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BowmansPoker.com launches in Russian, Chinese.

Online poker site, BowmansPoker.com, is about to storm into the East, by launching its attractive online poker brand in both Russian and Chinese. This move comes in the hope that future growth and marketing efforts in Eastern Europe and Asia will have significant increase. The advantage of this development is that players in two of the world's largest potential markets for online gaming can now enjoy all the fast-paced action at BowmansPoker.com.

BowmansPoker.com believes the introduction of a Chinese version is sure to be welcomed by its already sizable Chinese customer base. ‘By launching a local language site we're giving existing players more value, while also encouraging new players from Chinese-speaking markets across Asia,’ said Ben Lukas, Head of Poker of BowmansPoker.com.

The next logical step was making the Bowmans Poker room more accessible and attractive to Russian-speaking customers, following the formation of a Poker Players Association in Ukraine and the successful launch of a bricks-and-mortar Bowmans Pokerclub in Lviv, Western Ukraine.

With a growing membership, the Lviv Pokerclub promises to be an important foothold for BowmansPoker.com as it continues its strategic expansion into the fast-growing Eastern European and Chinese markets.

The customers from the Asia and Chinese markets will be able to make instant payment transfers at BowmansPoker.com via its new partner, WebMoney – a global transfer system which has been providing secure, instant payment transfers since 1998. With nearly 2.5 million registered users across 37 countries, WebMoney is the perfect payment provider for BowmanPoker.com's new local language sites. It offers WebMoney units for currencies including Russian Roubles and Ukrainian Hryvnias.

Online poker site helps punters find local poker games

ChipSharks has announced its new site to locate local poker games and players, establishing itself as a premiere online poker service.

ChipSharks.com provides event attendee management, poker group creation, statistical tracking of games, and local tournament promotion. Additionally, the service encourages smart, legal and safe gaming, and features resources and products for poker players to improve their skills.

'Being huge poker fans ourselves, we know playing at home is a great way for players to compete at the same level as in a casino without paying the expensive rake. Additionally, players can find games while away on vacation or business travel,' expressed co-founder Kurt Beer. 'With group management and statistical tracking capabilities, players have more fun by competing in a fantasy sports league style of play, instead of just a set of discreet games.'

Poker's popularity is at an all-time high, with even the World Poker Tour going public, proving the game is moving into the mainstream.

ChipSharks taps into one of the fastest growing industries by providing an online environment for community poker groups to securely coordinate and promote games or tournaments. As a result, legal poker get-togethers will attract more players, increasing the amount of winnings possible. With an estimated 50 million people who play face-to-face poker in the US, ChipSharks capitalizes on the game's popularity by streamlining these events in the multi-billion dollar poker industry.

New Online Betting Exchange and Poker Software released

A leading computer company has made available new software that will complement rather than compete with the largest betting exchanges.

Through Ubetanything.com, UBA Technology hopes its new software will corner a niche market that will put a new spin on the most popular gaming sites. As well as offering turn-key technology and secure internet transactions, UBA will for the first time allow online betting exchanges to access the mobile phone market, giving customers with java-enabled handsets direct access to the sites.

UBA president Rob Danard compared this opportunity to the eBay boom of the last two years, before adding: "We can privately brand a betting exchange site to suit our licensees' requirements, whether their interest is cricket, car racing, stocks or currencies. Our software comes fully supported with online payment systems, client database management, multi-currencies and languages, and customer support, leaving only the marketing to our licensee.'

The new software hosts all the most popular gaming platforms, and will offer a unique version of 'sit and go' tournament poker, meaning an unlimited pool of players in a single game.