Paddypower.com launches WSOP betting

DUBLIN, Ireland – (PRESS RELEASE) -- paddypower.com today announces details of betting on the WSOP 2007 main event, the world's largest and most prestigious poker tournament. The first markets to go live are 'number of entrants' and 'to make final table.'

Since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was passed in the US earlier this year, speculation on how it will affect numbers at this year's WSOP has been frenzied.

Many poker companies have pulled out of the US market, and with over half the 2006 main event field believed to have been online qualifiers, this could have a drastic impact on the field.

WSOP owners Harrah's are not accepting third party registrations in 2007, and it is widely felt that the record 8,773 players who battled it out for a prize pool of over $87 million last year may not be bettered in 2007.