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November 30th Poker news ... Online Poker Now at online-pokernow.com
NETELLER TO APPEAR ON FOOTBALL CLUB STRIP
2014-07-07
Optimal Payments, the parent company for Neteller, Netcard and Netbanx, has inked a two-year shirt sponsorship deal with the Crystal Palace Football Club in the UK.
The Barclays Premier League team will help Optimal - Neteller to raise global awareness, with the club's first game in the new strip on August 16 against Arsenal.
Optimal Payments processes approximately $15 billion annually in more than 200 countries and territories with over 100 types of payment and multi-currency options.
Joel Leonoff, president and CEO of Optimal Payments, said Monday: The Premier League attracts the highest global viewership in international sports, with an estimated global audience of 4.4 billion. This sponsorship signifies an opportunity to support one of the leagues most exciting teams while promoting our innovative payment solutions worldwide.
The deals commercial potential is driven by the global passion for the Barclays Premier League; including live coverage by 80 international broadcasters televised action across 212 territories worldwide, inspiring billions of pages of editorial and dominating social media debate worldwide on a weekly basis between July and May every year.
Lorenzo Pellegrino, Executive Vice President Neteller said This partnership gives Neteller the platform to promote our services on a whole new level; putting it alongside major global brands like Barclays; Nike; Emirates; Samsung and General Motors.
WHEN WILL FULL TILT POKER U.S. PLAYERS BE PAID?
2013-01-31
It's been a long wait Bicimotos since Black Friday for Full Tilt Poker players in the United States who found their funds blocked in the legal actions against the online poker site back on 2011.
Since then they've had to patiently wait as news unfolded of complicated criminal and civil legal proceedings, pleas and settlements which culminated in Pokerstars acquiring Full Tilt Poker and agreeing to pay out hundreds of millions in settlement, global player refunds and payments to the Department of Justice for reimbursement to US punters.
Pokerstars paid out global players months ago, but the DoJ has been trying to hire the right independent "claims administrator" to handle the US player situation...a process that seems to have taken an inordinate amount of time.
It is understood that around 1.3 million players are impacted, involving around $159 million now held by the government.
Back in November, the Department said it hoped to make an announcement early in the new year, but January is now all but gone and still there is no news.
The publication Card Player asked the Department for comment this week, only to be told that an announcement would be made "soon."
Not much to pin hopes on, but perhaps some light at the end of a long tunnel.
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