December 6th, 2009 by admin
Do you grow as weary of reading about the US’s ban on offshore online casinos as GambleCraft does? The fact is, the United States government is procrastinating on making a decision about the future of US internet gambling. The UIGEA should have never passed in the first place, it did not have widespread Congressional support, in fact, few even knew that it was added to the must-pass Safe Port Act back in 2006. Despite the fact that it was unethically rammed through into legislation, the US Department of Justice has continued to aggressively pursue any offshore payment processing companies and online casino sites still operating in the US market. Throughout the past year the supporters of a legislated and regulated internet gambling industry have actively hoped that Barney Frank’s UIGEA alternative legislation would find its way into the law before the last Congressional session of the year closed.
Now though, there is less hope as the UIGEA support regulations are pending full effect and this has sparked true controversy, yet again, throughout the global online casino gambling industry. A key factor acting against the implementation of these UIGEA support regulations is the objections from the US’s financial sectors. The UIGEA support regulations will put the bulk of enforcement right on the shoulders of the already over-taxed and crumbling US financial and banking sectors.
The mortgage crisis has barely passed, homes all over the United States are still in foreclosure, the credit card companies are even struggling to stay afloat in the tough economic conditions, and yet the UIGEA supporters are still calling for these flawed support regulations to come into effect so that there are more processes in place to block offshore online casinos and payment processing companies. It’s blatantly too much stress to put on the US financial sector at this point and the pro-UIGEA supporters need to wisen up or risk crumbling the delicately balancing US economic situation.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
The online casino gambling industry may catch a lot of flack from governments all over the world and from a lot of politicians that like to sling mud at the gambling sites for bringing societal ills into innocent communities – but a lot of that is just political maneuvering. There are deeper truths within the internet gambling industry, ones that frequently go overlooked because it’s easier to paint the online casinos as the villains. The name is pretty long, but this internet poker tournament is going toward a good cause and has the vocal support of poker pro Erica Schoenberg. Shoenberg announced her participation in the Online Forum Challenge’s Wolf Mountain Sanctuary Charity Tournament taking place at the beginning of December.
This online casino poker charity gambling tournament is raising needed money and awareness to the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary, which is non-profit specializing in animal rescues. This is the third annual World Sereis of Online Forums and Full Tilt Poker has announced it’s hosting the tournament again this year. Full Tilt is a premiere internet poker gambling site in the global market; as one of the top three largest online casino poker sites, Full Tilt has a lot of influence in the industry and there is money to be made for this worthy charity.
The tournament money will go to the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary while the winning online casino poker player wins a poker cruise of the Mexican Riveria thanks to sponsorship by CardPlayerCruises. The tournament takes place the day of December 5, 2009 and will run throughout the day until a victorious player takes home the top prize.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
We has really been highlighted the influx of social media connections that are cropping up within the online casino gambling industry – and now it’s really becoming evident that the internet gambling sites see the benefit of linking with hugely popular social networking platforms like Facebook. In fact, Facebook’s newest applications for the online casinos is a Poker Rivals app developed by Playfish Limited. This new Facebook application brings the thrilling game of competitive poker to the pages of Facebook, and really allows online poker players to connect with their existing community.
The major online casinos in the global market are very keen on creating interactive and chat-friendly networking for their players within their sites, but Playfish’s application takes the networking to the actual friends that a poker player already has. The company feels that the Poker Rivals game will tap into the untargeted market of Facebook users who, up until now, have really only had Zynga’s (a rival company) application for Texas Hold’em.
The game features exciting nuances like buying virtual yachts with poker winnings or even a bit of bling to impress your friends. In the true nature of Facebook, there is a highly competitive nature to the game where online casino poker players will get a taste of the rich life in this fun-money virtual poker game. The application has already launched into the market and there is already definite interest in the game. Players are able to easily add the application to their Facebook pages and then invite all of their friends to participate in the fun.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
Strategic partnerships and focused expansion are really the name of the game in the online casino gambling industry right now. The gaming sites have increasing levels of competition from other broad gaming sites, as well as the vast number of niche sites that are cropping up and gaining in popularity. As these smaller sites begin to compete for online business, the internet casinos and gaming sites have started to not only take notice, but they are reacting with mergers and acquisitions. Intralot is a Greek based international internet gambling company that recently announced it purchased a 35 percent chare in CyberArts, a US based interactive online gaming platform.
Intralot is specifically looking for ways to expand the company’s online casino gambling interests. And although CyberArts has interests outside of the internet gambling industry, the purchase of such a large stake in the company really provides Intralot with product diversity, they key to success in the dynamic and advancing internet gambling industry.
CyberArts already has some pretty strategic partnership deals in place for specific sectors of the gambling industry, online casinos, internet poker sites, a range of diverse products based in niche markets. The French poker gaming platform for Française des Jeux is just one example of where CyberArts has managed to really create a specific niche in the interactive gaming market. Now that Intralot and CyberArts are linked, both of these companies will jointly release what is expected to be an incredibly advanced online gaming platform that links new technologies with the latest multiplayer functionality on the site to create a whole new style of internet gambling.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
The online casino gambling industry is very quick to tout all of the progressives slots games and other games that offer up the chance to become a millionaire; but there seems to be a gap within the internet bingo industry. Internet bingo sites offer a great time, and they are even greatly increasingly in popularity, but that doesn’t mean that they’re the key place gamblers consider when they want to gamble for millions. But Moon Bingo has really changed the game and stirred up the internet bingo industry; bingo sites may just now have viable ways to compete for business with the online casinos. Moon Bingo announced the Super Millionaire game on the site – a bingo game with an affordable buy-in and a fantastically high potential bingo win.
Moon Bingo is licensed out of Gibraltar and the bingo gambling site operates primarily within the UK market, a market that is heavily competitive for online casinos as well. And as a new promotion on this great new internet bingo site, bingo players have the opportunity to win as much as GBP 10 million. The card buy-ins are a mere GBP 1 each with a minimum purchase of five cards – that means for just GBP 5 you can enter into the Super Millionaire online casino bingo promotion for a shot at the GBP 10 million.
So where’s the catch? Well, it’s not going to be particularly easy for online casino bingo gamblers to reach that golden payout figure. To win the game bingo players have to cover all of the spaces on their bingo card in 32 calls or less. And if you manage to make it in 33 calls? You’re still walking away a multi-millionaire with a cool GBP 2.5 million. The payout structure is tiered from that point downward.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
Multiple language features is pretty much a standard function within the online casino gambling industry. Although this was not always the case, as the internet gambling industry evolves so do the standard industry practices. Internet gambling is a truly global industry since it all takes place via the pervasive platform of the internet. The fairly new 7Sultans.eu is one of many online casinos to announce great multi-language options. In this case, gamblers can access the full contents of the 7Sultans gaming site in any of seven specific languages. This new feature on the site is a perfect opportunity for 7Sultans to better cater to international demographics and better enhance the gaming experience for all of the site’s registered users.
The 7Sultans online casino is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and powered by hugely popular Microgaming software development company. The site operates as a part of the Fortune Lounge Group and offers a full suite of card, casino, and slots games. 7Sultans has really launched aggressively into the international gaming market, there are a lot of online casinos competing after all, and the site also offers extensive promotions and bonuses to new and existing players.
As far as the new multi-language features are concerned, 7Sultans is now fully offered in: English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. More languages will likely be added in the future. And as an extra plus for 7Sultans, as a Microgaming powered online casino, gamblers also have a whole range of options when it comes down to international currencies.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
Microgaming powered online casinos have announced an innovative new slots game that is hitting the international gambling market with fervor and excitement. The new slots game is truly multi-player and will operate on nearly any site operating on Microgaming’s interconnected gambling network. The major online casino gambling sties benefit from huge companies like Microgaming because they are able to offer an enormous global market for group games like multi-player slots, card games, and poker. In this case, the Wheel of Wealth game is expected to really gain popularity quickly in the market as some of the biggest online gambling sties in the world are running Microgaming software.
The game is truly intended to be interactive, and gamblers across all of the online casinos could find themselves in a room on the slots game with each other. The game room for the Wheel of Wealth slots game is set up with six 25-line slot machines with five reels. Players are not obligated to stay in any given room, but if they choose to stay in the room with the other players, they are able to participate in live chat features and a truly interactive aspect to the slots game as it progresses. The new game needs tactics and a good bit of fun to succeed.
The game has already launched and is available at Microgaming powered online casinos like 32Red, Ladbrokes, or the slew of other sites on the market. The chat function is hugely popular on the game because it allows a new level of interconnectedness as the gamblers enjoy the game and takes the entire concept a whole step above what is currently available on so many of the other slots on the market.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
Sun Bingo has announced a new promotion designed to ring in the holiday season. The new Christmas promotion is playing Santa Claus a bit by offering ten lucky players at the online casino bingo gambling site the chance to win some great prizes. The holiday season is really the perfect time of year for internet gamblers to head to their favorite gaming sites – because nearly every single site has some sort of special holiday bonuses and promotional offers. For Sun Bingo.co.uk, the holiday season online promotion is really simple for all gamblers who are actively playing on the site – in fact, most active players will automatically qualify.
Qualifying online casino bingo gamblers wager either GBP2 on bingo gambling or GBP 10 at other games on the Sun Bingo site. That’s it. Once you’ve completed the wagering requirement it comes down to then sending a simple email to the site (emailcomps@sunbingo.co.uk) explaining how they would spend an extra GBP 500 this holiday season. This promotion is truly in the holiday spirit because it gives online casino bingo gamblers the chance to really think of how they could spend their pounds the wisest and what they could use that money for this holiday season.
Sun Bingo is licensed out of Gibraltar, and the online casino bingo gambling promotion runs through Sunday – all qualifying wagers must take place before Sunday. Then, the lucky gamblers should hold their breaths in anticipation and for luck because Sun Bingo will conduct the prize drawing for the ten lucky players Monday evening (London time). This is the first holiday promotion at Sun Bingo and certainly wont be the last.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
A nickel wont get you a lot these days – at least not in the United States. Although there was a time when a nickel could buy a loaf of bread, or a whole pocket full of candy, that is far from the case these days…or is it? The Bingo Gala gambling site announced that one lucky online casino bingo gambler is walking home with more than $1,500 in winnings thanks to a jackpot win on a nickel slots game. Bingo Gala operates for US players (and is one of only a handful of sites willing to make this exception) and has a lot of business despite the fact that the US government has attempted to effectively ban offshore online casinos. The wining player this time is from Michigan and hit the win last month, just before Thanksgiving.
The game is a progressive jackpot on the nickel slots – you don’t always see this type of affordable betting on fun progressives. For the winning player, “mightymopar,” the extra $1,561 will come in very handy this Christmas season as the player uses the winnings to buy some great Christmas presents for his three kids this year. And like so many winning online casino gamblers, there was a lot of incredulity in place when he won – he just couldn’t believe his eyes. Because the slots are a completely chance game, there is no way to manipulate a game in your favor – each time you spin the reel you are taking a shot at chance.
And “mightypor” is mighty glad that he decided to play at the online casinos that night. The nickels jackpot has already been reset and has climbed over the $1,000 mark. It’s highly likely that it will build for another week or more before another payout happens on this progressive slots game. Bingo Gala is a well respected site in the US and international gambling markets, and the bingo site has a couple of stellar promotions on offer right now and running over the next several weeks running up to Christmas.
December 6th, 2009 by admin
The online casino gambling industry has a lot of major names in the business, companies that have a history over the past decade of offering internet gambling services. And while some might not think that there’s a whole lot of more room in the industry for another major player, Harrah’s Entertainment is making a huge launch into the international market with the announcement that Caesars Palace is now accepting players. This is the first of what will likely be several online casinos launching from Harrah’s fairly new Interactive Division. The site specifically operates outside of the US gambling industry and in legal markets around the world. The US market is closed due to US banning legislation, but Harrah’s was not willing to wait any longer for a piece of the market.
Caesars Palace launched just this last month into the European and international market. Right now there are really only two key countries with strong bans against the online casinos, Germany and the US. Caesars will operate in every other country where the game is legal offering up a completely full suite of games. Like and good online casino, Caesars has a slew of the most popular internet gaming choices: slots, roulette, blackjack, craps, baccarat, and other card and poker games.
The new Caesars Palace games have innovative themes – some of which have been done before, but other online casino gaming themes that offer up unique and innovative ideas and images. The site has a complete VIP program with enough comps, promotions and bonuses to content even the most jaded internet gambler. The entire site truly operates with the class and expertise you would expect from the Harrah’s brand.