Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Bodog Poker's Final WSOP* Qualifier: 10 Main Event Seats Guaranteed

Bodog Poker's Final WSOP* Qualifier: 10 Main Event Seats Guaranteed

Big Overlays Expected; Huge Value For Buy-In Buck Likely!

June 09, 2010 

KAHNAWAKE, QC // Bodog Poker has already qualified 30+ players for the 2010 World Series of Poker* and this Sunday, June 13 at 4:35pm ET, another 10 guaranteed world series main event seats will be up for grabs in Bodog Poker's final 2010 WSOP* qualifier of the season. Don't miss out on this last chance opportunity to qualify for the world series main event with Bodog Poker. Big overlays are expected and will give players great value for their buy-in buck.

Bodog Poker's final 2010 World Series of Poker* qualifier, starting Sunday, June 13 at 4:35pm ET, is a big one, with 10 guaranteed main event seats on the line. Players can choose from a number of different methods to enter the tournament, including buying in directly for $470+$30. Alternatively, players can earn a seat in the tournament by winning a mid-range main event semi-final (starting as low as $25+$2.50) or by entering any number of Bodog Poker's daily cheap seat qualifiers (starting at as little as $1+$0) and working their way up to Sunday's 10 guaranteed seats online poker tournament. Players can also work there ways into the tournament by playing any last chance qualifiers leading up to the final guaranteed seats tournament of the season. The buy-ins are low, the action is fast, and the payoffs are big.

"Like most poker players that qualify for the 2010 World Series of Poker* with Bodog, this will be my first trip to the main event as a member of Team Bodog," says Bodog Poker Pro Amanda Musumeci. "I can't wait to represent Bodog Poker at the biggest poker event in the world, and getting to share that experience with 40+ other players that qualified through Bodog Poker is going to be something to remember for sure!"

As a special bonus for followers of @Bodog on Twitter, Bodog Poker will be running a world series edition of Bodog Twitter Trivia, where instead of awarding the usual $150+$12 Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed buy-in Bodog Poker will be giving away three separate $470+$30 tickets to Sunday's 10 guaranteed seats tournament. Running Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (June 9, 10 and 11 respectively), @Bodog will tweet a world series focused trivia question each day, followers can then direct message their answer along with Bodog account number, username or email address to @Bodog. Entries for each day will be accepted up until 11:59pm ET and each winner will be selected, at random, then contacted and announced via Twitter. That's three separate chances to win a $470+$30 buy-in, and the opportunity to win one of 10 world series main event seats, free!

GigaMedia's Everest Poker and BetClic Poker Receive French Licenses

GigaMedia's Everest Poker and BetClic Poker Receive French Licenses
 
HONG KONG, June 8 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- GigaMedia Limited (Nasdaq: GIGM) today announced that its Everest Poker and BetClic Poker operations, jointly owned with Mangas Gaming, received online poker licenses as part of the first grant of licenses in France.

Everest Poker and BetClic Poker accounted for two of the seven licenses granted in the initial approvals.

Everest Poker and BetClic Poker expect to begin French operations in late June 2010.

Mangas Gaming is jointly owned by the Lov Group of famed media executive Stephane Courbit -- and SBM -- the Societe des Bains de Mer de Monaco, controlled by the Principality of Monaco. SBM is the owner of the world renowned Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. Mangas Gaming is a leader in European gambling with operations including BetClic, Expekt, and Bet-at-Home, together offering sports betting, poker and casino services to over four million registered users in over 25 countries.

About GigaMedia
GigaMedia Limited (Singapore registration number: 199905474H) is a major provider of online entertainment software and services. GigaMedia develops and licenses software for online gaming. GigaMedia also operates online games businesses including FunTown, a leading Asian casual games operator and one of the world's largest online MahJong game sites in terms of revenues, and T2CN, a leading online sports game operator in China. More information on GigaMedia can be obtained from http://www.gigamedia.com .

The statements included above and elsewhere in this press release that are not historical in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. GigaMedia cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Information as to certain factors that could cause actual results to vary can be found in GigaMedia's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in June 2009.

    For further information contact:
     Brad Miller, Investor Relations Director
     Tel:   +886-2-2656-8016
     Email: brad.miller@gigamedia.com.tw
SOURCE GigaMedia Limited

Friday, May 28, 2010

Plenty of promotions at bet365

Plenty of promotions at bet365

21 May 2010


(PRESS RELEASE) -- bet365 Games is pleased to announce the arrival of The Money Drop, an exciting game based on the brand new TV show The Million Pound Drop.

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The key to this game is judging how best to divide and place your prize money. Do you place all of your money on one trapdoor, or hedge your bets and divide the money across multiple doors? The greater the number of rounds and doors you play, the larger the potential prize money. Use your judgement to place the money wisely, at all times aiming to avoid The Money Drop!

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Anyone for tennis? On Sunday (23rd), the second Grand Slam tournament of 2010 gets under way in Paris and this year's French Open looks at the mercy of a now healthy Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard has already won the title four times and with world number one Roger Federer struggling for top form since winning the Australian Open four months ago and Andy Murray seemingly short of his best, it would be a brave man to bet against him at 4/11 at bet365 Sportsbook & Racebook (1.36). The women's title is much more open with Justine Henin an uneasy favourite at 13/8 (2.62) after her first round defeat to Aravane Rezai in the recent Madrid Open. Considering the latter went on to win the title, beating Jelena Jankovic and Venus Williams along the way, she could be each-way value at 14/1 (15.00).

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The European Championship of Online Poker is back, with $4,500,000 guaranteed across 14 events. You can take part in this exciting championship with bet365 Poker.

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