Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group has set its sights on the poker market, launching an international poker tour and partnering Canada’s Mojo Games to roll out an online poker platform.
Alibaba’s AliSports division will operate the International Poker Tour (IPT), a new series of events taking place in China, Asia Pacific, North America and Europe, with an estimated tournament prize pool of more than $7m in the first year.
This will be supported by a new online [...]
