PokerTek signs agreement with Harrah's

As part of the agreement, PokerTek has the exclusive rights to market a World Series of Poker brand tables to all its customers. It's not yet known which Harrah's properties PokerTek's PokerPro tables will be installed.

Harrah's owns or operates 50 casinos in 13 states and six countries and its poker rooms worldwide holds more than 450 tables.

"We believe that there is a market for automated poker throughout our properties," said Gerry Tuthill, Corporate Vice President of Table Games for Harrah's, in a press release. "Poker continues to boom and many players who have learned the game enjoy the fast paced action PokerPro tables offer."

PokerTek currently has tables in casinos in Florida, California, Michigan, Arkansas, London, Australia, South Africa and on several cruise ships. It's tables allows casinos to run both cash games and tournaments using a fully automated system that doesn't require cards, chips or dealers.

All the action takes place on a touch-screen monitor located in front of each player. The board and button are displayed on a flat-screen monitor set in the middle of the table, and players sign up for the games using a kiosk system.