AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Lakes Entertainment's World Poker Tour to broadcast in Asia
DATE: 7:30 AM
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<p class="mobile-post">The World Poker Tour's first season will be aired on Macau Cable in Macau
and feature the second season on MediaCorp, the largest broadcaster in
Singapore. WPT, in Los Angeles, is a majority-owned subsidiary of
Minnetonka-based Lakes Entertainment Inc. The deal in Macau, a special
administrative region of the People's Republic of China, is important due to
its status as a large gambling center. "With the long history of gaming in
Macau and the recent licenses issued to a number of international gaming
giants who will build or run major new casinos, this area is only going to
get hotter," Gary MacKinney, WPTE executive director of international
distribution, said in a statement. Los Angeles' WPTE is the parent of the
World Poker Tour.</p>
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