New Online Poker Room Owned By Newspaper

Published: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Online-Casinos.com

NEW ONLINE POKER ROOM OWNED BY UK NEWSPAPER

Poker freeroll tournament to celebrate the launch

The latest poker room to enter the online poker sector is owned by British newspaper The Sun and operated by veteran gambling group Victor Chandler (see earlier Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports)

Formerly titled Caribbean Sun Poker, Sun Poker.com is powered by Cryptologic and launched a freeroll tournament designed to send the final top nine players to the Grand Final at London's Palm Beach Casino in December, where finalists will battle it out to win over GBP 30,000 in prizes, including a Mini Cooper car.

The site is the product of a deal signed between Sun Online and Victor Chandler. Sun Online's Head of Commercial Development, Amy Copeland says the newspaper has planned to expand into the online poker market for some time. "VC Poker's technology, marketing experience and large community of players, made them a natural choice for The Sun to work with" she said.