888 Has `Encouraging' Start to 2007, Helped by New Online Games

"888 Holdings Plc, the second-largest U.K. Internet gambling company, has had an ``encouraging'' start to 2007 after introducing new games and recruiting more customers.

That will maintain its momentum during the traditionally quieter second quarter, Gibraltar-based 888 said today in a Regulatory News Service statement.

888 lost about half its sales in October when a U.S. crackdown on Internet gambling cut the company off from its main market. In response, 888 raised research spending to a record $19 million and introduced a new casino game almost every month in 2006's last quarter. This year, it has added games such as Crazy Blackjack."

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Mom takes home $166,177 in World Series of Poker- NJ.com

"When Anne Heft made the final table Monday night in the ladies World Series of Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em Tournament, she burst into tears.
Heft, who was in Las Vegas with her husband and daughter, told her two sons, Bryan and Scott Mannon, that if she somehow got to the final table -- the top nine out of 1,285 entrants -- she'd fly them out to Las Vegas from New Jersey. "

Road to the WSOP: Taking a Risk on Poker – Bodog Beat

"Chris Hamman will be going up against thousands of other poker hopefuls and taking a risk to win millions at the 2007 World Series of Poker. (Bodog Beat Image)
Chris Hamman is one of the online poker players who won a $12,000 prize package to the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event through Bodog Poker. Just as the 2006 Main Event champion was a member of Team Bodog, Chris is one of the qualifiers who will look to carry that torch at this year’s event.
He has been playing poker for about 25 years and online at Bodog for the last few. He has played against Bodog pro Josh Arieh in one of the weekly TLB heads-up matches and said that he “seems like a pretty nice guy”."