It's a "Lock In" as The Nuts Poker League Goes Online

LONDON, December 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Europe's largest pub poker league
has launched its very own online poker room with the assistance of leading
managed service provider Inside Gaming.

The Nuts Poker League (TNPL) has
joined the largest online poker network which offers more than GBP8 million
in guaranteed prizes every month and that attracts a staggering 75,000
unique players from around the world every day.

Players will not only be given an opportunity to play through a variety
of special tournaments hosted by the network, but Nuts players will also be
invited to play in nightly "Lock In" tournaments which have been specially
created to capture the community feel that has already been generated
through the landbased events in pubs across the UK.

TNPL found fame last year when Managing Director Steve Bellis, appeared
on the ground breaking BBC program Dragons Den. Steve had two of the five
Dragons committing to fund his project to take his poker league to the next
level and although he originally accepted the offer, like any good poker
player, when it came to the detail he folded. Steve has never regretted
turning down the Dragons offer of investment since he has grown his
business into the largest pub poker league in the UK which boasts more than
19,000 members.

On any one night, over 600 poker players can be found competing in one
of the many pubs that have signed up to the league throughout the UK.
Another advantage of taking TNPL online will be to bring other Nuts players
from around the UK, to play together in the nightly Lock In tournaments
from the comfort of their own home when they can't make it down to the pub.

Commenting on the company's transition to the online market, Steve said
"I have always believed and understood the value of TNPL and although I can
respect the expertise and contacts each Dragon could bring to the table,
when it came to the crunch, the Dragons wanted too much. We have been
looking to combine the pub poker league with an online offering for a while
- but it was important that we took our time to find the right partner.
Inside Gaming has grasped a true understanding of our business and has the
flexibility to create bespoke tournaments to suit our players and allow us
to continue creating the community environment that we've worked hard to
establish."

About Inside Gaming

Inside Gaming provides a fully managed online gaming service,
specialising in the deployment and management of online casino, poker and
bingo products, which are mostly powered by Playtech - the industry's
leading supplier of online gaming software.

About The Nuts Poker League

The Nuts Poker League provides weekly poker events for players of all
ages and abilities across the UK, by ensuring that novice players through
to experts can have the "Las Vegas experience" in their local. Have you
been grabbed by the Nuts yet?


For Further Information:

Sarah Jones
GameOn Marketing
Tel: +44(0)78990-87923

News Added: 05 December, 2007

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