WPT

The World Poker Tour announced this week that its private, subscription-based poker room, Club WPT, has partnered with cable channel Fox Sports Net to air special tournaments above and beyond the 26 episodes that will make up Season VII of the WPT. Club WPT players will battle it out online in elimination blackjack and poker in an attempt to win seats into the weekly series on FSN. Club WPT isn't an online poker room; rather, it operates under sweepstakes rules in the United States, which skirts around any complications with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. It was launched in January, 2008. Read more »

The WPT seems unstoppable in its quest for new markets: first they cracked China – the largest population in the world – and now they are set to spread the poker fever over India, the second most populated country in the world. Read more »

Poker News Daily has learned that the World Poker Tour, which is currently without a television partner for Season VII, will announce that it has found a new broadcast outlet on Thursday, July 17. A press release and media interview opportunity will occur and PND will be in the middle of the fray bringing you the latest from this developing story. Read more »