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November 14, 2011

Online Gambling In The UK

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According to recent market reports, the incidence of online gambling seems to have surpassed the visits to social networking websites like Facebook since last year in the UK. The traffic has skyrocketed to almost 40 percent in the online gambling sites since 2010. In fact the online gambler in the UK now earns significantly more as his annual income. Women also constituted nearly 46 percent of the total numbers of players visiting online casino websites. Therefore, regardless of gender or age, the numbers of male and female gamblers have steadily grown in the past couple of years. This is specifically true of the middle-aged population that is educated and hail from comparatively high-earning families. In keeping with this trend, the number of gambling groups has also grown. The Party Gaming Group, for example, witnessed a stupendous increase in player visits, almost 870,000 from the previous year. Likewise, the Party Casino also found an additional 1.2 million players visiting their sites on a regular basis. The online poker sites have seen a tremendous hike in player visits too that has spanned over the whole of the last decade. Playing poker in online casinos has suddenly become more popular and preferred than land-based casino poker games all across the globe. This sudden surge in players in online casino websites is an indication of the chances of this industry flourishing in the near future.

Grand Opening for Poker Room at Presque Isle Downs and Casino

The famous poker player Chris Moneymaker inaugurated and hosted a tournament to mark the opening of the poker room at the Presque Isle Downs and Casino. Those participants who had won the previous day’s matches joined Moneymaker at the final round and this final table was broadcasted live to thousands of spectators who assembled here to watch this game. Finally Omanovic ousted Moneymaker to win – all three top positions went to local residents. Moneymaker was gracious and humble according to onlookers present.

Slotland Celebrates Birthday

Slotland.Com handed over $700,000 casino bonuses in its 13th anniversary celebrations and its offer of a free $50 no-deposit bonus is expected to be on till the last day of October, 2011. At the close of these celebrations, another $8500 worth birthday prize money is going to be awarded. Those playing slots during the month of October are entitled to win prize money – 50 players with maximum points win cash prizes up to nearly $8500. This casino has 22 no-download slots along with video poker games which are not to be found in other online casinos. This casino is one of the most reputed and trusted online video slot websites having the most original display of slots.

Bingo Promotions

Bingo Liner declared the launch of many online bingo promotions that guarantee some great jackpot prizes to online players. Among these new launches are the Tidal Wave, Captain’s Table Games, and Monthly Competition. These new games are expected to bring in a huge number of new players and increased revenues. Those registering can avail of a no-deposit bonus of $10 which is extremely attractive to the players keen to explore this site for trying out a host of games completely free of cost.

November 12, 2011

UK Government Strengthens Gambling Restrictions

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The current gambling restrictions are being modified and made stricter according to a United Kingdom government’s initiative. There are some who hold that these changes are directed at safeguarding Internet users, whereas others believe that these measures will inhibit the users’ freedom to indulge in online casino gambling. There are certain groups who are constantly working to protect web users from infringement of their rights – an example of this is the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation was established in 1990 to handle the issues of freedom of speech and privacy as well as consumer rights. This organization is now trying to deal with this recent issue of controlling user rights in online casinos. According to the government plan, there will be a method of filtering sites which are believed by the government to be offensive and harmful. To identify such sites, the Mother’s Union which happens to be a Christian organization, is guiding the government as it tries to block websites selling pornographic materials and gambling sites which are harmful. The UK Prime Minister David Cameron wants to have Internet Service Providers of the likes of Sky and Virgin to do the blocking of such websites.

Yet, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has come with certain interesting arguments. To begin with, consumers should be accorded the right to block those sites which they consider to be harmful for viewing. Those categories suggested by the government for blocking purposes are somewhat unclear and vague according to this organization. There is no clear-cut plan and the lists which have been forwarded have no clear origin. Incidentally, the ISPs could practically end up blocking more sites than needed. So many ISPs have actually placed the opt-out option for their subscribers. An exception is the TalkTalk which continues to monitor the sites even for those users who have chosen the opt-out scheme. Privacy has always been a major concern for both users of the Internet and specifically online casino enthusiasts. So, the question of users’ rights being infringed in this case even when they have chosen the opt-out plans continues to remain.

Software update for Golden Riviera Casino

The leading casino using Microgaming as their gaming software provider recently announced that they had introduced many features for updating their existing software. This was designed to enhance the gaming experience for its users. Among the recent innovations was the easy navigability feature which allows the players to get their gaming techniques right from the start. They can now whisk back to the game lobby whenever they want or view windows by changing the line of tabs to suit their own preferences. They can resize windows according to their convenience and do many more new things that were earlier not possible with the original software. This goes to enhance the overall casino gaming experience for the players, and not only are the games more convenient to play, but also more enjoyable.

Halloween Bonus Promo by Grande Vegas Casino

The bumper holidays are going to be ushered in by Grande Vegas Casino in a truly grand manner by launching the new bonus. The new slots game entitled Monster Mayhem is so exciting that players would have played it in any case even if there was no promotional offer. There are many progressive jackpots too waiting to be won and these include the Jackpot Piñatas worth $1.7 million which is rising steadily.

November 10, 2011

Virgin Casino Promotions

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Through the last week of October, the Keno & Co Super Deal promotion is expected to run during which the players at Virgin Casino get to choose from any one of the bonus offers. There are three such bonus offers. One of them is the keno Deal 1 which is fit for the new entrants to this casino who are beginning to get familiar with the games. To get this bonus offer, the players need to give a bonus code and make a $3 deposit. In exchange the players are to receive $1. The next offer is Keno Deal 5 which is ideal for those players making modest deposits. Here also the players have to submit bonus codes and make single deposits ranging from $4 to $10. The third and final offer is the most attractive and being broader in range; this is expected to draw the high rollers at the casino. In this promotional offer, players must give a bonus code and make deposits between $11 and $200. This deposit has to be played through 28 times before the month ends and the promotion closes. The deposit will then be matched by a 100 percent cash award.

Bonuses based on games of Keno are typically uncommon in online casinos. But as Virgin Casino has a history of experimenting with new additions, this time this promotion by Virgin Casino does not come as a surprise. All the games where wagers can be placed have been enlisted categorically on the casino website. There are exciting variants, namely, Krazy Keno Superball, King Kong, and Bingo Keno. The casino also offers many scratch cards like the Beachside Bonanza Scratch, Beat the Bank Scratchcard, and Arabian Delights. There are two virtual race games, namely, Virtual Dogs and Virtual Horses supported by two more classics, namely, Monopoly on a Roll and Deal or Not Deal. This casino holds a license from the Alderney Gambling Commission. Its games are powered by multiple gaming software providers.

Halloween Omni Casino Offers

The Omni Casino through its newsletter offers many exciting promotions to celebrate Halloween. These are in keeping with the Spooktacular Slots Tournaments that are currently taking place in the casino. There is a bonus for players making a deposit. The amounts vary according to the deposits made, for example, 100 percent bonus for deposits worth more than $81. This offer is going to be valid during the final week in the month of October and all casino players have been invited to get their bonuses by placing an initial deposit of $30. The Pumpkin Bonus will be on from October 27th and amounts to 113 percent of the initial deposit. The Omni Casino games are powered by Playtech and are certified as being fair according to the Technical Systems Testing.

Microgaming Additions

Microgaming, in keeping with its trend of introducing newer games, have hosted the blackjack and online slots tournaments in their casinos. These games have also been frequently improvised by Microgaming. Incidentally, only recently the Midweek Moolah, the Monthly Monster matches and the Weekend Whopper, was added to the huge prize pool that became extremely popular among gaming enthusiasts. Slots have been accorded smaller prize pools but higher numbers of freerolls. The new slot tournaments are the Good Times, Midnight Challenge, and Easy Money.

November 8, 2011

Manhattan Slots Halloween Bonanza

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The Happy Halloween Bonus was announced by Manhattan Slots much in advance of the trick and treat holiday. This bonus seeks to satisfy and appease all players, regardless of whether they are high or low rollers. The low rollers are likely to be extremely happy with this bonus because they need to pay only $20 to become eligible for it. The high rollers, on the other hand, are equally thrilled because they can get a maximum bonus worth $1000. From October 31st to November 2nd, the Happy Halloween Bonus is going to be 100 percent of the deposits made.

These bonuses can be got only on specific games like Keno and slots or scratch cards. To make a withdrawal valid, the bonus and deposits need to be wagered 25 times. Among the new games launched by the Manhattan Slots Casino this time is the Monster Mayhem. It has 50 pay lines and there are two monsters in this game, namely Crash and Smash. Both these monsters are wild symbols because they turn really wild during animations and create mayhem which happens to be the scatter symbol. Other game symbols are car, chopper, policeman, footprint, frightened lady, fire hydrant, search light, camera, and newspaper.

A striking feature of this game is the Monster Mayhem re-spins which gets triggered whenever Smash and Crash appear on the reels at the same time. While reel numbers one and five are constant, the others will re-spin up to ten times. The players keen to take part in this new promotional by Manhattan Slots could meanwhile try their luck at the cashback bonus. This cashback bonus which lasted between October 24th and October 26th sought to benefit those players unable to make profits during the promotional period. As this cashback has a very less minimum wagering criterion and you need to wager only twice on particular games for withdrawing cash, it had become very popular. The Manhattans Slots Casino is an online casino which is part of the reputed Club World group and has Realtime Gaming as its gaming software provider. It has a license under the Curacao gambling authorities and takes players from all over the United States.

International Gaming Awards

With the International Gaming Awards or IGA being the most prestigious awards in the online gambling world, nominations were expectedly overwhelming and the last date for nominations had to be extended. Nominations had to be given by the gambling industry. Finally, these have come in and the panel of judges has begun working on them to judge the winners of awards. The iGaming software provider, for instance, has been given 25 nominations. Similarly, other software providers like Playtech, Microgaming, Net Entertainment, Chartwell, and others also find a place in the nominees lists. Playtech had been the last year’s winner and this year the favorites happen to be Microgaming because of its newly launched Quickfire platform which has won many fans. The GREat Foundation in the United Kingdom is an organization that is committed to socially responsible game researches and education and has been chosen as the beneficiary of this year’s awards ceremony. This proves the IGA’s commitment to establishing responsible gaming.

November 6, 2011

Halloween Releases

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In the run up to Halloween, online casinos everywhere try to give their players more opportunities to celebrate this festival of fun. There are several online promotions and game releases that take place during this time. In keeping with this trend, the casinos powered by the software provider Playtech announced the arrival of a new online slots game called the Halloween Fortune just before Halloween trick or treat holidays. The typical symbols of Halloween are witches and pumpkins and you cannot expect to have a slots game without these essential symbols in it. So this 20-paylines slots contains characters like ravens and black cats, cauldrons and magic potions, a Halloween Fortune logo, and others.

The pumpkin of course plays a pivotal role as the wild symbol while the scatter symbol happens to be the Halloween Fortune logo and the Witches Brew bonuses are triggered off by the cauldron symbols. These bonuses for obvious reasons make this game more popular among gaming enthusiasts at Playtech-powered casinos. When two cauldron symbols appear on the reels, the Witches Brew Bonus rounds begin, although both symbols must appear at the same time. In the second screen bonus games, players must select one of the three witches who will then gift them free spins. The numbers of free spins vary according to the selected witch. With free spins, players get multipliers for which they must choose magic potion bottles. To see how big the multiplier is that he has won, the player must pour this potion into a cauldron. There is a Gamble Feature which makes this online casino slots more popular. When players can view five pumpkins on reels, the wild symbol awards them fixed jackpots. The logo of this game is the scatter symbol and players win large payouts through it. To be a winner, you must have been able to get at least three of them on the reels.

Devilish Draw

As part of the Halloween-themed promotions going on at the All Jackpots online casino, the Devilish Draw is the title given to the final event. This is scheduled to begin on October 25th, whereas the other two events had begun earlier. This is expected to be the most thrilling of all three events and larger payouts are anticipated. This is basically a lucky draw promotion and players must deposit 50 credits to take part in it. Additional entries can be earned for every such number of credits deposited. Players can make these deposits throughout the promotional period. The prize pool is such that 500 credits can be won by the first ten players each. The following 25 drawn names can get 100 credits each, whereas the final 50 names get to win 50 credits each. Players can place bets and earn credits of their selected currency. The most commonly used currencies are the Euro, the British Pound, and the US Dollar. The remaining two events in this trilogy of events are the Generous Jacks and Free Spins Reloads. The more players play at the casino, the higher are the chances of becoming eligible for the lucky bonuses. This casino is owned by the Jackpot Factory group and powered by Microgaming software provider.

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