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September 28th Poker news ... Poker Blog Now at pokerblognow.com
NETPLAY APPOINTS NEW COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
2014-08-06
Interactive gaming firm NetPlay TV plc has announced the appointment of Bjarke Johannes Lund Larsen to the Board and role of Commercial Director.
Bjarke assumes his new role with immediate effect. He has been with NetPlay since 2007 and most currently served as chief operating officer of subsidiary NetPlayTV Group Ltd.
"Having been with the Group for seven years, Bjarke has a gained a strong understanding of both the industry, along with the commercial and strategic demands of the Group," commented Clive Jones, Chairman of NetPlay. "The appointment of Bjarke will further strengthen the Board and we look forward to working closely with him to continue driving growth for our shareholders."
ZYNGA WITHDRAWS NEVADA ONLINE POKER APPLICATION
2013-09-27
Eagle-eyed John Mehaffey of the NFL Lines online poker information site US Poker.com, reports that social gaming giant Zynga appears to have abandoned, for now anyway, its ambitions for a Nevada intrastate online poker licence.
Mehaffey spotted the withdrawal of the Zynga application on the September Nevada Gaming Control Board preliminary agenda, where it is listed as a "request to withdraw application."
The application to withdraw was subsequently granted, and a Zynga insider confirmed to US Poker that a withdrawal had been requested.
US Poker points out that Zynga advised in its Q2-2013 posting that it intended to drop its US real money poker plans in order to focus on freemium social games, although it affirmed that will continue to "...evaluate all of its priorities against the growing market opportunity in free, social gaming, including social casino offerings.
The report referred in particular to real money online poker operations in the United Kingdom under the Zynga Poker Plus brand on the Party Poker network, confirming that its evaluation process continues.
The decision is undoubtedly that of Zynga's CEO, Dan Mattrick, who was appointed earlier this year and almost immediately voiced his intention to focus on the core social gaming business of the company (see previous InfoPowa reports).
PMU LAUNCH POKER CLIENT FOR MAC
2013-05-21
French gambling operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) has identified the growing Apple MAC user base and has expanded access to its poker offering with the launch of a MAC version of its poker client.
The client can be downloaded from a MAC computer following http://poker.pmu.fr/telecharger.html