I posted before about a possible new trend emerging in online dating having to do with bringing together singles through game playing. The idea is to put singles in a situation where they work together and possibly have a better chance to connect on a more personal level, and more quickly. This time, it's an online casino site that has taken a shot at promoting its business to singles looking to have fun and meet others like them.

PKR.com, a 3D online poker playing site, has teamed up with a UK based online dating service LoveStruck.com, to allow singles to play poker games face-to-face. Starting this November (2008), singles with membership profiles on LoveStruck.com will have a kick off for the entire service at a special poker party for PKR and LoveStruck members where they'll be able to meet, mingle, share and learn how to play. The launch party will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2008, at the Hoxton Pony on Curtain Road, London, UK.

In case you are interested, attendance to the singles poker event is free, but you do have to be a registered Lovestruck.com member. Experts will be on hand at the live poker event to educate guests on the art of the game, before the social part of the business. Following this event, there will be weekly singles poker nights at the PKR.com site where singles will be able to further improve their poker skills, and meet more interesting poker aficionados.

"Love Struck" evenings will be available on PKR.com from November 16, with the initial free to enter tournament, and subsequent low buy-in games. Players/singles will have to be registered at both sites in order to participate.

Sounds like fun, so if you're the adventurous type, and looking to meet someone interesting, this seems like the perfect opportunity to "draw an ace".

[Via: Online-Casinos.com]

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This is not a dating site per se, but has found an interesting way to connect singles online. Winster.com, operated from San Mateo, California, is an online community game playing network where everyone collaborates with someone in order to play and win prizes in games. Neat!

So, you're asking where is the dating connection - well it's hidden beneath the fact that people connect much more easily if they participate in something meaningful, depending on each other. Playing a game and working together for a common goal certainly helps connect people, and without the pressure of being on online dating and matchmaking sites. Such is the case with Charlene Mills of Brownsville, Texas, and Jonathan Bauman of Raleigh, North Carolina, who ended up being engaged. She said she's been on dating sites before, but has never met anyone as close to her as Jonathan is. They won the prize they were playing for, but the best prize was they met each other and connected.

Read more in their press release.

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