As so many online gambling operators are fighting for rights to market their products in Western Europe, its rather surprising to find that at least one major online sportsbook is actually threatening to leave the eastern-most portion of the continent. Betfair Sports is threatening to do just that, talking of pulling out of the United Kingdom due to inequality issues among operators.
Computerized blackjack programs are nothing new to us. We’ve been playing these types of games since the 1970’s; online blackjack since the 1990’s. But as is always the case, technological advancements will continue to produce more expedient and true-to-life ways to play blackjack, online and otherwise.
The online poker industry has become fiercely competitive of late, not that it wasn’t always competitive before, but it seems all of the major online poker rooms are vying for licenses in once restricted or isolated territories. The most recent regional penetration comes in the form of a sister site to Party Poker as its parent company, PartyGaming, just received a license to legally operate in Venezuela.
Online bingo heavyweight Tombola Bingo has been steadily working its way up the industry totem pole, but a fresh promotional approach may be just the necessary kick the company needed to realize its full potential among such a competitive UK market.
Euro Palace Casino has barely finished celebrating its grand opening and is already rejoicing over yet another big cash winner. Maria P. won an awesome €28,572.91 playing the classically famous online slots, LotsaLoot.
Club World Group (CWG), a conglomerate of networked, RealTime Gaming online casinos, has recently seen its online slots progressive jackpots rise to an astounding total of more than $5,500,000 across its most popular online slot machines. Four of the progressive slots in question now present a jackpot valued at more than $1 million a piece.
Vegas Technology casinos have been hosting the networks finest slots tournaments for several years running. One of the most popular formats is the famed ‘Slottery Tournaments’, occurring on a weekly basis at online casinos like Caribbean Gold, English Harbour, Super Slots, Go Casino and VIP Slots to name a few.
Online casino players are hitting big wins every single day playing their favorite online slots, online blackjack and online video poker games, just to name a few. One lucky player was doubly blessed with fortune in the last few weeks playing at her favorite online casinos.
As many of you may know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and so many are doing everything they can to not only raise awareness, but also raise funds to help in the fight against breast cancer. The popular online bingo site, Foxy Bingo, has joined in the battle to help in both ways.
According to a BBC report, a judge sentenced Eamonn McGirr to 20 months behind bars after embezzling £330,000 (approximately $500,000 USD) from his employers at Tyrone Tiling Services. Apparently McGirr used, and subsequently lost, the appropriated funds gambling over the internet.
Renowned online casino brand Bodog reported two weeks ago in its Bodog Beat newsletter that one of its players, Vernon S. of Maryland, won a massive $74,246 playing his favorite games. Just one week later, Vernon’s winnings had nearly doubled to a whopping $137,499.
Since the United States government imposed the UIGEA in 2006, land-based casinos have, for the most part, held a strong stance against legalizing any form of online gambling in the US. Four years later, that attitude seems to be turning around as more and more casinos would like to integrate at least online poker into their current commodities.
