The web site TitanPoker.com has announced that a Frenchman named Thierry Barou has won a seat to the up coming Euro City Poker Tour (ECPT) Madrid Open.

This is the fourth time that the Frenchmen has been able to win a seat at the website that is licensed at Kahnawake. His earlier victories included winning a seat at the European Poker Tour event that was held in Prague in 2007. He has also won a first prize of $80,000 at the Refer a Friend Free roll in 2006. He also stood third and won $75,000 at the Tournament Titan in 2007.

The Madrid tournament is being sponsored by Titan Poker and is open only for the best 200 poker players in the world. The website is running four satellite tournaments a week and the Frenchmen will be joined in Madrid by 30 other winners from Titan Poker.

The umbrella of casinos that are under the Casino Rewards group has got bigger, with six new online casinos joining the group. The six new casinos are Golden Reef, UK Casino Club, Nostalgia, iBig, Music Hall and Challenge.

These 6 join the existing twelve in the group. These 6 joined after they were re-opened last month and have been doing well with the existing 12 casinos in the group.

Among the 6 new entrants, one is the stylish UKCasinoClub.com which is offering new entrants a sign up bonus that will not exceed $250. New players who deposit $500 will get a bonus of $250 free to play 250 online games. The other bonus being offered is at GoldenReefCasino.com, where players who deposit $100 will get a bonus of $100.

The group Casino Rewards continues in its attempts to make there sites more appealing to new players. The web site Blackjack Ballroom is offering players $500 of the casinos money to play any of its games up to one hour. If the player wins any points, he or she can use those points to play at the casino and possibly win a jackpot.

Cantor Gaming, which is an associate of Cantor Fitzgerald, the global financial services company, has become the first company in the financial services sector to get into the online gaming sector. This is an exciting new launch for the company.

The web site CantorCasino.com is up and running. It offers a bunch of distinctive games which include Stat Jack and Xtra and the Odds Baccarat and the general casino games like blackjack and slots.

The website with the feature called Cantor Financial Odds allows people to bet on stocks movements, and the sites focus on novel games will give its visitors the high quality playing experience.

The Managing Director of Cantor Gaming, Manu Gambhir stated that the company was always associated with the tag of being a pioneer. We have lots of experience in operating systems that can handle thousands of transactions at any given moment.

Gambhir went on to say that moving into online gaming was a very logical move for the company. The company he said was confident that players would find the betting games as well as the traditional games up to their taste.

The site is offering promotions such as 15 percent cash back and cash outs on the next day. This is to make sure that some players are paid fast.

SunPoker.com has launched a scheme which makes it easier for players from the United Kingdom and the entire European Continent to play on its online poker tables. The new program is called the British Pound Cashier.

The new launch is available to all players, and has been named SunPoker.com (GBP). Players from the European continent can now play their favorite poker games such as Texas Hold’em and 7 Card Stud using the new scheme. The other advantage for them will be that they need not worry about the exchange rate.

According to the site marketing director,  SunPoker.com is a top destination for players from the UK and the new scheme will make it easier for these players as they can deposit and withdraw using the pound.

The spokesperson added that it had been the aim of the site for the last few years to make it easy for players from the UK to play on it. He went on to say that the new scheme was a sign that the site was committed to making playing easier for foreign players.

Argosy’s Empress Casino has launched the Spring Cash Giveaway for its guests. The sum that the casino plans to give away is $216,000. A guest must carry their NOW card and an identification card issued by the state so that they can qualify for the give away. He or she can go to the casino between 8.30am and 9pm on any day between Wednesday and Friday. The give away will last till May 30, 2008.

Anyone who enters the competition will get the chance to play to win a share of the total prize of $216,000. The draws for the winners will take place three times a day, at 2, 6 and 9pm. During each draw five names will be taken out and the winners will be expected to be present at the venue.

Kevin McMaster, the public relations specialist of the casino has also added some more news. He said that the casino has created credit privileges. Now members can write markers or cash checks, which are payable to their personal accounts.

Kevin added, that these credit privileges were free to get. The aim of giving the members these privileges was to eliminate the need for them to carry cash or paying fees for using credit cards, ATM cards or cashing a check.

The web site 888.com has announced the launch of its biggest poker tournament, the World Poker Crown. The tournament began on Tuesday and will end on May 10, 2008. The total prize money for the tournament is $3,000,000. The winner will take home $1,000,000 and the World Poker Crown.

The players have to pay an entry fee for the tournament which is $1000 + $50. Players also have the choice of taking part in satellite tournaments which are being held on PacificPoker.com. The entry fee for these satellite tournaments is a low $1.10.

The prize money of 3 million will get distributed between the top 10 percent of the players. The web site will also be running hourly free roll tournaments and the winner will be able to get a $1050 entry into the main tournament. These events are on every hour, 24 hours a day. Registration for the hourly event starts 30 minutes prior to the tournament start.

Matt Robinson, Marketing Director of 888.com stated that the World Poker Crown was an exciting new tournament. “It is also the biggest tournament we have offered till now to our players. The winner of this tournament has a chance to become a millionaire and a legend,” he said.

The tournament will begin on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

Klaus E who lives in Finland, was enriched with a sum of $5,556,753.68. He won this sum last Friday, when he placed a $0.50 bet while playing at the Mega Moolah Progressive Slot Machine at Blackjack Ballroom.com.

Klaus could not believe his luck and said that his hands were shaking at the thought that he had become a millionaire. He added that he wanted to use the amount to pay for his flat and go on a holiday.

A spokesperson of Casino Rewards stated that Klaus was now part of a selected group of players who had won large sums of money. The spokesperson added that the company was happy for Klaus and was waiting to join him in celebrating his victory.

Blackjack Ballroom.com is a part of Casino Rewards and began its operations in 2000. The group has 18 online casinos and is a part of the Microgaming community.

Klaus is the fourth member of Casino Rewards who has won over a million while playing on the site. The total amount won on the Casino Rewards network adds up to $27 million dollars.

Roger Raatgever, CEO of Microgaming, stated that Klaus had now become the thirteenth player on his network to have won over a million dollars.

He added that the game Mega Moolah was enticing players for months. The company is making arrangements to fly Klaus to Australia, where he will be presented the biggest check in the history of Blackjack Ballroom.

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