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The Motley Fool
December 6, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
Don't Bet on It Sure, poker is hot. But just how big an audience can WPT Enterprises capture with its poker shows if fans' passion starts to fizzle? This is stock that may not be worth the bet.   |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Poker Mania Worth Millions Today's game is far from penny ante. It's serious business with serious rewards, as shown in this look at some of the insane money associated with the poker craze. And supporting businesses are profiting as well as the players and tour backers. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Buy the World Poker Tour? The World Poker Tour made its successful IPO, though its market debut was a flop. Buy it or wait-and-see? |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Playing on Poker's Draw It's poker time again. Where should investors look to capitalize on its popularity? |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Betting on the World Poker Tour Lakes Entertainment's core business has potential to deliver tremendous upside. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2006
Jeff Hwang |
Harrah's and ESPN Take WSOP PPV ESPN will air 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event live on pay-per-view, a first in poker history. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2004
Tim Beyers |
WPT Smackdown The Feds crack down on online gambling, but the World Poker Tour could benefit. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
WPT's PPT Saga Cable network withdraws offer for new Professional Poker Tour, and World Poker Tour resumes talks with Travel Channel. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2006
Jeff Hwang |
The Southern Gaming Summit: Part 2 Here, the author discusses Lightning Poker and the future of the electronic, fully automated poker table and its impact on the industry. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2006
Jeff Hwang |
Gaming Roundup: Boyd's Big Plans Boyd plans a $4 billion redevelopment of Las Vegas' aged Stardust... More on WPTE CEO Steven Lipscomb's letter... The WPT and WSOP Circuit go head-to-head for the first time in Tunica... |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
WPT's Promising Poker Hand The company behind TV's "World Poker Tour" shows a profit in first full-quarter report as a public company. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004
Gene G. Marcial |
Poker: A Winning Hand For WTP? Dennis Nielsen of investment firm Feltl, which took WPT public in August at 8 a share, rates it speculative buy |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Lakes Goes "All In" Lakes Entertainment, which develops and manages Native American-owned casinos, takes a step closer to profitability with its new table game. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Poker Writers: Please Curb Your Enthusiasm Think poker's popularity has gotten out of hand? Here's some evidence: Just look at the recent influx of poker material in the financial press. This author proclaims that it's about time for the poker stock writers' bubble to burst. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
ESPN Goes "On Tilt" ESPN capitalizes on poker's popularity with a new poker drama from the writers of "Rounders." In addition to ESPN and Harrah's, the boom in poker's popularity sparked by the WSOP and the World Poker Tour has been a boon to a wide variety of gaming companies. |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005
Gene G. Marcial |
WPT Hasn't Left The Table Yet The stock of WPT Enterprises, creator of the popular TV program World Poker Tour, based on a series of high-stakes poker tournaments, has been sizzling. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Red-Hot Poker Poker is getting hot, and Lakes Entertainment is cashing in. On Friday night, the World Poker Tour -- a joint venture of which Lakes owns 80% -- announced plans to raise approximately $20 million through an IPO |
The Motley Fool
July 11, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Brunson Bid Pumps WPT Enterprises Poker legend leads unsolicited $700 million bid for the company behind the World Poker tour. For WPT shareholders, the offer is worth consideration. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Gaming Roundup: Pennsylvania Slot Madness Gov. Ed Rendell signed into a law a bill authorizing the installation of up to 61,000 slots at 14 sites... If I were a Pinnacle shareholder, I would almost hope that Pinnacle doesn't gain a license.... Boyd Gaming and Isle of Capri are both competing for the lone Pittsburgh license... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
WPT: Bet, Check, or Fold? If World Poker Tour's new online business is worth anything, the stock has its upside. If not, the stock is worth about half its current market value. Place your bets. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
Milking the World Series of Poker Owning the World Series of Poker has been a major competitive score for Harrah's. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
WPT Enterprises Worth a Bet? The first-quarter details don't matter much; World Poker Tournament Online's second-quarter debut and a falling stock price do. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
Jason Strasser |
Poker That Needs No Poker Face As the game draws in younger players, online sites are thriving |
PC Magazine
May 18, 2005
Peter Suciu |
Know When to Hold 'Em Before you lay your cash down, try honing your poker skills with these digital alternatives: Best of Poker... DD Tournament Poker 2005 Collector's Edition: No Limit Texas Hold'em... Hoyle Card Games (2005)... etc. |
The Motley Fool
November 18, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Gaming Roundup: Harrah's Announces AC Expansion Harrah's announces expansion at Harrah's Atlantic City. Plus, WPT is worth more than zero, and Pinnacle breaks ground in St. Louis. Investors, take note. |
Inc.
December 2005 |
Updates Progress reports on some previously featured entrepreneurs. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2005
Jeff Hwang |
Get WPT's Online Business Free Last month, at $13 per share, it was suggested that World Poker Tour Enterprises was a hit-or-miss stock. With shares now under $9, is it finally worth a look? You shouldn't pay a dime for it -- and you may not have to. |
AskMen.com
Thomas Foley |
Top 10: Poker Hotties Not only are these women smoking hot, but they could give you a serious run for your money on poker night. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2006
Jeff Hwang |
Gaming Roundup: Industry Is on the Move Investors, take note: Casino hotel opens on the Strip... Boyd completes $170 million expansion... WPT Enterprises Deal... etc. |
Wired
September 2005
David Kushner |
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Bot In the booming world of online poker, anyone can win. Especially with an autoplaying robot ace in the hole. While gaming sites deny the problem, the author saw a bot in action with his own eyes. |
Sports Central
December 4, 2008
Kevin Beane |
Scouting the Poker Tours A look at multi-country poker tours. |
Sports Central
July 31, 2008
Kevin Beane |
Top Three Worst Plays in Professional Poker Here are dissections of what are likely the three most talked-about hands in poker today and, perhaps unsurprisingly, all are notorious by ridiculously bad play on someone's part. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
Quick Draw on Wynn Resorts Investors roll the dice on Steve Wynn's new resort, bidding the stock up though the place won't open until April. |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2009
Howard Hian |
World Poker Tour Boot Camp Turn your trip to Las Vegas into and educational event. |
AskMen.com
Harry Benjamin |
How To: Play Online Poker & Win Online poker isn't any different from the game you're used to. All you have to do is download the free software, sign up for an account, put some money into the game, and you're all set. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2010
Jeff Hwang |
One of the Most Intriguing Products From the Las Vegas G2E IGT delivers a real hold'em poker experience, but don't expect it to challenge the video poker floors any time soon. |
Sports Central
October 15, 2015
Kevin Beane |
A Comprehensive, Unaffiliated View of U.S. Poker Sites Say you're an American living in Texas and you want to play online poker. |
AskMen.com
Andy Glazer |
Poker Etiquette 14 tips that will make you look like a veteran at the poker table in no time. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2005
Lawrence Meyers |
Investing in Online Gambling Gambling and investing don't have to be mutually exclusive. Investors interested in Party Gaming will need to check with their brokers about buying stocks on the London exchanges. |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Seven Card Dud Binion's Horseshoe casino is out of luck, but the stock of Lakes Entertainment shows that poker is still a good card to hold. |
Fast Company
March 2004
Carleen Hawn |
The B in Business Stands for Bluff How to explain poker's revival as America's most popular sport? Could be because it's the ultimate forum for liars. And that, says world poker champ Phil Hellmuth Jr., is good business. |
AskMen.com
Vincent De Franco |
Top 10: Poker Stories & Folklore With the surge in the popularity of poker in the past few years, we've dealt the top 10 of some of history's most famous poker stories and folklore. |
Salon.com
May 2, 2002
Stephen Elliott |
Swimming with the online card sharks In the world of virtual Texas hold 'em, the money is real and so is the addiction... |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Ben Graham at the Poker Table Great poker players actually have a lot in common with great value investors. ESPN began airing The World Series of Poker this week. If you closely watch the high-stakes action, you'll receive a lesson in value investing. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2005
Simpson & Hwang |
Stock Madness 2005: Level 3 vs. WPT Enterprises In this contest based loosely on the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, a.k.a. March Madness, two companies harness the power of the Internet with different goals in mind. |
Salon.com
January 10, 2002
Kristy Siegfried |
Gamblers Inc. In California, betting to win can be a buttoned-down, corporate slog through the salary-man trenches... |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2005
Gerald Kim |
Hit the Jackpot It's boom city for online poker. Who's benefiting most from the new gold rush? Among publicly traded companies, one of the primary beneficiaries has been Toronto-based software developer Cryptologic. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2005
Lawrence Meyers |
World Poker Tour Enterprises Rolls the Dice Will WPTE's online gaming site be a revenue juggernaut? For investors, it had better be. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
A Red Flag Over Lakes A management focused on its stock price is a good reason to fold. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2003
Jeff Hwang |
Shuffle Master Shuffles Up This exceptionally profitable player in the gaming industry dominates two growing niches. |
