Issue N2, 2011
January 14, 2011
Duhamel Joins Team Poker Stars Pro
The winner of 2010’s World Series of Poker tournament, Jonathan Duhamel, has signed on to become a member of Team Poker Stars Pro, one of the top online poker professional teams in the world. Duhamel joins top names such as Peter Eastgate, Chris Moneymaker and Joe Hachem to become an ambassador for Poker Stars. 23 year old Duhamel won an incredible $8.9 million when he beat the November Nine players in the final of the Main Event, becoming the first Canadian to pick up the prestigious bracelet.
In a statement issued by Poker Stars, the site said: “Team PokerStars Pro is nearly synonymous with world champions. From the very beginning, Team PokerStars Pro has been home to the WSOP main event winners. So, when Jonathan Duhamel stood from his seat at the Penn and Teller theatre as the world champion, there wasn't much doubt what was going to happen next.”
“Though you might have assumed so by now, this morning PokerStars.com made it official. Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP main event winner, is the newest member of Team PokerStars Pro.”
Duhamel was naturally thrilled with the deal and called it a “dream come true”.
“I want to be playing the biggest tournaments in the world. I'm going to do my best to pull off another big score,” he promised.
Virgin Casino Running Super Egyptian Promotion
Players have the chance to travel from London to Cairo in order to enjoy a 7 day luxury vacation, thanks to a new promotion running at Virgin Casino. The site began the promotion on January 10th and will run it until January 23rd, 2011. Entering the promo is extremely simple, and all players need to do play any of the exciting Egyptian themed games at Virgin Casino during this time period. There are lots of games to choose from, ranging from Cleopatra 1 and 2, and extending to Crocodopolis, Tomb Raider 1 and 2, Cleopatra’s Chest, Pharaoh’s Treasure and 100,000 Pyramid.
Besides the amazing first prize package of a trip for two to Egypt, Virgin Casino is giving away prizes to 100 players each and every day of the promotion. The first players who manage to wager £100 on any of the games that are taking part in the promotion will have their accounts credited for £10 each. Virgin Casino continues to provide online casino fans with a wide range of excellent games from a number of software providers.
Party Casino Launches New Slot Game of 2011
Party Casino, the online casino arm of Party Gaming, is well known for launching an excellent selection of online slots year, and it seems that 2011 will be no different. The site announced the release of a new slot game, Full Moon Fever, which promises to be highly entertaining and rewarding. To celebrate the launch of the game, Party Casino will run a Full Moon Fever promotion from January 19th to 31st, 2011 and is giving away an incredible $100,000 worth of prizes in the process!
To put themselves in line to win part of this prize, which will be held in a daily leader board format, players simply need to spin the reels on Full Moon Fever, as well as any other slot games at the site, and they will automatically qualify for the competition. Scores of players will win each day, with top prizes reaching as high as $3,000. On January 31st, the total prize pool for lucky players that day will total $10,000. Besides the leader board competitions, lucky players will win prizes worth $35,000 on a random basis simply for playing the games.
New Jersey Online Gambling Initiative Welcomed
Bill S490, which may see the introduction of intrastate online gambling in New Jersey, has been welcomed by gambling proponents across the board, including the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. The group said in a statement: “We applaud the New Jersey legislature for adopting legislation to regulate and control Internet gambling activity, creating a common-sense framework for protecting consumers, creating jobs and stimulating the state's economy.”
“This vote is a positive step by creating a licensed and regulated online gambling environment with appropriate consumer protections for New Jersey residents – a much better approach than the failed attempts led by the federal government to prohibit the activity. New Jersey will also be poised to capture new, much-needed revenue from the activity.”
The bill still needs to be signed into law by the governor of New Jersey; however, many are optimistic that this will be the first state to allow its residents to wager in a licensed and regulated environment online. The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative said that once the bill becomes law, New Jersey would be “at the forefront of efforts to regulate internet gambling activity in the US and will be setting an example of how regulation can work.”