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Online casino GoldenRivieraCasino.com has recently upgraded its bonus structure to include a new freeplay $2500 and 60 minutes casino bonus where players get to keep everything they win.

Pop punks Blink-182 have announced that they will reunite for their first tour in five years with a series of concerts scheduled to kick off at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on July 24th, and closing on October 3rd in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The 40th World Series of Poker has officially kicked off yesterday with the 2 day Event #1 ($500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em), registering a total of 866 entries and generating a $389,700 prize pool. In 2008 the event registered a total 930 entries and generated a $418,500 prize-pool, almost 10% more than this year.

Online poker site CelebPoker.com is giving its players the chance to enlarge their bankroll without spending a dime with the recently added Daily Freeroll Series running every day and giving away hundreds of dollars in free cash prizes.

Officials of the online poker site PartyPoker.com have expressed the site may host a heads-up match between socialite, failed singer and actress, Paris Hilton and World Poker Tour Host and professional poker player Host Mike Sexton. The winner will take home a brand new Bentley.

Online poker site UltimateBet.com has informed that its 8th Annual Aruba Poker Classic will be this year for another exciting week of parties and poker action at the back Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa from October 3rd to the 10th.

Harrah’s Entertainment has released the list of celebrities playing in the third annual Ante Up for Africa poker event held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino during the 2009 World Series of Poker. The event will take place on Thursday, July 2nd at 2:00 pm and will gather some of the best poker players, actors, sports celebrities, musicians, etc.

Leading online poker room, PokerStars.com, has recently implemented a series of software modifications and improvements conceived with the intention of simplifying the life of  hundreds of thousands of users around the world.

Officials of the Cannes Film Festival, the Wilhelm & Karl Maybach Foundation and the Sunflower Children Foundation will join forces to host a special celebrity poker tournament scheduled to take place on May 17th, 2009, at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cannes, France, in where music, film, business, fashion and sports celebrities will gather for an evening of poker action hosted by actor, screenwriter and director Edward Norton, and WSOP Champ Jamie Gold.

The Madame Tussauds Museum located at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas has unveiled a new wax sculpture of Australian actor Hugh Jackman as Marvel Comics’ Superhero “Wolverine”.

EV-Charge America, a Las Vegas based electric vehicle charging Station Company has launched the first ever Casino / Resort electric vehicle charging station system in the world on last Monday, April 20th, 2009.

The New Joint, which offers 4,000 seats with no locations more than 155 feet away from the stage, is set to make its debut next Friday, April 17th with a show featuring the Las Vegas rock band The Killers, followed by a concert with Avenge Sevenfold on April 18th and a super show with the Ex Beatle and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sir Paul McCartney on April 19th.

Mad Mud Run, the dirtiest and funniest open obstacle field race on the planet, has announced that it will hold its first ever event in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 23rd, in a five mile long track over, around, and through Summerlin, NV.

After taking a few years focused exclusively on the online poker business, CelebPoker.com has recently announced that due the high demand from its player base, the company will soon relaunch its acclaimed series of live poker tournaments held across the UK and Europe.

Guilty Boxing, a Las Vegas boxing promotional agency and Rattlesnake Events, LLC have recently signed an important strategic alliance with the Plaza Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas to produce, launch and promote a new monthly fight series titled “Punch-Out.”

In an extraordinary and unexpected move announced this morning, the online poker site EverestPoker.com has distributed a press release informing that it will match all the winnings achieved by its players during the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event this June, and distribute exactly the same amount among all the players who qualify for the tournament through the poker site.

Only a week after Ultimate Bet began sponsoring Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann, the online poker site announced yesterday that it had reached a sponsorship deal with the UFC to place billboards and signs displaying UB’s logo during the UFC 97 scheduled to take place on April 18th, at Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Palms Resort and Casino and N9NE Group, Palm’s nightlife management director, have recently signed a partnership agreement with Hed Kandi, one of the top nightlife brands in Europe, to bring the authentic UK clubbing experience to Palm’s Moon Nightclub.

Online poker site and member of the prestigious Merge Poker Network, CarbonPoker.com, has announced the launch of its new and improved poker software, which according to the site, will offer players new and improved layouts, visual features, and a completely revamped VIP program.

Online poker site TitanPoker.com has announced that satellites for the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP IV), the biggest and most successful online poker tournament series on the iPoker Network, are now running on the site.

Online poker room DoylesRoom.com has announced the launch of the $100,000 Beat The Brunsons Challenge, a new multi table tournament featuring the legendary 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, his son and WSOP winner, Todd Brunson, as well as his daughter Pamela Brunson, daughter-in-law Anjela Brunson and nephew, Ken.

Artistic Director Trevor Groth has announced today that the 11th Annual CineVegas Film Festival will take place from June 10th to 15th at the Palms Resort and Casino and Brenden Theatres. Groth also informed that “Saint John of Las Vegas” directed by Hue Rhodes, as well as eight other films will have their world premiere at the Festival.

World Boxing Council President Don Jose Sulaiman said he would take legal actions to prevent Manny Pacquiao from presenting his WBC belt in the ring during the fight vs. Ricky Hatton programmed to take place in Las Vegas on May 2nd, 2009.

Online casino and gaming developer leader, CryptoLogic Limited, today announced that it has reached a multi-year agreement with Paramount Digital Entertainment to develop new games based upon some of the most famous movie characters beginning in the fourth quarter of 2009.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has recently announced the debut of the first "UFC Fan Expo", a two day exposition scheduled to take place on July 10th and 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Resort and Casino.