Casinomeister warns Online Players
Last week Casinomeister.com, the online gambling information site? issued the warning against an online casino operator. It was a warning for online gamblers about broken promises and ignored communications from the side of some gambling sites.
The most serious complaint was from a gambler who won $33,500 but couldn’t get the winning from BeTheDealer for several months. The casino had promised to pay out the player the winnings via installments but had not followed up with that after having made the first payout. Then the casino had decided to skip another 2 payouts. At the moment the player made a decision to ask for advice and help from the players’ advocate.
First BeTheDealer had not had any wish to discuss the case but then they assured Casinomeister that this player was given “a solution”. They asserted that the mentioned player had accepted this “solution”, and the casino promised to pay out all the rest money within some days.
But they didn’t do this. Once again Casinomeister called BeTheDealer to account and they knew that they had changed a date for the payouts to be made. At the point it seems that they can’t be conclusion to this problem. All the e-mails from Casionmeister.com and the player to the online casino BeTheDealer and to the manager have not received any replies.
So, Casinomester has issued a caution to warn all the players that BeTheDealer does not pay their players after they have accepted the terms of the payout. The casino management has more than once been making and breaking their commitments and the result is that players have not received their payments.
Cryptologic Discussing with Partygaming a New Deal
Cryptologic, the top software developer, has announced that at the moment they are discussing an agreement with ‘another big poker network’, PartyGaming. The two companies are going to pool their online poker businesses together in order to save costs during the current economic crisis. CryptoLogic and PartyGaming are trying to keep their high positions in the online casino gambling industry.
After the news about that this November WPT Enterprises were closing their real money poker site WorldPokerTour.com. Some time ago CryptoLogic also lost the Will Hill license to Playtech. So, it is clear if they want to keep being financially strong any further they should make a new partnership. The deal with PartyGaming must mitigate the blow of WPT shutting and losing the Will Hill.
Online market share of PartyGaming has decreased to 8.5% from 40% over the last two years. The main reason of this abrupt loss is the UIGEA passed in October 2006. The company lost one of its most profitable markets in the USA after they had to close their doors to all American residents.
CryptoLogic is trying to decrease their annual operating expenses by $12 - $15 million. The agreement with PartyGaming is a five-year licensing deal on online casino games.
CryptoLogic is also going to continue their business and management of their investments in Asia, namely in China, Singapore and Korea. They are also providing India-based Khel Galli with online casino games, one of South Asia’s fastest growing gambling companies.
Jim Ryan, CEO at PartyGaming, considers that the agreement with CryptoLogic and the new suite of games they will be able to provide will help improve their own market leading position.
Partnership between Will Hill and Playtech
Recently Will Hill, one of the top UK online casinos, and Cryptologic, the leading online gambling developer, have broken off their relations. And after that Will Hill and Playtech, the biggest world’s provider of online gaming software, have signed a five-year software licence for casino and poker operations.
According to the agreement between Playtech and Will Hill, William Hill Online will be created, a subsidiary that will be controlled and operated by William Hill. Playtech will hold a 29% stake in it. The both companies expect that transaction will require limited up-front cash with capital expenditure, integration costs and transaction costs of about £24 million.
Henry Birch, the former CEO of Leisure and Gaming will lead the new branding. Moreover, without any doubt Playtech has such asset that can bring great knowledge about the online casinos which are powered by the company and its experience having obtained in European marketing as well as its software operations and customer retention. Thus, it is obviously that Will Hill is looking forward to becoming one of the top online casinos, poker and sports betting sites in Europe. Ralph Topping, the current chief executive of William Hill, said that the company would surely become the online leader among the UK casino gambling operators.
The five-year agreement includes an option according to which Playtech can lift its stake entitlement up to 32% if further conditions are reached. Will Hill also can buy the stake of Playtech on an independent fair value price basis after four years.
32Red Gets the eCOGRA Accreditation
The online casino gambling industry is considered as potentially very dangerous if it remains unregulated and without very prominent player advocacy organizations in the industry. And now the ultimate industry’s safety seal goes to online casinos that meet the strictest standards of eCOGRA. eCOGRA has grown over the past few years to meet the online gambling industry demands. The company gives an eCOGRA “Safe and Fair” seal to online gambling sites if they permit the Association to investigate the company policies, the company’s practices and standards, and safeguards to protect gamblers. The “Safe and Fair’ accreditation seal is accepted everywhere in the gambling industry. The accredited site is always honest, reliable, and has notable business experiences.
After the 32Red online casino gambling site had passed the Associations inspection and testing process it was accredited by eCOGRA some time ago. Thus 32Red came out to the higher level with the accreditation. It is a huge success for the gambling site. Though 32Red casino is well established in the gambling industry and has a good reputation for safe and honest transactions, the “Safe and Fair” seal is an ensured way for 32Red to stand out from the hundreds of other online casinos which have no accreditation.
By announcing that 32Red got the accreditation eCOGRA reasserted its policies concerning the constant monitoring of gambling sites with “Safe and Fair” seal. eCOGRA regularly checks these sites to make sure that management has wholly transparent policies concerning the finances, integrity of playing statistics, problem and underage gambling policies in place and lots of other requirements.
GoldenCasino Changes Its Domain Name
Governor of Kentucky, Beshear has caught all the world’s headlines while making his plans to ban online casinos and poker rooms at his state. Kentucky’s Governor has been trying to seize 141 gambling domain names in his state. The state itself supports gambling, it is known as one of the biggest horse race betting states in the US and the state tries also to get land casinos there, but the Governor is absolutely against online gambling, Beshear thinks that online casinos do not pay tax revenues, do not provide jobs for the state. At the point, Kentucky has temporary seized those 141 names.
Reacting to this, Golden Casino, one of the popular online casinos, has moved to a new domain name that is NewGoldenCasino.com now, the site has transferred their software and has fixed their links to the new domain. The event has made the online casino members question what is going on. Some of the members are from Kentucky and the site, like others, has not accepted the state’s players due to the Governor’s actions.
There are a great number of e-mails from players to online gambling information sites. The decision of Golden Casino to move was abruptly, but it is quite understandable. While the result of Kentucky’s request is still pendent, the management decided not to run any risk. The suddenness of the move, though, has made online casino members and the community on the whole wondering whether they were being tricked into going to a false online casino website with viruses and other horrible computer bugs.
However, the site is legitimate and gamblers can go there, no worrying about it.
Rumors Lie
No long ago some rumors that the Mansion gambling group would be leaving the Gibraltar jurisdiction to relocate is online operations somewhere else appeared. However, recent reports state the contrary. According to the Gibraltar publication reports except for a few staff reduction, Mansion is not planning to go anywhere.
It is really good news for Gibraltar, taking into consideration that the online gambling group employs about 150 people in the British territory. And this is, honestly speaking, is good news for Mansion. Gibraltar is among the strictest and most respected online gambling jurisdiction in the world.
There were a great number of the rumors. They said that Mansion was going to move its headquarters to Singapore and Israel. The choice of Singapore seemed rather reasonable since Mansion greatly cater to the Asian gambling market. And taking into account that, in Singapore the tax rate is low, only 8%, this fact could draw any online casino operator.
But, the rumors about Mansion intention to operate out of Israel have been much exaggerated. Israel is quite inimical toward online gambling and in spite of the fact that it has some great excellent technological innovation in the online gambling, Israel couldn’t be ideal for an online gambling company with Mansion’s status.
At the moment Gibraltar has the good news, because some time ago 888 and Party Gaming made some heavy cutbacks in the Gibraltar jurisdiction, and now Mansion can branch out while keeping its position where online gambling regulation is, so it’s the best for the company at the moment.
Online Gambling World Watches Kentucky
The activity of 141 online gambling domains is blocked since the courts in Frankfort, Kentucky listened to Steve Beshear’s arguments against online gambling domains and their operation in the mentioned state. Of course, not only was Beshear who opined in the hearing in the court, online casino gambling community representatives also expressed their opinions on Beshear’s claim to take control over the well-known domain names such as fulltiltpoker.com, pokerstars.com, bodoglife.com, and doylesroom.com
The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative released a statement against Beshear’s actions. They have support from eCOGRA, Baker Tilly, and the Remote Gambling Association, all the organizations that are involved in the licensing and administration of lawful online gambling.
More than that, Ed Leyden, President of the iMEGA, stated that Beshear factually broke the ‘Commerce Clause’ of the Constitution of the United States. The article says that an individual state can’t interfere in interstate commerce or commerce that involves foreign countries. He continued pointing out that the Supreme Court has very clearly expressed its opinion on that issue. iMEGA is among those companies which biased the Federal Government against the questionable online gambling ban.
Judge Wingate said that he needed a week to take into consideration the arguments of both sides before he reaches a verdict that will be on 15 October. At the moment California is considering the issue on permitting legalized online casino gambling based under the UIGEA rules. If Beshear wins, the whole online casino gambling industry will think about the number of states that could follow.
Unfortunately Kentucky players already feel the backlash of the request of their governor. Many of the online gambling sites don’t access their Kentucky members to the sites and accept new members from the state.
888 Adds More Games
At the moment another three of Cryptologic most popular online games can be played at 888 (CasinoOnNet). The two leading gaming companies agreed to collaborate even further, increasing the total licensing deal to 13 casino games.
They have recently added two games of the Marvel Superhero slots - Spider-Man and Fantastic Four, the highly popular “Bejeweled” based on the puzzle game of the same name. Both companies are sure to be happy about the said deal. Cryptologic gets benefit as 888 is one of the biggest online casinos on the net, whereas the players of 888 can get experience playing the hottest online casino games and enjoying the best graphics available.
Sorry to say, but one of the reasons why 888.com and Cryptologic could work together is because they do not accept players from the USA. The unique part of the relationship is that Cryptologic doesn’t solely power CasinoOnNet. 888 operates on a number of software platforms, including their own. The company is supposed to be called a proprietary blend of casino software.
Indeed, 888 Holdings Plc is the British second-largest gaming company. It has several great credentials and is a very big site with large customer service. Without any doubt, the 888 Casino site offered exciting and frequent promotions funny to play, and funny to foresee. 888 is fine for newbie, non-US players. Cryptologic is certainly powered most of online casinos. And now, any with an inclination for 888, “Bejeweled” or Marvel Superhero slots can join 888 and have a great time playing online.
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.
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