Harrah's backdooring an online poker room?
from a press release issued by progressive gaming, osrry if this has already been posted:
Progressive Gaming has a limited exclusive license agreement with Harrah's Licensing Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET), whereby Progressive Gaming was granted the right to develop the World Series of Poker brand as a systems based gaming product. World Series of Poker "Peer to Peer" Texas Hold'em offers many of the popular features of "internet style" poker including cashless account-based wagering, the option to play multiple tables/tournaments at the same time and the ability for a player to view their account history, a summary of recently-played games, and even a statistical breakdown of their play. This multi-player poker system is designed to allow patrons to compete against other players over a real time secure intranet server, allowing operators to offer an unlimited number of tables and variety of configurations and limits while tracking play and delivering promotions through their existing player rewards system. Poker players will no longer need to be physically located at a poker table as they will be able to play World Series of Poker "Peer to Peer" Texas Hold'em at a variety of locations within a casino, including at bars, restaurants or lounges, against players located at the same site or across multiple properties.
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