Online Casino Projects into Reality TV

Additionally to proposing online casinos players the chance to gamble on reality TV shows such as Survivor, Dancing with the Stars and The Amazing Race, Bodog online casino is now creating a reality show of its own. The huge fame of reality shows sparked the success of The World Series Poker. At present, the WSOP enjoys enormous ratings every time it’s aired on ESPN. In some way, you can say that the WSOP has all the ingredients of a reality show. The action is live and improvised, plus you get to watch the drama unfolds before your very eyes. The online casino is looking to build on the same winning format, with its own show.

The show will trail 40 contestants including 20 Bodog registered online casino poker players. Every week, the contestants will have a chance to put their casino poker skills to the test for the shot of winning $50,000 and a chance to compete for a half million dollars on the show´s finale. Taping is scheduled to begin in March at the Bodog online casino headquarters in Costa Rica. Overall, the intended casino gambling oriented show is going to be comprised of six 2-hour episodes. The episodes are scheduled to air every Saturday starting April 15th, 2006.The show will be hosted by the creator and CEO of the online casino Calvin Ayre who lately had this to comment on the show: “Poker and television combined with Bodog-style entertainment will make for one heck of a show, and our next step into the world of reality TV”. Ayre also added,

“We are on a mission to find the next poker star and eager to showcase the play hard aspects of the Bodog online casino lifestyle.



2006-08-28