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February 18th, 2008

MicroGaming Progressives

If you like to play slots, you are certainly to play those that propose a progressive jackpot. Having enough luck, you will be assured the big bucks. We are watching Microgaming progressives this month and planning the way to break the bank at their casinos.

Playing Microgaming’s progressive slots, they are at www.jackpotmadness.com, you should remember the following:

First of all, keep in mind that some machines are much “looser” than others. These slots pay out more often, that is the thing an astute player should watch. It’s necessary for you to differentiate games which pay big and ones which pay frequently. Pay attention to either the value of the jackpot or the percentage payout prior to deciding which of the games offers the best chances at making you wealthy.

Advice: it seems that the “Cash Splash” progressive slot is a frequent payer. It is dominant grabber. One more frequent payer is Treasure Nile, having a history of USD100thousand+ wins.

It’s necessary to play “bet max” on most Microgaming games for the progressive qualification. It’s silly to skimp on extra coin when you can get 100 thousand coins. If your budget is tight, remember the random number generator is set to be really random, so it doesn’t matter for the machine whether you put $1 or US$1,000 into a slot.

Advice: Microgaming slot machines are set to pay out in the high ninety percent range, that’s why there were the two thousand winners in 2001.

Microgaming machines have a tendency to grow quite quickly. Sometimes the jackpots double during the night. There are 2 thought schools concerning the most favorable time to bet, one is myth, the other is reality. The first is logical, it’s considered that you are successfully playing against fewer players when the pot is smaller. The second regards to the ideology that betting the equal amount each pull, the jackpot will be larger and the reward ratio will be the better.

Which of these thoughts is fact? It’s true that the larger jackpots propose better risk/reward ratios to the gambler, and the chances to win a smaller pot are constantly the same as to win a big one.


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February 17th, 2008

Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin has postponed a vote in the Dutch….

Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin has postponed a vote in the Dutch senate that would have granted the Netherlands-owned Holland Casino an exclusive, temporary gaming license online. Ballin reasoned that he was concerned that the senate would reject the measure.

Last week Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced plans to prosecute financial institutions and Dutch banks which processed payments headed to gambling sites. Holland Casino hasn’t reported how the postponed vote will affect its plans for developing a website in partnership with Cryptologic Network.


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February 17th, 2008

Jackpot City German and Jackpot City French has been relaunched!

Players will be able to use a totally translated German and French Jackpot City site, download software and play the favourite games in their native language now.

Le site des plus gros Jackpots!

German and French efficiency has hit Jackpot City that gives players a complete casino experience in the chosen language.

Jackpot City in German and French still has the whole set of great rewards and features of its English sister site. Players get pleasure from more than 300 incredible games, free cash back, fantastic promotions and a tempting sign-up offer. And, without a doubt, the service, safety and support is still second-to-none.


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February 17th, 2008

888 Holdings Plc, the British second-biggest gaming company

888 Holdings Plc, the British second-biggest gaming company, reported fourth-quarter sales grew 55 % after more gambling players bet on online casino games and online poker. Sales rose to USD62.8 million from US$40,500,000 a year ago, today the company based in Gibraltar said in a statement. This first quarter of the year “started strongly,” in accordance with 888, the Pacific Poker and Casino On Net brands owner.

The 2006 law banned other countries betting Web sites, and 888 Holdings Plc was cut off from its major market. The previous year was the first full year of the company without having any business in the United States. To keep sales increasing, sports’ betting is being added by 888 to its games array in Europe in the present quarter together with Rank Group Plc, its partner, introducing also wagers on sports and a casino online in Asia.

An analyst at London’s Numis Securities, Richard Carter said “Casino was the star” of the last quarter, that was extremely strong. Carter noted that Numis, having a “buy” rating on 888 Holdings Plc, had estimated USD56 million revenue for this quarter.

There were 4,700,000 registered accounts in 888 at the end of this quarter, from 3,600,000 a previous year. In London the company grew eight pence, or 6.1 %, to 139.5 pence. The shares price 175 pence each in the initial offering to public in September, 2005 and fell 30 % in the next year when the ban was suddenly approved by North American legislators. In 2007 the stock gained 7.2 % but it has lost 1.8 % this year.

Sales from online casino games rose 60 % to USD 35 million in the fourth quarter, whilst revenue of poker gained sixteen % to $21,400,000. Sales from online casino and poker room per active player grew 26 % to USD270. Previous-year revenue leaves out the United States, which bans to take bets for foreign gambling companies.

Gigi Levy, Chief Executive Officer said that was a year of transformation, the results are rather good and they think their strategy is delivering.”


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February 16th, 2008

Beach Life is amusing progressive slot of Vegas Red

Beach Life is amusing progressive slot of Vegas Red. It has a USD1.3 million jackpot that still rising. It is one of nineteen progressive jackpots on the Vegas Red , that hosts more than 100 games online totally.

This slot, a twenty-line Video Slot machine, has brightly images showing the beach and a fine day under the sun. Beach Life also has a Bonus Round and Scatter symbols providing gamblers more odds to get big prizes.

Due to the big prizes progressive jackpots are very popular at casinos. To the jackpot a little percentage of every bet is added. The more gamblers play a progressive online game, the more money is in the common pot. Thus the jackpot is all the time growing till it is won at last. After a winner has the right end result, they’ll win the whole jackpot. At present on Beach Life that stands at more than USD1.3million.


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February 14th, 2008

Today Playtech, the biggest casino and poker software…

Today Playtech, the biggest casino and poker software firm in the world, reported that it was greatly confident about 2008 trading as fourth-quarter revenues jumped considerably. The United Kingdom-based, Israeli-run firm said revenues grew 101 % to $32.7 million (£17,000,000) when the prior financial year’s revenues of the U.S. weren’t included.

Playtech, whose casino and poker software is used by sites such as Blue Square and Bet365, has quickly rebuilt its business with Asian and European online betting sites after the government of the United States effectively prohibited online gaming in October, 2006. Revenues from its core casino software rose to US $22.9 million in the 3 months to the end of December and proceeds from its fast-growing poker software grew to US $9.4 million.

Shares in the firm, that in the last three weeks have risen about 20%, fell 3.8 % to 378 pence in early trading, valuing the business at around £820 million.


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February 13th, 2008

Gambling takes to the skies

Two commercial airliners have been bought by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to serve as private jets for high stakes gambling players from Hong Kong visiting the firm’s two Las Vegas resorts. The airplane will be fitted with high-limit baccarat tables for passengers to play as well as offering a luxury service during the fourteen-hour flight.


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February 12th, 2008

Online Gambling on Both Sides Of Legislative Coin

Without a doubt any politician guesses that gambling is here to stay and is an important issue as the USA is closer to its next election of Presidential. The money amount that has gone into lobbying issues on both sides of the legislative coin is overwhelming, heating up the debate even more. Whereas some political pundits are for legalized online gambling and the revenue money that it could provide states, particularly ones that are short of budgetary deficits, the other side of the political fence is rallying against the dangerous addiction promotion.

The situation when gambling limited to live casinos and slot machines in such places like Las Vegas and Atlantic City was bad enough. With the appearance of Internet gambling and online poker, the discussion has risen to a new level. In favour of regulation are the gambling groups, the greater part of which is the companies that run the gambling websites. They go together with the pro politicians that value the money that is brought in.

On the other side is the anti gambling groups, which occur to include the NBA and NFL. Both have tried to block gambling online, wishing to make sure that their business is kept ‘professional’ and ‘clean’. The NBA paid out a total of US$330thousand to McGuirewoods Consulting to lobby Congress against gambling. It’s worth noting here that either the NBA or NFL is set up in such a structure that in fact promotes gambling.

At present, online gambling players in the US are unable to collect winnings earnings in any type of usable cash. Banks and credit card companies can’t process payments from gambling websites. It is illegal. Congress will have to offer a way to regulate and tax gambling and the money that these website’s customers win if online gambling is legalized.

Whilst the Senate and Congress are eventually the ones that will pass or deny the last decision on online gambling it won’t be paid without the voters’ say. The NBA and NFL pull can overwhelm all as both sides battle to win over the public. They have got the money to lobby the loudest. Last year they spent more money on these anti gambling efforts than any previous year and it is perhaps due to the fact that many more states have legalized gambling online. They only haven’t legalized the way the winners get their money.

It could change very well.


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February 11th, 2008

32Vegas Player gets $2.5 Million Jackpot

A Dutch player won the biggest jackpot ever won at a casino online. 32Vegas gets a new millionaire this week.

Hitting a big jackpot is everyone’s dream, and everybody dreams day and night on what they’d spend the cash. Last week for one lucky 32Vegas player, this dream came true.
Rens S., from the Netherlands, won US$2,500,000 playing online in the biggest jackpot ever. 32Vegas casino is proud to have awarded one of its loyal players with this record-breaking prize.

On February 1, 2008, Rens won the jackpot. Shortly after this 32Vegas caught up with him, he was beaming from his great fortune. On the fortuitous Friday, 08-Feb-2008, Rens had been playing a little bit when he decided to quit and continue the next day when the mega jackpot hit. Rens didn’t believe his eyes, and he had to call his best friend who confirmed his win.
Rens says that he always plays to have fun, but that doesn’t stop him dreaming about the top prize. Only when a 32Vegas representative phoned Rens and proceeded to speak about his amazing luck Rens understood that it was indeed true,. He is not still used to the fact that he is a millionaire now.

So what does Rens plan to do with his millions? The winner wants to buy a new automobile, fix up the house and share his luck with other people. Especially, he is happy that the money will let him to fulfill his dream to open his own art workshop. Rens is fond of painting, and thinks his win will let him to develop his potential.

This isn’t the first time 32Vegas has made somebody a millionaire. Diane B., the last millionaire winner, won over 2 million USD in late 2006.

Log on to 32Vegas online casino for fun casino games, great promotions and top prizes. It in fact does turn a player into millionaires.


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February 10th, 2008

Two Casinos Launched

The two operational venues under a white label deal have launched at
LuckyAcePoker.com and
LuckyAceCasino.com. Casino group 888.com signed it with Kamay Holdings.
It declared that, ‘Kamay with the 888 platform and its marketing techniques will focus on the growing European market’.

Kamay is a little known company. It is supposed to have 271 domains including Chinaloft registered by Gazit Bingaman that is a resource site for antique hunters.


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