[MicroBob]

The advertising is a bit more accepted now....but the general point that it is still limited due to the potential legal hassles remains.


The DOJ warned Travel Channel (WPT) and others that airing ads for online-gambling sites could be construed as aiding and abetting an illegal operation.
There are ZERO online-poker ads on the WPT now as a result.
Other places are using their discretion as to whether or not they want to run the partypoker.net sites.


I can guarantee you that there are other teams/arena/stadiums that turned down ads from party or online-gaming.

I'm impressed that it's court-side. So it can be seen on the TV broadcasts then? not bad.

ESPN is very obviously not accepting ads from the online-gambling sites. But the fact that NBC and Fox are starting to definitely shows potential.


Even the partypoker.net ads that ARE running aren't as effective as Party would like them to be.

If they were allowed to they would certainly be hitting hard the aspect that you can play for REAL money and for $7 (or whatever) can win a trip to the World Series of Poker.

Instead....all they can do is use language like 'LEARN to play like the pros'....'this is a great place to TRAIN to be a good player' and stuff like that.


If they had their way they would say "you can win up to $100k for just $100 in our nightly hold-em tournaments. 200 players won trips to Las Vegas and $10k entries to the WSOP on our tournaments." stuff like that.


Without the legal obstacles the advertising would be through the roof. Right now everyone on all sides feels like they need to tread very carefully.