English Harbour group online casinos are about to start Summer Slots II. The second leg with a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000 will run from July 1st till July 31st, and 500 players will share this prize pool. The first prize winner will get $60,000, the second prize winner will get $25,000, while the third prize winner will take home $10,000.

To take part in the Summer Slots II, players will have to pay a $10 entry fee, however, players who have taken part in Summer Slots I and have purchased 5 or more re-buys in the first leg, will have their entry for free.

Summer Slots II is also a re-buy tournament ($10 per re-buy) with a maximum 500 re-buys per player.

Summer Slots II will be played on online slots game Shaaark – a fast paced game with a free spins round feature that awards 10 free spins at doubled payouts.

Summer Slots II will be held at all online casinos of the English Harbor group.

Microgaming is reported to be offering at the moment a promotion for the World Cup, referred to as Soccer Fever, at a number of online casinos like Royal Vegas, Platinum Play and 7 Sultans.

Players can participate in the promotion until the end of the World Cup Tournament. Having selected their favorite team, players can get some prizes and credits to play online casino games, including slot games.

During the first week of the promotion, Agent Jane Blonde has been the slot game played for the entire week. 5,000 credits have been offered to players if they have picked the correct team to back. Liquid Gold Slot is going to be the game for the second week with a possibility to win a share of the 5,000 credits and bonus reward points. The third week is qualifications for semi finals at the World Cup, and that week the promotion is said to last for two days when players will be able to play Fortune Finder and get another 5,000 credits. The fourth week tournament will offer 10,000 credits, and those whose team will make it past the 16th round, will even get their prize double.

This coming July, mFortune Mobile Casino is launching an advertising campaign on various satellite channels in which they are offering players a free £5 bonus to play poker, blackjack, European roulette, bingo or any other of their mobile phone casino games. According to the rule, players can keep their winnings, but to take part in it, they nedd to text “FRUITS” to 88088 and then download the software.

mFortune will also be featured as the top advertiser on the Orange mobile internet portal where every customer logging into the mobile internet will be exposed to this gaming brand.

The expected result of the advertising campaign is the increased number of users searching for mFortune online, as well as increased conversion rates and user loyalty.

mFortune’ last campaign that was run in November turned out to be very successful. The upcoming campaign has a huge potential too.

Bingo777.com and BingoFantasy.com, the sites owned by Unimaster Limited which is responsible for Playtech-powered online casinos CityClubCasino.com and CrownEurope.com, are set to close as a result of the global economic crisis.

Unimaster hasn’t officially released any statement regarding the upcoming closure, but it is evident that the sites couldn’t compete in the increased competition present in the online bingo sector. Anyway, now bingo fans have to bingo sites less to enjoy.

VegasPalms.eu site is reported to have undergone a makeover. New navigations will make it easier for players to find and play the games they pick, while a stronger social aspect will allow players to apply any online social interaction command. In addition to that VegsPalms.eu features visual redesign, lots of new information on each available casino game, transaction methods and other important details a play may need and a dedicated member section.

The site belongs to Fortune Lounge Group that is responsible for 12 online casinos including RoyalVegas.eu, DesertDollar.eu and 7Sultans.eu.

The Thai authorities are closely monitoring all of the land and online casino betting activities related to this year’s World Cup. Several centers to track down and stop internet betting rings are set p in Bangkok and other area of the country.

Experts think that approximately one billion dollars from Thailand only will be spent on the World Cup betting. The figure is huge, especially if to take into consideration the fact that betting in Thailand results in one year prison sentence and fines. So far, a small number of bettors have been arrested and it looks as if the Thai government is losing the battle.

Betting on live and ongoing sports matches is absolutely fantastic thanks to the fact that nothing is steady there and everything may suddenly change. That is why online casino betting companies should keep an eye and be ready to switch up the betting odds.

Similar situation happened this year when Mexico’s soccer team won out France in this year’s World Cup. Initially, the odds makers thought France to be the favorite for the win, while Mexico was a weaker shot. As it turned out, French soccer team not only lost several matches, but also failed in the Cup as a team which is even worse. No wonder, online casino odds had to be adjusted.

YouTube is reported to have finally begun publishing related to gaming ads in the UK. Since the acquisition of YouTube by Google in 2006, lots of things changed.

YouTube is to employ the same software it uses to block children from viewing mature-themed videos.

Online gambling freedom advocates in the US are sure that the same system can be used at internet casinos to prevent underage gambling. Their opponents claim that it will be insufficient, however, they cannot explain why the system will fail for online casinos.

Alistair Peckover, 21, a UK young adult has been finally sentenced to two years in prison for hacking crimes and identity theft.

Alistair had been hacking the internet through email accounts and gambling sites for two years before the police managed to track him down. First he got warning from the courts to stop hacking and fraud in exchange for a light, but suspended sentence, however, Alistair failed and is now facing 2-years’ imprisonment.

A Facebook campaign launched last month by BuckyBingo.co.uk in aid of UK charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer has turned out to find a strong support from the gambling community. The company donates one pound to the cancer charity for every player  that signs up as a fan.

The company hopes to raise up to 5,000 pounds through this campaign. The sum is to be added to more than 20,000 that BuckyBingo.co.uk has already donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer.  So far, they have raised 342 pounds.