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The new partypoker rewards system went into effect on May 22nd and the poker room has already seen its positive impact on their player traffic.

British people stereotypically tend to be betting men and women - you often hear British bookies' odds reported on the most peculiar markets, just to give one example, the first word of the new royal baby. So how harsh can the online gambling laws in a country like that be?

On Everest Poker our exclusive rake race has been offering outstandingly high average for our players - consistently over 50% for the past weeks. This is very promising for June.

Looks like there is still some party time at PartyPoker left, while they are still improving their way around the new Loyalty Program.

Summer starts off great on rakerace.com with a prize pool increase on our newest room and a huge exclusive promo on the Horizon Network. And that's not even all there is.

All 301 Powerfest events were played out and the action turned out to be better than expected – the total prize pool surpassed the guaranteed $20 million, going all the way up to over $27 million!

Getting poker bonuses and rakeback offers is only half the battle, the other half is understanding which ones will deliver the best value to you as a player. This article is designed to help you determine the best combination of bonuses and rakeback terms in order to deliver the best value to you regardless of whether or not you are a skilled poker player, working to develop your game or play strictly for fun. Regardless of the type of player you are or your level of play, there is never anything wrong with trying to put more money into your pocket and rakebacks are the best way to do that.

We got some extra action on Intertops for our members in June - four $1 tournaments along with the two exclusive rake races. The rewards are bigger than usual too: you can win a $4,000 poker package that includes a buy-in for a $2,700 live poker tournament, travel expenses and more!

With dubious news coming out of Australia and the US it may be worth assessing our opportunites if online gambling is banned in the state we live in. Are there any ways around it? Are they legal?

The details of the revamped partypoker Loyalty Program have been unveiled: starting May 22nd, players will receive weekly rakeback which can be as high as 40%!

The MGN room best known for their 3D animation shut down on May 3rd without any preliminary notice, they revealed later that the shutdown is due to financial problems. For all the players who have money on PKR, you'll find new important information below.

Ten days into May we can tell which exclusive rake races are expected to give you a rakeback higher than average.

In just three days, this Sunday the partypoker POWERFEST kicks off with over 300 events and over $20 million in prize money combined!

Rakerace.com members have a lot to look forward to this month.

A thousand dollars were added to our partypoker rake race prize pool for May!