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(PRESS RELEASE) — Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, has launched its First Deposit New Depositors Freeroll series, awarding all first-time depositors with a free tournament entry. Participants will be able to choose between five special tournaments taking place Saturday through Wednesday nights.

The winner of each New Depositors tournament will receive a digital prize of his/her choice with a value up to $600. Prizes include an iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iMV712 Mini home theatre system, or a Canon 8.0 Megapixel Digital Camera.

In total, Titan Poker will award five players every week with their choice of prize.

This promotion is in addition to Titan Poker’s generous Signup Bonus, where new players redeem bonuses by earning Titan Poker Points at ring games and tournaments.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the Aussie Millions and various European Poker Tour events. Titan Poker will also send players to the World Poker Showdown in the Dominican Republic later this year. Titan Poker will host an unprecedented $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on March 2, 2008, and guarantees more than $12.5 Million in total tournament payouts each month. To learn more, visit TITAN POKER !

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Hong Kong (PRESS RELEASE) – GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) announced today that its acclaimed Everest Poker offering has secured a key multi-year promotional agreement with the world’s largest and most prestigious poker tournament – the World Series of Poker.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP®) is the world’s premier poker event, with over 50,000 participants from around the world competing for a prize pool of over US$150 million – all in front of a broadcast audience of over 350 million households worldwide during over 2700 broadcast hours.

Everest Poker is one of the world’s most popular poker sites, and was named Poker Operation of the Year in 2007 by industry journal e-Gaming Review.

Under the terms of the deal announced today, Everest Poker will be the sole poker related table sponsor of the WSOP and will enjoy a prominent logo position on the “felt” on every table in the competition – as well as exclusive brand positioning on the coveted “inner-rung” of the championship table.

The alliance also includes other prominent on-site visibility at the WSOP, including hanging banners and barricade logos.

“We are very pleased to have Everest Poker join the World Series of Poker family,” said WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack. “Everest Poker is one of the leading poker brands in Europe and around the world and will help strengthen our own brand even further.”

“We are very proud, very excited for Everest Poker to be the sole poker related table sponsor of the World Series of Poker, one of the greatest championship events in the world,” stated GigaMedia Chief Executive Officer Arthur Wang. “We plan to bring our large international player base to the WSOP to make it an even greater event – in partnership with Everest Poker.”

The WSOP is operated by a subsidiary of Harrah’s, the world’s largest provider of branded casino entertainment. The 2008 WSOP will start on May 30 in Las Vegas, with an exciting line-up of 55 different events. More information on the WSOP is available at www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

Everest Poker is exclusively powered by GigaMedia software. Everest’s innovative suite of world-class poker offerings include tutorials, training rooms and a strong support services, all fully localized in 15 languages, more than any other offering. More information on Everest Poker is available at www.everestpoker.com.

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By Vin Narayanan

A British appeals court declared this week that poker is a game of chance under U.K. law, and Gutshot will need a license if it wants to offer the game in a private club.

Gutshot, which operates popular online poker room and community Gutshot.com, opened a brick-and-mortar facility in 2004 to complement its online business.

But the British government shut it down and charged Gutshot with operating a (land-based) poker room without a license.

Gutshot defended itself in court by arguing that poker was a game of skill, and therefore not prohibited the 1968 Gaming Act.

During the Gutshot’s original trial, Buffalo State business law professor Joe Kelly testified that “poker is overwhelmingly a game of skill.”

But the British courts have ruled that poker “contains a significant element of chance, and therefore is a prohibited.”

The key distinction is the significance of chance, Kelly said.

In chess, the element of chance is insignificant so that game is not prohibited, Kelly said.

Gutshot has one appeal left — to Britain’s highest court — but its chances of victory are remote.

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Live the poker dream with Everest Poker. Spend a whole year like a poker pro and play in the world’s biggest tournaments.

They’re looking for ten players to represent Everest Poker throughout the next year. These players will win free entries into the world’s biggest tournaments, enough travel money to live the life of a poker pro, and act as spokespeople for the Everest Poker brand.

Unlike other poker rooms that choose only rich and famous pros to represent them, Everest Poker want their spokespeople to come directly from the heart and soul of the poker community: you. You’ve helped Everest Poker become one of the world’s leading poker rooms, and now it’s time for them to give back to the community by letting you live your dream.

You can begin qualifying in October until the 12th March 2008 at Everest Poker, and the finalists will be auditioned in March at their secret casting call. The ten winners will be chosen based on poker skill, personality and passion for Everest Poker.

The Live the Dream Prize Package

– European Poker Tour Season 4 Grand Final ($13,000 buy-in)
– World Series of Poker Main Event ($10,000 buy-in)
– Two World Series of Poker Side Events (2 x $2,500 buy-in)
– Two World Poker Tour Season 7 events (2 x $15,000 buy-in)
– Two European Poker Tour Season 5 events (2 x $10,500 buy-in)
– Plus $21,000 in cash for expenses

Total prize package value: $100,000!

See more about the The Live the Dream Prize Package at EVEREST POKER !

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(PRESS RELEASE) — Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, now guarantees more than $10,000,000 in monthly online poker tournaments.

The guaranteed prize pools at Titan Poker are rising on a weekly basis, based on the rapidly growing number of players that regularly play poker at the popular online poker room.

Titan Poker staged a $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament on December 9, as part of its European Championship of Online Poker 2007 (ECOOP) tournament series. The highly successful ECOOP tournaments proved to be this year’s biggest online poker event with more than $2,500,000 in Guaranteed Prizes in ten consecutive days of poker tournaments.

Every Sunday night Titan Poker stages a huge guaranteed prize tournament with $200,000 in cash prizes. Huge cash prizes are also awarded at tournaments that take place on Fridays and Saturdays, and daily tournaments award prizes suitable to poker players with different gaming preferences and budgets.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker players have played at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, international tournaments of the World Poker Tour, and at various European Poker Tour events.

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Webmaster’s Tip: TITAN POKER offers one of the most attractive online poker bonus available to all new customers: up to $500 on your first deposit.