Monthly Archives: September 2008

Look out for Great Online Tournaments

Looking for online casino tournaments, you are more likely to come across slots tournaments, but it doesn’t mean there are no Blackjack, Video Poker and Roulette tournaments.

Thus, e.g. Roulette tournaments are typically offered at UK casinos. The reason for that is the popularity of Roulette in Europe. And the UK-based Cryptologic (Wagerlogic) Software probably has the most online casino licensees hosting some grand roulette tournaments.

Some great roulette tournaments are being held in June. It’s a pity, but U.S. players are not let in. VIP Casino is hosting the European Cup Special with a nominal $20 buy-in. The tournament runs until June 30th. After making the buy-in, each player is allotted $1,000 in free chips to make as much money as possible in thirty minutes at the European Roulette table.

This month, the Cryptologic powered Littlewoods Casino is featuring the daily roulette tournaments. At the end of the day, the highest scoring player wins anywhere from Ј250 to Ј1,000. Beginning June 21, 2008, the Ј250 games have a buy-in of Ј2-Ј5, the Ј500 games have a buy-in of Ј6-Ј10 and the Ј1,000 games have buy-ins of Ј15 and Ј20 (depending on the date of the tournament).

You can also find some great online roulette tournaments at InterCasino.

Exclusive Games to Offer at Online Europa Casino

Online Europa Casino is known to have launched two new video slot games – Wild Spirit and Silent Samurai. Now, the total number of online slot machines at Europa Casino

totals to 52.

The 5-reel, 9-line video slot Wild Life features a Native American theme. There, players are able to enjoy not only high-end graphics, but also the fun bonus round.

During the bonus round players visit a mystical Shaman, and have their fortunes told. While choosing symbols to determine their fate and future, players are rewarded

with prizes. As soon as the magic symbol is chosen, the player gets three extra prizes. In case an evil symbol has been picked up, the bonus round is over and the free

spins begin.

Silent Samurai is a game featuring a bonus round where you have to defend yourself from an army of ninja’s. The more ninja’s you defeat, the more rewards you get.

Silent Samurai possesses a unique feature that allows players to double the amount of their latest win by guessing if the next card in the pack is red or black.

Three West Montgomery Residents Arrested

Justin Franciscotty, his wife Ana and Justin’s sister-in-law Stephanie Uselton, West Montgomery residents, were arrested on June 17, 2008. All of them were charged with second degree money laundering.

The charges came about after an investigation into an illegal online gambling operation. The operation was being run through an illegal website based in Costa Rica (it looks like an offshore gambling operation, but you can’t operate offshore from the U.S.).It was found during the investigation that the trio was receiving large amounts of money through the U.S. Postal Services.

Inside the house, police found some envelopes that came from different parts of the country, and the room set up with several different satellite feeds, to watch the games that were being bet on.

Police confiscated pricey jewelry and three computers that are believed to give more leads into the case.

Two New Online Casinos in the Gaming Environment

The recently launched RedFlushCasino.com and VillaFortuna.com, both offering a variety of themes, feature software from Microgaming.

Red Returns affiliate program featured by RedFlushCasino.com offers commissions of up to 35%. The online casino also offers a full range of player facilities and services, including a matchplay SUB maximized at 100 units in any one of eight currencies and an inventory of over 300 games in both download and Flash formats.

VillaFortuna.com features five European languages, but unfortunately it excludes US-based players from taking part. The site offers a SUB of 100 percent maximised at $154 alongside 21 progressive jackpot slots with a 21 percent matchplay bonus for a limited time.

To say more, this online casino is the latest creation from Microsoft Games Studio and I part of the Grand Prive group of online casinos.

Viva Macau’s Site – the Confluence of East and West

If you are looking for cutting edge technology and superior theme design, quality and service, there is nothing better than Viva Macau’s site ( http://www.vivamacau.com ). Before taking a trip to Macau, first you can live it online there.

With decades of experience, Viva Macau is able to meet Customers’ various gambling needs.

Viva Macau’s Sportsbook offers a range of sports wagering options. So, customers can wager on their favorite events such as international soccer, football, basketball, baseball, boxing, tennis, golf, etc. Besides, customers can choose a wager to their liking: parlays, teasers, If-Wagers and Reverses

Viva Macau’s Poker room is one of the few online poker rooms offering safe playing in the online environment. Its software incorporates a comprehensive set of utilities to reduce fraud and collusion. This year the poker room will feature $1.4 million in freeroll poker tournaments. Moreover, every day players can compete for entry into Aussie Millions, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, and other popular land based events.

Viva Macau’s Casino offers more than 50 different games: slot machines, video poker, keno, blackjack, baccarat, craps, roulette, pai gow poker, Caribbean stud and more. Customers can play there for fun, and moreover, they can play there as often as they like – there is no download or registration required.

Texas Holdem poker basics

Texas Holdem uses community cards revealed in the middle of the poker table and that all players can be used. In addition, each holdem player receives two pocket cards, including hole cards, and combines these cards with the community cards to the best hand of five cards together.

The players get last cards from the “dealer” which have the “dealer button”. In the end of a game wanders the button clockwise to the next player.

Setting blinds in Texas Holdem

Most poker variants begin with a mandatory. This deployment will ensure that the game in motion. Texas Holdem poker is played with two blinds, before dealing the pocket cards to be set. The blinds are the two players to the left of the dealer paid the small blind from the first player to the big blind by the second. The big blind is always the minimum bet at the table and the small blind, half of them. In a bet, each player in turn can:

Bet Translate: money in the pot to pay Making a call with the use of another player’s match Adjust Fold: cards and throw away the chance of losing the pot to win Check: nothing, and the next player to pass (only possible if nobody has) Raise Improve: the use of another player’s raise Re-Raise Again increase: the use of another player again increase.

First round – The pre-flop, dealing the cards

After setting the blinds, the dealer in a clockwise direction to each player is dealt two cards. These two cards called “hole cards” or “pocket cards”.

Then the players decide whether they want to or not. Starting with the player at the position after the big blind sits. In the first round of betting is not allowed to check, only setting, Making, increase or adjust is possible. Each player has the same amount in the pot to pay. When a player increases, the other players must be either once or mitgehen increase or adjust and eliminated from the game.

Second round – The flop

The dealer shall, in the middle of the table three cards – the flop. These three cards are community cards and each player can be used in combination with its two hidden cards.

The still remaining in the game players are starting with the second turn. The first player to the left of the dealer starts. The following actions are possible: Check, setting / Improve, or Adjust To match.

All players must put the same amount into the pot, or fold before the round has ended.

Again, all players have the same amount of money in the pot to pay or adjust. From now on the same rules apply for setting as well as increase.

Third round – The Turn

The dealer now the fourth community card on the table so that all players now six cards are available. This is followed by another round of betting.

Fourth and final round – The River

The fifth and final community card is set up at the table, followed by another round of betting.

The Showdown

Each player can be a total of five of the seven cards. This means that each player is the best five-card hand from his two hole cards and the five community cards on the table form. It is not even their own cards. If the best combination of cards to the community cards on the table, you can also use these cards. The remaining players now cover their cards, and the winner will be determined. If a player has already shown his cards and your hand is worse, so you can decide whether you reveal your cards or not.

William Hill Uses Opportunity for Growth on the Internet

A new online sports betting platform to be launched in November is expected to raise the proportion of William Hill’s gross win coming from Internet gambling by up to 50%.

Getting 20% of its gross win from e-commerce, the company would like it to increase to about 25-30% should the platform be launched.

Intensifying competition and technology problems made the company struggle, implement a major upgrade of its internet betting operation in-house, but they were forced to scrap the project.

Topping, company’s ex-Internet director and now Chief Executive, emphasized his commitment to expanding the online business which, according to his mind, was neglected in the past.

William Hill has already successfully halted the decline in growth at its sportsbook, and currently the company is achieving double digit percentage growth, mainly thanks to the introduction of 30 new games.

Paysafecard – an Innovative Way to Move Funds Online for Gambling

After being granted an e-money license, Paysafecard is ready to expand not only throughout Europe, but also all over the world.

Paysafecard works in the same way as prepaid phone cards and offers lots of advantages to online players such as increased security. Thus, using paysafecard instead of a credit card you keep credit card details private. It’ll help prevent stealing and selling your personal information. Besides, paysafecard serves as your bankroll protector. In addition to these features paysafecard is a cheap, safe and easy-to-use alternative to the players who have no credit cards.

Paysafecards can be bought in 10, 25, 50 and 100 (local currency) values.

Euro Grand Casino, 888 Casino, and 32 Vegas Casino have already taken on this deposit option. Now, it is available in over 105,000 locations in Europe.

Betsson is Ready to Compete with the Monopolies in Iceland

In spite of the fact that gambling is illegal in Iceland, there are several organizations like the Red Cross, SAA and the Icelandic rescue squads that run slot machines on the grounds of having government permission. Moreover, Icelandic laws do not forbid online companies to compete with the monopolies of the government permitted organizations.  And in accordance with these laws and need for competition to increase the benefits of the customers, Betsson is planning to open up a gambling store in Iceland.

Betsson has already started advertising for its online gambling in Icelandic newspapers and on TV. Unfortunately, advertising for gambling is illegal in Iceland. So, the company might have a law suit on their hands.

A Moment of Big Bingo Surprise

An anonymous player at Mecca Bingo is reported to have scooped a prize of £639,000. It is the largest single payout to date.

The win comes just as the Platinum playoff game of the National Bingo began last Sunday. The winner’s prize comes from the Mecca house prize, regional prize, national prize and special Platinum playoff prize.

There is very little information about the winner; however it is known that it is a hospital administrator – a married woman with two children and three grandchildren.

The fact of winning was a moment of big surprise for her and her husband. It took them time to sink in. The husband first thought she’d won £639.  And he was totally knocked down when he realized his mistake.