On Thursday, Caesars Interactive Entertainment Inc. was approved for an online poker license in Nevada per Howard Stutz of the Las Vegas Review. Caesars will launch the site as a World Series of Poker brand alongside their partner 888 Holdings. The site will not launch until 888 Holdings is approved for a license as well.

In a previous interview with PokerNews, Ty Stewart, the Executive Director of the WSOP, was asked what the legalization of online poker would mean for the company. His response:

“I think that we could absolutely revolutionize the category. Obviously, I feel we’ll be successful because we’ve got smart and genuine people like [Caesars Interactive Entertainment CEO] Mitch Garber, who led the No. 1 poker site in the world [PartyPoker], and we have great brands.

“Of the big casino gaming companies, we have more customers in our database, more consumer traffic through our floors, more properties in more territories than anywhere else. Obviously, one would hope we could offer an exciting product and regularly host games with significant liquidity – potentially the softest games with the highest ROI for players. I think consumer confidence has always been the No. 1 barrier to entry for online customers, and Caesars has buildings all over the world. People will know where to find us. And we’re never going to turn our back on customers.”

Today, Seth Palansky, the Vice President of Corporate Communications for Caesars, added, “We want to thank the Commission for all their efforts throughout this process. There’s no doubt they do a thorough review and will ensure that Nevada is the best regulated market for online poker. We look forward to the opportunity to serve Nevadans when we complete the necessary steps to do so.”

During the meeting, Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Pete Bernhard admitted that he had signed up to play for free on the Caesars Playtika site. Bernhard also admitted that he has played slot games on Slotomania, citing that he wants to further understand how social gaming works.

Caesars is the 17th company to receive a license for pay-to-play online poker in Nevada. Caesars and 888 Holdings currently operate real money gaming in the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.

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It has been quite the week for PartyPoker customers. First, they saw their tournament schedule revamped and the monthly guarantees increased to a staggering $15,000,000; then they saw their traffic figures given a substantial boost as the customer base of bwin finally made the transition to the PartyGaming platform, and now they will be able to play on PartyPoker from their Android mobile device.

Please note, the PartyPoker Mobile App is currently in Beta form.

PartyPoker today released their offering to the mobile poker market. Although the software will, in the first instance, only be available to customers who are using an Android powered device, PokerNews believes an iOS (Apple) version is also in the pipeline.

Some of the features that are available on the PartyPoker.com Android app include:

• Texas Hold’em cash games.
• FastForward Poker.
• A quick seat lobby.
• Real money and play money games.
• Multi-language options.

At present, there is no option to deposit or withdraw funds via the mobile app. Should customers wish to perform such an action, they will need to do so from the downloadable desktop client.

The app is only available to customers whose device is running Android 2.1 or higher and who already have a PartyPoker account. To get your hands on the PartyPoker Mobile app, just follow these basic instructions:

• Enable non-Market app by going to “Settings”>”Applications” and checking the tick box “Unknown sources. Allow installation of non-Market applications.”
• Go to partyPoker.com on your Android device and start the download.
• Log in with your PartyPoker username and start playing!

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Once you have received the confirmation email, $20 will be placed in your PartyPoker account. You must earn at least 40 PartyPoints before you will be able to withdraw the free $20. If you do not earn 40 PartyPoints within 60 days, the initial $20, or whatever remains of it, will be forfeited. PartyPoints are earned at a rate of two PartyPoints per $1 in rake or tournament fees, so earning 40 within 60 days is easy.

Once you have earned 40 PartyPoints, a further $30 will be deposited into your account bringing the total free cash amount to $50. You must then generate 160 points before you can cash out any of the $30 and must do so within 120 days otherwise the $30, or the remainder of it will be forfeited.

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