News in brief: QuickFire client win, PokerStars.net sponsors Brasil Poker Tour
Microgaming announces new customer for QuickFire flash gaming platform; while PokerStars.net is to sponsor brand new Brazilian event.
Microgaming is to launch its QuickFire flash casino platform for CasinoRoom.com, allowing customers to access Microgaming slots such as Thunderstruck and licensed brands such as Lara Croft’s Tomb Raider.
PokerStars.net is to sponsor the new Brasil Poker Tour (BPT), with the inaugural event taking place from 21-25 July at the Hotel Transamerica in Sao Paolo. The centrepiece will be a R$2,300 (approx £900) buy-in main event. David Carrion, president of BPT owner Global Poker Tour’s existing Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), said: “Brasil is the natural choice to become the first country in the region with an exclusive poker circuit. We expect players from neighbouring countries and all over the world to participate.”
Betfair will deploy Progress Software Corporation’s SonicMQ messaging platform to support its expansion into new markets, unveiled as part of a three-year £25m programme of investment by the betting exchange operator in upgrading its platform.