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Article: ESPN, Harrah's Entertainment Extend Agreement To Telecast World Series of Poker(R) Through 2010.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- June 9, 2006
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LAS VEGAS -- ESPN, Inc., the worldwide leader in sports, and Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET), the world's largest gaming company, today announced an agreement to extend ESPN's coverage of the World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light through 2010.
The companies also announced that, for the first time in history, ESPN will offer a live pay-per-view telecast of final-table play at the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'Em World Championship, widely regarded as the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. Last year the World Series of Poker awarded nearly $53 million in prize money to contestants of this event, with world champion Joe Hachem earning ...