Get ready for some high scores because this month we are featuring Ten Play Ultimate X Poker.

In addition to Visa gift cards to our Grand Prize winner and 4 runners up, we’ve expanded the prize pool and will award 3 month GOLD memberships to those who place 6th through 10th.

As we do every month, we’ll also be awarding 3 month GOLD memberships to our bonus round winners. And don’t forget, the top ten qualify for the Tournament of Champions.

The contest starts at noon Pacific time on Tuesday, July 24th and ends at midnight Pacific on July 31st. Click here for contest information.

If you play in the Daily Contests, you may have noticed we are now featuring more games! There are now a total of 16 games featured during the Daily Contests.

July Poll: If you were able to win merchandise for playing on the site, what would be your favorite item?

Click here to take this month’s member poll and we’ll publish the results in the August Newsletter.

This month we congratulate “Buffilita" who hit three $40,000 royals within a 3 day period at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina. Not only were they on the same bank of Game King machines, two came from the exact same machine within an hour of each other!

If you have a great winner to show, please send us your picture to comments@videopoker.com and we'll feature our favorite each month!

Our friends at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa - Reno have a free contest running on their Web site right now! It continues through July 22nd and features Double Super Times Pay Poker.

This is your chance to win a luxurious VIP Getaway to one of Northern Nevada’s Top Rated Resorts (Voted Best Casino!), as well as daily great prizes.

Click here to learn more or to enter the contest right now. (requires separate registration)

As a reminder, our third annual member Meet and Greet will be held on Monday, October 1st in Las Vegas. The current plan is to have a video poker tournament in the afternoon followed by a member reception. We hope to announce the location and special room rates for Video Poker members in the next few weeks.

3/5/10 Play Poker is still the #1 multi-hand video poker game with over 6,300 machines in US Casinos.

If you have an interesting or funny Video Poker fact or story you'd like to share, please let us know by sending email to comments@videopoker.com