Caesars to Announce Launch of WSOP Online Poker Site

Yesterday we told you that the WSOP Online Poker would soon launch, and that Ultimate Poker will soon be ending its reign as Nevada’s only regulated online poker site currently in operation. On Monday, Caesars Interactive Entertainment is set to hold a conference call in which they will reveal the date on which they will launch their World Series of Poker branded real-money online poker web site in Nevada. In the six months since Ultimate Poker first opened its doors to Nevadans, there has been much speculation about which site would be the next to go live – and when….

Caesars Online Poker to Launch This Summer

Caesars online poker plans to go live this summer in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to thousands of poker players at its World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament in Las Vegas starting May 29. Caesars is among several gaming companies preparing to go live with online sites in the United States which could eventually generate billions of dollars in revenue for the casino industry and local governments. “We anticipate our arrival to be sometime this summer,” Seth Palansky, a spokesman for Caesars Interactive, told Reuters, adding the…