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Digging Deep is the new slot game to have gone live at the Rival Gaming Casinos. True to its title, the game deals with a mining theme where gold is being mined. The introductory chip represents the hyperactive miner. Eventually, he moves to the right of the reels and cheers the payouts earned by the players. The reels are placed within a mine and similar to other slots by Rival Gaming, the player can view the mine in totality because the backgrounds for all the symbols are transparent. So, for every spin, the view of the mine is crystal clear. When the reels remain idle for a prolonged period of time, typically, dripping water sounds can be heard which warns the players that time is running out.

The symbols in the Digging Deep game are the pickaxe, miner’s safety lamp, trolley carts, shovels, hammers and wheelbarrows, gold bucket, and gold nuggets. When these symbols appear in winning combinations, they start getting animated which makes the viewer enjoy this game even more. The game has many special symbols too. The symbol depicting the jackpot pays the player 1000 coins. Free spins are triggered by the gear wheels symbols. Whereas three wheels award five spins, four wheels will give ten free spins and so on. During the free spins round, payout gets tripled. The wild symbol is the miner. The miner expands to take up the entire reel. The expanding wild symbols can only be found on the first, third, and fifth reels. The second screen in this game contains the bonus games. When three and more crate symbols appear on reels, the player can get the option of picking up a crate bonus game. In this, the miner will activate a conveyor belt and the three crates can be viewed on this belt. Every player chooses one of these and gets the bonus credits. After “Pick a Crate” bonus comes, the second bonus entitled “Dig for Coins.” In this, three or more than three gold nuggets will get displayed anywhere on reels and players must click on the purple dirt for digging the mine. As they work inside the mine, they will have to dig deeper and deeper to get the diamonds and gold. There are 20 pay lines in all in this game and players get to wager a maximum of ten coins in each line. The Digging Deep slots are currently available at all online casinos run by Rival Gaming.

Rank Group Gets UK Politician

Rank Group, which is a reputable UK gambling giant, recently announced the introduction of a new member on their board – Sir Richard Needham. Needham had been the longest serving Northern Ireland Minister, and his presence is sure to be welcomed because of his years of experience in the industry. His diverse knowledge about industry and commerce will contribute to the overall development of the Rank Group. Needham had retired from active politics in 1997, and since then, he has been involved with the private sector. The Rank Group is incidentally a leading UK entertainment business with nearly 2.5 million customers. Its casino brand is the Grosvenor Casinos which operates legally in nearly 35 places throughout the UK.

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.

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.