Business
WPT Enterprises receives a bid from investors who include a legend of the game.
July 9, 2005
Gaming entertainment company WPT Enterprises Inc.’
July 13, 2005
Gaming entertainment company WPT Enterprises Inc. said Monday that it was willing to let a $700-million takeover offer expire today if it was still unable to get key information from the bidding group led by U.S. poker champion Doyle Brunson.
July 12, 2005
Archives
U.S. poker champion Doyle Brunson confirmed Wednesday that his $700-million offer to buy gaming entertainment group WPT Enterprises Inc. had expired, pushing the stock down an additional 8%.
July 14, 2005
World & Nation
Seven of the world’s best poker players have pulled their chips together to fight the World Poker Tour.
July 21, 2006
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to force testimony from the man who it says ran the website of Doyle Brunson, a member of the Poker Hall of Fame now under investigation by the agency.
Feb. 3, 2006
U.S. securities regulators said Friday that they were formally investigating U.S. poker champion Doyle Brunson’s unsolicited $700-million offer in July to buy WPT Enterprises Inc., a Los Angeles-based gaming entertainment firm.
Dec. 17, 2005
WPT, producer of TV’s World Poker Tour, ventures online but has to bar U.S. residents.
Nov. 27, 2005
The industry’s luck could be running out as retail sales slow and some TV shows fade.
Dec. 23, 2005
Televised tournaments and celebrity players help revive the game. Many casinos, knowing popular culture is a good bet, are expanding.
Dec. 26, 2004