888 Blames World Cup for Disappointing Earnings

888 is reporting poor numbers again and is pointing fingers at external factors. It’s the hip new thing if you’re a publicly traded gambling operation. Mostly it’s the “competitive” environment. I sort of hit on that trend in my post Why Smaller Poker Operators Should Shut Their Doors Right Now. 888’s CEO, Gigi Levy said …

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Snowballing at Party Poker

Not a terribly innovative promotion but Party is running The Snowball during the month of September. Basically it’s a tiered promotion where the more points you earn the bigger the prizes. The name Snowball comes from the fact that as you move up the 15 levels you keep the prize earned at the lower level. …

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Boycott Daniel Negreanu?

Earlier this month Gambling 911 ran a story titled, “Negreanu Poker Website Needs to be Boycotted.” The reason for the author, Jagajeet Chiba, to call for a boycott was because Daniel Negreanu called Annie Duke a “f*cking c*nt.” The quote was from an interview he gave and he complained about the fact that Annie Duke …

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The Week That Was

I just wanted to thank everyone who has sent money to help out the family of Wanphen Pienjai. We’re still not at our goal but we’re off to a good start. You can check out any of the threads below about Ron Fanelli or Wanphen to get all the details. Also, please, please spread the …

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