If you want to cut right to chase, don’t gamble at Golden Casino if you reside in Canada or the U.S. States of Kentucky, Oregon, Missouri, Maryland or Louisiana. Take a look at RTG Casinos instead. That said, here’s the latest news on the U.S. War on Terrorism…oops, I mean online gambling.

While progress to liberalize online gambling in the U.S. appears to be taking place on the federal level, i.e. the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling initiative, certain individual State laws and authorities would seem to have that progress set back. Case in point is the drama that Louisiana State Police is stirring up, now proving to affect more than Louisiana residents, and actually doing more damage than good.

The latest attempt by Louisiana State Police to shut down online casinos consists of using undercover police officers to open real money accounts, ultimately requesting for withdrawals, thereby allowing officials to find money trails and shut down the corresponding bank accounts - of course, after seizing the funds in said bank accounts. Evidently, it’s working too. A recent warrant was issued to allow the seizure of a bank account owned by Atrium Financial Group. According to the warrant issued by US District Judge, Beth Gesner, there was $365,000 in the account - all said to be used for payments of winnings to U.S. online casino account holders.

In the meantime, however, players owed money are left high and dry, for nothing is being done by Louisiana officials to reimburse players. This, in turn, is affecting players from other State’s, who otherwise are not breaking any State laws. In other words, the funds seized are not just used to pay out Louisiana players. This is precisely why some U.S. players have experienced long delays in getting paid out by reputable U.S. facing online casinos. Certain State governments are botching things up.

Understandably, a State such as Louisiana - where anti-online gambling laws are apparently in place - should have the right to enforce such laws. But when such enforcement places residents in more danger than before, attention must be paid to why these laws are really in place. Apparently, they exist to protect residents from the negative connotations associated with gambling, whether online or offline. Never mind the fact that Louisiana has several land-based casinos.

The bottom line is that Louisiana officials are doing more to leave their citizens out to dry than actually protecting them.At this stage in the game, if you’re from Louisiana, don’t even think about gambling at an online casino. If you happen to make it through the application process (which is unlikely to begin with), your State government will take your money anyways. If you think that’s unfair, contact your State representative and express yourself.

Hopefully, all this will serve as a lesson for Golden Casino. Their policy explicitly forbids any citizen from Louisiana to open an account. Even though Louisiana officials besieged Golden Casino with account applications, the majority of which were rejected, one was able to slip through the cracks. It should be clear that online casinos cannot afford to have a single account slip through the cracks anymore. The good news is that while $365,000 is a lot of money, it surely won’t put Golden Casino out of business. A fully licensed and insured online casino regulated in Curacao, Golden Casino has processed millions of dollars in transactions, and continues to be one of the most popular destinations for U.S. players today.

And on that note, players from the following U.S. States should also be weary of opening an online gambling account at not only Golden Casino, but all online casinos doing business in the U.S.: Kentucky, Oregon, Missouri, Maryland and Louisiana.

We told everyone about it at the start of the month, and now that Halloween is just two days away, we’re telling you about it again. The “Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll” is a free roll slot tournament that any member of Hambledon NV’s online casino network (Golden Casino, Online Vegas and Go Casino) can join, including players from the U.S.

A great way to spend Halloween eve, Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll actually begins promptly at 10 am Eastern Standard US time Friday, October 30, 2009, and runs until midnight the same evening. Therefore, if you really want to stake a claim at the leaderboard, you might want to get an early start. Although it only takes a big jackpot win to place first at an online casino slots tournament (just be sure to meet the minimum stake), it is a common strategy to get in as much spins as possible.

Some players will even open multiple accounts at different online casinos networked into the same tournament. Just remember that you can’t open two accounts at the same online casino - even if they are under a different name. It’s just one per household. Otherwise, you could risk having your account closed and all assets frozen. In this case, you could very well open one account at Golden Casino, Go Casino and Online Vegas each.

Since this is a free roll slots tournament, it is free to enter. Doing so will get you a starting balance of $100. Now, for anyone who has never played in an online casino slots free roll tournament, your bankroll cannot be cashed out. The way it works is that the player with the highest balance at the end of the tournament wins the top prize, which is usually a percentage of the prize pool or a guaranteed lump sum. For this tournament, there is $2,666 guaranteed, with the first place winner guaranteed $666.

Remember, it’s a Halloween tournament This is precisely why the “Black Magic” slot machine is the chosen host game for Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll. A twenty payline video slot, Black Magic is a highly entertaining game complete with a spooky bonus round and lots of free spins and winnings multipliers.

Remember, you will likely have to purchase a re-buy if you run out of credits. That is, if you haven’t won a big jackpot and want to build up as much points as possible. For only $1.99, you will receive 100 extra credits, thus allowing you to stay in the game even longer.