Game of Chance or Skill?

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The skill versus chance poker debate is still circulating in the world, as the balance of skill and chance in the game is really delicate. On the one hand, poker gambling sites are ready to introduce the game as a mere skill game, and, on the other hand, such interpretation and classification often fall under country’s internet gambling regulation.

Industry professionals are debating too. Thus, Joe Hachem, the most recognizable poker face in Australia, calls the game a sport comparing it to other sports that use a coin toss and where the element of chance cannot be argued away. However, regardless of the side of the coin, a professional player can always outskill his opponent.

Anyway, the debate can become really lengthy. Somehow it resembles the question “Who appeared first: a chicken or an egg?”

Richard Ashby Raises Profile

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The WSOP is well underway this week. There are several bracelet winners already. Thus, Richard Ashby who has been doing pretty well is a bracelet winner for the first time in his life. His winning is over $140,000. So far, Ashby is the third British poker player to have taken a bracelet home.

Over the past year Ashby has been doing incredibly well. He managed to raise his profile among the pros and was upping the land tournament circle in the months preceding this years’ WSOP. Ashby represents Full Tilt online casino poker and is doing much better than anyone could expect.

Big Little Tournament Series Starting

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Now, for only $2.20 FullTiltPoker’s players can take part in the promotion and have a chance to buy-in to a no-limit hold’em tournament with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000.

The Big Little Tournament series begins on July 18 and will take part every other Sunday until October 24. Its winner will get a cash prize of $10,000. The $2.20 buy-in to the tournament can become even less expensive, if you try to win a seat by playing a satellite for only ten cents or ten player points.

Every game is scheduled to start at 12:30pm New York time. 8 games and $800,000 will be paid out in this promotion by FullTiltPoker.com.

Demographics Change at Online Casinos

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The online casino gambling market is constantly growing and developing. No wonder that its demographic pattern changes too.

According to the recent studies, now, a much larger percentage of female, as well as elderly people are enjoying the internet gambling sites as a way to communicate when it is impossible to leave the house. The research demonstrates that 72% of the players are over 40. This information is to be taken really carefully by the casinos so that they could adjust their game topics and themes to the needs of the prevailing demographics.

Another Five Get Licensed in France

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Eventually, the second round of licensing has recently been released by the French government and that means that French players will have five more gambling sites to choose from. The newly licensed in France online casino betting sites are ChiliPoker, FriendBet, PokerStars, LuckyJeux and Party Gaming.

Numerous attempts of the European Commission to make France comply with the EU requirements have finally succeeded. The country has recently launched new gambling regulations. Of course, they are still too far from the ideal, but they are much better than the monopoly that was in place previously.

It is believed that France will initiate another licensing round of sites, but the process will take some time. However, more online casino betting sites will be able to legally operate in France.

Will BP File for Bankruptcy?

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The Problem of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has not been solved yet, and the BP oil company is still struggling. The situation has been going on for such a long time that it is not surprising that some online casinos like Paddy Power are now offering odds on the likelihood that BP will be forced to declare bankruptcy by the end of the year as a result of continuous cleaning of the growing oil spill as well as levied by the US fines for every day that the Deepwater Horizon spill continues.

The US Stock Exchange together with online casinos are sure that BP will hardly come back from this situation and become once again the major US petroleum company.

At the moment online casinos are offering odds on the likelihood that BP will file for bankruptcy. So far the odds are 4-1.

Another Summer Tournament Slots Fans

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English Harbour group online casinos are about to start Summer Slots II. The second leg with a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000 will run from July 1st till July 31st, and 500 players will share this prize pool. The first prize winner will get $60,000, the second prize winner will get $25,000, while the third prize winner will take home $10,000.

To take part in the Summer Slots II, players will have to pay a $10 entry fee, however, players who have taken part in Summer Slots I and have purchased 5 or more re-buys in the first leg, will have their entry for free.

Summer Slots II is also a re-buy tournament ($10 per re-buy) with a maximum 500 re-buys per player.

Summer Slots II will be played on online slots game Shaaark – a fast paced game with a free spins round feature that awards 10 free spins at doubled payouts.

Summer Slots II will be held at all online casinos of the English Harbor group.

Choose Your Favorite Team and Win

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Microgaming is reported to be offering at the moment a promotion for the World Cup, referred to as Soccer Fever, at a number of online casinos like Royal Vegas, Platinum Play and 7 Sultans.

Players can participate in the promotion until the end of the World Cup Tournament. Having selected their favorite team, players can get some prizes and credits to play online casino games, including slot games.

During the first week of the promotion, Agent Jane Blonde has been the slot game played for the entire week. 5,000 credits have been offered to players if they have picked the correct team to back. Liquid Gold Slot is going to be the game for the second week with a possibility to win a share of the 5,000 credits and bonus reward points. The third week is qualifications for semi finals at the World Cup, and that week the promotion is said to last for two days when players will be able to play Fortune Finder and get another 5,000 credits. The fourth week tournament will offer 10,000 credits, and those whose team will make it past the 16th round, will even get their prize double.

mFortune Running Another Campaign

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This coming July, mFortune Mobile Casino is launching an advertising campaign on various satellite channels in which they are offering players a free £5 bonus to play poker, blackjack, European roulette, bingo or any other of their mobile phone casino games. According to the rule, players can keep their winnings, but to take part in it, they nedd to text “FRUITS” to 88088 and then download the software.

mFortune will also be featured as the top advertiser on the Orange mobile internet portal where every customer logging into the mobile internet will be exposed to this gaming brand.

The expected result of the advertising campaign is the increased number of users searching for mFortune online, as well as increased conversion rates and user loyalty.

mFortune’ last campaign that was run in November turned out to be very successful. The upcoming campaign has a huge potential too.

Bingo Sites Failed the Competition

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Bingo777.com and BingoFantasy.com, the sites owned by Unimaster Limited which is responsible for Playtech-powered online casinos CityClubCasino.com and CrownEurope.com, are set to close as a result of the global economic crisis.

Unimaster hasn’t officially released any statement regarding the upcoming closure, but it is evident that the sites couldn’t compete in the increased competition present in the online bingo sector. Anyway, now bingo fans have to bingo sites less to enjoy.