HollywoodPoker.com, a leading online poker room has recently received conditional status from the Remote Gambling License bureau in Gibraltar. The lengthy process to receive accreditation now means the online casino will be able to operate and advertise within the UK. Vista Global Incorporated, the parent company to HollywoodPoker.com has exposed to the public that they are now a “white-label” site and will continue to pursue and infiltrate new markets worldwide, assuming their conditional status transfers to permanent. HollywoodPoker.com is available in eight different languages and the site can be viewed in over a dozen European languages including Dutch, French, [ Read More ]
Archive for May, 2009
This season’s National Hockey League (NHL) Finals got underway on Sunday featuring a rematch of last year’s contest between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Heavily favoured Detroit from the Western Conference beat Pittsburgh from the Eastern Conference by four games to two in the best-of-seven series last season to claim its eleventh Stanley Cup. The defending champions now look certain to maintain their dominance after racing to a two game lead over Pittsburgh after identical three goals to one wins on Saturday and Sunday. The Red Wings defeated a young Chicago Blackhawks team to make it into [ Read More ]
Lion Slots Casino It has been a long time since Rival Gaming powered online casinos have paid a major slot jackpot. That all changed yesterday, however, with one of the biggest jackpots of the year for US friendly casinos.One Million Reels BC is one of the top progressive jackpots on the Rival Gaming network. It will be even more popular after it paid one lucky winner $248,136 yesterday, a jackpot that US players have been waiting for.There has been a stretch at US friendly online casino where one of the only jackpots that was hit was the Caribbean Stud Poker [ Read More ]
Paddy Power, the bookmakers, online casino and online poker room, are well known for being a company for sports fans, by sports fans. As well as their excellent sportsbetting site, their online casino is offering 10% cashback on many online casino games. However, the big news for football fans is that Paddy Power are giving you a chance to watch the Champions’ League final in style this year. For every £10 you spend at the site, you will be entered into a draw to win: •55′ LCD TV with surround sound capability •The ultimate lazy boy reclining chair •£/€1,000 FREE [ Read More ]
May 24 – This year’s edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) title race is now down to the final four teams with the Cleveland Cavaliers now the outright favourite with just about all the major online bookies to win their first championship. The Cavaliers easily defeated the Atlanta Hawks in four games and have squared the series with Orlando. They are now listed at odds of 10/11 with Sportsbook.com (US players welcome) to win the 2009 NBA title. UK bookie Bet365.com lists Cleveland at 2/3 for the title with Bodog.com (US welcome) listing them at 5/6 and Betway.com (no [ Read More ]
A few weeks ago, Microgaming released 4 new slot games for their online casinos and next month, another 4 games will be released. These include 3 video slots and a great new table game. Centre CourtThe Wimbledon championship will take center stage in the tennis world next month so it’s only fitting that Microgaming releases a tennis themed slot game on the 3rd of June. Centre Court is a 5-reel, 9 pay-line tennis themed video slot that is being released in the same month that Wimbledon takes place. A golden trophy is the Wild, the tennis ball is the Scatter [ Read More ]
This season’s race for the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Stanley Cup is now down to the final four teams with the defending champion Detroit Red Wings an enormous favourite to win its twelfth title. An experienced Detroit needed all seven games to get past the Anaheim Ducks in the previous round of this season’s playoffs before beating a young Chicago Blackhawks team by five goals to two in the first game of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday night. The second game of this series takes place tonight from Detroit with the winner of the best-of-seven contest facing either the [ Read More ]
May 21 - Online gambling is not lacking in popularity all over the world, and there is a concerted push around the world to legalize online gambling, and regulate it properly. It therefore came as a surprise this week when the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced that it is turning its back on the industry. RBS announced this week that they will not process online gambling transactions any longer, but that their gambling customers can still remains banking customers if they wish. Many online gambling operators in the UK and Europe will be forced to move their processing to [ Read More ]
With the liberalisation of the French online gambling market now in sight on January 2010, it is clear that the state gambling monopoly Francaise des Jeux is preparing to meet competition head on through a series of agreements and promotional deals. The latest deal, for an online bingo operation through Sweden’s NYX Interactive, follows an announcement a few days ago that the US poker software provider Cyberarts is to provide FdeJ with online poker facilities, probably in free-to-play form initially, but gearing up to full real money action when the market opens. In the NYX deal, an online bingo site [ Read More ]
Major Internet gambling group Sportingbet has signed a three year sponsorship deal with the World Series of Snooker, generating substantial promotional opportunities throughout the world. In terms of the agreement, the Series will now be known as the Sportingbet.com World Series of Snooker, says world champion John Higgins MBE, joint creator and executive director of the Series. “We are delighted to announce Sportingbet.com as our partner for the next three years,” said Higgins. “Both myself and CEO Pat Mooney have been impressed with the enthusiasm and creativity shown by the team at Sportingbet.com. “Like ourselves, they see the growth potential [ Read More ]
