MACAU -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- PokerStars, the world's largest poker company, is pleased to announce the grand opening of the new "PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa" live poker room at the Grand Lisboa Casino on 19 March 2009. Located on the 2nd floor of the famous Grand Lisboa in the heart of Macau, PokerStars Macau will be the largest poker room in continental Asia with 22 tables for exciting Texas Hold'em poker tournament action and 24-hour cash games.
PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa will host the largest regular weekly poker tournaments in Asia, the premiere "Macau Poker Cup" series every other month, and the annual Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Macau Poker Festival.
Freeroll tournaments, with no entrance fees for new poker players, will be available every week, as well as exciting events for poker players of all skill levels – from amateur to professional. Players can register or qualify online for all events, or live within the poker room.
The opening on the weekend of 19-22 March will celebrate the return of the "Macau Poker Cup" and its signature HKD 10,000 buy-in "Red Dragon" event. For the first time ever, the Red Dragon will have a guaranteed minimum prize pool of HKD 500,000. Numerous other events will be held during the Macau Poker Cup, including a HKD 1,000 buy-in charity event the proceeds of which will be donated to Caritas Macau.
"PokerStars is committed to the development of poker across Asia, and this new room will be its heart," said Joe Hachem, Poker World Champion and member of Team PokerStars Pro. "It has been extraordinary for me to watch the growth of poker culture in the eighteen months since the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour first brought poker to Macau, and I'm so excited about playing in my third APPT there in August."
PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa invites poker players from the Pearl River Delta, to across Asia and around the world to come to compete in the wide range of exciting tournaments held every week in Asia's gaming capital.
To find out more about PokerStars Macau at the Grand Lisboa, visit www.pokerstarsmacau.com.
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Pennsylvania casino operators want table games
24 February 2009
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- As reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Yes to table games at state casinos, but no to video poker machines in thousands of bars and clubs statewide.
"That was the view today of Timothy Wilmott, president of Penn National Gaming Inc., which runs a racetrack/casino 20 miles northeast of here plus several other casinos in other states.
"Two other casino executives -- from the Pittsburgh area -- agreed about bringing table games to Pennsylvania casinos but wouldn't comment on Gov. Ed Rendell's controversial plan to allow 80,000 or so video poker machines in bars and taverns across the state.
"Ed Fasulo, president of the Rivers Casino, which will open in Pittsburgh in August, and Mike Graninger, general manager of The Meadows, which will open its enlarged, permanent casino in April, said table games would increase employment and the state's income tax base.
"But they tactfully sidestepped commenting on Mr. Rendell's idea for video poker to raise tuition relief for college students..."
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Canada: Western lottery clerks claiming high number of prizes
11 February 2009
VICTORIA, Canada -- As reported by CBC: "Despite a consultant's report that concludes the Western Canada Lottery Corporation is not plagued by the same insider winning problems seen in other provinces, a CBC News investigation has uncovered western lottery clerks are actually claiming prizes at a disproportionately high rate.
"CBC News hired Jeffrey Rosenthal, a statistics professor at the University of Toronto, to review a 2007 report prepared for the lottery corporation by the consulting firm Ernst & Young.
"Ernst & Young found that Western Canada Lottery Corporation clerks are winning prizes at a rate that is only slightly higher than it should be — 1.16 times. Clerks won 67 of 1,586 prizes of $10,000 or more awarded to western Canadians between 2003 and 2006.
"...But Rosenthal took issue with the way Ernst & Young calculated the rate of insider wins, saying the firm misinterpreted figures for the number of retailers who play and used old estimates of how many retailers there are per lottery outlet.
"Rosenthal said 67 insider wins is, in fact, 1.94 times higher than it should be. Statistically, retailers should only have won 34 times between 2003 and 2006 — and there's less than a one in 2.3 million chance that they could have won 67 times.
"...Ontario Ombudsman André Marin, who investigated the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and uncovered major problems, said the western lottery should have been subject to an independent review, as other lotteries have been..."
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Casino Tropez rewarding members on seventh birthday
Over the past seven years, the online casino, Casino Tropez has grown from strength to strength, developing its promotions, technology, customer service and online games to give its members the best online gaming experience around. Since its initial launch, CasinoTropez has won numerous awards and has become one of the most distinguished casinos on the net.
In celebration of CasinoTropez's 7th birthday, members will receive an offer that is larger than life and has never been seen at the online casino before. On the 21st January, every casino member will be eligible to receive a 70% bonus up to a gigantic $7,000 on their first deposit of the day.
The Casino Tropez birthday promotion does not stop there. The online casino has teamed up with live tournament specialists Elite Challenge to give their casino members a special live tournament. Members playing any game during Casino Tropez's birthday will be automatically entered into the special Elite Challenge. The top seven players during the one day tournament will receive $777 each to play with on any of the 100+ casino games.
Casino Manager Renee Pascale stated, "We are extremely excited about our birthday celebrations and we want our members to have as much fun as possible! That's why we decided to have two different elements to our promotion. First the huge deposit offer, and then the live tournament where members can compete against each other in a friendly challenge for free cash prizes".
Over the years CasinoTropez has become one of the most established online casinos on the net. With seven years experience in the online gaming industry, Casino Tropez excels with its performance and is seen as one of the most trustworthy online casinos by the industry.
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