Bwin is one of the largest online betting companies in the world. The company has recently announced the addition of side games for its gamblers, specifically Dynamite Media’s Aztec Keno progressive jackpot game (Dynamite is a subsidiary of GTECH G2, a global leader in emerging technologies and gaming systems).

Now, gamblers have got options beyond Bwin’s existing betting platform. And the company has also found out that the side games keep online casino players happy and make them stay in the site longer time.

Every Thrusday evening women can take part in a special Ladies Night promotion run by XoomBingo.com where they can compete for up to $10,000 in cash.

The promotion starts at 8 o’clock and runs until midnight. It features five $2,000 coverall 75-ball games. New players get $20 in vouchers and a 300% matching first deposit bonus in addition to 350 % on all reloads.

To start online gaming experience with XoomBingo.com, players should be depositing customers with the online bingo site accepting eWalletXpress, UseMyBank, 900 Pay, American Express and Ecocard.

Spin Palace online casino offers a variety of competitions throughout the month of January.

Ultimate Poker Contest is the first of the promotions running from January 4 until January 10. Its prize pool amounts to $1,000, of which $300 will go to the player who wagers the most amount, $200 will go to the player who wagers the second most amount, $100 will go to the player who places the most bets and $400 will be shared among 8 randomly selected gamblers. Wagers are taken on a number of video poker games offered at Spin Palace online casino like Aces & Faces, Bonus Poker, Deuces & Joke, Deuces Wild, Double Double Bonus Poker, Double Joker, Jacks or Better and Joker Poker in the 50 hand power poker format.

Bonus Slot Bonanza is the next promotion on the list. Players can wager on Big Kahuna – Snakes & Ladders, Fearless Frederick, Dino Might, Cashville, Skull Duggery, What on Earth, Bob’s Bowling Bonanza, Lucky Charmer and Pharaoh’s Tomb in this promotion. The promotion is scheduled to run from January 11 to January 17. Here, the prize pool is structured similarly as in the previous promotion.

The longest and probably the most exciting promotion called The Progressive Table Party will run from January 4 to January 24. The games involved in this promotion are all progressive jackpot table games including Roulette Royale, Cyberstud Poker, SupaJax Poker, Poker Ride and Jackpot Deuces. The prize pool, here, comes to $2,000. $800 will go to the player who wagers the most amount; $400 will go to the player who wagers the second most amount, $200 will go to the player who places the most bets and $600 will be shared among eight randomly selected players. In addition to that, if a player wins a progressive jackpot worth more than $25,000 on any of the progressive jackpot games, then the casino awards him a jackpot bonus of $1,000.

China’s biggest ever lottery prize has finally been taken home. A winning ticket worth 360 million Yuan ($52.7 million) and announced on October 8, 2009 was bought in Anyang of Henan by a middle-aged man surnamed An. However, it took authorities several weeks to identify the winner.

In China, lottery winners are required to collect money within two month after paying 20% of the amount in taxes. If a winner decides to donate, he/she doesn’t pay tax on the donated money. This time winner decided to donate 10 million Yuan to Henan Charity Federation and 600,000 yuan to Yan Mengmeng – a Henan girl suffering from uremia. So, in view of that, An will have to pay 69.9 million Yuan in taxes instead of 72 million.

This winning is unbelievably huge for an average China’s resident. With the average annual income of about 30,000 Yuan, Chinese residents would have to work more than 9,600 years to earn the equivalent sum of An’s winning.

An is going to maintain his current life style and invest some of the winning into his business.

It has recently become known that You Got Bingo network that powered some gaming sites in the UK and global bingo market is out of business right now. It looks as if the company has not found its recipe for success in the booming online casino bingo gambling industry.

Some industry leaders have contacted the network offering takeover. So, until a new owner takes over the business, all of the online casino bingo gambling rooms have been taken down. At the moment You Got Bingo network are discussing with their potential customers changers that have to take place. However, it is not known yet how they are going to affect the online casino bingo gamblers.

In January Pala Casino Resort and Spa’s poker room is running its regular No Limit Hold’em poker tournaments.  The tournament will be held daily at 11 am and 7 pm, except Saturday, January 30 when Annie Duke will host the $25,000 Annie Duke Free Roll Poker Challenge tournament.

All 11 am tournaments will have a $25 buy-in and a $5 entry fee. Each player will start with $3,000 in chips and there will be a $1,000 guarantee. In addition to that, on Tuesdays, the room will offer a $10 re-buy for $1,500 in chips. The 7 pm Saturday tournaments will have a $65 buy-in and a $10 entry fee. The players will start there with $5,000 in chips and have one optional $15 re-buy purchase of $2,500 in additional chips prior to the fourth blind level. The 7pm tournaments on Sundays will offer a $15 buy-in, a $5 entry fee with an unlimited $5 re-buy for the first three blind levels and a $10 add-on. All the players will start with $1,500 in chips.

For more details about the tournaments, visit the webpage for Pala Casino Resort and Spa’s new poker room.

The Super Bowl Football Championship game is considered one of the largest sporting events of the year in the USA. No wonder, online casinos and bookmakers use this opportunity to build loyal clients and punters.

The game will take place in February. Of course, there is still a lot of time to go, however, the NFL games are fully underway and online casinos and internet betting companies have to watch now to develop odds and bets offered on their sites.

This year is expected to be a bit different, as there is belief that the “old regulars” may not make it to the Championship game. Right now, the odds are on the Saints, the favorite among football fans and analysts.

5 suspects believed to be responsible for illegal online gambling site Internet1×2.com have been arrested in Israel. The site was operated out of a luxury villa in Belize, while the server is based in Estonia.

Two of the arrested turned out to be brothers: Idan and Shai Raviv, the “masterminds” of the operation. They employed dozens of Israelis including female card dealers. Idan is suspected of running the business from England, while his brother, Shai, was performing his duties in Tel Aviv.

Using web cameras, the site card dealers interacted with gamblers in Israel. In addition to that, Internet1×2,com offered gambling on a wide range of sports. Wagers were collected with the use of credit cards and funds went directly into brothers’ bank accounts.

The brothers will be charged with money laundering, a series of tax authority violations as well as the gambling charges.
Despite the fact that the site was operating abroad, the site still catered for Israelis and let Israeli users to gamble, and as a result Idan and Shai could be tried under Israeli law.

There are lots of online sites offering gambling tips and recommendations. Ace Hoyle is the recently launched poker information portal offering a bit of a laugh along with the reviews, warnings, strategies and more. Having an interactive approach, Ace Hoyle encourages visitors to come back.

In the highly competitive online gambling market where sometimes it is so hard to find a unique and fresh approach to collaborative poker information and sharing sites, the site is believed to become a success.

The Fourth Annual awards program is running on Bingo.co.uk. There, gamblers pick the best site from their own favorite online casinos and bingo gaming options. There are several categories up for voting, and, of course, Site of the Year is the most prestigious title.

With a great number of online casinos and gambling sites offered on the market, Which Bingo gaming site has already narrowed the pool down to the 50 hottest and most spoken about internet bingo sites, so that the voting process became easier.
Winners in each category will be announced in January, 2010. Title winners will for sure have a great start in the year to come.