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 ]
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 ]
A Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to more than 3 years in prison and ordered to repay $650,000 that he embezzled to fuel his video poker play at various Las Vegas casinos. Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe had admitted to embezzling parish votive candle, prayer, and gift shop funds for eight years from his northwest Las Vegas parish in order to support his video poker habit, claiming that he suffered from gambling addiction. He’d asked for probation so that he could continue to seek help for his gambling problem and to continue practicing as a priest and pay restitution to St. [ Read More ]
Playtech Looking for Acquisitions? Online casino software provider Playtech has recently announced that it is delaying its scheduled dividend payment to shareholders, but the “bad” news might be anything but as signs point to it being part of a possible acquisition of joint venture that could expand Playtech’s business. The press release from Playtech that discussed the delayed dividend included the following: “Due to exceptional strategic M&A and partnership opportunities which are currently under discussion, in order to retain maximum flexibility, it will defer a decision over the interim dividend.” Chief Financial Officer David Mathewson has also stated that Playtech [ Read More ]
The Minsk-based online gambling software provider Viaden Games has announced the launch of 7 more games to its licensee inventory. 5 feature-rich online slots: Cherry-Go-Round, Dragon’s Tale, Empire’s Glory, Land of Unicorn and Lucky Pirate; a lottery game of Keno and an entertaining Golden Flush video poker join a gaming suite from the company that already includes a variety of poker games, online roulette, fruit machines, card games, and video pokers. A company spokesman revealed this week that the new releases all feature beneficial Scatter, Wild, Expandable Wild and Wild Around symbols, enabling players to increase their win up to [ Read More ]
