Poker in the News

Empire Poker has offered to ante up the $150 million in private funds that the D.C. City Council is seeking for a Major League Baseball stadium. EmpirePoker.com claims that it's willing to provide up to $500 million to help build a new baseball stadium for the former Montreal Expos.

In return, Empire Poker would get naming rights to the team's new field, exclusive right to all the signs inside the stadium, AND they would put Internet kiosks throughout the stadium so fans could play Internet poker before, during and after the game.

EmpirePoker.com's president of marketing in New York, Ron Burke, insists that this is not a publicity stunt. (Although no one can deny that it is pretty good publicity)

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