ESPNESPN and Harrah’s Entertainment announced a new agreement that provides for the airing of the WSOP for a further seven years from 2011. Details of the agreement were not disclosed.

Thanks to this agreement, ESPN will be the official partner for the transmission of the World Series of Poker until 2018. ESPN should put on the air each year at least 32 hours of the WSOP, including the transmission of the Main Event bracelet and a few select events.

“The WSOP are pleased to be provided by ESPN for another nine years. This long-term agreement allows us to continue to get fans to the sport around the world through multiple platforms, “said the chairman of Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment and the World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack.

The deal was announced when ESPN began airing the WSOP Main Event 2009. The estimates for the first 3 weeks of airing the edition of 2009 decreased by 8%, but proves ESPN confident. Things will get better, it is still too early to draw conclusions on the entire edition

After lengthy negotiations which concluded recently with the Gamynia Limited, World Poker Tour Enterprises announced that the brand will be purchased by Peerless Media Limited, a subsidiary of Party Gaming. This new treaty provides that the mark has acquired a value of $ 12.3 million plus a 5% dividend from the revenues generated by gaming.

Part of this large sum, about $ 1 million will be paid to Gamynia Limited following the termination of the contract. The contract will cover the WPTE’s television rights, intellectual property and ownership of the WPT brand, Professional Poker Tour (PPT) and other minor brands.

In a press release the founder CEO and President of WPT, Steve Lipscombm, commented: “The Board of PartyGaming has called the offer financially superior proposal and therefore very interesting because one of the pioneer online gaming market. This experience will allow the WPT brand to have the necessary expansion of vision. “

The sale still awaiting the go ahead by shareholders of WPTE. Some advances suggest that 39% of shareholders already expressed an investor approval for sale.

The arcades of class IV must have a local network connected to the Commission on games, and a video surveillance system with image storage for four weeks. Other decrees establish then the list of gaming machines whose use is permitted on the premises of Class IV and game rules on the operation of gaming machines allowed in arcades Class II (Class E license).

Intralot develop, install and operate the system OPAP / TV, which produces sports content and betting, satellite and Internet (WebTV) exclusively for agencies OPAP and its portal. Intralot will develop new games that will be operated by terminals Lotos Horizon and self-service terminals network OPAP also taking care of design and technical maintenance of the portal. Under the agreement, Intralot Betting Company and its subsidiary will also provide support services for the game “Pame Stihima and introduce new forms of betting such as live betting.

The debts have risen to the enormous figure of 248 million dollars, that you can not proceed with the ordinary. Since the procedure was presented Chapter11 (not triggering the transfer of assets), the public hopes that the property can continue to operate as usual during the whole procedure.

The main reason given for the difficult situation which requires the company to search for liquidity is closely linked to the recession that has robbed the casinos and gaming halls in hotels attached.

But every shadow creates a zone of rest for others. In fact over the last two years there has been a boom in online gaming. Have multiplied the sites that let you gamble with many of the “hobbies” that were once only in theaters. It is not like being around a green table with lots of blacks and sunglasses dealer with the crisis but learns to adapt.

Dscussione is the theme of the bill, submitted by the Chairman of the Commission Barney Frank, for market regulation of betting and online poker in the USA. It seems that finally something has moved within the American system that finally, at least of great surprises, try to make a move that could lead to the coffers of the state several million dollars.

The proposal reads on Agipronews is well supported by 69 political between Democrats and Republicans and is observed with special attention by the Poker Player Alliance and the game industry in general, after June 1 is the entry into force of the Deadline ‘UIGEA which required banks to block all transactions between players and poker sites.

It seems clear the new strategy applied to the online games market by American authority, if you can not beat an opponent You have them ally. It ‘was this the motto of Jim McDermott, representing the seventh congressional district of Washington and a member of the Democratic Party, which had anticipated all advancing the idea of a new law to counter the flop came with the UIGEA Deadline.

McDermott proposed a new regulation, called the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act (IGRTEA), with the idea of creating a tax system that deal with various tax laws all companies that offer poker and online gambling in the territory of USA, regolamentarizzare virtually the entire market.

Under this new bill all online gaming companies licensed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) should pay a tax of 2 percent on all funds deposited by players online. Following this new tax regime McDermott estimated a revenue for the state of over 25 billion dollars for the first five years after enactment.

The new tax in this way would be paid solely by the operator of the game on the Internet and would not be deducted from the deposit of the player. The idea is not at all displeased at the highest political leaders who have recognized the failure that UIGEA has not only increased the numbers of online gambling illegal.

Even the PPA (Poker Players Alliance) had tried to warn the authorities that the Deadline implemented with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act would never be effective because it could act bans some small adjustments.

In addition, the UIGEA, which is water on all sides, was never really defined a national law because in some places the law in question refers to the decisions of a network of federal, state, local and tribal peoples to determine what is permission.

Finally it seems that American policy has noticed that this law should not be any good and that everyone, players and managers who, calling for liberalization of online gambling in the U.S., given the repeated failures also obtained from those who want to permanently lock .

The renowned and exclusive casino, the largest in Europe, welcomed the Welcome party for the thousands of Harley came from all over Europe. Followed by two days of intense and rich in events, music, entertainment for all tastes. On Saturday a pit stop was held in Como, Piazza Cavour where historians are expected charter member organizations and the Harley Owners Group club harleysti for a welcome drink and souvenir T-shirts for delivery.

The motorcycle enthusiasts will be able to see a parade of bikers to the sound of rock music and country and buy at the booths specially set up spare parts and gadget. There are of course beautiful girls astride the gleaming and shiny Harley to keep alive the cliché “Women and motors.

If you then experience a weekend taste Yankees not miss it, in the heart of Lugano, where you can see live the most beautiful Harley Davidson will perform in parades and competitions acceleration. The intensive program will live its climax on Sunday afternoon with a concert for all fans of country music.

“This important agreement between Betfair and Ongame Network – is a statement of the group – the displacement of a substantial liquidity of the independent players poker room Betfair Poker Ongame Network. P5 Working through the platform of Ongame Network Betfair Poker offer users a better gaming environment, suitable for different financial resources of the players and with the liquidity necessary to give more value to the cash games and tournaments. “.

“This decision demonstrates our commitment to offer poker players an advanced product. Betfair Poker players will have access to a greater number of games at any time of day. Both companies are focused on improving ‘ gaming experience of users, we hope, therefore, to kick off soon to a long-term partnership of success and with Ongame Network, “said Daniel Svard, responsible for Betfair Poker.

“Betfair is the ideal company for a long-term partnership with Ongame Network, a respected brand in online gaming and evolved from a technical standpoint,” said Martin Lerby, Head of Ongame Network. “In a competitive industry like ours we welcome wholeheartedly the liquidity and expertise of the players in the poker Betfair will in our network.”