This summer, Star City Casino will host the UK’s inaugural live women’s poker championship, which promises an estimated prize of £100,000. This is another proof of how women are breaking into the world of poker that used to be only for men.

Lisa Gastineu, who co-stars with her daughter Brittny the E! reality tv show Gastineu Girls, will join the World Poker Tour (WPT) co-hosting Mike Sexton and the actress Carmen Electra for the great opening of the new poker room at Foxwoods.

Paris Hilton has become a poker aficionado and she recently declared that she always wins in Vegas. Apparently she was just bluffing and lost her family’s Bentley to a casino during a bad poker night. The car was worth $178,000.

What does the treasure hunter, Lara Croft, do when she has some minutes to spare? She plays Poker, of course.

Not even Ms. Croft managed to avoid being captured by the Poker mania that is invading the world.

Cirsa is planning to invest 169 million euros in Chile, in order to continue its expansion all along the country. About 96 million will be used for building seven new casinos. Besides, the firm will make other investments in the Caribbean and Macao.

The septuagenarian Burt Reynolds will be a Poker Pro in the film “Deal”, the newest poker related movie. Reynolds will be the leading actor in this new film. He will participate in this movie with Bret Harrison, the TV star that has made a lot of sitcoms for teens.

Swedish Games Corp. has become the first government-owned gaming company to launch a poker site. The site was developed by Boss Media and was launched on March 30. There are about 140 World Lottery Association government-owned licensed gaming companies.

If you think that the legal situation of Poker in the States is unclear, wait to see the current situation of Poker in UK after the changes they made. Poker rooms owners are waiting the decision, the question is: Is Poker a game of chance or is a strategy game?

Bingo and Poker are the preferred games of chance in the States. Among the casino games, Poker is the one chosen by men, and bingo is the selected among women. Regardless the difference between these two games, now you can play a hybrid made with some aspects of each game.

The recently launched free roll site intends to provide its visitors with the opportunity to chat with the hottest players in games and sports, as well as play against them and possibly win incredible prizes. CPP will host a range of online tournaments.