WorldWinner Launches New Skill Game

WorldWinner is an online skill games site where players can go and test their playing skills on many of the various games available at the site. WorldWinner is a subsidiary of the Game Show Network (GSN) and they recently released a new skill game to their lineup. (28/08)

Inaugural Meribel Backgammon Tournament Begins this winter

The Meribel Backgammon Association is set to begin their inaugural tournament this winter when it kicks off on December 10th. The tournament is highly anticipated with many people gathering to compete and try their hand at winning great prizes. (28/08)

Delta-13 Partners with Lone Star Billiards Tour

Delta-13 is a creator of billiard racks for the sport of billiards and they recently teamed up with LoneStar Billiards Tour to become the Tour’s official rack sponsor. During the Lone Star Billiard Tour each table at an event will showcase a Delta-13 Rack, as part of the deal agreement. (28/08)

3D Mahjong and Other Games Offered by DafaGames

DafaGames announced yesterday that they have released their latest version of their Chinese language software and this software will be showcasing the site’s 3D Mahjong game along with the Dou Di Zhu game. (26/08)

Snooker Players Earn Points at 2009 National Snooker Trial

This past Sunday night the 2009 National Snooker Trial got underway at the Dubai Snooker Club. Several players already racked up wins and earned points for the tournament. Among those winners were Abdullah Attar, Eisa Al Saeed and Salim Ali Salim. (25/08)

Undefeated Jethwa Takes Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-Ball Tour win

Fast Eddie’s Olhausen 9-ball Tour made its tenth stop of the tour at Fast Eddie’s Billiards in Houston, Texas this past weekend for a $1,000 added event. the stop saw forty seven players competing and it was Andy Jethwa who managed to remain undefeated throughout the competition to take the first place win. (25/08)

Pool Pros to Compete in $5,000 Challenge

Efren Reyes and Earl Strickland have been rivals for a long time in the billiards game. It was recently announced by Taylor Road Productions that the two will be competing in a $5,000 challenge match on September 13th at 8pm. the match is the first of a series of challenges to take place with the Galveston World Classic. (21/08)

11th World Series of Spades and Pinochle Coming This November

Spades and Pinochle players will be glad to hear that the 11th World Series of Spades and Pinochle is set to begin this November. Each event offered is guaranteeing a $3,000 minimum in prizes and players will find several events to participate in. (21/08)

Trivial Technology Releases New Backgammon Application

Trivial Technology is a developer of card and board game applications for the iPhone and the iPod touch. They recently announced the release of a new backgammon application called Backgammon Lite 1.5.0. The new application has been OS 3.0 tested and now offers players multi-player support which includes Peer to Peer integration. (20/08)

RummyRoyal Adds Rummy 500 to Game Lineup

Poker is the dominate game when it comes to the internet so players who enjoy Rummy or other card games sometimes are unable to play online or they have only a few versions of the game to enjoy at online casinos. Just a short time ago RummyRoyal was launched and players were able to enjoy the game of rummy online along with other variations of the game with ease. The site has now announced the addition of a new rummy game, Rummy 500. (20/08)

Mahjong Logic Launches New Network

Mahjong players will be excited to hear that online gaming software developer Mahjong Logic recently announced the launch of their Mahjong Logic Network. The new network will target over seven million potential players worldwide where they will be able to compete in mahjong games against each other. (19/08)

Bobby Chamberlain Repeats Great Southern Billiard Tour Win

The Great Southern Billiard Tour stopped in Midlothian, Virginia to hold a $1,500 added A-B amateur event, the same as they did last year. The event took place at Diamond Billiards and Bobby Chamberlain was able to outlast the field of fifty six players and take the win yet again, the same way he did the previous year. (18/08)

Snooker Legend Dennis Taylor to speak at Charity event

Dennis Taylor, a legend in the game of snooker, will be speaking at a black tie dinner this week at Scunthorpe’s Forest Pines hotel. The engagement is part of the region’s Tour of Britain Celebrations and will raise money for Sport Relief as well as Scunthorpe’s Lindsey Lodge Hospice. (18/08)

Lottomatica and GameAccount Partner in new Skill Game Deal

Lottomatica is a worldwide lottery and numeric games operator and they operate most of their business within Italy. So it makes perfect sense that the group would sign a deal with the GameAccount network to provide skill games to the Italian market. (14/08)

Poison Cues Becomes Sponsor of Lone Star Billiards Tour

It was recently announced that Poison Cues will now be the official cue sponsor of the Lone Star Billiards Tour. Fans, players and officials of the tour are very excited about the new partnership and look forward to the new line of Poison cues debuting at Tour stops. (13/08)

Tampa Bay Backgammon Club Hosting Event This Weekend

If you find yourself in Florida this weekend and enjoy backgammon you may want to look into joining the Tampa Bay Backgammon Club for a backgammon tournament. The club is hosting a tournament this weekend at the Hampton Inn in Tarpon Springs. (13/08)

Horace Goodwin Wins Great Southern Billiard Tour Stop

The Great Southern Billiard Tour made its way to The Pool Room in Duluth, Georgia this past weekend for a $1,500 added A/B event. The tournament drew a field of fifty six competitors and it was Horace Goodwin who outlasted the field and took the first place win. (11/08)

Snooker Star Set To Debut in Motorsport This Weekend

Snooker Star Ronnie O’Sullivan is set to move from his normal game of snooker to try and tackle the motorsport industry this weekend. The three time World Snooker Champion will be racing at Silverstone this weekend in his debut race in the Volkswagen Racing Cup. (11/08)

Eddie Abraham Wins Blaze 9-Ball Tour NJ Stop

The Blaze 9-Ball Tour stopped recently in Deptford, New Jersey to host a $1,000 added event. the event took place at Hot Shot Billiards and it was Eddie Abraham who would win over Bruce Nagle in the finals to take the first place win. (07/08)

Mac OS X and Windows Gets In-Poculis Mahjong 2.77

In-Poculis is an independent software developer and they recently announced an update to their popular 3D mahjong solitaire game for Mac OS X and Windows. The new update is called In-Poculis Mahjong 2.77 and players can now enjoy the new version. (06/08)

B.J. Ussery Wins Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour Stop

August 1st and 2nd saw the Jacoby Custom Cues Carolina Tour stop in Goldsboro, North Carolina at Fast Eddie’s Billiards for a $1,000 added event. Thirty players registered for the event and it was B.J. Ussery who came out on top as the first place winner. (04/08)

Nintendo Wii to Release World Snooker Game

If you have never played on a Nintendo Wii system you are really missing out. The Wii lets people experience console gaming on a whole other level as players are able to interact with the game by using the special controller called a nun chuck and the wii remote. Recently an announcement was made that a new game is about to release on the wii called World Snooker Championship Real 09 which will give snooker players a chance to experience their favorite game in video form. (04/08)

Online Skill Games Company Releases Games for Facebook and iPhone

One of the largest online skill gaming companies is called King and they recently announced they are releasing games for the iPhone and Facebook, the first time the company has done so. This will be the first of many games launched by the skill games company for social networks as well as the iPhone. (03/08)

Alexandria Bay Backgammon Tournament a Big Hit

The Thousand Islands Backgammon Tournament has been taking place for many years now in Alexandria Bay. This year’s tournament has been very successful as it took place over the first weekend of August. The tournament was held at the Pine Tree Point Resort and the Resort will serve as the location for next year’s tournament. (03/08)

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