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PARADISE POKER TOURNAMENT SERIES STARTING APRIL 1ST
Published: 2006-03-28
 No fools in Paradise Poker's major tournament starting this weekend
Sportingbet's major challenger for the online poker business and its rewards, Paradise Poker is set to launch a series of major poker tournaments this Saturday (April 1st)
The series has a serious twist for those used to playing in online tournament series on the web. The final table of the main event of the Paradise Masters will happen live, and in person, in the Bahamas.
Beginning on Saturday, April 1st with a $500 Freeze out No Limit Hold Em tournament, the Masters series has over $4 million in prize guarantees, and this tournament sets the pace with a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000.
The culmination of this series of events is the $1 000 000 guaranteed Main Event, which plays on Sunday, April 9th with a $1,000 buy in. The action will take place on Paradise Poker until the final table is reached, and once the final table is established, the chip counts will freeze, and the final table players will re-convene in May in the Bahamas for the final confrontation live before spectators and TV cameras.
The winner of the main event will also receive a $12 000 WSOP Paradise Poker prize package.
The full schedule for the Paradise Masters looks like this:
April 1 - $500 NL Hold Em
April 2 - $200 NL Hold Em (rebuys)
April 3 - $300 NL Hold Em (shorthanded)
April 4 - $300 Pot Limit Hold Em
April 5 - $200 Pot Limit Omaha
April 6 - $300 Limit Hold Em
April 7 - $500 NL Hold Em
April 8 - $200 NL Hold Em (rebuys)
April 9 - $1,000 NL Hold Em (Main Event)
As might be expected, Paradise has an extensive choice of satellites, allowing players to get into all these events for very low buy in rates.
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Everton FC closes EvertonBet, online casino, bingo and poker room
Published: 2006-03-31
 Everton FC, a popular UK soccer club, has decided to stamp out their online betting operation, effective midnight last night. This has stunned football club fans and casino players alike, with an urgent late night email informing customers of the urgent and drastic decision. Industry commentators aren't too surprised though. As recent gaming laws have been put under the microscope in the UK, many online casino operations are responding with appropriate changes to websites, advertising and now it seems that even casino businesses as a whole could be under review.
In a bold move, Everton Football Club made a sweeping closure of its online sports betting service and ended their online casino, bingo hall and poker room all at the same time. While onlookers are wondering how this will impact other sportsbooks and casinos in the UK, EvertonBet customers are left hoping that they'll be paid out any outstanding money owed to them. Everton FC assured players that this would be the case in their farewell email last night:
"Everton Football Club wishes to inform its supporters, and in particular customers of evertonbet and associated websites, that all services will be closed with effect from midnight 30th March 2006.
Supporters should note that ALL balances (excluding promotional credits and Bonuses) in evertonbet accounts will be transferred back to the client. Players should contact support@evertonbet.com over the next 14 days to arrange a transfer.
All supporters who have placed future bets with evertonbet will have those bets honoured and the respective user account will remain active until the final outcome of the bet is determined."
Everton continued to say that the closure of the online betting and gambling services took place after an amicable agreement between the football club and the providers of the EvertonBet online services. Though for now club supporters and gamblers won't be able to bet or gamble with their favorite team, Everton hasn't ruled out revisiting their internet options down the line, "The Club is now actively pursuing other partners in this area and will make any announcement at an appropriate time."
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