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March 20, 2012

Gaming Partnership, New Mobile Games, And Everybody’s Jackpot!

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There’s good news for the players from Evolution Gaming. In partnership with Unibet, the online gaming operator, Evolution has launched Live Casino room this month. It is a new brand of Unibet. In 2009 too, it had launched a live casino.

This new live casino room features five dedicated tables, four live Blackjack games, and one live Roulette. This live game is hosted at Riga, the new production studio at Evolution.

According to Daniel Eskola, the head of Unibet, the launch of a completely branded and exclusively dedicated live casino to Evolution comes as a transition to Unibet. It has the potential to promote the brand value in major markets around the world. It also gives a chance to strengthen the bond with customers and to provide greater flexibility in service delivery.

According to Sebastian Johannisson, Evolution’s head of account management, the concept of live casino is at the nascent stage in market, yet has a huge potential for growth. Unibet, through this partnership, has been one of the “early birds” to cash in on this opportunity and expand their offering of live games.

At the same time, this move has enabled the partners to focus on branding and improving online customer service. The Live Casino concept is a promising one in the field of online casinos.

Betfair Launches Mobile Casino Games

Amidst the partnership between Evolution and Unibet, here comes another good news for die-hard gamers. Betfair mobile, the online betting exchange, has launched four casino games on mobile. These four mobile games include Blackjack, Roulette, Gold Rally, and Video Poker. The games at Touch Platform of Betfair come in 15 languages.

According to Betfair’s head of online marketing, the move is to improve the features of their mobile products. Players can put bets on in-play live sports and cash out. They now have a chance to play some of the best casino games.

Everybody’s Jackpot is Here!

Apart from the mobile games, everybody is talking about the latest progressive online slot by Playtech. It has a TV game show theme featuring pretty assistants and hosts. This latest feather in the cap of Playtech, the gambling software developer online, is called Everybody’s Jackpot.

This is the second multiplayer game by Playtech. The noteworthy part of the game is Mystery Progressive Jackpot. Players wagering at least 50 Euros within 24 hours can qualify for it. The Jackpot has a special on-screen meter, which lets players keep a tab on their moves. As the name suggests, Everybody’s Jackpot can be played in all participating casinos.

The player hitting this jackpot gets a whopping 70 percent of the cash. The rest 30 percent is divided into two parts: players qualifying at the time of the jackpot hit get 15 percent of the cash, whereas qualified players wagering for the last 24 hours get the remaining 15 percent of the cash.

Besides this, Everybody’s Jackpot features 12 Free Spins that can be re-triggered. The spins are awarded each time three Scatters appear on screen.

March 12, 2012

New Games And Redesigned Software Mark The New Year Season

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Titan Poker, one of most popular online poker rooms, has upgraded its software in a bid to fasten its loading power and improve performance. The software has been redesigned completely to achieve desired results.

The new software has a new size that puts almost zero strain on the eyes. With 1000×700 pixels and easy navigation menu, it promises poker players to detect cash tables with ease and to join the tournaments of their choice without hassles. The new software’s menu harbors a graphical list of games, tournaments, and tables, plus a “quick seat” feature that enables players make their choice in seconds.

The redesigned lobby allows players to keep track of their progress statistics on point buildups, number of hands played, and their status of bonus redemption.

But, Titan Poker has also taken care of its players that love the old version. Players can easily switch back to the older viewing mode of the game with just a click of their PC mouse.

Redesigning new software is one of the latest and the most noteworthy steps to enhance the online gaming experience. But, Titan Poker is not content with this. More attractive changes are in the pipeline.

For example, Titan Poker will launch new tournaments, along with more interesting promos and gaming activities that intend to lure novices as well as veteran poker players on the web. Till then, players can try out the newly designed poker software by downloading it from the site absolutely free.

This Season’s New Online Games

On one hand, there is redesigning of software; on the other hand, there are top online casinos ready with new games to let players kick off the New Year with smashing hits.

The new games are Megaspin Break da Bank Again and The Grand Journey, both from Microgaming. One of the casinos that have launched the new games in the first week of this month includes Internet Casino La Vida.

The release of both these games, once again, reflects the ability of Microgaming to capture the players’ imagination and present them in the form of graphics on screen. These launches also indicate that Microgaming intends to provide many other surprises to its players throughout the year.

Megaspin Break da Bank Again is based on the original game “Break da Bank Again.” It has increased the action by four, which helps it provide a super slot, along with high rewarding combinations of Scatter and massive Free Spins. When Scatter symbols of 2, 4, or 5 appear, players get 15 to 25 free spins. During this, all the wins by players are multiplied by 5.

The Grand Journey has surged the most excitement in the gaming world this month. It features a prehistoric backdrop with early-age animals wandering across the landscape. The game also has angry volcanoes at their full bursting stages and stunning Amazons featuring dense and lush forests. All this makes for a vibrant and interesting game screen. Players get transported to another world, which gives them a unique “gaming high.” The Free Spins Bonuses, Expanding Wilds, Multipliers, and other such features bring a sense of familiarity to this prehistoric backdrop.

Players can play both the newly launched games by registering free at Casino La Vida.

March 10, 2012

Jackpots Soar And The Commerce Of Chamber Supports Casinos

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Beach Life is offering a golden chance for online players to become overnight millionaires with just a single spin of online reels! A series of online games at the progressive jackpot Beach Life has amazing prizes up to about $6.2 million for luck-laden players. Players can access this jackpot at Playtech-run online casinos, including Europa Casino and Swiss Casino.

This progressive jackpot’s earlier all-time high jackpots were recorded at $4.3 million. But, this quickly became an old-time story as jackpots continued to soar at this online slot. Various online casinos are providing special promos to lure players to try their luck at the reels. The promotions, no doubt, have been fruitful because a large number of players have swarmed to this site in a bid to make fortunes.

In the past, the average size of Beach Life jackpot has been to the tune of $1.8 millions, which already was above the average. Other than Beach Life, other progressive jackpots like Mega Moolah (at 41.9 million), Jackpot Pinata (at $1.7 million), and Major Milions (at $1.7 million) have joined the league of jackpots spinning out outstanding hits.

For progressive jackpots, there’s no looking back. Payouts continue to rise and players show not an iota of doubt to lose. The online casino and gambling world has, indeed, become a place where challenges, bets, tactics, and money are all thrown in together to create an outcome of jackpots.

Progressive Jackpots are Flourishing

Brick-and-mortar casinos in the United States are basking under the glory of popularity. These progressive jackpots are doing as well as their online counterparts. One of the attributes to the growing number of amazing hits is the excellent promos thrown in by the casinos, both brick-and-mortar and online.

Most of the casinos provide the advantage of new player bonuses as well as generous reload bonuses that add to the players’ chances of winning. Although such bonuses come with certain conditions and restrictions, most of them are available at popular slot sites (one of them being Beach Life). They offer an ideal way to earn extra spins to grab a king-size jackpot.

In Support of Casinos

In the wake of climbing popularity of progressive jackpots, here is some more good news to talk about. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce has extended support to casino destination resort establishments located in south Florida.

But, the Chamber has put two limitations.

First, about 75 percent of the workforce in the establishments should be local.

Second, the state must allow the impacted communities to cast their votes on whether casinos should exist within their jurisdictions.

In the gambling discussion that lasted about 20 minutes, members of the Chamber also highlighted the funds that would be offered to local governments to diminish any impact on the surrounding communities and to strengthen the public infrastructure.

According to a recent Florida survey, a majority of voters till now have supported the concept of having three casinos in the area of Miami. Yet, there are always communities that find it hard to accept the change, especially in something that has been considered illegal for too long. It’s right to say that fingers are crossed for the next development in the world of casinos here.

March 8, 2012

A New World Record Made In Online Poker This Month!

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“Nanonoko” set a world record in the first weekend of 2012 for online poker, playing eight hours at a stretch! The real name is Randy Lew, who played at PokerStars online poker site.

Lew played an astounding 23,493 hands within an eight-hour terrific play. There are about 40 tables operating simultaneously. Playing a large number of tables at the same time is not a big deal, as many players do it. The amazing thing is that Lew managed to play all the tables profitably – this is what only a few players have achieved so far. And this is what makes “Nanonoko” stand out in the crowd of players.

As said that success doesn’t come in easy, Lew, too, experienced a low at one point during the play. He stooped to $1200, fading his hopes of winning and almost forgetting making a world record. But, winners never quit! Lew continue to fight in the online poker battle. It paid and how!

Where it Happened and How

Lew achieved this incredible feat at the annual PCA poker festival of PokerStar in the Bahamas. This is one of the renowned events of live poker. The gigantic prizes and tempting locations make this event alluring to the gamblers.

One of the noteworthy features of Lew’s feat was the continuous eight-hour play that not many players dare to do. Two monitors brimming with poker tables sat before this “wonder” player who was ready to take up the challenges thrown by the poker screens. The player played about 50 hands per minute or maybe one hand every 1.2 seconds to play 23,493 hands in eight hours!

Originally, Robert Lew created history by playing 20+ poker tables at a time at mid- and high stakes and by winning consistently. This is almost an impossible feat to achieve in online poker. Last year, too, Lew played more live tournaments with great success there too. “Nanonoko” won his first big live event at APPT Macau in 2011.

Players like Lew and more can set examples of focused gaming and persistent playing to grab big wins and change the wheels of fortune for the best. This might even encourage the governments of various states to legalize online poker and promote more such festivals and tournaments to let people not only woo, but also befriend their lady luck!

A New Casino Ship Sails Soon

While history was made at PokerStar, Palm Beach got a new casino ship approved! The debate still continues on whether the government should permit casinos. Overlooking this debate, the Palm Beach city officials took the decision and gave the green signal to Black Diamond Casino to sail twice a day.

Black Diamond is a 160-foot ship that can accommodate 550 passengers. The casino ship will sail in March this year. Passengers can start gambling as soon as the ship enters international waters. Players get the privilege to play slot machines, roulette, blackjack, and poker.

Who knows? The ship may become the hotspot for another world record in the making by some passionate player!

March 6, 2012

Macau’s New Year Starts With A Roar!

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The year 2012 has started off with a roar for Macau gamblers. According to reports, Macau’s January revenue from gambling is set to topple the record set in October 2011. The Chinese New Year is anticipated to provide an impetus to the revenues this month with casino operators and players witnessing a booming phase.

Reports say that the major casino floors on Cotal Strip and Macua Peninsula have seen a major crowd lately. It is expected that the occupancy rates will rise and the casinos will shift their minimum and maximum table stakes.

Competing with the Gaming Capital of the World

In October 2011, the gambling revenue of Macau was recorded to be about $3.4 billion. This is the same place that offset Las Vegas’ record in 2006 in terms of total gambling revenue. (Las Vegas is regarded as the world’s gambling capital.) Now, Macau is poised to overshadow the entire Nevada state!

Similar reports have been obtained from Singapore that shows double-digit growth in gambling revenues since last 2011. Macau as well as Singapore is expected to soar high in gambling business in 2012 and 2013. For the past several years, the Asian continent has proved its mettle in the casino and gambling industry. Millions of hard-core gamblers possess the ultimate gaming skill required to hit grand jackpots.

Although the grapevine from the Chinese government suggests a possible slowdown in the growth by making the availability of credit tougher, it has not slowed down the gamblers from visiting the casinos. Such is the bright prospect of Macau that several casinos from the United States, like MGM International, Wynn Resorts, and Las Vegas Sands, have been operating successfully here.

The gaming capital of the world might be situated in the West, but it’s the East that is moving the maximum currencies and almost giving the world a fierce competition.

Online Gamblers Get a Chance to Rake in Millions!

Now this is what you actually call changing the wheels of fortune. Real Time Gaming has recently announced that its progressive jackpot “Jackpot Pinatas” has crossed the million dollar mark. The jackpot is available at its licensee casinos (except for a few).

About the Game

This million-dollar game has a Mexican theme and is a 21-line online slot. It has wilds, free spins, one bonus game, and substitutes. Players need to provide symbols of Bull Pinata on any of the pay line to grab the magnificent prize. Players need to wager just 25 cents for each pay line to hit the jackpot.

It’s not just the usual combinations of two and three figures that will bring players at the verge of hitting the big grand. In order to start the bonus round, players can obtain three symbols of Dog Pinatas on their screen. Once the players enter the bonus round, they pick two piñatas out of the three to unveil their wins.

The year 2012 has, indeed, started off with surging hopes and amazing wins in the casino and gambling industry.

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