A WSOP SEAT EVERY FRIDAY

12 January 2007

UltimateBet launches new sponsorship

Fridays on the Web have a new attraction for pokerheads from this week on with the introduction of UltimateBet's latest promotional project, offering a $12 000 seat sponsorship to the World Series of Poker every week as a tournament prize.

The $200+$15 satellites have already commenced, and will run weekly until June 15. Satellites start at 9:30 p.m. and the winner each week gets a $12 000 WSOP prize package that includes the $10 000 buy-in for the Main Event and $2 000 for travel and accommodation.

For each additional $12 000 in the Friday sign-up pot, UltimateBet will add another prize package of equal value.


LANIR STILL CONFIDENT IN EMPIRE ONLINE FUTURE

He may have sold up to Party Gaming, but this Internet entrepreneur is still investing

Israeli Internet marketing entrepreneur Noam Lanir recently baled out of the online gambling sector by selling his Empire Online group to Party Gaming for almost $38 million, but he clearly still has confidence in the company's future, reports The Times, disclosing that the thirty-something executive is still buying up shares.

The newspaper reported: "Chief executive Noam Lanir, through his company Groverton Management, has shown his confidence in the move by snapping up 5.5 million shares for GBP 2.34 million…"

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