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Black Jack, Poker, Roulette, Craps and More to Debut Tuesday, July 13th, 2010!

Mount Airy Casino Resort, the landmark Poconos travel destination, today announced the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has set a launch date of Tuesday, July 13, 2010 for the reinvented resort to introduce table games.

Pending a test period and evaluation conducted by the PGCB set for July 11, the historical launch of table games will open with a ribbon cutting at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 13, 2010. The public is invited to attend the festivities which will include commemorative giveaways, contests, and the ceremonial first throwing of the dice.

"We are now counting down to a monumental day for all of us here who have lived, breathed and dreamt of the launch of table games at Mount Airy," said George Toth, president and CEO of the travel destination. "As July 13th and the chance to finally announce 'let the games begin' is upon us, we look ahead to an ongoing partnership with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board."

Located 75 minutes from New York City, set in the serene and picturesque Pocono Mountains, Mount Airy Casino Resort offers guests the ultimate experience in casino gaming, golf, outdoor activities, entertainment, five restaurants, lavish guest rooms and deluxe suites. The property also boasts a state-of-the-art spa, salon and fitness center. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved Mount Airy Casino Resort's petition for table games at the travel destination. Poker, blackjack and other table games will be in place by the summer. For more information, visit www.mountairycasino.com.  

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200 poker players are on their way to the nightlife mecca of Spain for the 2010 SPT Ibiza.

It is the first time the Spanish Poker Tour has stopped in Ibiza, and players from across Europe are looking forward to playing poker in one of the world's most popular island destinations.

Many of Spain's top players will be among the 200 players battling it out for a guaranteed prize pool of more than EUR150,000. Ismael Arribas, Leo Margets, Cesar Ordonez, Maria Maceiras, Pablo Ubierna and Javier Martinez Gil will be participating in the SPT Ibiza, as will the 2010 SPT Aranjuez champion, Portugal's Caterina Santos. Other players in attendance include Antoine Saout, the 3rd place finisher of the 2009 WSOP and recent EPT Copenhagen runner up, Francesco de Vivo.

Now in its third season, the SPT is fast becoming one of Europe's most popular poker tours, taking players to most beautiful destinations throughout Spain. After the huge success of the SPT Aranjuez and the crowning of the first female champion, the excitement and adrenaline is building for 2010's second stop in stunning Ibiza.

At every SPT stop, Everest Poker guarantees a prize pool of at least EUR150,000. Each SPT Main Event features the fantastic deep structure with 60-minute levels and at starting stack of 15,000 chips.

Anyone who is unable to attend the tournament can catch all the action at home on the SPT website, where the SPT Ibiza will be broadcast live in cooperation with Turtle Entertainment, the official sponsor of the SPT Live Stream. The Main Event and the live straming will start on May 14 at 8pm.

Paddypowerpoker.com today announces a feast of new promotions to run during April. The promotions include cash giveaways, the return of the poker room's biggest online poker festival and new live event qualification options. There is over US$30,000 in cash prizes to be won in paddypowerpoker.com-exclusive promotions, as well as VIP packages to Las Vegas and the Irish Winter Festival.

"We've got so much going on in April that it's hard to keep up with it all", said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.com. "We've got our traditional giveaway promotions alongside new live event qualification and of course the ECOOP VI is making a welcome return - it is going to be busy month for poker enthusiasts!"

    The following promotions are currently live on paddypowerpoker.com:

    - Rakes'n'Ladders (April 5th - May 2nd): a US$20,000 Points Race
    - Double Up STT promotion (April 9th - May 2nd): $14,000 to be won
      by Double Up Sit'n'Go players
    - European Championship of Online Poker VI (May 14th - June 6th):
      over US$5,000,000 guaranteed in one of poker's biggest online
      festivals, with feeders running daily
    - WSOP Blast Off: a variety of World Series of Poker* qualification
      routes are available, with feeders starting from less than a dollar
    - WSOP Warrior: a MTT super league with 10 WSOP packages up for
      grabs
    - Irish Winter Festival qualification: the first Super Satellite is
      scheduled for April 11th, with two packages guaranteed

*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah's License Company, LLC ("Harrah's"). Harrah's does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with, paddypowerpoker.com or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.

Note to editors: For further details on Rakes'n'Ladders and Double Up STT promotion, please see: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/promotions. For further details on ECOOP VI, WSOP Blast Off, WSOP Warrior and Irish Winter Festival qualification, please see: http://www.paddypowerpoker.com/tournaments/.

For more information please contact: Paul Burke, paddypowerpoker.com Press Officer, Tel: +353-1-488-1738, Mob: +353-85-140-0112, pburke@paddypower.com. You can also visit http://www.paddypower.com/ for additional information.

- The Popular Free Promotion Returns for a Fourth Consecutive Year

One of Everest Poker's most popular European promotions is back! The poker room announced the fourth edition of the Everest Poker European Cup (EPEC) ( http://www.everestpoker.com/en/promotions/online/epec-2010/epec-2010), which will run from February to April with a live final in May.

The EPEC is one of Everest Poker's flagship promotions, which offers amateur and novice players an opportunity to experience live poker (http://www.everestpoker.com/en) play for the first time in one of Europe's largest freerolls.

This year, the EPEC continues to support amateur players across Europe but with an added twist of allowing participants to represent their country through a 15-person team competition during the live final. Fifteen nations will each qualify a 15-person team through online and live qualifiers to win their share of the EUR100,000 prize pool all for free.

Live events will take place across Europe throughout March and April and online qualifiers will take place on http://www.everestpoker.com from February to April 2010, culminating in a three-day live final tournament in a sunny European resort in May, as is the tradition with all EPEC finals. Each EUR2,000 EPEC Live Finale Package includes a seat to the EUR100,000 Everest Poker European Cup live final, hotel stay, event activities and travel expenses.

Thousands of Europeans have already enjoyed Everest Poker's exclusive EPEC promotions and the 2010 edition promises to be just as fun and exciting as its predecessors.

Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas is preparing to welcome 25 of the greatest legends in sports history and 25 world famous Poker Pros for the first-ever Poker News Sports Legends Challenge presented by AbsolutePoker.net, a four-day sports fantasy and gaming experience that will take place Sept. 14 - 17, 2009.

For the first time ever, sports fans have a chance to go beyond a typical athlete meet and greet or autograph session to actually play with and against 25 of the world's greatest sports superstars. The Sports Legends Challenge is the sports fan's ultimate fantasy featuring four days of casino gaming and golf cash prize tournaments with some of the biggest names in sports, including: Troy Aikman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Richard Petty, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Emmitt Smith, Reggie Jackson, Chuck Liddell, Tony Hawk, Joe Namath, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Mark Messier, Fuzzy Zoeller, Jerry West, Herschel Walker, Jim Brown, Randy Couture, Bobby Hull, Ozzie Smith, Laffit Pincay, Brooks Robinson, Gale Sayers, Kyle Petty, Lennox Lewis and Rocco Mediate.

To up the ante, the event will also feature 25 of the world's top Poker Pros such as Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Johnny Chan, Jamie Gold and Mike Sexton, who will play with and coach event participants. The Sports Legends, Poker Pros and participants will compete in a variety of events including No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, blackjack, slots and golf tournaments to vie for up to $10 million in prize money.

The other top Poker Pros confirmed to participate include T.J. Cloutier, Layne Flack, "Cowboy" Kenna James, Antonio Esfandiari, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Mark Seif, Cyndy Violette, Robert Williamson III, Gavin Smith, Barbara Enright, Amir Vahedi, Marsha Waggoner, Kathy Liebert, Chip Jett, David Singer, Marco Traniello, Karina Jett and Robert Daily.

"We are truly impressed with the quality of the attendees, and the enthusiasm with which this inaugural Sports Legends Challenge is being received by sponsors and attendees alike. It promises to be a one-of-a-kind experience, and we're delighted it will take place at Atlantis this fall," said George Markantonis, President and Managing Director of Kerzner International Bahamas Ltd.

Event participants will compete individually and with a team in a variety of events including No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, blackjack, slots and golf tournaments during the four-day event. The week culminates with the Sports Legends All-Star Poker Challenge, matching up the Sports Legends, Poker Pros and top-finishing competitors in a winner-take-all, No Limit Texas Hold 'Em grand finale. This event will pair the top 25 finishing poker players with a Sports Legend in two-player teams, along with a Poker Pro as their coach, for a cash prize. The Sports Legends All-Star Poker Challenge will be televised nationally by FOX Sports Network on Nov. 26, 2009, Thanksgiving Day.

"The week of festivities will offer a 'kick off concert' by Colbie Caillat on Saturday, September 12th, and a myriad of events and socials through Thursday, September 17th ... the energy should be electric," commented George Markantonis.

"As a world-class resort and casino, Atlantis, Paradise Island is an ideal venue to host the first-ever Sports Legends Challenge," said Bruce Bibbero, founder and chief executive officer, Sports Legends Challenge. "We have created one of the most elite and exclusive sporting events in the world, and our host venue has significantly added to appeal and excitement that surrounds this event."

Exciting special travel packages have been created to make the Sports Legends Challenge an amazing value in addition to the event of a lifetime. These special-value offers include two-player packages that allow participants to experience the entire event for a single price. These incredible packages include five nights luxury hotel accommodations at Atlantis. And thanks to the event's official airline, JetBlue Airways, JetBlue has dramatically enhanced the travel packages to include free roundtrip air transportation to and from the Bahamas from a variety of major cities serviced by JetBlue.

As part of the activities, the World Series of Poker Academy will hold a special three-day academy program as part of the Sports Legends Challenge headlined by all 25 of the Poker Pros in attendance. The Poker Pros will provide strategy, tips and offer instruction to the event participants.

In addition to the casino gaming, the Sports Legends Challenge also features a series of golf tournaments at the world-renowned Ocean Club Golf Course.

Sports fans interested in participating should visit www.sportslegendschallenge.com or call 404-869-5000 for information on how to register. A limited number of spaces are still available.

Corporate partners for the Sports Legends Challenge include PokerNews, AbsolutePoker.net, Rovia, WorldVentures, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, FOX Sports Radio, NTN Buzztime, Inc., VegasInsider, World Championship of Fantasy Football, The World Poker Store, Legendary Auctions, Golf Now powered by The Golf Channel, JetBlue Airways, World Series of Poker Academy, Magellan Jet, Alchemy3, Bluff Media, World Poker Association, Playboy Golf, and Imperial Jets.

SOURCE Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas