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Paddy Power Poker Provides Details for Its Upcoming Irish Winter Festival

The autumn months are usually pretty slow ones for poker players, but this year Paddy Power Poker hopes to change this trend with its Irish Winter Festival 2012. The tournament series (named Winter Festival despite it taking place in October) will run for four days and give competitors plenty of great events to compete in.

The 2012 edition of Irish Winter Festival will be hosted at Dublin’s Burlington Hotel and begins on 26th October with a €115 buy-in no limit hold ‘em re-buy satellite tournament. Winners will receive 35 of the 40 seats on offer for the three day long main event kicking off on the following day. The main event begins on 27th October, featuring a €1,125 buy-in for those who haven’t already won their seats. The same day will host a six-handed no limit hold ‘em freezeout (€135 buy-in) in the afternoon and a turbo variation later in the evening (€55 buy-in). The following day comes with a two day no limit hold ‘em freezeout (€335 buy-in), a two day pot limit Omaha tournament (€225 buy-in) and a doubles no limit hold’ em competition (€55 buy-in per person). The last day of the Festival (29th October) will see the conclusion of the multi-day events along with another no limit hold ‘em freezeout (€115 buy-in) and the €115 Irish Mythical Championship.

To make it easier for Paddy Power Poker members to get involved with the Festival, the site is offering weekly, Sunday night super satellites that award talented players with entry to the series’ main event.

Ladbrokes Bingo Player Wins Big with £1.3 Million Jackpot

Ladbrokes Bingo has just changed one woman’s life by awarding her a massive sum of money through a recently triggered jackpot. The winner has set records by taking home one of the largest online bingo prizes in recent years.

The woman in question, Lisa Potter, lives in Witney in Oxfordshire and hit the enormous jackpot during a seemingly normal evening. Potter, 33, took a break from watching the Euro 2012 match between Spain and Ireland with her partner, Terry Goodman, to play a game of bingo at Ladbrokes. She sat down at the computer, wagered £5 on a game and was soon £1,364,745 richer. Potter, a mother of three, remembers that “as soon as I saw the size of the jackpot I thought it worth a go and I couldn’t believe my eyes when it said that I’d won. My kids came into the room and we all started screaming.” Potter plans to use some of her winnings to purchase a new house and car for her family before planning out a luxury holiday.

Ladbrokes Bingo’s Alex Donohue told press that Potter’s win is “one of the biggest of all time” and that his company is “absolutely over the moon for her.” The £1.3 million won by Lisa Potter is the third largest cash prize awarded in the history of bingo. Ladbrokes’ jackpot also represents the biggest payout for the style of game played by Potter in the last three years.

Paddy Power Casino Signs Mobile Game Supply Deal with Playtech

Fans of online gaming will be pleased to hear the most recent news from Paddy Power. The company, having just inked a deal with industry-leading software developer Playtech, is now set to bring a new line-up of fantastic games to portable devices.

Paddy Power’s deal with Playtech marks the first time the two companies have made a software supply deal since the latter organization acquired Mobenga, developers who specialize in creating games for mobile devices. This agreement means that Paddy Power members will now be able to play a total of nine new games (including a number of different slots options alongside blackjack and roulette) while on the go. Playtech gained access to Mobenga’s skill in mobile game development after last year’s acquisition and this new deal with Paddy Power should help to bring their catalogue of titles to more players than ever before. Playtech mentioned that the joint venture between itself and Paddy Power will not only benefit the businesses themselves, but also help consumers by giving them a way to access a large number of mobile games from a single, streamlined application.

Playtech’s Head of Mobile, Daniel Orkan, described the deal as “a milestone [in] terms of merging Playtech and Mobenga’s expertise” while adding that his company expects the “venture with Paddy Power to be a great mutual success, setting the stage for future developments.” Members of sites from the Paddy Power network will be able to play the new games in the very near future.

PKR.com Changes Up Multi-Table Tournament Schedule in Recent Revision

Members of the widely acclaimed online poker network PKR.com are set to enjoy more multi-table tournament play than ever before with the launch of a new revision to the site’s tournament schedule. The changes, informed by feedback garnered from the site’s players, will help to diversify tournament options while adding in a few new features as well.

The biggest changes to PKR.com’s multi-table tournament schedule come from the addition of a wide variety of new daily events. These tournaments have been designed with the implementation of PKR.com member feedback firmly in mind, bringing a larger range of stakes levels (especially for micro and low stakes players) and time zone accommodations to the roster of events. These changes are meant to make the tournaments more accessible than ever before, giving players from different locations — and with various bankroll sizes — the opportunity to compete in games with greater convenience. Alongside format changes that standardize buy-ins and improve play by changing from ten to nine seat tables, PKR will also be hosting a daily Lab feature that allows players to compete in experimental formats and themed games every night.

PKR.com’s Poker Room Manager, Neil Wright, released a statement that detailed the changes being implemented to the site’s multi-table tournament schedule. Wright called the revision “an exciting makeover” and “a work in progress” that will “add even more innovative choices to ensure [a] schedule as dynamic as the [site’s] software itself.”

Paddy Power Poker Catches Football Fever with the Euro 2012 €10,000 Goal Predictor Promo

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 212) has captured the attention of much of the world and smart online gaming providers have launched promotions meant to capitalize on the excitement. Paddy Power Poker, taking advantage of Europe’s football fever, has just launched a brand new game meant to bring some of the fun of Euro 2012 to their internet poker site.

Paddy’s Euro 2012 €10,000 Goal Predictor promotion takes the form of a leaderboard race where fans of this month’s ongoing football tournament can attempt to predict the outcome of the games in Poland and Ukraine from the comfort of their own homes. Paddy Power Poker players earn points for every time they’re able to accurately predict goals before a given Euro 2012 game. The most points are awarded when the prediction is correct, but Paddy will also provide players with some points simply for making a guess at all. Bonuses will be applied to the participants’ banked points throughout the tournament and the winner will receive €3,000 and a signed shirt. The runner-up will be given €2,000 and an official match ball while third place takes home €1,000. Lesser cash prizes will also be available in amounts ranging from €500 to €100. Daily cash prizes and other limited bonuses will be made available as the promotion goes on throughout the month.

A statement from Paddy Power Poker described how the Euro 2012 €10,000 Goal Predictor was conceived in an attempt to “liven [this month] up” with a promo where every member is able to “put their soccer prediction skills to the test.

PKR.com Branches Into Social Media with New Facebook App

Social media makes up a huge part of a modern business’ success and PKR.com, the critically acclaimed online poker network, is using this fact to boost their brand awareness and customer engagement. The latest social strategy from PKR involves the launch of a brand new Facebook app and an innovative way for the site’s members to win prizes while following along with the 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP).

PKR’s new Facebook app — Fantasy Poker League — allows users to create a personalized team of eight poker pros (from a list of 180 well-known names) in either a public or private league. App users then take on the role of a league manager and watch to see how their team performs across the 59 events of the 2012 WSOP. Points are awarded depending on the real world wins and losses of the selected players. The user who creates the most successful poker team will receive an iPad 3. Those who place below the champion will be given poker chip sets that commemorate their participation.

Dan Grant, PKR.com’s Community Manager, explained the concept behind his company’s new app by detailing how the poker world lacked a proper fantasy sports option for its biggest annual event. His statement mentioned that Fantasy Poker League should help fans to follow “poker’s biggest stars more closely and [share] in their success.” The app is PKR’s first on Facebook.