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About Paul Greefin

Paul Greefin – was born in 1975 in waterford, Ireland. Being a very creative person, Paul decided to enter the prestigious University of London study art there. In 2001 he graduated and started his career as a writer of articles about modern art for layman. One of his colleagues made him interested in gambling and now Paul is a good poker player dreaming of entering a professional league.

A New Addition at Jackpot City

Jackpot City has announced the newest tournament feature that is sure to appeal to gamblers who love blackjack. The online casino gambling site is offering multiplayer blakcjack tourneys targeted at all levels of blackjack play that will be held regularly on the site.

Other black jack tourneys are still available at Jackpot City, since the new blackjack tourney is only the addition to the list of their regular tourneys, but the addition that won’t disappoint blackjack fans.

In accordance with the latest tournament announcement, online casino gamblers are able to take part I daily freerolls and tourneys with very low entrance fees, but big huge prize money.

Besides, new gamblers at Jackpot City are offered highly competitive signup incentives that should be enough to be headed over to the site and have fun gambling.

Microgaming Enforcing Restrictions

Microgaming is known to be enforcing regiment of their policy to block players residing in some US states (the list of the banned states can be found on U.S. Microgaming Restrictions page) after passing of the UIGEA.

The policy is not new, however not every third-party maketers, affiliates, for Microgaming’s online casino licencees let their customers find it out. Moreover, some players from theses states managed to find ways to gamble at Microgaming sites.

Taking all this and the recent domain name seizure in the State of Kentucky into consideration, Microgaminghas decided to tighten its restricitive measures. Microgaming’s licensees have already started sending emails to affiliates and third parties in which they are advised that any players residing in the restricted sites will be blocked by Microgaming’s sites and their IP blocking service is using a proxy detector to find the players using a proxy to hide their IP address. The pleasant news is that all the players having current balances with an online casino or poker room, will have their balances payed out in full.

People residing in the banned states should also take into consideration that they will be able to register with a Microgaming online casino or poker room and play the “Practice” version of the software for free, but they won’t be able to play for real money.

Are You Fortunate Enough to Play at Mansion Casino

Mansion Casino in addition to their exclusive bonuses and promotions has added a new $50k cash giveaway. From October 8 to December 17 Mansion Casino’s players will be able to participate in the Around the World in 80 Days promotion in which the casino will be giving out $50,000.

As soon as players have toured a certain amount of miles, they may get their weekly rewards. They may get $100, the top 5 may earn as much as $200. Big cash bonuses will amount to $5,000.

Korea – the Next Hotspot for Online Gambling Market

With the possibility that Korean market will be extensively legalized in the coming years, lots of gambling companies are looking for footholds within this market. Korea is supposed to become one of the most extensive and lucrative gaming markets in the world, the market worth an estimated $1.7 billion in 2009.

According to the latest market research approximately 80% of the households in Korea have internet access. The number of online gamers is huge and it is still growing despite the fact that online gambling is not legalized there. There are also lots of cyber cafes where gamblers spend hours playing skill, casual and increasingly multiplayer online role playing games. In fact, unlike Europeans heading to online casinos, Koreans head to gaming portals.

Ireland Might Accept Online Gambling

Usage of online casinos as a source of revenue for the economy is pretty wise. And the generation of new jobs is its important part.

Thus, the Gaming and Leisure Association of Ireland has elaborated a plan regarding casinos in the country. They would very much like to make casinos public, to regulate and legislate them in Ireland.

In accordance with the estimates of the Association, 10,000 jobs could be generated by the gambling industry what is believed to be as high as $68 million annually.

With figures like that, the chances for acceptance of online gambling in the country are pretty high.

The number of Software Development Companies is Growing

No one will doubt the fact that there are lots of vacancies for software development companies in the online casino gambling industry. So, having spent two years in development, forming the games, honing the technology and developing a portfolio of games, Wizard Gaming is known to have received its first licensee. Now, company’s games are available through GoldRockCasino.com.

To start with, GoldRockCasino.com offers Wizard’s 21 video slots titles via download. Some more slots titles and progressive slots that are so popular in the gaming community are to be launched in the nearest future.

Wizard is planning its further development with the extensive offer of a great number of online casino games, slots titles, table games, and perhaps even poker down the line.

Party Gaming Offers Live Dealer Format

In the competitive world of the internet gambling the appearance of new technologies and gaming formats is unavoidable. So, Party Gaming after two years of brand reestablishment and new player base development launched a live dealer format at the site’s casino and poker sites.

The company has been looking for a niche at the European market, and the live dealer agreement of Party Gaming with Evolution gaming will for sure help them achieve their goal.

The fairly new technology, the live dealer format is thought to be a very good means in the intense competition at the European internet gambling market.

The CEO at Party Gaming, Jim Ryan notes: “We believe that live casino will gain us access to players who enjoy and prefer the experience of watching croupiers dealing cards or spinning roulette wheels and calling ‘place your bets’ in real time that’s great, live online gaming entertainment.”

Hunger for the Turkish Lotto Market

Privatization of the state lottery in Turkey has gained a lot of interest all over the world. It has become known that some of the largest gambling companies in the international gambling market such as OPAP, the Greek land and online casino gambling monopoly, and some other would like to place their bids for the position, as the winning company is believed to get high revenues from the Turkish lottery market.

It is already a fact that OPAP has started building a partnership arrangement with a Turkish group. OPAP’s official hope that this partnership will help secure the lotto deal. And the atmosphere seems to be rather positive for OPAP, in spite of the fact that other notable international lotto groups are vying for the job.

New Bingo Rooms to Open

4 new bingo rooms including a 90-ball speed bingo room and a 75-ball pattern bingo room offered by JackpotCity will soon be available for players.

75- and 90-ball bingo rooms are still available. Players can participate in Buy One Get One Free games from Monday to Wednesday between 5pm and 6pm. On Thursdays the prize pools start at $250 and $500 on every half hour. As for Fridays, the prize pool begins at $100 and every hour increases by that much.

The second 90-ball bingo room, called Bob’s Bingo in a Box, is to be open between 12pm and 2 pm every day, and then between 7 pm and 9pm. Tickets start at $0.01. Currently, the jackpot there is worth over $11,000.

Vincent A Hits Massive Jackpot

Another Casino Tropez’s player won E257, 250 by hitting the massive jackpot on the popular 20-line, 5-reel slots game Lotto Madness. The player, who became a winner only after a few hours of playing, is going to spend the money on paying off his mortgage and car purchase.

The lucky player is Vincent A, a government worker from Spain.

Vincent is absolutely amazed with the fact of his winning. No doubt he really demonstrated patience while playing, and here is the reward.

Vincent gave a piece of advice: “I would advise other online players to have patience when playing as luck is always just around the corner”.