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About Christopher Cozzone

Christopher Cozzone – was born in 1977 in Florida, USA. At the age of 21 he successfully entered a prestigious Hodges University, Florida, USA and got his Master’s degree in Business Management four years later. Christopher is happily married, has a beautiful wife and two lovely kids. He cannot live without the adrenaline craze of gambling and enjoys speaking and writing articles about professional poker.

Are you in the Mood to Bet? Consider this

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What is one of the strangest, but one of the most popular  pastimes nowadays? Betting on celebrity babies.

Betting companies offer odds on almost everything now: from baby names to break ups, and even jail time. At the moment lots of betting site are taking bets on which celebrity will be the next to announce a pregnancy. Be advised that one of the favorites in the bets is Katy Perry, who is engaged, and is rumored to be or become pregnant soon. Beyonce is with 6-1 odds, Kylie Minogue is the next on the list.

Be Alert

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Online casino gamblers need to be aware of the risks when they download software from the internet.

Symantec, one of the biggest names in computer software security and anti-virus protection, has recently released a notice to consumers saying that fake security software is one of the number one types of cyber crime on the internet right now. Gamblers know that they might be at risk while playing online, but what they don’t realize is that the easiest way to get into your computer is by having you install the software yourself.

Semantec suggests that gamers should make sure that they have a very strong and well known antivirus software running on. Don’t impose yourself to the risk of getting a virus onto the computer by downloading some unknown program.

Two Sites Raise Concerns and Suspicions

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There is quite a bit of concern about two sites powered on the Real Team Gaming platform (Lucky Slots and Cuba Club) that have suddenly gone offline. The online casinos have not released any information.

The situation started with very slow payouts, then a message followed saying that the sites were down and would be back up shortly. So far the online casinos are still down and the management is responding.

The situation is worrisome, as lots of players have their money sitting in both of the sites, and suspicious at the same time, as it doesn’t take longer than 48 hours for an online casino to switch over to a new server.

Rival Tests and Then Launches

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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.

CasinoMeister Attacked

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Recent attacks on the servers housing the popular German information portal CasinoMeister.com are being investigated by the police now.

The German portal was down for a short period of time due to DDos attacks on the site. The attacks didn’t indicate what their primary goal was, however they showed their power by shutting down a major site. Within 24 hours CasinoMeister has managed to recover and has had their weak spots fixed.

The NFL Against Internet Betting

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At the moment there are several groups in the USA that try to do their best so that the controversial UIGEA remained in effect, however there is one group among them that surprises people – it is the National Football league that spends millions of dollars on banning internet gambling. The NFL claims that legalization of online casinos will inevitably result in match fixing and other issues.

It must be noted that in reality the NFL is protecting its own interests and it is all about money. Regulation will not change the process of gambling, but it will give gamblers the opportunity to practice sports betting and wagering at a safe venue.

Who to Get Revenue in California?

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California has become one of the first states in the USA to consider online casinos and online poker in particular as a source of money for the state budget. At the moment the majority of the gambling activity in the state is processed through the tribes, and the prospect of losing some business to the internet poker sites seems to be rising much argument and caution.

Actually, some tribes are supporting legalization of online casinos in the state, while others are against. Of course, they are protecting their own assets and are expecting deep analysis to be done by unbiased outsiders to assess the potential of a Californian online casino gambling industry.

Mastercard Block US Gamblers

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Mastercard is reported to have blocked transactions between US gamblers and foreign offshore companies. To say more, Mastercard is the first of the major processing companies to announce the blocks.

The reason why the 2006 UIGEA as not worked yet is because there ave been no enforcement policies in place to stop the US gamblers from using their US bank accounts to fund their player accounts.

Mastercard’s approach to the situation doesn’t seem to be positive at all what makes internet gambling industry a frontline issue in the US now.

Bet24 Becomes Cruptologic’s First New Licensee of 2010

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Cryptologic, having signed an agreement with Bet24, Scandinavian online gaming company, will license at least ten of its most popular online casino games to Bet24 including branded and non-branded slot games. The games are to be launched in the Games portal of Bet24, of them two are already live – Cubis and Bejeweled, and the remaining games will be launched throughout this year.

Gaming Technology Solutions made Cryptologic games available to Bet24 customers.

Bingo Groups Thank Bad Weather

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Bingo sites are reporting huge increase in the number of players attending the sites, especially after the bad weather. No wonder, internet gambling allows the convenience of choosing when and where you gamble. And when bad weather hits, gamblers stay indoors and turn to online casinos.

Thus, Wink Bingo reported that over the past two weeks 50% more players were choosing their low cost bingo games. The Rank Group saw a 29% increase in the internet players over the same period of time.