Monthly Archives: April 2010

White Label Platform for Beast’s Network

The Beast Gaming Group is about to offer a white label poker site to the European market (the final stages of preparation are in the process now).

Beast has been looking for high quality gaming platform for quite a while and has finally found one white label platform designed by Intelimax. The platform allows great flexibility.
Beast Gaming hopes that their existing online casino players will respond well to the new internet poker platform.

Huge Wins at 7Sultans.eu

A Canadian player, known as Francine G, is reported to have taken home a prize over $10,000 courtesy of 7Sultans.eu Cash Splash five-reel progressive jackpot slot game.

Her win followed the luck of another player at 7Sultans.eu who won $20,290 while playing the domain’s Bonus Deuces Wild 10 Play Power Poker game. The site’s Magic Spell slot has also become lucky for another player who took home $11,875.

New Acquisition of Svenska Spell

For a while the Swedish gaming monopoly has been an issue in Europe. Now the problem of safety within online casinos is even more solidified, as Svenska Spel has announced the purchase of Playscan AB, a responsible gaming product using new technologies.

Playscan tool enables online casino players to better monitor their gambling behavior. Gamblers are offered solutions to their gambling problems what helps adjust gambling habits.

In case the software proves to be successful, lots of online casinos and gambling groups will license the software to provide their customers with more safety and make transactions and businesses secure.

Insufficient Funds for Horse Racing Support

Development of online casino and sports betting industry has eventually led to the situation when horse racing industry has hard times to function with outside funding and assistance. The Australian horse racing industry, in particular, doesn’t have enough funds to support the industry and is wondering which sector of the industry is going to step forward with ideas for further funding.

The situation is very stressful, and to address the problem of horse race funding, two conferences have been scheduled. The Australian Racing Conference is one of them, but it seems to be not a solution to the problem, as the online casino industry is under heavy attack in Australia. On the other hand, there is a chance that the Conference will step forward some of the land ambling industries and lend funds to support horse racing.

Rival Tests and Then Launches

Rival Gaming is reported to have launched a new online casino under its name.

The new casino, called Supreme Play, is offering a $22 no deposit bonus for all new players, a welcome bonus of $888 in which one must deposit a certain amount to receive the reward and some other promotions and bonuses offering extra cash. However, only one promotion is offered to each player, and it requires making choice.

Rival offers its players excellent graphics and innovations that pays off in size of popularity of the group.

The new site is claimed to have been tested before to be launched, so it took Rival quite a while to make it one of the best.

Safety And Fair Gambling

Boss Media, a Swedish based gambling and betting group, is the latest gambling group to have been certified by eCOGRA. Certification of Boss Media means safety for the players gambling at the online casinos powered by Boss Media software and the International Poker Network.

Safe and fair gambling experience is a result of several months’ thorough testing and examination of the group. A Seal of Approval by eCOGRA means even a stronger place in the online casino gambling industry for Boss Media, the group that has already been popular with the players.

You Can Win a Trip

A player from StarlightBingo will get a trip to the Caribbean to participate in the 22nd Annual World Championship and Gaming Cruise this fall.
The Bingo Cruise competition is running until August, and its players are able to earn points to be displayed on a leader board.

A player is supposed to get one “cruise mile” for every dollar a player wagers. List should be updated every day except for weekend. The top winner will be determined at the end of August and will be awarded with two seats to the Special Cruise aboard the Carnival Valor. The Cruise starts in Miami on October 31 and is over on November.

The winner’s package includes all shipboard meals, visits to such exotic places as Isla Roatan, Belize, Mexico and Grand Cayman, and also a chance to win a share of $80,000 during the bingo tournament and to enjoy slots and games of Texas Hold’em and blackjack.

Illegal Functioning of Legal Online Casinos

With the World Cup a few months away, South Africa has really been working hard to make sure everything is in place. There has been one overlooked spots so far – online casino gambling industry. All attempts to pass a full and legal online casino gambling market have been stalled, but in view of the upcoming World Cup, no wonder, many online gambling companies don’t won’t to miss out on the betting an gambling action, even if it leads to illegal operations of already legalized in the market online casinos.

The current situation in South Africa cannot but frustrate the gambling world. Initially law abiding online gambling casinos are ready for illegal launch, as nothing has been done to establish their legal presence at the market at the time of the World Cup.

Washington Authorities Shut Down FantasyThunder

A Washington based man who ran the FantasyThunder betting site is reported to be under arrest for operating an illegal online casino betting site. The website has been operating for nearly ten years allowing players to place bets on a variety of games and sports. Unfortunately, this year the website has gone under and has been unable to payout winnings what resulted in the arrest of the man in the charge of the betting site, David B. Watkins.

In spite of the fact that online gambling industry is illegal in the state of Washington, Watkins was operating the online betting site and taking bets from all over the world on a wide variety of sports. Recently, Watkins has notified players that the site is illegal and is to be shut down, and there is no money to either reimburse players or payout winnings.

Players’ complaints have drawn attention of Washington authorities to the illegal betting site. Players are expected to testify against Watkins now.

US Players Still Betting

Nowadays it is not a secret that you can bet almost on anything online. No wonder, sportsbooks have their hands full. This year, lots of bets have been placed on Dancing with the Stars, a popular US TV show that has turned out into an incredible phenomenon over the past several years. Response of the online casino betting industry proves the excitement Dancing with the Stars show raises.

Online casino betting sites are offering odds that are often illegal in the US. Bettors, unless living in Washington State, won’t get any specific penalties. This fact says about a strong desire for regulation in the US market.