ClubWPT Gold™ Selects PayNearMe as Preferred Payments Provider

With PayNearMe, ClubWPT Gold delivers a fast, seamless payment experience—supporting cards, digital wallets, and cash—through a single platform integration.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 29, 2025 – PayNearMe, a leading fintech optimizing the payment experience, today announced that Grand Cru Concepts Ltd. (Grand Cru) has selected PayNearMe as its preferred payments provider for ClubWPT Gold, Grand Cru’s new World Poker Tour-branded online poker platform. PayNearMe’s flexible and configurable payments platform will enable ClubWPT Gold to offer players a wide range of convenient options for purchasing Gold Coins and redeeming prizes.

“World Poker Tour is one of the most recognized brands in poker, having awarded more than $1.5 billion in prize money and drawn over 400,000 entries in their land-based tournaments,” said Leighton Webb, Vice President and General Manager of iGaming at PayNearMe.

“When Grand Cru partnered with WPT to expand WPT’s iconic brand online, they needed a proven payments partner with extensive gaming industry experience. We’re proud to have been selected to power the payment experience for ClubWPT Gold, ensuring that Grand Cru can deliver the same seamless, high-energy experience players expect from WPT events.”

Grand Cru chose PayNearMe for its ability to get ClubWPT Gold to market quickly with a single contract and platform integration that provides access to multiple payment types, including debit and credit cards, online banking, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash deposits through PayNearMe’s cash at retail network. The platform’s rapid redemption capabilities ensure players can quickly redeem their prizes via push to debit, maintaining the seamless, fast-paced experience players expect from the WPT brand.

We needed a reliable payments provider that could support our nationwide rollout while maintaining the high-quality experience our brand is known for,” said Spencer Chi, VP of Product of ClubWPT Gold. “PayNearMe’s extensive experience and proven track record made it the clear choice to power our payments as we enter the online poker market. The platform’s ability to handle rapid scaling while maintaining consistent performance was crucial for our expansion.

PayNearMe’s robust infrastructure enables Grand Cru to efficiently scale ClubWPT Gold across all its target markets while supporting Grand Cru’s anticipated high transaction volumes, particularly during major online tournament events.

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About PayNearMe

PayNearMe is the modern and reliable platform for payment experience management, enabling online gaming operators to simplify, streamline and elevate every aspect of the player payment journey. Our technology facilitates end-to-end money movement for operators across verticals including iCasino, online sports betting, sweepstakes gaming, iLottery, daily fantasy sports and more.

With a single platform and integration for key deposit and payout types, operators can reduce costs, accelerate time to market and deliver a seamless payment experience for their players.

A trusted partner in the iGaming industry since 2013, PayNearMe is live in every U.S. regulated gaming market. We support our partners in their effort to provide a safe environment that adheres to applicable responsible gaming requirements in the market.

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About Grand Cru

Grand Cru Concepts Ltd. is a gaming company that operates the ClubWPT™ Gold sweepstakes-based poker platform, which is available in 46 states in the United States. Grand Cru entered into a licensing agreement with the World Poker Tour®, the premier name in tournament poker worldwide, to bring its well-respected poker brand to its dynamic, rapidly-growing sweepstakes poker platform, which went live in the first quarter of 2025.

About World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour® (WPT®) is the premier name in internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. WPT has hosted live poker tournaments in 48 countries, drawn more than 400,000 total entries, and awarded more than $1.5 billion in prize money. Leading innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, WPT ignited the global poker boom with the creation of a unique television show, which has broadcast globally in more than 150 countries and territories and is currently producing its 23rd season. Season XXII of WPT is sponsored by ClubWPT.com. ClubWPT.com is a unique online membership site that offers inside access to the WPT, as well as a sweepstakes-based poker club available in 47 states and territories across the United States, Australia, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. WPT also participates in strategic brand license, partnership, and sponsorship opportunities. In 2012, the WPT Foundation was launched, which has gone on to raise $45 million over 10 years and 50 events. For more information, go to WPT.com.