Vanessa Rousso to become the newest Go Daddy girl
The newest Go Daddy girl, publicly announced today, comes from the card world – not car world.
Her name is Vanessa Rousso who is a professional in poker game.
The deal has been made just before the tomorrow’s start of the 5th Annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas where Rousso is likely to play the first fiddle with Go Daddy company being both the official sponsor of the tournament and the sponsor of NBCs live coverage of the event which is also engaged in airing on six Sundays in a row from April.
Vanessa Rousso, also known as the poker’s Lady Maverick and her maverick counterpart in the world of Internet Go Daddy will make a prime pairing.
According to the founder and CEO of Go Daddy Bob Parsons, Vanessa is a smart type with aggressive playing style. Parsons also added a few words about Vanessa’s educational background with her economics degree from Duke and her current efforts to get a law degree at the University of Miami. He further underlined that similar to Go Daddy Girl Danica Patrick, Vanessa was very successful in competing with men in poker and that she was definitely Go Daddy type of girl.
Vanessa Rousso has managed to become one of the top female earners on the poker tour with her last spring first prize in NBCs Poker After Dark tournament.
Commenting on her poker talent, Vanessa said that Poker was her passion spurred by her interest in economics. Speaking about Go Daddy, Rousso described it as an absolutely dominant company in a range of Internet categories with a reputation of possessing cute and aggressive style which totally suited her.
The interest for poker has boomed in recent years mainly due to Internet gaming expansion. The poker experts say that about 70 million of people in America play poker as part of their recreation time. Moreover, as per the November 2008 CBS 60 Minutes report, approximately half a million gamers are playing online poker every second.
Apart from Vanessa Rousso there will be some other famous names at the Go Daddy table such as Go Daddy Girl and IndyCar Series most popular driver Danica Patrick, the pioneer Go Daddy Girl Candice Michelle as well as NASCARs most popular driver and simultaneously Go Daddy spokesman, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
According to Bob Parsons all the above people involved are permanent risk-takers including himself.
Parsons said that Go Daddy creation was a huge risk as well but it paid off nicely in the long run.
The End of the Scandal
An independent investigation research concerning to the big fraud scandal at Tokwiro Enterprises’ Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet online poker rooms has been finished by the official announcement by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. The former New Jersey Gaming Commissioner, Frank Catania gave the answers to the questions troubling online gambling community.
The main question which all the people asked was the names of the cheaters involved into the scandal. The consequences of this fraud are really shocking; during the 38 months over 60 million dollars have been stolen. At the beginning of the research Kahnawake Gaming Commission told only that it was the former employee. The most interesting detail of the scandal is that the main hero is Russ Hamilton, the former owner of Ultimate Bet and World Series of Poker champion. Hamilton was the “chief perpetrator” and not the only member of this mass speculation, he knew about all the frauds and people involved.
Certainly the majority of people will be greatly surprised to hear this news. But there were some suspicions and gossips about involving Russ Hamilton to the scandal in gamblers community. People interested much in online games, who had their own poker blogs paid rapt attention to this figure, especially after the Ultimate Bet fiasco. Some of the players have even told about his “scumminess” which is absolutely clear now.
After this report Kahnawake proclaimes that it guarantees that all the gamblers, who has beard looses will be totally refunded by November 7, 2008. Ultimate Bet has already paid back 6.1 million dollars. The Commission realizes the strict control of the Ultimate Bet activity, UB has to give everyday reports regarding player activity, submit all software et cetera. But the main thing is that UB will pay a $1.5 million fine.
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