AUTHOR: Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
TITLE: Play Poker Away from Tables soon with WSOP Peer to Peer Game
DATE: 11:12 PM
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Progressive Gaming International Corporation (PGIC) announced that it will <br>introduce a new way to play Texas Hold'em poker in live casinos. The Las <br>Vegas-based company said that their new service will allow you to play poker  <br>away from poker tables on wired or handheld wireless devices- even in a <br>casino's restaurants, bars, or poolside. Their unique service uses the World <br>Series of Poker &quot;Peer to Peer&quot; Texas hold'em game, and can be played within  <br>any casinos that have the legal jurisdiction to offer this type of service. <br>Harrah's Licensing Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah's Entertainment, <br>Inc. licensed the World Series of Poker brand to PGIC on a limited exclusive  <br>basis for six years. Upon receiving Gaming Laboratories International <br>(&quot;GLI&quot;) approval, PGIC has committed to place a minimum number of units into <br>casinos. According to Harrah's senior vice president of gaming Ken Weil,  <br>this product is a perfect fit for casinos around the globe, even if they <br>don't have a poker room. Last week's press release quoted him saying, &quot;We <br>are please to partner again with PGIC in leveraging the most powerful brand  <br>in poker worldwide, the World Series of Poker. The World Series of Poker <br>&quot;Peer to Peer&quot; Texas hold'em gaming system provides operators with the <br>ability to offer their patrons to participate in exciting Texas hold'em  <br>poker game competitions that capture the excitement of an authentic WSOP <br>experience.&quot; Russ McMeekin, President and CEO of PGIC said, &quot;We are very <br>excited about the further expansion of our partnership with Harrah's. With  <br>the popular TV ratings of the World Series of Poker events and early <br>customer interest in the &quot;Peer to Peer&quot; version, we expect another <br>successful product launch.&quot; McMeekin added, that he believes that both the  <br>wired and/or wireless &quot;Peer to Peer&quot; versions, &quot;have a potential global <br>marketplace of over 5,000 legalized gaming venues.&quot; McMeekin said of their <br>plans, &quot;We expect to submit this system to GLI during the fourth quarter of  <br>2006 and comply with other standard regulatory approval processes. We expect <br>to submit this system to other jurisdictions such as Nevada, New Jersey, <br>Canada and other International markets throughout 2006-07.&quot; You can see this  <br>new product for yourself when PGIC showcase it at the upcoming global gaming <br>show taking place in November in Las Vegas. 
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