09.07.10 tagged in Other News,
Believe it or not we take culture very seriously at Poker Shark. It's not just Poker, Football and Casino. When we here about a musical that has absolutely gorgeous women in it we feel it's our duty to inform you, the good citizens of the world! Edinburgh Fringe Festival is famous for showcasing new talent and we have o...
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11.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Titan Bet are leading the way in great offers for this World Cup. You can get £/$/€ 10 Free when you make your first deposit during the World Cup. A lot of people signed up to a Titan Bet Account in the lead up to the World Cup. If you haven't made your first deposit then make sure you use this instant bonus while i...
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09.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Gambling is risky lets not pretend in any way, shape or form that there is such a thing as a 'dead cert' when placing a bet but you can make some good money in the World Cup 2010 with sensible betting. Let me explain why this tournament is easier than any league fixture to make money. The World Cup is like mixing the Premiership with the Conference and has everything in between...
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09.06.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Casino gaming on the move
According to recent research by UK market research company Mintel, the number of Americans using online casinos is increasing. According to the survey, 12% of US adults have visited an...
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08.06.10 tagged in Other News,
We have written a few stories about this World Cup Million Mania that Titan Bet are offering their punters this summer. If you haven't heard about it I am guessing you have been living under a rock for the past two weeks. Titan Bet are giving you the chance to win $100 million from guessing the win, lose or draw on all 64, 2010 Wor...
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30.05.10 tagged in Other News,
Titan Bet are giving players from the UK a free £5.00 if they register today with Titan Bet. Effectively you can then use this £5.00 to bet on the world cup and win $100 million. Poker-Shark has set up there account today and placed a cheeky bet on the Englan v Japan game today.
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16.05.10 tagged in Other News,
Georgia Anderson featured in Playboy magazine as one of Wallstreets sexiest women. The 30 year old is of Italian descent and is an expert forex and futures broker. Georgia has created the GAFNN.com to allow people from around the world to meet up and discuss investment tactics. As well as creating t...
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15.05.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
It could be the most ridiculous promotion ever! Titan Bet is offering punters a $100 Million prize if you correctly pick the outcome for all 64 games in the Football World Cup. Played in South Africa, the Football World Cup begins in June and will host the biggest names in the sport.
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13.05.10 tagged in Other News,
Georgia Anderson Financial News Network (GAFNN) is the brain child of Georgia Anderson. She is an Italian Forex and Futures broker that is living in California. Georgia worked hard climbing the corporate ladder and got to a point where she wanted to share with others just what Forex and Futures Markets do, and how you...
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25.04.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
William Hill has made one new Online Casino player very happy when he won a massive jackpot of £234,399.29 on Leprechaun Luck. William Hill's Leprechaun Luck is one of their newer online slots.
The winner was Jamie from Scotland, he was used to using the ...
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15.04.10 tagged in Other News,
Tonight William Hill is giving odds on a monumental event. Tonight will see Great Britain following the footsteps of our cousins across the pond with the first ever Party Leader Debate on ITV. The debate is being held in Manchester and will see Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat Leader) Vs David Cameron (Conservative) and the man who needs no introduct...
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08.04.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Online Gambling has been given the go ahead to privatise in France. The market which is worth several billion Euro's finally opens its doors to the online poker and casino companies. The bill passed with a majority of 299 to 223. The governement have said that they will tax poker at 2% and other online gambling at 7.5%.&n...
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22.03.10 tagged in Other News,
ProForexRoom today announced it had extended its offer of "2 weeks free trial" to new members of its live forex trading room. Whether new to forex or a seasoned forex trader, live forex offers challenges to traders.
Training sessions are conducted in webinar format during European market hours. "The trial effectively provide...
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21.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
The German authorities now have four suspects in connection with the EPT Berlin Robbery. Some of the suspects handed themselves in.
The story broke like someone breaking wind in an elevator. The news spread fast through conventional and new media forums like twitter. Four men have tried to make off with the prize money at the Berlin EPT. They cam...
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12.03.10 tagged in Other News,
32Red have just launched a new Rummy Room with a $200 Bonus. This is a new niche for the award winning Online Casino. They have given some thought on how they present the room. The slogan goes 'it's so easy your Gran can Play' The Rummy game has been a game associated with the older members of the population. I know my Gran is an a...
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11.03.10 tagged in Other News,
An 8 year old boy from Chandigarh, India is in trouble with the law for winning 22,912,500.38 Indian Rupees, approx $500,000, in an online Poker Tournament. Aashish Nanak is a computer genius at the tender age of 8. He began using computers after his mother used to place him, from the age of three, in front of a computer w...
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11.03.10 tagged in Other News,
Investing in Poker is becoming extremely popular across online poker rooms. Chip Me Up is a platform that brings players and potential investors together. Chip Me Up stems from PokerNews.com. You can stake players in big tournaments and take a percentage of their winnings if they make it to the money. Also, you, as a player can seek invest...
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10.03.10 tagged in Other News,
PokerStars have been working with a few guys in the England Rugby Squad. Jamie Haskell, Delon Armitage and Ben Foden. PokerStars.com is the official gaming and casino partner of the English Rugby Team. So in order to demonstrate aggressive play they got three of Englands finest gladiators to go and play Poker outside on a rugby pitc...
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06.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Super Slots are holding one of the Biggest Slots Tournaments available. Throughout March you can take part in this Online Casino event. Once you credit your Super Slots Account you simply register in the Online Casino Lobby and buy in for $10 to enter the Slots Tournament. There is a massive prize pool of $300,000 and the overall win...
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02.03.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
Betfair have begun mixing the beautiful game with Kenny Rogers favourite past time. Not an obvious mix of sports but bear with us and we will try and explain how this works. Betfair have two football and poker related promotions. The first is called 1 x 2 Footie Special
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26.02.10 tagged in Other News,
Casino isn't our bread and butter work here at Poker Shark, but Club World Group caught our eye with this fantastic new online slot machine, Manhattan Slots. From the look of it I would say they are aiming to satisfy women who like online slots and love shopping. Manhattan Slots is very slick and stylish giving it that sex in the city image that the...
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20.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Paddy Power Casino are running the second stage of their Chase to Win promotion. All players need to do is opt in to the promotion and when they start playing any of Paddy Powers Instant Casino Games they will begin earning points. If you get enough points and get high enough up the leader board you then get the big money and prizes. Last...
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20.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Ladrokes are still giving customers £50 no deposit required with their online casino. Ladbrokes Share Price dropped this week following a terrible set of financial results which told share holders they dropped 28% in profits in 2009. This lead to a mass exodus as investors scrambled for the panic button. The share price hit 15...
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15.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
It was made public today that major online Bingo Software Company, Virtue fusion has been purchased by Playtech. The company which power Ladbrokes Bingo is believed to have gone for around £36million.
For the new owner, Playtech, this deal can only be a good thing. Virtue fusion is considered by many to be the ma...
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15.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
If one group of share holders are looking forward to the 2010 Football World Cup it's Ladbrokes. They are the worlds largest and oldest bookmaker. But in recent times their share price does not reflect the successful history this company has had. With their financial results looming Share Holders are looking concerned at the low share price.&n...
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11.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
PKR have really grabbed Poker Sharks attention by offering the winner of this Sundays (14th Feb) Nuts about the Girl Tournament the chance to have a date with sexy cover girl Lindsey Strutt. The poker tournament starts at 20:15 GMT and the 32F-26-32 stunner will be waiting to meet the winner in London on the 27th of February. L...
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11.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
California is stuck in a money pit and cant get their heads above water as a result they are now considering how they can allow online poker to take place. California already has licenced bricks and mortar Casino's which are held on Indian reservations and act as the main source of income for these tribes. The tribes currently pay $1 million per day...
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08.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
PartyGaming no longer has Dikshit at the helm and has appointed a new COO, Chief Operating Officer, Per Widerstr. PartyGaming have released encouraging financial reports showing great profits over the last Q4 of 2009. Their Casino is particularly doing well. The only thing that isn't moving up is PartyGaming's share price. It has not managed to hold a position above &poun...
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07.02.10 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Heads Up Entertainment International Inc. is at the forefront of the poker media and entertainment market. They create branded entertainment through the development, production and marketing of televised shows. Heads Up are looking at launching there new Poker TV channel after the Winter Olympics. Canada is their ...
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5.12.09 tagged in Live Tournaments, Other News,
James Akenhead is one of Poker Sharks favourite poker players because he doesn't give up. He took home today with a 6 figure haul after winning the Full Tilt Poker Million VIII. It was only a matter of time before the WSOP big hitter took a sizeable first place. He was not the favourite with the bookies today. The chip leader at the start of the...
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03.12.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
In 2009 there have been a few players that have stood out; Joe Cada (WSOP Main Event Winner), Darvin Moon (Lumber Jack who was chip leader in WSOP) and now Isildur1 who to begin with wiped the floor with some of the biggest names in Poker. He is ultra aggressive and was making money like it was going out of fashion. In the last couple of weeks he has lost as big as he was winning an...
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23.11.09 tagged in Other News,
We are concerned at Poker Shark HQ with all the Cheating in Sport. Thierry Henry has really let the side down and Poker is not innocent in all this, wherever there is money to be made the line between sportsmanship and deception can easily be crossed. We have teamed up with our friends at Talking Sports to bring you ...
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21.11.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Poker player Marcus Bebb-Jones, 46 faces extradition to the US to face the charge of murder. Bebb-Jones is accused of killing his wife, Sabrina Bebb-Jones, 31 in 1997 and then dumping her body in a national park.
Employees of the hotel they ran in Colorado informed the authorities that she was missing along with their 3 year old son. Bebb-Jones told the...
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01.10.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Ladbrokes online casino are offering new players from the UK and Ireland a No Deposit bonus of £25. Not only can you get £25 without registering a card, new players are also eligible for the £100 Match deposit bonus. Established for over 100 years and online since 2000, Ladbrokes are our most trusted gaming company a...
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17.09.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
32 Red Casino has just announced that one of their casino players has won the Progressive Jackpot with the Online Slot Machine Cash Splash. The 5th win happened on the 12th of September and we can only imagine that the player cant believe their luck. The streak started in October 2008 and the player has made over £100,000...
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31.08.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
32 Red are one of the few respectable Casino Operators that offer Paypal as a deposit method. This is because Paypal withdrew their alliance with Gambling operators following the change in US gaming legislation in 2006. Paypal have now started to tentatively accept some gambling operators that strictly do not accept US customers.&nb...
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30.08.09 tagged in Other News,
Poker players have been challenged by Poker-Shark to beat the city slickers at their own game - Forex. Poker-Shark think they are not the only ones who can make thousands of dollars everyday on the movement of the currency markets.
Lets talk about why poker players make very successful traders. The first reason is...
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29.08.09 tagged in Other News,
Titan Casino offer a huge Deposit Bonus. Up to €4000 which is one of the biggest casino bonus offers on the internet. Poker-Shark want to know if this is too much to offer a player as the requirements to release the bonus mean playing with Titan Casino for at least 12 months and you need to Deposit into your Titan Casino account monthly for the&n...
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07.07.09 tagged in Other News,
888.com are giving away Free Ashes tickets to Edgebaston test match in VIP style with hotel accommodation. Everyone knows we love cricket at Poker-Shark almost as much as poker. So although this isn't poker news it's still a fantastic offer that 888.com is giving Ashes tickets to a lucky winner on the 28th July.
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2.7.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Russia has recently had shock legislaton passed that does not allow gambling in Moscow. Russian Poker has been growing in popularity over the years and there was panic among players that the game would come to a grinding halt. Since the first of July the law came into force but luckily for the Russian Poker Players Poker is classed as a sport and not a game. This means that th...
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30.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
The Grand Slam of Slots 2009
One of our trusted partners, Ladbrokes Casino and their Software supplier, Microgaming have just announced the biggest online slot tournament ever. The Grand Slam of Slots has a top prize of 1million Euros and they will be paying out to 500 places. This is a seriously big event and will be tak...
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06.06.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Sexy Poker Players are everywhere these days, one site specialises in gorgeous naked calendar girls others have suductive women draped over a poker table. Then there are the celebs who make me lose all composure when I'm in their presence.
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08.05.09 tagged in Poker Rooms, Other News,
Ladbrokes Poker are giving the poker players on their books a chance to win $10 000. Start playing casino games that are playable within your poker software and you could qualify. This Casino in Poker $15000 scoop is limited to 80 players.
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05.05.09 tagged in Industry News, Other News,
Ladbrokes are ever increasing their market share of online gaming. This mainly because they give you money to play! Ladbrokes Casino are operating a Freeroll Slots Tournament for all their players. The top 600 win and $10 000 is up for grabs to the slots champion. The tournament is running between 00:00 7th May till 23:59 10th May. ...
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17.4.09 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Other News,
When we hear about an offer as good as this, its quite difficult for us not to tell people about it! OK, so its not a poker offer but it is from one of our Partners..... Ladbrokes. If you have had a chance to read our Ladbrokes Poker review, you will know that the company (the oldest gambling company in the world) ...
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12.12.08 tagged in Industry News, Poker Rooms, Live Tournaments, Other News,
Friday 12th December, Mince pies in the oven and one of Europes biggest Poker tournament finals to entertain. Poker-Shark HQ was a hive of activity once again as we settled into a crate of Belgium’s finest! Having seen Chase the Chair winner, Svein Nielsen secure a place in the final, excitement grew as we prayed for one of the online qualifiers ...
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