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No sure things in gambling

I saw something recently that set off my rant meter. Don’t worry, you’ll get the abbreviated version here. Anyway, I was on the homepage for casino-slotsonline.com and was looking at the chart of the Top Online Casinos. It listed the casinos, their welcome bonus, and payout rate, and then had a download button that said “play & win.” Now, I have nothing against casino-slotsonline.com. It’s a legitimate website. But the “play and win” thing bothers me because it seems to imply that if you play you will win. You might. Here’s the dirty secret, though: you probably won’t. I’m not  [ Read More ]

Bally Buys ChiliGaming B2B Platform

Las Vegas-based slot machine manufacturer Bally Technologies announced last week that it has purchased the business-to-business platform of ChiliGaming, which lets customers offer online casino games, poker, and sportsbetting in both real-money and play chip formats. Bally plans to integrate the ChiliGaming technology into its existing slots and casino management products, giving its casino clients a chance to offer a full range of gambling options to their guests, whether playing online or at a brick-and-mortar casino. In a press release concerning the deal Bally also spoke to other attractive elements of the deal: “Bally Technologies has also obtained an experienced  [ Read More ]

Exclusive Slots Tournament at Europa Casino

GamblingPlanet visitors will have the chance to cash in on an exclusive slots tournament running at Europa Casino from January 23-26, with €1,000 in free prizes handed out to the top finishers. Competing in the contest couldn’t be easier, as you simply have to sign up and deposit at Europa and then play any of its hundreds of slots games — including the Beach Life slots progressive with a jackpot of $7.2 million — and you’ll accumulate leaderboard points based on your play for the tournament standings. Leaderboard standings will be published and updated so you can see exactly where  [ Read More ]

Record Beach Life Jackpot Hit

While one anonymous online slots fan is rejoicing, thousands of others were dejected to log onto their favorite onlne casino to see that the record jackpot at Beach Life slots had been hit over the weekend to the tune of $8,211,488. Beach Life had soared past its previous record high of $4.8 million (which was hit in July 2007) and cracked the $8 million mark for the first time before the jackpot was hit on Sunday, February 12. The winner’s details have yet to be revealed, including which casino powered by Playtech software they were playing at; popular casinos using the  [ Read More ]

Macau and Singapore to Surge Past Vegas

Macau eclipsed the Las Vegas Strip back in 2006 as far as total gambling dollars taken in each year, with Singapore poised by the end of 2011 to surpass the 2010 haul of $5.8 billion the Strip took in. US casinos in Vegas might still the textbook definition of “casino” that most conjure up in their heads — huge mega resorts awash in neon and noisy slots — but more and more the shift of gambling power in the world is heading east to Macau and Singapore. Macau has experienced recod growth in 2011 and is projected for more of  [ Read More ]

Christmas Comes Early for Europa Casino Players

online casino players at Europa Casino get to enjoy an early Christmas with a new promotion that awards cash bonuses each day in December all the way up to January 1. Europa Casino is offering daily casino bonuses that players can claim by making a deposit and collecting up to €25 free every single day beginning December 1. Simply visit the dedicated promotion page on the Europa site and click a different Christmas present under the tree each day. Each time you select a present a different bonus code will be revealed to you, with each code giving players a special  [ Read More ]

World's Largest Casino Already Shrinking?

The Genting Group’s planned $4 billion casino project in Miami — which is designed to be the world’s largest casino — is already running into opposition that could see it shrink in order to gain necessary approvals. Genting announced its planned project six months ago, which would include a 5,200 room resort hotel as well as 800,000 square feet of casino space — more than four times larger than anything in Las Vegas. Miami is looking to add up to three resort style casinos in the area, which are projected to produce as much as $6 billion in gambling revenues each  [ Read More ]

Beach Life at $5 Million

The popular Beach Life progressive slots jackpot has not only reached a record high but it is now past the $5 million mark as well, offering players the chance to become a millionaire five times over with just one spin of the virtual reels. Slots fans at Europa Casino have been trying for months to take down the jackpot but so far it has proven elusive, with the progressive jackpot swelling to record proportions over the last 200 days since it was last hit. The previous record payout for Beach Life was two years ago when a $4,248,572 jackpot was  [ Read More ]

Beach Life Slots Reaches Record Heights

The Beach Life progressive slots jackpot has passed the $4.5 million mark and is now in record territory and closing in on a $5 million jackpot. Slots fans at Europa Casino have been taking aim at Beach Life for months but to no avail, with the progessive jackpot growing into one of the largest online. The previous record payout for Beach Life was two years ago when one lucky players hit a $4,248,572 jackpot but the average jackpot win on the popular slots game is $1.8 million, so it’s now long overdue for a hit. Mega Moolah at All Slots Casino  [ Read More ]

Should the UK do away with the White List?

The Black Friday indictments sent reverberations across the online gambling world. It impacted the industry across the globe, not just in the United States. Since the indictment, the companies involved have come under more scrutiny and as a result, we have learned that Full Tilt Poker wasn’t engaging in the best business practices (to put it lightly). At worst, Full Tilt was running a Ponzi scheme to defraud its customers. At best, they mismanaged their funds and ran out of money to cover what is owed to players. In either case, the customers are kind of out of luck, unless  [ Read More ]