More New Players Win

The results of the recent All Slots Casino $100,000 slots tournament have shown that there is no need to be professional to win as all slots handed out nearly $80,000 in tournament winnings to new players. Even the $50,000 jackpot was handed out to a new player from Norway (Per Magnus S is his screen name). Sheila P won $10,000 playing the one-armed bandits.

Over 1,780 players took part in the competition, and lots of them were new to the scene.  All Slots VP of Player Affairs, David Brickman said that he wouldn’t be surprised if the next $100K tournament will be known as the “tournament of new players”.

The date of the next $100K tournament is still unknown, but now All Slots Casino is offering freerolls to make their players busy.

Did You Buy a Lottery Ticket from a Cincinnati Liquor Store? Check it!

The Georgia State Lottery administrators are waiting for the lucky winner $196 million to step forward. He has not yet come to the fore, bit it is known that the ticket was bought from a Cincinnati liquor store.

The current situation may lead to the number of fraudulent claims, so everyone is looking forward to see a winner of $196 million.

The sum seems to be so big that it’s hard to imagine what you could with it. Share your ideas with us. And if you bought your ticket from a Cincinnati liquor store, you might be a winner…

Interest in Online Gambling by U.S. Citizens is Growing

Despite the UIGEA, there is a growing interest in online casino gambling by U.S. citizens.

The statistics presented by ZD Net shows that growth of online gambling (an interest of 12,592 compared to the previous month of 11,082) follows the growth of interest in the Radio Entertainment field and Gay and Lesbian interests.

According to ZD Net, Google was the top search engine with more than 68% of all search engine traffic. It was followed by Yahoo (18%), MSN (12%), AOL (4%) and Ask.com (2.4%).

Approximately 68% of users click on the first page of search results, what explains the fact that it is competitive to get websites listed in the top search results.

To the mind of ZD Net Web 2.0 will attain $4.6 billion by the year of 2013, so it is clear that the online gambling industry should stay here.

Do You Know the Best Way to the WSOP?

There is an opinion that Bodog qualifying tournaments are the best way to WSOP 2008.

The opinion is based on the fact that Bodog has been guaranteeing 6 x $12,000 main event prize package to the winners of their online tournaments for the last few weeks. The number of players in the games does not matter. Thus, only 66 players took part in the last two Sunday $250 Main Event Semi-final games, but despite this Bodog awarded a seat at the main table to the winner.

It is obvious that Bodog are running some of the tournaments at a loss, but being good to their word helps gain better reputation. And good reputation has been made over the last few years of being one of the most proactive Poker companies.

Spin32Poker.com is new software being recently launched by Spin32 Entertainment

A player will be pleased to find more ways o win at Spin32Poker.com – Bounty Tournaments, a different way to play with Shootout Tournaments, plus the massive Bad Beat Jackpot on specially labeled ring games.

Having eliminated another player in Bounty Tournaments, a player will be rewarded with extra cash. As for the Shootout Tournaments, players will have a nice chance to test their skills there by progressing successfully through several qualifying rounds before the battle in the grand finale. Speaking about the Bad Beat Jackpot, it collects 50c from every pot of selected games thus contributing to the total sum of Jackpot. As soon as the Bad Beat Jackpot is won, every active player at the table will get a portion of the prize money.

There is one more feature to be discussed – Deal It Twice. It “allows two All-In players the option to deal the turn and the river cards twice, giving more chances to hit more outs and to improve their hand”.

Judging the quality of the new features, it is clear that Spin32Poker.com has managed to retain quality.

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Michelle Orpe – a New Poker Star

Michelle Orpe, well known as a presenter on Sky Poker, reached the final table of the European Ladies Poker Championship in London on May 4th. It is another step in her professional poker career.

At stake were a guaranteed Prizepool of $100,000 and a top prize of $30,000.

Lots of experienced professionals took part in the Championship, but even they failed. Michelle was outlasted among others. She cashed at her 2nd sponsored event.

After the event, Michelle fells even more confident, in great shape and ready to take part in new competitions.

The event will be broadcast in six one-hour shows during the late summer on Sky Sports in the UK.

Michelle is thought to be possessing poker skills. They hope she’ll take part in new tournaments, and her star will shine for a long time.

Having Faced Criminal Charges, Barkley Intends to Continue Gambling

It has become known that Charles Barkley, retired NBA star, owes a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas casino. As a result of the failure to repay four $100,000 casino loans received on October 18 and 19, 2007, Barkley has faced criminal charges. He admitted his fault saying that he had let the time lapse.

In case Barkley agrees to the standard district attorney’s office restitution program, he could be granted up to six months to pay the $400,000 plus a 10 percent program fee totaling $40,000. If the case remains unresolved, “as many as four felony theft or four felony bad check charges could be filed. The possible penalty for each theft conviction is 1 to 10 years in state prison. A conviction on a felony bad check charge could carry a one- to four-year term”.

Barkley has been gambling for 20 years, and he makes no secret of it. He is known to have gambled about $10 million over the years. Barkley admits that gambling is a bad habit, but he is not going to give up.

Get Tips to Win Money at the 2008 WSOP

The World Poker Association has announced that a teach-in will take place this year prior to the 2008 WSOP event. The conference will be held at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, on the 28th and 29th of May. The teach-in will be moderated by Mike Caro, poker celebrity.

Lisa Adams (LIPS Tour champion), Ken Adams (Lawyer and well known Poker player) and Francois Montmirel (from the French School of Poker) will give advice and tips on the game.

Hopefully the tech-in will become a regular event in the future.

The Casino Industry in Indiana is not Dead

The owners of Hoosier Park Racing area, state of Indiana, are going to introduce casino operation in addition to their horseracing business. Slot machines are the only way to gamble there. But there are rumors that poker tables and some more traditional games will appear there in the future.

The opening of the new venture is to take place on June 2, but local residents are invited to experience it before the official open.

The new business initiative will create up to 500 new jobs.

Another Casino Affiliate Convention on its Way

Over 1100 delegates and over 600 affiliates took part in the Amsterdam Casino Affiliate Convention last month. Once again the Convention proved to be the largest event in the online gaming industry. Unfortunately, lots of Eastern European affiliates were unable to attend the Convention because of the arduous process to get visas. That is why the next event called the First European Casino Affiliate Convention will be held in Moscow on June 7-8, 2008.

Special information regarding traveling to Moscow is available on the CAC2008 website.

In addition to the Russian market, the second annual Asian affiliate convention will be in Macau, PR China on November 20-21, 2008. The company will also have a conference for affiliates in the online Forex market on July 25-26, 2008 in Las Vegas.