Seen that? - Aristocrat Buys Stake in PokerTek

Filed in archive Best of on December 18, 2009

Aristocrat Buys Stake in PokerTek at Internet Poker

According to Dow Jones Newswires, via Yahoo, Australian gambling machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. has purchased a stake in PokerTek. North Carolina-based PokerTek is the maker of PokerPro, a dealer-free, automated poker table meant to bring the convenience of internet poker to card rooms across the world. aristocrat's nearly 10% stake in the company, valued at $8.6 million, comes along with an exclusive 10-year distribution deal. They will undoubtedly seek [...] Read More


PokerTek Tables For Harrah's at Internet Poker

As I played on the automated PokerTek tables last winter while attending the bi-annual WPBT tourney at the Imperial palace, I forsaw this tables becoming more and more widely accepted. Harrah's, owner of the World Series of Poker brand, is about to bring this next-gen poker tables to the public using a WSOP-branded style to maximize on its popularity with the general public. The easy to use tables bring together the [...] Read More


PokerTek Goes To The High Seas at Internet Poker

While in Vegas during the WPBT (World Poker Blogger Tour) even at Caesar's Palace in Decemeber, the bloggers in attendance were treated to a private party from PokerTek. They had brough along their wares for a informal introduction to what could become a new twist on how and where live poker is played. I was able to take down full ring table "sit and go" tourney with a little help from [...] Read More


PokerTek Announces New Product at The Gambling Weblog

PokerTek, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK) announces Heads-Up Challenge(TM), an innovative new heads-up poker table that enables two players to compete against each other in a game of Texas Hold'em poker for entertainment purposes. The company anticipates placing units in bars and restaurants around the world, starting this summer. "People love to play heads-up poker," said James Crawford, President of PokerTek. "It's fast-paced, it's one-on-one and the competition is intense. Bringing the world's [...] Read More


Harrah's and PokertTek ink deal at The Gambling Weblog

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Harrah's Operating Company, Inc, a subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET), signed a multi-year agreement to make PokerTek its exclusive provider for live, player-banked, automated poker tables. Under the agreement, Harrah's, which operates 50 casinos in 13 states and six countries and runs the annual World Series of Poker®, may install PokerPro tables concurrently with appropriate regulatory approvals. With more than 450 manual poker tables, Harrah's is one [...] Read More