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January 20, 2011

Play Safe This Festive Season

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The festive season has set in and it is the time to rejoice and be merry. If you are a regular at casinos, you have all the more reason to celebrate. If you are not, you might get attracted toward this exciting world of gambling. Getting tempted might be a natural tendency, considering the fact that some major casinos are offering some of the best festive bonuses this year. But, watch out. Being a first-timer, you need to get acquainted with the gambling industry. Before registering, make yourself secure.

Dos And Don’ts Of Online Gambling

  • Check for eCOGRA: Look out for the eCOGRA seal that every authentic online casino will carry. It stands for “eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance.” It is an organization that is similar to an accreditation body that gives approval to casinos that issue prompt customer payouts. It also keeps an eye on the customer privacy policies maintained by casinos.
  • Check for Licensure: The Kahnawake Gaming Commission was set up around 11 years ago. Since then it has been regulating and licensing a host of interactive online games. An online casino site that has acquired a license from the Commission is assured of being a legal and trustworthy gaming portal.
  • Check the Payout Percentage: When considering an online casino for gaming, checkout the payout percentage of the site. The payout percent refers to the percent of wagered money won by players. For example, if a particular site mentioned its payout percent as 95, it means that 95 percent of the total wagered money at the casino was paid back to players as the winning amount.
  • Check Audit Reports: A reliable and authentic gaming site would make sure to update and submit its audit reports on a regular basis. They do not have any issues in laying open their payout reports to players as well. Transparency is respected in such sites and in turn helps them gain respect.
  • Check for the Requested Personal Details: When registering on an online casino site, keep your eyes open for the kind of details being sought. On an average, online gambling portals do not ask you for your credit card details. If you suspect even one percent of insecurity, do not register. After all it is your money that will be at stake. Besides there are a whole range of other sites operating that are safe to register with.
  • Check for Player Feedback: Most sites display a customer feedback section. Make sure to go through it to get an idea of what other visitors and players have experienced on that particular portal. Maybe not to a great extent but you will get an insight into it.
  • Check out the Customer Care: Genuine gambling portals offer a 24×7 customer care support. To be extra sure about a particular portal, write an email or give a call on the mentioned number. If the site is authentic, you will be sure to get a response to your message. Fake sites normally do not respond to mails or phone calls.

Gambling is fun and involves a high percentage of excitement and adventure. Enjoy a safe festive season.

Sloto Cash Promotion For Christmas

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In a bid to make this year’s Christmas Eve even more special, the Sloto Cash online promotion has been organized. This promotion is offering the casino players 24 percent cash back on the video slots Rudolph’s Revenge. This game is based on the theme of Christmas. This promotion is expected to last between the 20th and 23rd of December and players can get this cash back on all net losses. To get this advantage, the players must have deposited $50 during this promotion period. They can contact the Customer Live Chat Support to get the cash back. This request made by the players is then forwarded to the casino’s customer care services and the cash back amount will be credited to their accounts on Christmas Eve. Yet, this cash back offer is going to be valid for only those playing the Rudolph’s Revenge slots game. This game can really make every player’s festive wishes come true. The Sloto Cash casino enjoys a huge fan base on Facebook and here it engages the members in the activities other than gambling. Currently, players can take part in a Laughing Contest where they have to leave behind a joke which can get a $100 chip provided it is most appreciated by host Stephen Vaughn. This prize is going to be given away on the day of Christmas and this leaves players with ample time to hunt for the most humorous jokes.

London Conference will Witness New Internet Technology Unveil

The Cloud, which is the new IGT development, will get unveiled at the ICE expo to be held in London in the New Year. This was announced by the gambling software developer IGT. The company’s Senior Vice President in charge of Sales declared that the investments made annually by IGT in evolving gaming solutions are going to have their results displayed in this ICE conference. The Cloud is being promoted as the most recent service solution which will allow operators to grant seamless gaming thrills to its players in all land-based, online, and mobile casinos. This solution will be using secure services for providing operators with the power to supervise games content by using the IGT floor manager.

EUCasino launch

The Group SkillOnNet, which is an online marketing group and casino software firm, has got the license to establish its operations in the Danish online market starting from January 1st, 2012. This company has multiple reputed brands like MegaCasino, EUCasino, PlayMillion Casino, and Casino RedKings. The first of these to be launched will be the EUCasino. The Marketing Director of this company expressed his happiness at the decision to have been chosen as a company equipped with a Danish license. This is particularly satisfying because the company had spent many years in building a plan and strategy to officially market their brands to the people of Denmark. The EU Casino is the first to be launched because it is undeniably the most popular in this country. There are many new games lined up for release which makes it all the more thrilling and exciting for the players.

January 18, 2011

Two Thousand Gambling Domain Names For SALE In 2011!

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The forecasts are not so bright for the gambling industry with many companies still struggling to stay afloat after being hit by the strong recessionary waves. But the picture is not quite so bleak with the business of domain names. This is because casinos rely heavily on the popularity of their brand name to attract traffic as this is a sure-shot way for any new visitor to visit their sites. Domain names like bettingexchange.us, igaming.us, picks.us, and jackpotnews.com are all up for sale by UK company Gambling Invest in an auction during the week following Jan 26, 2011. Purchasers can either develop their own sites with these domain names or employ a Buy-and-Hold strategy to profit by sale in the future.

Any Time Gold Now In Florida!

Any Time Money has just become Any Time Gold as the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida, saw its first ATM dispensing gold in the form of coins and bars. Abu Dhabi and some European countries have already enjoyed the convenience of withdrawing gold at short notice, but this is the first such case in the United States.

The machine, manufactured in Germany, has the technology to incorporate the changing market value of the glittering metal as it recalculates the price at which you can purchase gold every ten minutes. When you insert your credit or debit card, you get to choose the amount and form in which you want to buy gold. The price of the precious metal in the elegant box is inclusive of packaging, certification, and markup.

Gold is a metal that is bought after meticulous scrutiny. It is a treasured commodity, both for its value as well as its beauty. It is likely that people will initially purchase it out of curiosity as it is a new idea. It is also very convenient that you no longer need to wait for store managers and pawn brokers to open shop to sell the metal to you.

A Shower Of Bonuses This Festival Season!

Come New Year’s and casinos are showering bonuses on patrons. A bit of Christmas cheer in the last quarter! The three Euro Partners Casinos, Europa Casino, Titan Casino, and Casino Tropez, are offering 11 percent First Deposit New Year bonus for all new players. They already offer exciting packages by way of other bonuses. Europa Casino and Titan Casino offer 100 percent welcome bonuses, whereas Casino Tropez offers 200 percent bonus on varying numbers of deposits.

Earlier 888.com casino had announced that during the Christmas season it would reward first-time gamblers with a 200 percent welcome bonus as well as 24 Free Spins!

Moody’s Forecast For The Strip More Upbeat!

Recession has forcibly decreased consumer spending in the United States. This has in turn also affected the gambling industry. But Moody’s has revised their earlier forecast of a flat growth rate line to a marginal improvement in the form of one to two percent growth in gaming revenue and two to four percent growth in operators’ profits. The effect of all the cost-cutting moves made in the last couple of years is likely to reflect on the companies’ bottom line now. But the unemployment figures as well as the glut of operators in the market have ensured the single-digit growth rates.

Launch Of Slots Jungle

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The custom online slots are those games which are exclusive to a single casino. Incidentally, this game will not be playable in other casinos powered by the same gaming software provider. These custom slots, as they are referred to, reflect the personality of the particular casino, and this feature makes them even more popular. The Slots Jungle Casino recently launched its very own custom slots called the Slots Jungle. This game uses the deep green jungle as its backdrop which is reminiscent of the casino website. The mascot is the toucan which is also the wild symbol. The toucan appears in the second, third, and fourth reels, and is stacked, which guarantees more payout opportunities. The animations are very realistic. The Slots Jungle game logo is the scatter symbol and resembles the online casino logo. This symbol offers payouts when three or higher come on the reels. The King of the Jungle is the title given to the welcome bonus at this casino. This provides up to $10,000 in cash prize. The lion symbol stands for the highest jackpot with 10,000 coins. Other animal symbols in keeping with the jungle theme are parrots, bears, tigers, gorillas, and elephants. The palm trees are the lowest paying symbols and these can be seen almost everywhere in the online casino. The Slots Jungle has been powered by the software provider Realtime Gaming and offers many features like the free spins rounds and the unique win–win feature. Those who fail to win during the free spin rounds are given compensatory prizes. Along with the regular Realtime Gaming features, there are some other additional features like the Auto Play and two-tier progressive jackpot that can be randomly triggered.

More Android Games Launched by Microgaming

All smart phones and online game software providers now are making a beeline for Android. The largest producer of online games is no doubt Microgaming and this provider continues to enjoy a leading position even where tablets and mobile phone gaming are concerned. It continues to bring out new games regularly, a trend that recently witnessed the release of another eight brilliant games that can be played through tablets and smart phones. These games have started using the “swipe and tap” technology which has made gaming on mobile phones and smart phones a thousand times more thrilling and exciting. There is no use of keyboards here and players can simply swipe and tap through their touch screens to play these games. This new technique is being hailed as a fantastic improvement in mobile gaming technology and something that is bound to win the hearts of both the game operators and the players. The eight new games include many of the regular Microgaming slots which are very popular. Avalon rewinds players back in time of the age of King Arthur; Ladies Night is popular because of its hunky waiters, perfumes and cocktails, and the three ladies appearing on the reels. Breaking the Bank ranks high in popularity too because it offers gold ingots, cash, gold coins, and precious stones. Spring Break is the ideal vacation slots game complete with food and drinks, barbeque, swimming, and tan on the beach. The earlier games on Android were Mermaids Millions, Tomb Raider, Mega Moolah, Blackjack, Roulette, Thunderstruck, and so on.

January 16, 2011

Dates Of World Series Of Poker Declared For 2011

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The dates for the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) have finally been announced. The 42nd annual World Series of Poker is supposed to start its tournament from Tuesday, May 31, 2011. It will run every day until Tuesday, July 19, 2011, with a total schedule of 50 straight days.

The main event has been scheduled to be held on July 7. According to the press release of WSOP, there will be four starting days this year as earlier. The venue for the big event will be Convention Center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, like it has been the usual custom since 2005.

About WSOP

The World Series of Poker is one of the biggest poker events held each year. Being the richest and most prestigious gaming event, it awards millions of dollars in the form of prize money along with a prestigious gold bracelet. The gaming event has earned global recognition and its prize money is supposed to be the top prize in overall poker sporting events.

The tournaments series is all-encompassing and includes major poker variation. It is the only longest running Poker tournament in the world, dating as long back as to the year 1970. In 2010, the event had an overwhelming response of 72,966 participants. These hailed from as many as 117 different countries to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas who also awarded over $187 million in prize money.

WSOP has also secured acclaim in the form of bagging the rank of seventh most admired sports brand in North America by the Turnkey Sports Survey in December, 2008. Besides this, there have been pioneering alliances in broadcasting, digital media, and corporate sponsorships. This occurred while the WSOP expanded the brand internationally, with its advent in 2007 along with the World Series of Poker Europe SM.

Dates And Schedule

As stated earlier, the WSOP Main Event will begin on Thursday, July 7, 2011. This year too it will feature four starting days like previous years. These four days have been scheduled to be held on July 7, July 8, July 9, and July 10.

The WSOP Main Event will be the final tournament of the annual WSOP as it always has been over the years. The conclusion of the final tournament has been scheduled on Tuesday, July 19. The event will be preceded by the final table of nine players. A detailed schedule comprising individual tournaments, dates, times, and buy-ins of The 42nd Annual World Series of Poker will be declared in January.

The main change on the slate is a hard stop time policy for all bracelet events. This means players will play a maximum of ten levels per day. Their chips will be bagged and tagged to return the following day regardless of how many players remain in a tournament.

Win Seats

The WSOP main event has a real lofty price for its ticket, $10,000. No doubt, for being able to play, you have to win and qualify for the seats unless you are ready to shell out so big an amount. There are a number of poker sites that are offering the event seats, some even with air fare and hotel stay and other accompanying prizes.

There are certain kinds of WSOP package prizes being distributed by the sites for its winners. There are also step tournaments where you can benefit because the competition is limited up to six to nine players at one time. There are also WSOP satellite tournaments which award seats for main event.

So, if you are a diehard poker fan who want to be there and do that, it’s time you logged in and started to make your way toward winning the seats at poker sites online.

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