Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Monday, March 21, 2005
Greg Raymer - Sunday Times - Times Online
Greg Raymer - Sunday Times - Times Online
Greg Raymer
Interview by Ria Higgins
The 40-year-old world poker champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer won $5m in the 2004 World Series in Las Vegas. He and his wife, Cheryl, and their daughter, Sophie, 8, live in Connecticut. He competes in the European Poker Tour final in Monte Carlo on Tuesday
Greg Raymer
Interview by Ria Higgins
The 40-year-old world poker champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer won $5m in the 2004 World Series in Las Vegas. He and his wife, Cheryl, and their daughter, Sophie, 8, live in Connecticut. He competes in the European Poker Tour final in Monte Carlo on Tuesday
Sunday, March 20, 2005
New York Man Wins $4.1 Million at Caesars Palace
New York Man Wins $4.1 Million at Caesars Palace
Russell Sears was postponing going to bed in hopes of winning a spin on the Wheel of Fortune® dollar machine he was playing at Caesars Palace; he ended up being very glad he stayed awake. The Camillus, New York, man won a MegaJackpots® top award of $4.1 million in the wee hours Sunday morning.
Russell Sears was postponing going to bed in hopes of winning a spin on the Wheel of Fortune® dollar machine he was playing at Caesars Palace; he ended up being very glad he stayed awake. The Camillus, New York, man won a MegaJackpots® top award of $4.1 million in the wee hours Sunday morning.
Thursday, March 10, 2005
WSJ.com - Online Gambling Sites Get Creative To Beat Advertising Restrictions
WSJ.com - Online Gambling Sites Get Creative To Beat Advertising Restrictions:
"This year, revenue for the roughly 2,000 gambling Web sites will reach $9.8 billion, up from $7.5 billion last year and $5.7 billion two years ago, according to Christiansen Capital Advisors, a research firm. About half of the revenue comes from U.S. bettors, the firm said. Poker enjoys increasing popularity in the U.S., in part because of cable network ESPN's World Series of Poker coverage and Bravo's 'Celebrity Poker Showdown.' On a recent weekday afternoon, more than 29,000 people were gambling on PartyPoker.com, according to PokerPulse.com, a Web site that tracks online poker activity."
"This year, revenue for the roughly 2,000 gambling Web sites will reach $9.8 billion, up from $7.5 billion last year and $5.7 billion two years ago, according to Christiansen Capital Advisors, a research firm. About half of the revenue comes from U.S. bettors, the firm said. Poker enjoys increasing popularity in the U.S., in part because of cable network ESPN's World Series of Poker coverage and Bravo's 'Celebrity Poker Showdown.' On a recent weekday afternoon, more than 29,000 people were gambling on PartyPoker.com, according to PokerPulse.com, a Web site that tracks online poker activity."
Sunday, March 06, 2005
Ukbetting rises on poker site
Internet News Article | Reuters.co.uk:
"Online gambling has grown to $9.2 billion globally since its birth in 1995 and is forecast to produce a 22 percent compound annual growth rate between 2003 and 2008, driven in particular by poker, said the report.
Sports betting represents 45 percent of total online gambling spending with other gaming representing 32 percent, but both could be overtaken by poker by 2008, if not earlier, it added."
"Online gambling has grown to $9.2 billion globally since its birth in 1995 and is forecast to produce a 22 percent compound annual growth rate between 2003 and 2008, driven in particular by poker, said the report.
Sports betting represents 45 percent of total online gambling spending with other gaming representing 32 percent, but both could be overtaken by poker by 2008, if not earlier, it added."
Friday, March 04, 2005
PluggedIn: Online poker a booming global enterprise
"The poker craze has moved from the basement card table to the home computer, as millions of players take part in low-stakes games or $10,000 tournaments that stretch for hours. It's becoming a huge business that exists in a legal limbo in the United States. It operates from offshore but is played just about everywhere."
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