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August 15, 2011

Partypoker.com Takes Off Rake Charges

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The online poker industry witnesses a huge numbers of hot deals from time to time. Therefore, it is but natural that all the online casino sites will be making a beeline for newer promotional offers and special deals to beat the competition and stay ahead of its rivals. Party Poker, in keeping with this trend, recently announced that it would do away with the rake charge in its multi-table tournaments at least for some time. Therefore, all the previously charged fees will now go straight to the players’ prize pool. So, there has been no better time to engage in a game of online poker at PartyPoker.com than now. It is a completely secure environment where the payments are promptly made regardless of whether you are a small player or a high-stakes player. The poker community has justifiably greatly appreciated this move and the responses have been overwhelming.

Probability Reports High Profits

Probability, the mobile gambling group operating in the United Kingdom, revealed its financial reports that showed that very high number of players were making deposits and placing wagers during these past six months. Together with the Mexican Grupo Caliente, this group also came up with a major commercial deal to introduce racing, bingo, and casino in Latin America. The report clearly mentions that the profits were sky-high this year in spite of there being a Bank Holiday period. Although player deposits saw a high, the net gaming revenues for this particular quarter were slightly lower than before. This is because as much as 10,000 to 20,000 pounds were being won in popular slot games through the months of May and June.

King of Aztecs Launch

A subsidiary of the American International Game Technology, the Barcrest Group, launched the King of Aztecs slots, something that was already a big hit in the land-based casinos. The theme of this game predictably is set against the backdrop of the ancient Mexican empire. There are plenty of scatters and wild symbols in this newly launched slots game. This game has only added to their already expanding list of clients.

Jackpot Capital Drive

This promotion called the Jackpot Capital Drive is a challenge which they claim is not for the weak-hearted. To take part, players here must place wagers on their favorite games and get points that help them climb up the trail. This trail begins in Texas at San Angelo, travels through Mexico, and finally ends at Cheyenne in Wyoming. When a player completes this trail, he will secure a position in the finalists’ scoreboard and will get a cash prize. There are different scoreboards for different budget levels. The diamond and platinum players must get 800 points to make it to this scoreboard. The gold or silver players need to get more than 350 points.

The players can monitor their own positions here and view all other fellow players present in each station. Each Monday, as many as 150 weekend players can be selected for mystery coupons. For this, the players must have placed wagers between Friday and Sunday of the past week and made deposits greater than $50. This casino has been powered by Real-time Gaming.

August 13, 2011

Playtech Extravaganza

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To get players to win prizes by making them face up to certain challenges is the latest initiative undertaken by Mansion Casino powered by Playtech.

Every player will be given an individual point target which when he achieves, he can claim his prize. This target information is to be strictly confidential and will be sent through emails. The players will need to check their mail inboxes for uncovering their respective missions. This Crack the Code promotions are expected to continue from July to August of this year.

Once the players have participated in this promo offer, they may wager on any casino game powered by Playtech for getting points. What is unique about the Crack the Code promotion is that if players can get their targets quite early, they will be allowed to unlock a greater bonus. The balance in points gets updated continuously, so players are well aware how much is remaining in order to win their targets. Winners will receive their prizes once the promotional gets over in August. There are many varieties of Playtech-powered games that players can take part in Mansion Casino.

They can win loyalty points for getting their targets. The game Gladiator, which borrows heavily from the Hollywood blockbuster by the same name, offers two bonus rounds. The Incredible Hulk has high-quality graphics, thrilling bonus rounds, and advanced audio output.

For taking part, players will need to fulfill certain criteria. There are different deposit amounts for different levels of players like Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The players have to play for at least five days and get a minimum of 250 points in order to lay claims to a prize. Those who do not satisfy these criteria cannot get a bonus.

South African Gambling News

South Africa appeared all set to legalize gambling, but somehow the steps recommended were never actually taken. Today, this has come to be deemed as being an illegal practice and is experiencing a cut down at each turn. There had been the decision to issue as many as 40 online licenses.

This would have generated higher employment figures which could have benefitted the nation’s economy as well. But those who have already been a part of this industry and those who were hoping to strike gold here have now realized that no such legalization is going to take place. Minister Rob Davies categorically specified that although many South African local casino operators had gone big online, the ministry did not feel any pressure to make online gambling legal. Under his aegis, the Department of Trade and Industry created the Gambling Review Commission which then submitted a report stating that the gambling industry, although small, is a “maturing” industry.

Online gambling today is outlawed, although land casinos, horse racing, or lotteries continue to remain. Breaking this law can lead to imprisonment for nearly ten years. The debate continues as to whether this move is indeed for protection of the land-based casino interests or whether this decision of a handful has been literally imposed on thousands who may have had reservations against such a move.

August 11, 2011

The New Casino I-Slots

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The casino i-Slots have always been much popular in Rival-powered casinos. Although the recent one took many years to get launched, it has surely been worth the wait. This new i-Slots game is called whole in Won the Back Nine and is a five-reel, 15-paylines slots game. This game is actually the second-half of the original called the Hole in Won i-Slot that had dealt with covering the first nine holes of this online golf game. It therefore covers the remaining nine holes, but the features are more innovative and interesting with better graphics and superior animations quality.

Additionally, there is a 3D golf course which allows the players higher chances of winning. This new game comes with graphics like a golfing bag with clubs, a ball close to the hole, a ball in the hole, a putter and golf ball, a golf trophy, a golf cart, golfers, both men and women, and many more golf-related symbols. This interactive new additional game gives the players extra payouts which depend on their levels of performance. When the Back Nine game starts, players are transferred to another screen. They keep trying to complete a hole using as many chances as they need till the time they succeed. This game has a total of nine levels because there are nine golf holes in half a course. Like regular golf, each of these nine holes comes with par and players get payouts depending on how much they have scored under this par. Those with far less than par will be entitled to larger bonus payouts.

Strategies for Player Retention in Online Casinos

It is undeniable that online casinos guarantee a most thrilling gambling experience to its players coupled with impeccable customer care services.

But, there is always the scope for introducing some more reforms to make the experience even better. This is true even of the largest and most popular casinos. In keeping with this view, an online gaming conference is scheduled to be convened at the America Square Conference Center in London to discuss the strategies on how to retain players in online gaming sites. This conference aims to debate on the ways to improve customer services to make them more efficient than ever before, to lessen customer complaints, to redress their grievances, and to evolve the best ways to improve player lifetime values. There shall be professionals from the entire gambling world offering their inputs to debate on the challenges of retaining online players.

Such challenges, it is believed, exist in almost every gambling website.

Options like cross-selling items to give customers more choices would help to make the sites more impressive and attractive for the gambling fanatics.

Some of these websites have started this practice by offering their players options to simultaneously engage in the games of online bingo and online poker. Once a player can get all his desires satisfied in a casino gambling website, it can be safely assumed that he will not be too keen on registering elsewhere.

August 9, 2011

New License For Foreign Operators

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After many speculations, the UK announced its new gambling regulations concerning online gambling practiced by foreign casino operators. Hearing the multiple complaints advanced by the casino operators based in the United Kingdom, the Department of Sports, Media and Culture decided that they were being unfairly taxed when compared to their foreign competitors. This had incidentally led many large gambling houses to shift their bases out of the country because of the heavy duties they were being made to pay. In contrast, the companies which had become part of online gambling jurisdictions had to pay far less in tax. In spite of this, they had the freedom to advertise their websites through UK online gaming sites and were collecting revenues from local UK players.

This loss of revenue worried the UK government, and acting on the complaints put forward by the local operators introduced new licensing rules. According to the new regulations, the foreign online casinos could continue to stay and operate from the UK but must acquire a secondary license, this time from UK Gambling Commission. The new rule makes all online operators from foreign shores subject to the same rules as applicable to those based in the UK. In addition, they would have the obligation to report any illegal betting practices to the Gambling Commission in an effort to stop corruption in betting. So, this makes it compulsory for those operators who had shifted to the places like the Isle of Man to obtain their licenses in the UK as well. Although obtaining this license will never be a challenge, this move expects to curtail the advantages such operators were hitherto enjoying compared to their UK counterparts. With this announcement, there are expected to be changes in the new tax structure for online gambling in the United Kingdom and new licensing fees too.

Silver Oak Casino Offers

Those gambling enthusiasts who are fans of blackjack can now enjoy new blackjack bonuses at Silver Oak Casino websites. This means that the higher their deposit amount, the more bonuses they will be entitled to. The first bonus caters to those players who happen to be medium to low rollers and the amount ranges from $50 to $500. Here the players can get a cent percent bonus so that the total bonus amount goes up to 121 percent.

The next type of bonus is for the higher category rollers where deposits are $501 to $1000. These players can enjoy an extra 120 percent match bonus along with the 21 percent promo offer which means that their online blackjack bonus is 141 percent. For those depositing more than $1000, they will get a 140 percent bonus, the special promo offer so that their total bonus is a whopping 161 percent. For becoming eligible for such bonuses, players must have made an earlier deposit at this casino. Moreover, players must bear in mind that similar to other online casinos, there are certain wagering criteria that need to be fulfilled prior to getting this win money.

In blackjack bonuses, this minimum requirement is that the bonus must be wagered through 60 times.

August 7, 2011

Microgaming Has New Launches

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Whereas regular exciting launches of slot games has always been Microgaming’s forte, this time they have come up with diverse game types.

One of which is an online roulette game, second being a regular slots one, and the third is an alternative slots game. This is better known as the Riviera Riches which has a casino as its theme and proud gamblers displaying their riches. There are 15 paylines and five-reel slots with flashy images of beautiful women and trendy cars. There is a free spin feature where players get to earn as much as 12 free spins.

Interestingly, the Riviera Riches game comes with another bonus game. In this the players can select any number between 1 and 36 with which they get to play two rounds of roulette and can win huge amounts. You can play this game using both the Microgaming download and Flash formats. The Premier Roulette in the Diamond Edition, that has many players, allows these players to interact among themselves and view the wagers being placed by them. As a player, you can pick up any table you wish to play in depending on how long the game will last – whether 20, 40, or 60 seconds.

You may even choose an Avatar to represent yourself at the start of the game. This multiplayer roulette can also be played using the Microgaming Flash platform as well as the Microgaming Quickfire medium. The alternative slots called Hexaline contain a honeycomb grid having different colored hexagons. As soon as players win some blocks, these get exchanged with newer ones. When all wins have been taken care of, those players who have won three or more bonus symbols are transferred to the Gold Train. You will need to reach the End Bonus symbol by picking up hexagons from the left-hand side of the screen and transferring them to the right. This game is definitely more interesting from other regular slots that most players have become used to playing at online casinos.

Rockefeller Speaks Out

By taxing gambling that is taking place on the Internet, the United States Senator Jay Rockefeller hopes to improve the federal budget deficit.

Rockefeller is incidentally the Chairman of the Senate Commerce. He has earlier recommended that the President ought to have the authority to close down the Internet access for all the nation’s citizens if at any point of time a threat to national security is perceived. He finds the online gambling practice an illegal market. He feels these needs to be regulated at all costs so as to safeguard consumers and insure that part of their gambling money finds a way into the federal coffers. He feels that when online payment processing gets banned, the US casino players will find it very hard to gamble online.

What is of utmost importance is to tax online casinos and other various forms of online gambling. When you have gambling laws, the consumers are protected and so is the state’s sovereignty. A massive illegal market which specifically benefits companies lying overseas is completely disrupted. Protecting the state’s sovereignty possibly hints at the “opt-out” clause which according to many ought to be extended to those states not keen to allow online gambling.

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