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The World Poker Congress, scheduled to take place on June 27-28, 2006 at the City Conference Center in Stockholm, Sweden, is the first conference designed to combine both online and land-based aspects of the international poker industry. Participants of the conference will be offered the unique opportunity to address concerns related to both Internet and live poker operations, and examine the poker world's future possibilities.

(Press Release) Hands-On Mobile (formerly MFORMA), a leading global publisher of mobile lifestyle, games and personalization products, today announced a national sweepstakes to coincide with the premiere Season Four episodes of the World Poker Tour® (WPT), which air each Wednesday on the Travel Channel. The sweepstakes, which will begin today, allows poker fans in the United States to vote for their favorite player during the course of the nine weeks counting down to the WPT World Championship(TM) on June 28. Fans can win a VIP prize package including seats at the taping of a World Poker Tour Final Table and the opportunity to appear on television as the official starter, announcing "Shuffle Up & Deal."

(Press Release) Poker players across the world will now find the familiar eCOGRA "Play It Safe" seal on 7 more quality Internet poker sites belonging to some of the most successful and reliable online gaming groups in the business.

(Press Release) PlayFirst, the leading full- service publisher of casual games, introduces a new twist on poker with Poker Pop(TM), a tile matching game that gives card-game enthusiasts a tile-turning, around-the-world escape. Developed by Say Design and published by PlayFirst, Poker Pop is poised to appeal to casual gamers and experienced poker players alike.

Although there has been increased talk of bolstering security measures at online poker rooms, a recent case of fraud has highlighted the fact that the online poker industry still has a ways to go in this respect. In the Swedish town on Skovde, nine people were victims of a new version of internet fraud, in which they lost money at online poker sites, which they claimed they never visited.

Move over Paris Hilton; another hapless celebrity has allegedly been caught on tape in, um, compromising positions, and this time it's one of poker's own. A video of David Williams, one of the most promising young professional poker players on the tournament circuit, has seemingly surfaced on the internet, in which Williams performs various unmentionable acts with a woman named Janet Mason. As this is a G-rated publication, we can't offer the particulars, but suffice it to say that David Williams gives new meaning to the phrase "foot in mouth."

Online poker room Party Poker has teamed up with Internet dating service provider Lava Life to launch a singles-only poker tournament series aiming to have their members flush with hearts. Party Poker was inspired to team up with Lava Life for this venture after two of its players found more than just great poker action at the site's tables- they found love.

Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney withdrew from a charity poker tournament after reports surfaced that he had racked up £700,000 ($1.2 million) in gambling debts. Rooney's England striking partner Michael Owen, who was implicated in Rooney's gambling debt scandal, also pulled out of the charity poker tournament. The charity poker tournament under discussion was organized by Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard and his cousin, Jamie Redknapp, formerly of Liverpool fame.

PokerStars, one of the industry's leading online poker companies, is reportedly taking the route of an IPO, rather than an all-out sale. And the price tag of a publicly-traded PokerStars? It's expected to run over $2 billion. Currently, about three-quarters of the online poker business is shared between PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg and Israeli businessman Pinchas Shapira. The majority of the remaining shares are owned by PokerStars employees.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) video game is getting ready to launch on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) game console. The WPT's PSP version follows the October, 2005, release of the WPT game for PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox, and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. In honor of the latest launch, 2K Sports, the video game developers behind the game, added some special features available exclusively on the PSP version of the game.

What does buxom, digitalized treasure huntress Lara Croft do when she has a few minutes to spare in between archaeological escapades? Play poker, of course. No, not even the globe-trotting Ms. Croft is immune to the worldwide poker craze. Indeed she too has been hit by the poker bug in a forthcoming mobile video game, by the name of Lara Croft's Poker Party.

(Press Release) The legends of poker are back on GSN, the network for games, for a second season of HIGH STAKES POKER. Based on the series solid ratings performance, the network has ordered a new 16-episode season that will feature the same minimum buy-in requirement for all invited players -- $100,000 of their own money.

(Press Release) Online Poker finally got sexy! Bombshell Poker (www.bombshellpoker.com) is the newest, sexiest and most innovative poker site on the web. Bombshell Poker offers an endless supply of "models by day, professional poker players by night" against which poker players can now test their skills. Bombshell Poker Teams consisting of 10 beautiful models are currently being formed in all major markets including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami to name a few. These girls are trained by some of the most respected poker players in the world. Bombshell Poker offers its players significant cash bonuses and innovative prizes to those lucky enough to beat these beauties in one of the Bombshell Tournaments, such as, "Win-a- Date with a Bombshell," "Win-a-Trip to a Bombshell photo shoot," and the "Bombshell Poker Cruise Package" -- you and 100 beautiful models.

Pro poker players Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, and Greg Raymer were in Washington D.C. this week to appeal to lawmakers and the general public regarding three bills currently under discussion in Congress that threaten to put an end to online poker play in the U.S. At a press conference called by the Poker Players Alliance, a self-described grass-roots organization of more than 20,000 American poker players, the poker trio criticized the bill for including poker in its across-the-board campaign against gambling online. Lederer, for one, called poker a game relying more on skill than on mere chance. The poker players also pointed out the inconsistency of having legal poker on the ground, but deeming it illegal on the Internet.

(Press Release) World Poker Exchange (http://www.Worldpx.com) announced today a major pricing initiative that threatens to radically transform the $5.5-billion online poker industry. Called "No Rake Poker," the World Poker Exchange plan poses a direct challenge to standalone poker rooms that do not have access to additional revenue streams.

John Turmel, a professional Canadian poker player and medicinal marijuana advocate, has been slapped with a C$1,000 fine, three years probation, and 100 hours of community service after being found guilty of possessing marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. All in all, we're talking minor consequences, considering the extent of the possession: 3 kg (6.6), and the target to which it was being trafficked: then-Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
 
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