Olivier Viera

Thanks to a remarkable response from its players, the online poker site PartyPoker.com will bring back its highly popular Million Dollar Hand promotion, which according to the site, will kick off on June 5th and run until June 28th.

Only a few days after holding a successful two week long online Blackjack tournament, VIP Casino is offering players the chance to take part in a second Multiplayer Roulette tournament running until May 31st and awarding $1000 in prizes.

AbsolutePoker.com is once again giving its players the chance to spend a night with the rich and famous and share a few drinks with some of the sexiest Playboy models thanks to a new promotion awarding one special pack for the annual Kandyland Party held at the world famous Playboy Mansion on June 13th.

Leading online poker site FullTiltPoker.com, is offering players the chance to qualify for two highly popular television shows: Poker Million and Late Night Poker. Both Late Night Poker and Poker Million qualifiers will give players the possibility to play against some of the best pros on the planet and win a share of over $1 million in guaranteed prizes.

Leading online poker site, FullTiltPoker.com, informed last week that it has recently reached a multi year agreement with Matchroom Sport to sponsor the Poker Million, one of the most popular and prestigious televised poker tournament series in Europe.

Online poker site CakePoker.com has officially launched a new version of its software that enables customers to play poker on their mobile devices. The beta version of the software was released in March and tested before it was officially launched last week.

Online poker site PartyPoker.com has informed that its third Women's World Open will take place at Three Mills Studio in London from May 24th to 27th.

Fans of the Divine Miss M will now have more chances to see Bette Midler’s “The Showgirl Must Go On” at Caesars  Palace this year, with the announcement of 36 new show dates set to run from August 11th to September 6th, from October 14th to 25th and from November 3rd to 15th.

After weeks of rising expectation, the online poker site PKR.com finally announced the official line up of its new 'Team PKR Pro'; a crew of the brightest poker players from PKR.com who will soon represent the site at some of the most important poker tournaments and events in the world.

Rain, the world famous Nightclub inside the Palms Resort and Casino and one of the best Las Vegas nightclubs in terms of entertainment, has announced that DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein, will join the team of world class DJ’s spinning at the club every week.

The World Series of Golf, an innovative event that combines golf and the wagering format of Texas Hold’em poker in a one of a kind tournament, will be back in Las Vegas in May with four days of parties, golf and poker.

Online poker site UltimateBet.com has given its Star Players team a heavy dose of talent and ambition with the addition of 25-year-old rising poker player Matt Graham, a former pre-med student, and currently one of the most brilliant players of his generation.

Everest Poker has announced that its highly anticipated Poker Summit Points Store is now open for business, giving players the opportunity to get personal electronics, computer accessories, video games, books and branded Everest Poker gear with only one click of the mouse.

Officials of Engelbrecht Events have announced that “Rock This Box”, an innovative event featuring an exciting night of boxing and musical entertainment, has been postponed and reprogrammed in May. The event was originally scheduled to take place at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on March 21st.

Members of the Clark County announced today that the legendary and world famous "Welcome to the Fabulous Las Vegas" sign that has welcomed millions of visitors for fifty years is close to be included in the National Register of Historic Places.

Online casino JackpotCity.com is offering its lucky players the chance help a good cause and win a share of the weekly $100 prize pool in a special online slots tournament running every Wednesday between the March 4th and April 6th, 2009. The Top five positions in the Freeroll Slots Tournaments Prize Pool will share a $100 prize. All proceeds of the weekly tournaments will go towards the Lance Armstrong LiveStrong Foundation in support of the fight against cancer.

The second annual Las Vegas Easter Bonnet Competition, a special fundraiser event on benefit of the Saint Therese Center HIV Outreach Center, will be held on April 5th, 2009 at the Chippendales Theatre located inside the Rio All suite Hotel and Casino.

Online casino and member of the prestigious Casino Rewards group, GoldenTigerCasino.com has announced the introduction of a new and sexy 5 reel, 25 pay-line slot machine called “Beach Babes”.

The 2006 World Series of Poker champion Jamie Gold announced that he has signed a multi-year contract with online poker room Aced.com. The former producer and Hollywood talent agent has not been sponsored by an online poker site since he broke his relationship with Bodog Poker only a few weeks after he won the WSOP Main Event and the biggest prize ever paid by the poker tournament series.

CasinoDelRio.com, the first eco-friendly online casino in the world is offering a cool and romantic casino promotion for Valentine's Day that will hopefully help players to spread the love and the "green" attitude the site is helping to promote.

Online poker site VCPoker.com is introducing a new and innovative challenge that will give players the possibility of winning $100,000 is prizes and 10 special packs to Spain to play face to face with Victor Chandler.

Queens of Heart founder Lisa Tenner and professional poker players Mike Sexton, "First Lady of Poker" Linda Johnson, and tournament director, writer, and poker instructor Jan Fisher, have joined forces to create PokerGives.org, a non-profit organization created with the mission of providing financial aid and humanitarian efforts to a series of charity organizations through support from the poker industry.

Online poker site PartyPoker.com has recently announced that once again it will be hosting a new edition of the European Open, which according to the site, will be held in London from February 6th to 13th.

LadbrokesPoker.com has decided to give this year's World Series a little twist, and instead of focusing on the Main Event, the online poker site has introduced a new promo that offers their players $5,000 Ladbrokes 'Vegas Dream' packages.

Montreal-based Bombardier Inc, builders and operators of the Las Vegas Monorail said Monday that its transportation division has been granted with a 5 year option order from the Las Vegas Monorail Company valued at $58 million to operate an maintain the monorail system.