Vega Promotional Systems announced the Latin American Poker Tour, the plan for the inaugural LAPT 2008 season will include tournaments in eight Latin American countries, including Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica, with a season ending Tournament of Champions to crown the number one poker player in Latin America.

Vega is currently negotiating with various professional poker players to become host for the Tour. The programming will be produced by Vega and aired throughout Latin America. Vega will own the programming and is currently negotiating for airtime with a major cable provider that would allow the Company to sell its own advertising for the programs.

The tournaments will be structured as invitational events with players from all over the world able to win seats via online and live local satellite tournaments.

Michael Herron, CEO of Vega stated the following about the tour “This is a very exciting announcement. No Limit, Texas Hold’em has really taken off in Latin America and we felt the time was right for this type of tour. We’ve all seen the success that other tours like the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour have enjoyed and we feel that by utilizing our existing contacts in Latin America, we can produce a first class tournament that players from all over the world not just from Latin America, will want to participate in. Unlike a lot of poker programming you see on television, we are not attempting to sell the rights to a programmer, we will own the programming and will contract for the necessary time slots to air the one-hour shows. This will allow Vega to profit from the advertising, sponsorships, and replays for the programs.”

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