The UK: Return of Late Night Poker

The Party Poker Late Night Poker is back and is to be filmed in Cardiff from October 23rd. The tournament will be broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK and Ireland in 2008. Later on it will be internationally distributed. The event is promised to be very popular with the public.

49 players will take part in seven heats that are followed by semi-finals and the final. The buy-in is $5,000. Party poker adds $90,000 to the prize pool.

The winner will take home as much as $125,000.

Andy Black, Roland De Wolfe, Annette Obrestad, and Pascal Perrault all at 20/1 are early favorites.

888.com Launched a Sportsbook in Italy

A new Italian sportsbook belonging to 888.com is reported to have been launched in conjunction with Cogetch.

888.com hinted at its intention to become involved in the Italian market at the annual European Interactive Gaming Congress and Expo (EiG) in Barcelona last month. Cogetch is regarded to be a specialist in the Italian market. So, the choice of 888.com seems to be natural. Their deal is said to last more than one year. According to Gigi Levy, Chief Executive Officer for 888.com, “the Italian sports betting market will be one of the firm’s big areas of focus over the next two years”.

The new sportsbook will be restricted to sports betting with the exclusion of horseracing for the immediate future. Besides, it will offer skill games “with further products added should the Italian regulator allow”.

New WSOP Game on PlayStation 3

The launch of a new game has been recently announced by the WSOP. Battle for the Bracelets is being launched on the PlayStation 3 right in time for the Christmas rush. The game is promised to be very popular with players this year.

Not only poker pros will be able to take part in it. Poker fans will also have a chance to pit their wits against other poker fans as well as top names in the game.

The US players are able to enjoy improved slots including Future Fortunes

The US players are able to enjoy improved slots including Future Fortunes and Hole in Won, graphics and an easier deposit system of the high quality on the new site belonging to tipablog.com

Future Fortunes is a new ‘can’t lose’ five-reel game in which every bonus round spin is a winner. Hole In Won is a 15-line i-slot with a skill-based bonus round. “Other i-slots… add characters, animated scenes and storylines to the experience of playing slot games to make it a three-dimensional adventure”.

The choice of games is really impressive: a dozen video slots, eight three-reel slot games, a blackjack interface with both single and multiple hands, popular video poker variations, baccarat, craps, Caribbean Stud poker, three-card poker, Red Dog and American and European roulette.

It’ll take a player some minutes to download the casino software and open an account. The redesigned site presents a much easier way of getting gambling experience and having fun

Online Bingo Site to Operate for Charities

BigHeartBingo.co.uk is the first and only online bingo site for charities launched by Gaming Ventures.

The revenue of the site will be donated to charities and clubs. Besides, the site contains “the potential for charitable organizations, social and sports clubs to raise cash from supporters when they play at the site”.

Players who visit BigHeartBingo.co.uk are able to play bingo, slots, high-low and video poker, blackjack, scratch cards and roulette. They are also able to bet on horse races via a cell phone through Shouting Duck Casino, sister company. Clicking on the mobile banner a gamer will see a drop-down window asking to insert their cell phone number and pin. As soon as the information is submitted, a WAP push sends the casino games link direct to their cell phone.

With a smoking ban across the UK, online bingo is expected to expand.

As for the BigHeartBingo site itself, their service is claimed to be different from the service provided by other bingo halls and online bingo sites. What makes the difference is the thing that its revenues are shared all over the UK.

Top Ten Places to Gamble

The following list represents top ten places of destination for gamblers.

Number ten on the list is Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos located in Southern New England between New York City and Boston, 30 minutes of each other. They are claimed to be a favorite destination for college-aged gamblers flooding the region annually. You’ll be able to find one of the world’s largest poker rooms in Foxwoods, and world class entertainment and high-end shopping in Mohegan Sun.

The Bahamas are number nine on the list, the islands that are famous all over the world. The resorts located there such the Atlantis, The Westin Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort and the One & Only Ocean Club are attractive not only as gambling spots, but also as bech-themed allure.

The Bahamas are followed by the Bicycle, Commerce, Hollywood Park the Hustler casinos – the major gambling attractions in Los Angeles. There are more than 30 other casinos located along the coast all the way to San Diego.

France is the seventh on the list. Being a wonderful tourist destination with such attractions as the Eiffel Tower, Musee du Louvre, Arc de Triomphe and Cathedrale Notre-Dame, France is regarded to be a wonderful gambling destination. There are more than 450 casinos in the country. The Aviation Club de Paris is considered to be one of the world’s most famous poker rooms due to its exposure on World Poker Tour Broadcasts.

The Mississippi River area, the unofficial birthplace of American gambling, is the next on the gambling list. The immense gambling spirit comes from the casinos lining the Mississippi River coast from Louisiana to Canada.

Lots of famous gamblers come from Australia, home to more than 400 casinos and racetracks. So, Australia is number five on the list. Both the general gambler and the poker player can choose as their places of destination such casinos as the Crown Casino and the Star City Casino located in Sydney.

Cruise ships for gamblers are associated with only one thing – time to gamble. It doesn’t really matter where you are cruising as cruise ships feature some of the best gambling action. So, cruise ships are number 4.

Atlantic City which is the third on the list is the place where such pros as Johnny Chan, Erik Seidel and Phil Ivey made their millions and their marks playing cards at the Taj Mahal and the Borgata. The world’s major gambling brands (Harrah’s, Wynn, Bellagio, Sands) have a large presence in Atlantic City.

Macau has already been called the new Las Vegas. It is becoming bigger than the most famous of gambling destinations. The Venetian Macau, the largest casino in the world by far, has been opened this summer. The size of the casino is really impressive – it is bigger than four American football fields. Macau is number two on our list.

Thanks to the tourism and gambling industries Las Vegas is one of the fastest growing cities in America, and number one on our list. It has become home for mega-casino resorts like the Bellagio, the Wynn, the Sands, Mandalay Bay and dozens of others. Even with Macau quickly becoming the world’s first choice for gambling, there is nothing like Las Vegas having a hotel room and gambling chair for everyone.

Has the UIGEA Changed Anything?

Lots of blogs that have been helping US-based players carry on gambling answer “no”, as millions of Americans are continuing to gamble online. All the major sites are still accepting US players. No one has changed the policy. “It is still legal for US citizens to gamble online, as long as they can fund their account”.

USCasino.blogspot.com and UnitedStatesOfPoker.blogspot.com are known to be instructing American players on how to play online “in the form of help with understanding the law and providing lists on all poker and casino sites still accepting US players”. The two blogs state that it is still possible to have an account up, though it is not so easy.

However, it must be noted, lots of Americans are not sure “whether or not they are liable to be prosecuted”.

A Casino Resort to be Opened in Atlantic City

$5 billion will be spent on a massive casino resort in Atlantic City by MGM Mirage Inc. The luxurious 3,000-romm resort is to be opened in 2012. It will be built on a 72-acre site next to MGM Mirage’s joint venture with Boyd Gaming Corp., the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa.

The resort is promised to have the largest casino floor in Atlantic City. 5,000 slot machines, 200 table games and a poker room will be placed there. Besides, plans also call for a 1,500-seat theater, restaurants, nightclubs, a spa, 500,000 square feet of retail space and a convention center.

The new resort in Atlantic City is expected to attract upscale visitors with entertainment, dining and shopping options as opposed to day-trip gamblers.

Integrity and Reputation of TotalESoft.com Bring the Best Gaming Experience

A new online casino, World-Wide-Win.com, powered by software from TotalESoft.com is announced to be ready for the release by TotalESoft Ltd, casino software company.

The casino will offer more than 100 games including blackjack, craps, multi-line video slots and many other games. New games, as the officials claim, will be added every month. The casino is also proud to have “a whole host of regular and special bonuses, new and improved games and some of the highest progressive jackpots”.

It is promised to be the best gambling experience in the world of the online casino gaming.

The 2008 Pokerstars European Poker Tour Winners

282 of the best players in the world such as Ram Vaswani, Barry Greenstein, 2005 EPT Baden Champion Patrik Antonius, Marcel Luske, Internet mavan Hevad “RainKhan” Khan and WSOP Europe Main Event Champion and rising star Annette Obrestad took part in the Poker Stars European Poker Tour – Baden Euro 8000 Main Event last week. The prize pool was 2,143,200 Euro, while the main winner’s prize was 670,800 Euro.

Anton Alleman was the 8th to finish, and he picked up 60,000 Euro. He was followed by Ted Lawson with Euro 83,600 in prize money. Manfred Hammer was the 6th place winner for Euro 105,000. Thierry van den Berg was busted out in the 5th position with a payday of Euro 132,900. Thomas Fuller was the 5th to leave the table with the paycheck worth Euro 160,820. Vladimir Poleshchuk was the third to finish with a Euro 225,000 payout. Denes Kalo became a runner-up and his payout amounted to Euro 375,000.

Julian Thew picked up the first-place trophy, an entry into the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo, and Euro 670 800.