One online poker room has signed on a soccer playing legend. Poker site 888Poker now has Santiago Cañizares as part of their crew. The football legend will be a brand ambassador for 888.com, which owns 888poker. The arrangement will last at least a year, and the online poker room hopes that it will “ bolster the 888 brand presence in Spain and beyond”. Cañizares is a former Spanish national goalkeeper and has a Champions League title as well as two La Liga medals and a UEFA Cup.
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There is a lot going on in the world of tournament poker this past week, as the Aussie Millions is now in full swing, the World Series of Poker Circuit Series was in Choctaw Oklahoma, the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi hosted the Million Dollar Heater, and both the WPT LA Poker Classic and the Borgata Winter Poker Open tournament series got underway on January 18th.
But the biggest tournament news of the week came from the online arena where a former November Niner captured a Sunday Million title and another big-name pro won a PokerStars TCOOP tournament on the same day.
Jonathan Little wins in Biloxi
Former WPT Player of the Year and two-time WPT Champion has a new tournament book out on the market, and if he keeps winning tournaments expect sales to go through the roof!
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The hearings conducted by the United Kingdom Parliamentary Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport are continuing. The objective is to give direction to online gambling regulation in the country. The latest to depose before the committee were the regulators from Alderney and Gibraltar. They are very much interested parties because they are on the United Kingdom white list. Their licensees can operate and advertise in Britain but do not pay taxes there. If the United Kingdom decides to go for secondary licensing then these online gambling operators would be affected. During the hearing the spokesmen for these two regulators expressed differing opinions.
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The CBE, is one of five distinctions in the civil and military Order of the British Empire gild of chivalry that has been awarded since 1917 to British citizens in recognition of success in business, community, politics, science or popular culture.
Denise Coates is the daughter of Stoke City chairman Peter Coates.
Dad Peter, who provided financial support for the launch of bet365, said, We are all delighted and all proud of her.
She has done an absolutely amazing job for bet365, building it up from scratch.
Denise says of her honour, Its not something that you receive everyday. Its quite humbling as well because Im just not convinced that its totally deserved.
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