Sixth Anniversary of CasinoChoice
These days, number one UK online casino portal and online casino, CasinoChoice.co.uk is celebrating its sixth birthday. This site is more than an internet casino, and that is one of the reasons why it has managed to keep afloat while many sites have been having troubles or have closed their doors after the US banned most of the online gaming sites because of the passing of the notorious UIGEA.
CasinoChoice provides their members with regular land and online casino news, unbiased casino sites reviews and thorough analysis of all the leading online casino suppliers in the UK. They have reviewed 32Red, InterCasino, Betfair, Littlewoods, Coral, and Ladbrokes. Many CasinoChoice members rely on the facts that the site posts about the many available online casinos. The site also covers internet poker and bingo rooms, tells about any current online gaming sites offers, and any current jackpots and payout percentages.
Any time you need information about various casino games available over the web, CasinoChoice has a very detailed list that contains Baccarat, Blackjack, Roulette, Slots, Craps, Sic Bo, and Keno. Here you can find information on the games rules, tips, strategy guides and more, all this can help you to play different games that different online casinos offer. Moreover, all above mentioned can be used when playing the games in brick and mortar casinos.
CasinoChoice finds online casinos, poker and bingo rooms, they test every room and they list only the online gaming sites that are trustworthy and reputable. All the sites that are listed on CasinoChoice are sanctioned under European law.
CryptoLogic Makes an Online Casino Deal With Russia
Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) seem to get into the online casino gambling market. This week CryptoLogic, the software provider, has announced that they have made an exclusive licensing agreement with Kurastica in order to distribute its online gambling software in the country and the commonwealth. Such an agreement with Russia and the countries of the former USSR has been made for the first time.
At the point Kurastica can distribute the online gambling software in Russia and the CIS with this multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement. Several channels are planned to be available to players at the beginning of 2009. According to the president and CEO at CryptoLogic, Brian Hadfield, the company continues expanding to new markets fit into specific needs of a player. The company plans to expand into new markets and be the leading online software company in the world and taking into account their plans to launch more games, they are on the right way to it.
Hadfield said that the CIS is a very challenging market that has a deep-rooted gaming culture, great population and increasing Web economy. And having such a seasoned local partner, CryptoLogic will give players a really exceptional gambling experience. Kurastica is the Russian company, a spin-off of a main global operating company that has experience in the gaming market and operates in the CIS.
Justin Thouin, the vice president at CryptoLogic, says that the penetrating into the CIS is an additional clear demonstration of CryptoLogic’s success in adjusting their software for different customers and different markets.
Results of the Investigation Concerning Ultimate Bet
An independent inquiry concerning the cheating scandals at Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet poker rooms has been completed in accordance with an official statement that the Kahnawake Gaming Commission released. Frank Catania, former New Jersey Gaming Commissioner, conducted the investigation and in the end the mentioned investigation has really answered some main enquiries that the online poker community brought up for some time.
The main thing that people have wanted to know is the names of the perpetrators who were involved in the cheating scandal that had been taking place for 36 months and caused more than $60 million in deceitful poker playing. After everyone had known about the cheating scandals, Kahnawake Gaming Commission answered that a “former employee” was involved in it.
According to the report made by Catania, Russ Hamilton, the former owner of Ultimate Bet and World Series of Poker champion, is in the center of the cheating scandal. Actually the Commission named Hamilton as the “chief perpetrator”. Hamilton is sure not to be the only one engaged, so he must know all about the cheating actions that took place.
Many will be surprised after hearing such news. But, somebody suspected Hamilton to be involved in the Absolute Poker scandal that preceded the Ultimate Bet scandal.
As regards Kahnawake’s answer to the report, they are claiming that all the players who were affected by the scandal will have been fully refunded by 7 November, 2008. Ultimate Bet has already returned $6.1 million to date. Moreover, the Commission demands Ultimate Bet to dismiss any employee who is deemed “unsuitable”. UB must prepare a daily written report to the Commission concerning player activity, submit all software and transaction logs whenever needed and pay out a $1.5 million fine. Otherwise, the company loses its license.
Alea and Mobiclear Provide Defense from Fraud for Online Casinos
Throughout not long internet-based gambling history online casinos have all the time been trying to secure against cheating. At the moment Avea Network has contracted Mobiclear Inc services. Mobiclear Inc owns a rights pending personal identity certification product that has an aim to eradicate credit card cheating and also to prevent gamblers from gaming in illegal jurisdictions.
Alea Network, an operator of online casino sites, was founded in 2005 by a group of international entrepreneurs. Alea operates under Curacao gaming license. The company offers a full gaming suite that has state-of-the-art graphics for sites such as fourkingspoker.com and metropolitanpoker.com and some others. President of Alea, Anders Andersson stated that they have become more and more concerned in respect of the personal information security on the site account. They also wanted to prevent fraud, money laundering and gambling at the illegal jurisdictions. The success of the company is founded mainly on the fact that Alea’s user interface and proprietary software is very light that makes it easy to integrate with any other software.
Real-time ID verification system of Mobiclear will guarantee that online casinos accept only legitimate transactions from legal sources. Stephen P. Cutler, CEO at Mobiclear, said that they were happy to assist Alea with all this and they were confident that Mobiclear could provide the additional security needed and to stop cheating in the beneficial online casino gambling industry.
Alea’s reputation will be increased by the addition of top Personal Identification Verification system of Mobiclear Inc. Their products include solutions to cheating in all kinds of electronic transactions.
PKR Poker Starting Oktoberfest
One of the most famous and attended poker sites, PKR poker is hosting the Oktoberfest celebration. The poker site hosts the Oktoberfest for the second year. The celebration is starting on 17 October, 2008 after PKR’s Super Series and PKR poker is offering participants of the celebration over $260,000 in prizes.
There will be 12 events that will last twelve days on the PKR’s available poker rooms. A PKR Masters and a Tournament of Champions event will crown the celebration. The top ranked players from the Oktoberfest series will gather together at the Tournament of Champions event in order to win $5,000 and the champion title. Neil Wright, card room manager at PKR, says that the last festival was very successful, and it will be larger and better this year. They expect to achieve the largest prize pool ever in the PKR Masters event.
This year the Oktoberfest prize pool is a $260,000 that is nearly twice bigger than the guaranteed prize in the 2007 Oktoberfest. Players will compete in their favorite games for a part of the prize pool. The events are purposely designed to suit players of different skill levels and bankrolls. Moreover, there will be speed and deep stack tournaments that are scattered throughout the Oktoberfest schedule. According to one of PKR’s press releases, there will also be Terminator and bounty tournaments.
Players interested in the event can play in satellite tournaments for all the events. The variety of satellite events is huge, giving everyone a chance to win a seat in the tournament schedule. Furthermore, players will be able to take part in lotteries as an additional way to win a seat in the Oktoberfest.
The First Days of Cherry Red Casino Are a Success
While the UIGEA is being debated about if it is illegal, some online casinos have taken matters into their own hands. The new Cherry Red Casino has been released. Cherry Red Casino is the sister casino of Rushmore Casino. It is built on the same platform as its sister and it has been improved a lot. Moreover, Cherry Red Casino accepts players from different countries including American citizens with open arms.
The design of the website is sophisticated and the graphics are stunning. The new site is decorated in a warm dark red creating a classy feel that appeals to cash gamers and high rollers alike. According to the recent reviews, Cherry Red is beating its sister site in the sophistication department. The website provides its players with online slots, progressive jackpot games with payouts counting in the high six figures in blackjack, craps, roulette, and video poker. The tables resemble real tables in a land casino.
To play at this new casino one must register a cash account and download the software or may play the instant play which does not require download. RTG powers the casino software. Real Time Gaming is among the oldest and highly respected online gambling software developers. There were very few problems since the site launch and it is performing great above expected levels.
The site gives new players the opportunity to earn $777 as free bonus money. It is given to players who have made an initial deposit up to $377. There are terms and conditions applying to the bonuses and the way gamblers are allowed to withdraw their funds. Also there are weekly bonuses, slots promotions and blackjack promotions.
Free Roll Tournaments at Rich Reels Casino
Nowadays, almost every internet casino offers some slots tournament. Regardless of the fact whether it is a weekend tourney or weekday free roll, without any doubt slots tournaments are very popular with gamblers and online casinos do everything possible to accommodate. It is the classic adage of demand and supply. If sufficient number of gamblers expresses interest or we may say “demand”, then the internet casinos will of course follow suit. Moreover, land casino slots tournaments have long been popular with dedicated players.
But taking into consideration endless amount of the online tournaments, it is quite a difficult task to distinguish the most fortunate tournaments of the list. And whereas it is impossible to say what tournament is absolutely the best one, there are a number of tournaments that are distinguishes from the majority. One of the casinos that is in the list of the casinos with the best tournaments is Rich Reels Casino.
Recently Rich Reels has announced its Free Roll Private Tournaments, offering various jackpots. Lots of tournaments last only 5 minutes, whereas others continue for many days. Thus, any player can definitely find a wide range of tournaments to select from with Rich Reels Casino.
As regards the free roll tourneys, they apparently happen round the clock. Every listed tournament has a live countdown timer giving signal when the tournament starts and ends. There is not any entry fee to play. The only money you may have to spend is on “continue coins”, that worth only $2 for a reload.
Rich Reels is powered by Microgaming and audited by the eCOGRA.
New Payment Method from Chili Poker
Online casinos and poker rooms are always seaching for new ways to make easier for their players to play at many sites. One of such ways is to offer multiple e-wallet sites. One of the first online poker sites to offer their players UKashout is Chili Poker. UKashout is a MasterCard endorse prepaid card parented by UKash. UKashOut should make the payouts for players quicker and easier. Of course, Chili Poker members are eager to try out this new payment method.
UKashOut is a state-of-the-art payment method. UKashOut will let players access their funds quickly and easily irrespective of as the funds were deposited on the online account. With UKashOut online poker rooms have no need to issue expensive checks, bank transfers and other more payment methods.
The gaming operators will directly issue the UKashOut card for the players. The players will be able to select the amount of money they want to withdraw from their account and it is credited to the card at once. Then the player can withdraw his money from an ATM or used at any place where MasterCard is accepted all over the world. First Chili Poker will issue their cards for their VIP consumers for free. There are high rollers who play at the online poker site in thirty countries. By adding the UKashOut card to their portfolio, Chili Poker hopes to attract new players and increase the retention ratio of their customer base. The UKashOut cards use the advanced UKash integration system that makes the adoption process simpler. The websites that want to go to this option should just add a technical interface and managed service on the site backside activities.
UKashOut is expected to be used by other online poker sites which are seeking different and more efficient payment methods.
Titan Poker Running the Third European Championship of Online Poker
In November Titan Poker, online casino poker site will host the European Championship of Online Poker for the third time. This year championship is expected to be better and bigger than two preceding years and those who participate in the online tournament get the opportunity to get $4.15 million in guaranteed prizes. The championship is scheduled to last for two weeks.
The Titan Poker ECOOP of 2007 lasted only ten days and guaranteed prize pools was made up of $2.5 million. The winner of the World Championship of Online Poker was ‘wkllkllu’ who won a prize of $220,000 as he took first place in this online poker tournament.
Titan Poker held the second ECOOP this May and it was also ten days long. The poker championship had a range of various poker games and mini-tournaments. The guaranteed prize pool first was $2.5 million and then it grew up to $3.6 million. World’s top online poker gamblers took part in the second ECOOP. ‘Jeanss89’ won the main event; he earned an ECOOP bracelet, one of the popular prizes in the poker world and $415,000.
The third ECOOP will again feature a lot of tournaments for gamblers to get pleasure from while they are competing to earn part of the $4.15 million guaranteed prize pool. A Titan Poker spokesperson said the tournament lasted 14 days thus additional Titan Poker gamblers could ‘show their skill and play to get the sensational reward’. The ECOOP III is scheduled to be held from 24 November through 7December, 2008.
Mac Download Software from Poker Stars
The users of Macintosh computer have always had few download options for internet casinos and poker rooms. But, at present the situation has started to change. So that a higher number of Mac users will be able to gamble online poker rooms such as Poker Stars, the largest one, are charging themselves with developing their own download software bundles compatible with Mac. If you do not know, Poker Stars has launched one of the only Macintosh computer poker rooms on the Web.
Recently the top online poker room has announced that it has finished tweaking its poker software compatible with Mac and that the gamblers in the creative community have already started using their media friendly devices, for example G4/5 and Mac Air notebooks. Though the release took more time than they expected, the end product was worth waiting.
Online poker champion, Bertrand “ElKy” Grospellier said that a Macintosh computer compatible software platform is the thing that the poker community has wanted for some time. When more and more members of the Poker Stars began to ask for Mac compatible software, the team that was responsible for creating original software platform started to act.
Whilst the computer is still the major thing of internet casino software platforms, and it is the means with the help of which Poker Stars gets most of its traffic, there isn’t denying of the popularity of the Macintosh computer especially with the younger generation. We have already mentioned that Poker Stars is the biggest poker room on the internet, with approximately 15 million members. Nobody knows exactly the number of players who own Mac’s, but it is exactly worth having a download poker room compatible with Mac.
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