About the Winamax company
Launched in 1999, Winamax is a British company based in London. Originally focused on online sports betting and the "Jeu de l'Entraîneur" game, who proved to be a popular success among football fans, Winamax is nowadays exclusively devoted to online poker.
Its shareholders are Marc Simoncini (Meetic), Alexandre (Caramail), Christophe Schaming (Caramail), and Patrick Bruel (singer, actor and World Series of Poker champion). They joined forces together to focus on mixing what they know best : poker, people, and online networking.
700,000 fans for a new competitive recreation : poker
Winamax.com is an online poker site, one of the safest and most reliable in an ever-growing industry. It's also a space of conviviality that goes beyond the poker tables, with a central chatroom, a poker school, articles and videos about the latest tournament news, as well as interaction with the « Team Winamax » young guns who answer every fan's questions and share their poker secrets. Those are the main assets of a company whose French community recently reached the 700,000-member mark.
What is Winamax's added value ?
· An online poker site, accessible from Mac and PC computers.
· Cash-games, tournaments, satellites to international live events, 24/7, play and real money, at various stakes.
· Conviviality and permanent interaction thanks to a central chat room like there's no other online, with a regular presence of the stars from « Team Winamax », who answer every player's questions.
· A "Poker School", with renowned teachers and the young stars from « Team Winamax », constantly providing strategy advice via articles and videos.
· News from the professional circuit brought all year long with live updates and video coverage live from the biggest international tournaments (World Series of Poker, World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour) where the Team Winamax pros and biggest poker stars are being followed extensively.
· State of the art security. Our poker software is provided by Ongame Network Ltd, operating under a gaming licence delivered by the government of Gibraltar. The software and the licence are under tight and frequent scrutiny from independent and certified security agencies.
· Protecting the players, preventing gambling addiction and warning players against it, and also preventing the intrusion of under aged players with permanent scrutiny of the player's accounts
· A VIP Club and a « Gift Shop » with many rewards aimed at the players, who can exchange frequent player points against a variety of cool gifts
Winamax is the reference for the entire french-speaking community of poker fans
On Winamax, the players - whether they are pros or amateurs - are not just nicknames lost in a sea of unknown faces : they get better, develop their strategy strategy, interact with each other and share values of competition and conviviality.
Team Winamax
Winamax has gathered some of the very best players in France. True prodigies coming from many horizons, with distinct personalities, most of them aged under 30. Winamax is proud to be represented by them on professional circuit. Since 2007, our pros have been collecting both fame and fortune on the international scene, gathering trophies and millions of dollars in winnings during WPT, EPT and WSOP tournaments.
Team Winamax players are strongly bonded to the company. They share their experiences on the websites, updating their progresses during tournaments, detailing the ups and down, joys and sorrows that makes the daily life of a professionnal poker player. Their strategy advice, spread trough articles and videos displayed on www.winamax.com proved exceptionally popular among everyone those eager to become better players.
WINAMAX.COM Ltd.
Harcourt House, 19a Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PN, United Kingdom