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WSOP Getting into Books, Magazine Business?

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by , Mar 3, 2009 | 7:04 am

That’s a question-mark, not a statement of fact. In fact … I just happened to be talking the other day with someone who works with the WSOP and asked: How ’bout WSOP: The Coffee Table Book? Surely you guys are familiar the success of Hot Chicks with Douchebags, right? Seems very apropos to poker …

The answer in the negative was, C’mon, Dan, you’re no Michael Craig time and money, dude. Fair enough, but maybe I was on to something, as just three weeks ago Harrah’s filed a trademark application for the phrase “World Series of Poker” to be theirs as it pertains to:

Books featuring information, news, and entertainment related to gaming and the game of poker; magazines featuring information, news, and entertainment related to gaming and the game of poker


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  • Kevin Mathers

    I can’t see WSOP: The Magazine working all that well, unless they’re looking to expand outside Vegas and Europe.

  • http://pokerati.com/about-us/#danm DanM

    Interesting … because you can see they definitely are seeking the trademark for international paper products.

    But really, I suspect it’s more of a defensive move, so they can go after anyone trying to sell something similar.

  • http://genebromberg.com Mean Gene

    They only filed the trademark three weeks ago? You mean I could’ve started a magazine called “World Series of Poker!” and packed it full of, say, Japanese fetish porn? The dream was THAT CLOSE to fruition…

  • http://pokerati.com/about-us/#danm DanM

    I was so ready to be your senior editor, Gene.

  • http://pokershrink.blogspot.com Poker Shrink

    “Japanese Fetish Porn” is that like a double redundancy.

  • http://pokerati.com/about-us/#danm DanM

    It’s our future, dude!