Poker.com has entered the portal realm this week by debuting its revamped Web site as a new gambling gateway. Visitors can acquire and utilize extensive information on land-based and virtual casinos and sportsbooks with odds and rankings and general gaming information. Sports handicapping statistics for major sporting events will also be provided.
The company also plans to implement an opt-in advertising program, banner advertising and retail e-commerce sales through the portal and hopes to generate up to $50,000 monthly from the advertising programs.
The portal will feature:
- chat rooms and forums;
- "Pokerzine," a daily poker newsletter written by poker professionals Mike Paulle and John Vorhaus;
- a search engine;
- daily news including business, stock reports, sports and gaming and a sports ticker;
- sports odds, ranking, handicapping stats, previews and recaps;
- play for fun casino games
Future plans include free Poker.com email accounts, travel deals, stock quotes and stock charges.
Poker.com, Inc. is a licensing and marketing company that licenses turnkey Internet gaming systems, and has the exclusive worldwide rights to market the poker.com domain name.