confiscated the devices, after entering the premises with a search warrant, as part of an extended investigation into poker machine payouts. Wunderler's Market, managed by Donald Wunderler, has reportedly been drawing video poker players to its back room for about four years.

Online poker room operator PokerStars is reportedly planning a move to the Isle of Man, possibly foreshadowing a rumored future float on the London Stock Exchange. Presently based in Costa Rica, PokerStars has already achieved licensing from the Isle of Man, and a move to the island is in the cards for next year. The planned PokerStars move comes on the heels of recent efforts by the Isle of Man to market itself as an attractive operating base for online gaming companies.

Willis Entertainment recently released a documentary DVD about the pitfalls of professional poker. The creators of the documentary, entitled "Poker Bustouts," claim that the DVD "exposes the truth" about pro poker to poker aficionados blindly seduced by the glitz and glamour of televised poker.

Online poker and gaming company Empire online announced yesterday that it had agreed to acquire certain properties related to online poker room Noble Poker, as well as online casino group Club Dice. Under the agreements, Empire plans to buy the Noble Poker brand and its intellectual property, in addition to Club Dice's business, assets and player base. Both transactions will cost Empire Online a total of about $40 million.

Despite recently becoming $7.5 million richer, thanks to his WSOP championship win, Joseph Hachem seems to be opting for the simple life, at least for now. On his way home to Australia from the U.S., poker's newest star stuck with his entourage in coach, instead of the comfort and luxury of first class. Hachem was quoted as saying that he preferred passing the flight with friends and family, rather than living it up in first class. When Hachem arrived at Melbourne airport, friends were there, waiting to welcome him.
 
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