For many years poker has been one of the best love games in the USA. As American as apple pie – this game has become immensely popular world-wide due to the media coverage big tournaments attract. The advent of online poker has also features in this growth in popularity, and one of the really big changes being seen is that more and more females are playing. Once thought to be the domain of the male of the species, social poker has seen a growth rate of 22% for female fans throughout 2013.

IGT – otherwise known as International Game Technology are a global leader in the production of gaming tech. They provide gambling games to live casinos, as well as casinos online. This new data regarding player patterns, and preferences, was revealed from a US Social Casino Index project. The information comes from a pool of over six million players who make use of IGT’s DoubleDown Casino which is a Facebook powered product. It can be played online or by mobile, and lays claim to being the "world’s largest virtual casino".

While there is a difference between social gaming and gambling online for real money prizes. IGT provides games designed for both of these purposes. It is obvious why they need to keep a finger on the pulse of trends – because gambling is their business. It also pays to not that most states in the USA still do not allow online gambling for real money prizes. However, social gambling products can be monetized in various innovative ways.

The traditional way of thinking about poker being a male-dominated is definitely being thoroughly researched now. This information proves that female fans are increasing at a rapid rate. Gone are the days when ladies were banished to bingo, while the men got on with the serious business of playing this game of skill.

It is appealing to a far broader audience than ever before, and it is only a matter of time we believe, until we see even more females seated at the felt, in popular live competitions. At one time these competitions were also segregated to male and female competitors, but this is also something that has changed with the maturing of poker into an awesome card game for all. It does not distinguish between sex, race, age or physical ability. All a poker player needs to have to win is a very good game.

New players can achieve VIP status and be eligible for special benefits shortly after signing up to play at the leading online poker room in Europe.

It’s easier than ever before to become a VIP player at Titan Poker and to receive the many special benefits geared for the room’s loyal online poker players.

Titan Poker, the leading online poker room in Europe, has announced improvements to Club Titan Poker VIP, its already popular VIP club which rewards poker players for their regular game play with cash bonuses and tournament entries. Players receive VIP ranking based on the number of Points they generate at Titan Poker’s cash tables and tournaments. In the improved Club Titan, players can qualify for VIP status after earning only 50 Points in a calendar month.

The introduction of additional VIP levels allows Titan Poker to grant its newest players access to special weekly and monthly freeroll tournaments, and to allow these newcomers the ability to cash out their Points in the Club Titan Store. Titan Poker will also begin upgrading players’ VIP status and give them more rewards if they retain their VIP ranking consistently.

Increased benefits are offered to loyal players who meet the higher entry requirements of the room’s elite VIP levels. In addition to full access to all of Titan Poker’s VIP freeroll tournaments, top players with VIP Titanium and VIP Diamond status will compete in exclusive month-long $5,000 Gladiators Races, awarding them cash prizes on top of their regular Club Titan perks and benefits.

Titan Poker regularly stages satellite tournament series awarding winning players with seats at the world’s most well-known live poker events, including the WSOP*, the ECPokertour, and the Asian Poker Tour. New players are invited to try out the free poker download and benefit from the VIP program improvements at Titan Poker.

Returning to Titan Poker for its sixth season, the $5.1 Million Guaranteed European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP VI) will be staged in May and June this year.

The series of nightly poker tournament events will kick off on May 24 with a $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Texas No Limit Hold’em Freezeout. The ECOOP VI tournament series offers a wide variety of poker games, including Texas No Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, 7 Card Stud, Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. For the first time a Quadric event will be staged, where players compete at four simultaneous tournaments for a $100,000 prize pool.

The series culminates with a $1,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Main Event on June 6.

To get online poker players in the mood for ECOOP VI, a Mini European Championship of Online Poker VI will be staged between May 14 and May 23, offering exciting poker tournaments every night at affordable buy-ins.

Qualifying satellite tournaments for the ECOOP VI events are being staged around the clock at Titan Poker. To participate in the action, poker enthusiasts are invited to download the free Titan Poker software, register an account and start playing in the many ECOOP VI events.

Titan Poker‘s first ECOOP series was staged in December 2007 and players competed over ten days for their share of $2,500,000 in cash prizes. In May 2008, ECOOP II was staged with a grand total of $3,600,000 in guaranteed prizes at the ten nights of tournaments. Staged over fourteen days between November and December 2008, the third ECOOP tournament series distributed more than $4,150,000 in prizes to winning online tournament players. ECOOP IV took place in May and June, 2009, with $4,550,000 in guaranteed prizes. ECOOP V was staged in November and December 2009, awarding winning players with more than $5,000,000 in cash prizes.