The seventh series of the popular High Stakes Program is all set to make a comeback on America’s Game Show Network (GSN). This is going to be hosted by journalist-turned-poker player Kara Scott and veteran host Gabe Kaplan and shot at Las Vegas Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. The shooting will occur sometime mid-November and the program is likely to be aired next February.
Slotastic Announces 1 .6 Million Jackpot
The casino Slotastic.com declared the top prize of 1.6 million for the Jackpot Pinatas title. It even offers some lesser progressive rewards like the Let’Em Ride jackpot that involves the games Caribbean Draw, Caribbean Poker and Caribbean Hold ‘Em that helps to achieve a jackpot more often for lesser values. Following its launch, this jackpot has been hit nearly 14 times but for the past month there have been no hits. The manager says the company is more than willing to make a million dollar payout to that one lucky player.
Launching “Cats”
The new online slot game called “Cats” was launched recently by Virgin Casino. Set against a backdrop of plains this game is themed on some of the most popular wild cats all over the world. The “cats” logo acts as the wild symbol and when five of these symbols pop up, the player can get a jackpot of 10000 coins. This game has the regular background music and special sounds when one player wins – you can even hear the cats growling when they make a winning combination.
Around The World In 80 Days
A promotion called “Around the World in 80 Days” where bingo players need to collect “travel miles” to win a $500 vacation and other cash prizes is being hosted by Jackpot City Bingo. This is due to come to a close on December 31st with three prize draws on October 31st, November 30th and December 31st. To take part in this, you could play the everyday Leader Board Challenges where you get to collect travel miles. The top 50 players with the most travel miles during this promotional period will be eligible for the end of the year draw. The prize is a $500 holiday for a couple from any of the eleven exotic places the site has listed. The ten players with the most miles before the October and November draws will be entitled to participate in the raffle whereby they can travel to exotic places for the day.
Halloween Surprises
With Halloween around the corner, many online casinos are organizing fun tournaments to share the festive spirit with their players because most people are too busy to gamble online. In land based casinos there are costume contests where the best dressed get to walk away with attractive prizes. To keep up with their competition with land casinos, online casinos make desperate efforts to attract more and more players by offering really handsome bonuses for their games.
More Students Take to Online Gambling
Research by the Pennsylvanian Annenberg Adolescent Communication Institute reveals a greater number of students today accessing gambling websites this year compared to previous years. So the restrictions on online gambling were hardly effective! From 4.4% in 2008, the number of male students using such sites has gone up to 16%. Female students from high school marked a 1% increase. Nearly as many as 40,000 colleges used online casinos each month which goes to show that payment bans have not been successful in curtailing the number of users.