Cellectivity Helping BWIN Poker Room Go Mobile

“There is a significant and proven market for online poker”

Cellectivity is to distribute a mobile version of PokerRoom.com: the first live multi-player mobile poker application of its kind, allowing mobile users to pit their poker skills against real online players. via Winner Online

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Fri, May 25th, 2007

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