An online listing from August 2012 shows 22 clubs in Beijing that offered poker games for all comers.
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Yes, the Goldfish Club plans to host all-night poker games for its wealthy clientele, along with other card and board games.
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His name has also been mentioned in connection with illegal poker games.
Andrew Beal was once known primarily for high stake poker games.
Ineos is no stranger to high-stakes poker games.
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Trincher and Nahmad of laundering money through bank accounts and shell companies in Cyprus, routing funds back and forth through Russia and into the U.S. The unnamed celebrities, athletes and financiers who patronized the alleged underground poker games run by the ring aren't accused of participating in the broader criminal enterprise.
Betfair, an online-betting exchange based in London, has been called the eBay of sports betting (see article), and the vast majority of the websites that allow people to play poker and other games of chance or skill for real money are based in Europe.
The maker of popular games Zynga Poker, FarmVille, Mafia Wars and CityVille will be offering 100 million shares in the biggest stake sale of the year.
Eric Gonzalez's startup, Ujogo, spices up free games of poker by sharing some of the company's sponsorship and advertising revenue with players in the form of prizes, luring players who want something a little more intense than they'd find at other sites.
New laws which came into force in Britain at the beginning of September allow the creation of licensed internet casinos where people can gamble on games such as poker and blackjack.
Zynga has made clear its interest in real money gaming for some time, and in October announced a partnership with U.K.-based bwin.party to offer online poker and other real money games in the U.K. in the first half of 2013.
However, poker is strictly a minority taste as Macau casinos prefer popular games like baccarat that generate higher revenues, although Yu argues poker brings in a more sophisticated crowd that will stay to shop and dine at resorts.
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This would allow users to play games like Farmville and Poker directly from the Facebook app.
Games available include video poker, blackjack, mini baccarat, slots, roulette, sic bo (a dice game), craps and keno.
The games, ranging from poker to battleship, are accessible to users of social networks such as Facebook and Bebo.
You can choose to put in games like blackjack, video poker and roulette, or add furniture and decorations.
Zynga is almost six years old but Facebook is still its primary distribution, marketing, promotion and payment platform for online games like Farmville, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars and Words with Friends.
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Updates to the new game from Bejeweled 2 include new gems, badges for completing challenges (though no sharing function or leaderboard yet) and new secret games like Ice Storm and Poker, which offer a twist on the Bejeweled theme.
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Today Zynga has all the top games on Facebook, including Zynga Poker and the newly launched Empires and Allies.
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Texas HoldEm Poker and Mafia Wars were its initial successful games, but FarmVille later became the game that dominated headlines.
Billionaire banker Andrew Beal became a poker legend by challenging poker pros to some of the highest stakes games ever.
If coverage of the World Series of Poker on ESPN has inspired you to host games in your basement, you'd best think twice before strapping on your green eyeshade.
The next most popular games are Farmville with 37 million and Poker with 35 million.
Speculation has been running high that Zynga would move into online gambling particularly with its Zynga Poker game and its recently announced Casino series of games.
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" But don't think the story ends there, as Newborn added: "If you are interested in programming computers so that they compete in games, the two interesting ones are poker and go.
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When it comes to traditional games making their way to tech devices, poker has been a big winner.
He once walked into a Las Vegas casino and challenged some of the best poker players in the world to some of the highest-stakes games ever played.
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Zynga has come a long way since launching its first game, Zynga Poker, a Facebook-only game and one of the first social games ever on July 1, 2007.
As a result, professional gamblers should probably stick to the games where math and skill still reign supreme over chance, like poker.
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Zynga game players have drawn 43, 000 pictures, played 38, 000 hands of poker, opened 250, 000 gifts from friends, played 140, 000 turns of games together, and have sent more than 5, 000 chats.
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