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June 16, 2012

Bringing Casinos Into Manhattan

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Soon we may have a casino operating in the New York metropolitan area – something that was intensely longed by the people here. It is no surprise that gambling companies would love to serve the high-income group among New Yorkers and the affluent tourists.

“The state surely would not like to lose potentially billions of dollars,” says an administration official who prefers to be anonymous.

But things wouldn’t be easygoing for the Governor Andrew Cuomo. He will need the support of the Assembly speaker who, for long, has been opposing gambling in the district.

In any case, the rationale for setting up casinos is to rake in revenue and we would expect the state to seek a high rate of taxation.

All this is a follow-up of the Governor’s abandonment of building America’s largest convention justify at the Aquaduct racetrack in Queens. Now the idea toyed by the governor is to develop a combination casino and convention justify around the Big Apple.

There are plenty of proposals doing the rounds. Locations like Yonkers and Belmont Park are rumored, so as locations in Coney Island and Randalls Island. We have to wait and see what gets finalized.

The governor is hoping to link a casino license to the combination justify to attract the gambling companies. Luckily, the legislature has endorsed a constitutional amendment to allow seven full-scale casinos in state – but referendum by voters is keenly awaited.


New look planned for Palms Casino in Las Vegas

Palms Casino wants gamblers to have the ultimate experience. Total 250 new slot machines will be added, and the justify’s property bar will be refashioned.

The resort, a popular destination with the younger set of tourists as well as celebrities and actors, has 653 rooms and a casino spread over 95,000 square feet area. This gambling space, having The Hugh Hefner Sky villa, is listed by CNN as having among the world’s 15 most expensive suites.

Palms President Joseph Magliarditi is hopeful that all the rooms and suites in the original Palms Tower will be complete after remodeling and available for occupancy by September.

The Hotel has been quite in the news by hosting MTV’s Video Music awards, “Celebrity Poker Showdown,” “Girls Next Door,” and similar shows.


Fudging Florida’s gambling laws

Florida is famous not just for sunshine. Besides sun and surf, Florida has booming business in casinos too. So, it is no wonder gambling investors are setting up sweepstakes in the City’s strip malls. But the serious side of the story is they are dodging the state’s casino laws. Or so says Les Barnal who heads a movement to stop gambling in America.

Les Barnal was vociferous when he said that predatory gambling has ruined American people by pushing them deeper into debt and created an addiction that was difficult to remove.

In any case, gamblers in Florida were deeply disappointed when a bill that would have marshaled in the largest expansion in Florida’s gambling history was annulled by its legislative sponsor in the first week of February this year.

Florida State has traditionally been known to have a family-friendly economy that shuns gambling. Presently, Florida does not allow expansion of casinos except those operated by the Seminole Indian tribe and selected “racinos.”

June 14, 2012

Maple Casino Offers A Kindle Fire Tablet

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At Maple Casino players are making a beeline because the casino is giving away an Amazon Kindle Fire. This device is unarguably one of the most advanced and gives you the chance to read books, play games, and experience everything on the Internet, all at the same time. When you happen to be a Canada resident and wish to own this prize, you should log on to the Maple casino site for getting an entry here. This contest is easier to participate in because there are no wagering requirements and minimum deposits which you need to make. You just have to rely on social media to take part in this Canadian casino promotion. When you are not yet a member here, you first have to register yourself and create your own account. You must log onto a Rafflecopter applet which is again easily done through your Facebook account. Thereafter you will need to perform five tasks for getting an entry. You can win all 80 entries and each task is free which is why it is advisable to do all. All fraudulent entries are to be disqualified when the final draw happens on May 30th. You can improve your chances of winning by adding Maple Casino website on your Google+. You are directed to the casino’s Twitter page and you can then again click on the “Do It” button for getting ten more entries. On Facebook, you can earn ten entries by similarly clicking on the “Do It” button adjacent to the tasks and then clicking the “Like” button.

StanJames.com launches new games for smartphones and iPads

The internet sportsbook StanJames.com recently broadened its mobile platform when it entered into a partnership with Realistic Games for introducing ten new iPad and smartphone games. These include eight slots namely Bullseye, Sunrise Reels, Sunset Reels, Double Bubble, Over the Rainbow, Snakes and Ladders, and Super Graphics Upside Down. There is also multihand iPad blackjack and iPad roulette. These offerings of a top-notch mobile casino along with the rapidly growing sportsbetting products market are absolutely imperative for the casino owners. Incidentally, the early performances in these games have been rather impressive and it is believed that they will bring in higher revenues in the future.

Nevada prepares for internet gambling

The International Game Technology which is set to launch American Idol on Facebook is keen to have players put wagers on its interactive slot machines. Investors and analysts are doubtful whether the slot machine companies are going to be happy offering content to the operators for them to use on their sites. They are curious to find out whether these slot machine producers are ready to compete with their buyers. This issue first rose in the month of January when IGT declared it would be spending almost $500 million to acquire Double Down Interactive which is a leading game provider. This provider has been responsible for developing the Double Down Casino on Facebook. Speculations came to the fore when the IGT stated that it would not operate any online casino; rather it would use this Double Down for bringing the content to new audiences. But, this buy is being still assessed by the investors as they are not sure whether this relationship of IGT with the brick-and-mortar buyers is indeed profitable or not.

June 12, 2012

Promotions At Grande Vegas Casino

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A rather exciting promotion has been organized by the Grande Vegas Casino for the month of May. Regardless of how many deposits players are making, they can qualify for winning real cash prizes through this raffle opportunity. This raffle is going to be hosted every week on Wednesdays and players can win instant cash bonuses worth $250. When you log into play on this gaming site, you automatically get real money by playing here. Yet, at the same time, you can better your winning chances by following some simple steps. Every Wednesday, the players get a ticket when they log in between 11 am and 1 pm. There is no need to complete forms or type in bonus codes to play. You can simply log onto the casino website, create your account here, and start wagering. To improve your raffle winning chances, you should begin making deposits. The casino offers multiple deposit and withdrawal alternatives so that playing is easy and fun. When you deposit at the site, you get three extra tickets for every draw. To increase your winning chances even further, you should ideally make deposits just 48 hours prior to the draw. The six winners are selected every Wednesday between 11 am and 1 pm and cash prizes awarded. The casino uses a message system to inform winners. You must be logged into the real money mode for viewing whether you have indeed won. When you can see your name, you can redeem the bonus as mentioned in the message. The Grande Vegas Casino offers one match bonus before every draw so that you get more play time on that particular deposit. So, even if you do not win the raffle prizes, you still get additional money to keep playing here.

New bonuses yet again

Many online casinos are now introducing many attractive bonuses for the month of May. Among these new offerings, those launched by the US-friendly RTG and NuWorks Casinos deserve mention. The terms and conditions specified in these casino websites suggest that welcome bonuses will be given only on the initial deposits by players. When you are keen to get a huge boost on your next deposit at Slotastic, you can check out their monthly paycheck bonus and redeem the coupon. Your bank roll gets doubled when you enter the code PCMAY12 in the box given and deposit $200. The Grande Vegas Casino also provides players with an enriching gaming experience vis-à-vis their RTG platform. Among their new offerings is the My Grande Rewards worth $200. All terms and conditions for redeeming the bonus are categorically explained in the site. To satisfy the playthrough criteria on bonus and deposits, you may play from a huge variety of games like scratch cards, pai gow poker, European slot poker, and Bonus Bingo. The Lucky Club Casino is powered by NuWorks software and provides many new games to players both in the US and globally. For the month of May, players can get a 100 percent increase on their next deposits through the May Rewards scheme.

June 10, 2012

Intertops Casino New Launch

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The Intertops Casino introduced the new slot game called Loch Ness Loot which has five reels and 25 pay lines. This new game is an addition to its already existing collection of nearly 300 games. It promises to hand over nearly $70,000 in cash and bonuses for this month. This new slot game allows players to enjoy the bagpipe music. The newspaper headlines, pictures of the illusive Loch Ness monster, and paparazzi cameras are the symbols on the game’s reels. The Lochie symbol is the wild symbol of the game and golden underwater treasure symbol is the scatter symbol. Those players who have obtained a minimum of three treasure symbols from left to right can get their bonus activated. They get eight free games. All the prizes here are doubled. The Loch Ness Loot also activates progressive jackpots which players can get their hands on at the closing of this game. In this new slots game at Intertops Casino, there remains a hidden treasure trove which must be discovered in the waters of a Scottish lake that is shrouded in mystery and adventure. The game comes with the popular Win-Win feature which multiplies the tiniest prize.

Greek Gods Challenge at Intertops Casino

Intertops Casino has brought the Greek Gods home to its players. This month the players at Intertops Casino can compete against each other in the unique Greek Gods Challenge to get a share of $70,000. To take part here, the players have to start playing the RTG games in this casino. You can download the software to get started and register an account in the casino website. You can go directly to the cashier to deposit your money to start playing. The promotion is scheduled to run for the entire month and no bonus codes are required. You get to redeem match bonuses for the whole month and take advantage of the welcome offers. All the deposits and games played with them qualify for this contest. There is a scoreboard system which tracks and monitors a player’s progress. When he deposits and starts to play, he gets points which improve his rank. You can check out your progress and scoreboard standing by clicking on the Greek Gods Challenge symbol and typing in your account name. Players get three ways to obtain points. You can get one point each time you put $1000 as wagering amount. Regardless of how much you deposit, you can earn points simply by playing. When you keep playing, you can get more and more points to better your scoreboard standing. Shares from the prize pool are to be distributed throughout the month to the players making random deposits. You have to deposit a minimum of $25 to take part in the draw which guarantees as much as $250 prize amounts. There are some grand prizes too and this means that each player taking part can go home with something to cheer about. The contest finally closes on June 4th. The Intertops Casino will then select random winners and there are to be three of them from each tier of the six declared god tiers.

June 8, 2012

Spanish Authorities Demand Taxation

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Only weeks ahead of the first issuing of Spanish gambling licenses, the authorities did a volte-face and demanded that the applicants return backdated taxes for the previous four years. This unfortunate and game-changing surprise was not welcome and the poker information website Pokerfuse reported that many big Spanish gambling operators may face huge financial losses as a result. Of these, Bwin.Party is estimated to be losing around Euro 60 million, whereas it is a whopping Euro 200 million for PokerStars! The latter is actively considering repaying the amount, but the others may find it rather difficult to afford it and could end up withdrawing their license applications. According to Pokerfuse, the Gaming Act passed during the previous year had forced operators to get their licenses from January, 2012. But, deadlines were missed and there were consequent delays in regulation. The gambling operators were permitted to continue their operations till the licenses came through. When the licenses would finally come through, they would have to be prepared to meet the tax bills from July 2011, when the Act had been passed. This new move by the Spanish government for retrieving four year taxes is bound to have a lasting impact both on the business and monetary calculations of these companies.

Nutblocker bids adieu

Nearly a year and a half after it was launched, the poker educational website Nutblocker finally bade farewell. This website had been the brainchild of many leading internet stalwarts to enhance the player’s knowledge regarding pot Limit Omaha & Mixed Games. It was designed to improve interaction among the players and contained expert advice for their benefit including interviews with the most successful players. In March of this year, the company which had launched the Nutblocker magazine for less than $30 discontinued it. In a specification it was upheld that all the buyers had been duly compensated for all purchases made. The magazine and other content were left free on the website as a goodwill gesture.

Irish Bill to raise Euros

The politicians in Ireland are all set to pass an enactment prior to the summer break in the Parliament. This is directed to impose a one percent tax on the turnover for all gambling operators that are dealing in Irish bets. It is believed that during the first year, the taxes are going to be paid by 77 percent operators. This is expected to bring in 50 million Euros. The companies like Boyle Sports and Paddy Power are regarded as the most targeted betting companies. A Betfair commissioned report conducted by experts at PricewaterhouseCoopers holds that the taxes are expected to absorb 77 percent of the market from 2013 to 2016 and generate nearly 50 million Euros.

Partnership for Gaming

Buzz Sports which is based out of Leeds is all set to partner with Boylesports to launch ZonePlay vis-à-vis the sports betting site called Boylesports.com. This launch will then allow UK and Irish punters to bet on something which happens next in addition to the current betting markets which this sports site already offers. ZonePlay will include English Premier League soccer, cricket, tennis, baseball, basketball, and NFL.

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