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Loyalty Club Points Promotions at Spin Palace

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:28:40 +0000

The majority of Canadian online players has heard about the incredibly popular online casino called Spin Palace. Being powered by one the leading company in the field of online gambling software development, namely Microgaming, it not only offers some of the best games for wagering online, but also hosts amazing competitions, tournaments and wagering contests, not to mention its ever-present welcome bonuses to the deposits of new players. Other online casinos have practically the same options, but the system of rewards based on loyalty points, employed by Spin Palace, is unique in several ways.
Basically, for every 10 Canadian dollars wagered at any game of Spin Palace, a player gets 1 loyalty point, called Club Point. As soon as 1,000 of them are accumulated, they may be redeemed back for C$10 usable to wager again at all of their games. But what is special is that the more Club Points a player accumulates during his or her online gambling career at Spin Palace, the higher VIP Tier place will be granted to that player. This means that reward points will be given out at an increased rate depending on the total amounts of money wagered at the casino. Besides that, every week several games are announced by the Loyalty Club to grant an increased amount of Club Points, some of them giving out as much as three times the regular number of points for the same money wagered. A player can find out about those deals through the Palace Group Newsletter, though some of them will be described below.
First of all, all the new customers of Spin Palace are awarded a bonus of 500 Club Points, so only 500 more of them are left to claim the first loyalty reward. Besides that, all the money wagered on a pre-designated game every Tuesday and Thursday will give out three times the usual reward points. For Tuesday, June 22 this game is Thunderstruck II with tons of innovative features and amazing graphics based on Scandinavian mythology. On the 24th and the 29th of the month the same deal is good for the slot games of Queen of the Jungle and Lady in Red respectively.
Another great promotion of Spin Palace featuring Club Points is offered for the Mega Spin slots. These unique Microgaming creations will award double the regular amount of loyalty points until the end of the month. They are called Mega Spin slots because a player can actually choose the number of slot machines he or she would like to play simultaneously on the same screen. The slots have been created to be as simple as possible, so that a player is not distracted from the excitement of several sets of reels spinning at the same time. Among these Mega Spin one-armed bandits are such games as High 5, Double Magic and Fantastic 7s.

Norwegian Gamblers Welcome Neteller

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:16:18 +0000

The issue of online gambling prohibition in the USA is far from being closed with the UIGEA coming into full effect on June 1. A lot of legislators, internet casino operators and fans of online poker are sure to work hard either to officially limit or even cancel the act, or to find different ways to bypass it. In Norway, just like in the States, the responsibility of killing off domestic internet gambling sites is put on the banking system. Starting on the same date of June 1 when the official Payment Act of Norwegian parliament comes into effect, any bank in Norway must cancel all the transactions of its customers to and from internet sites that offer gambling or bookmaking services. This means that banks will lose a share of their profits, while also having to devote more resources to the control of customers’ accounts.
But, as we know, nature abhors a vacuum and if there is a demand there will sooner or later be a supply. On the one hand, we have a multitude of people willing to have some fun or maybe earn some money while gambling online. On the other hand, we have all those modern technologies of instant information travelling worldwide. The result is that a supply comes handy even before the demand arises; especially considering the huge number of active individuals seeking to exploit any opportunity there is to get rich. These are the most important reasons of the futility of any prohibiting governmental actions in modern democratic countries. And it is beautifully illustrated by the current story of the Norwegian ban of any gambling transactions for the banks. Even before the Payment Act came into effect, the most well-known provider of alternative payment methods called Neteller has launched an incredibly efficient advertising program, including online newsletters and internet commercials, where Norwegian customers are advised to use the safe and secure eWallet for all their gambling needs, as it is in no way controlled by either the government or the banks. Every gambler may keep on betting, but the process became just one step more complicated. Now the money has to be first transferred from a banking account to a player’s Neteller eWallet or deposited at the more popular stores through the Ukash system, and then the winnings may be easily credited back to a bank from eWallet or cashed immediately at their numerous locations.
This is the only possible outcome of a government’s ill-conceived decision. People get smarter, new millionaires appear among those who first devise a working scheme to get over a prohibition and generally the trust of a nation in the ruling class decreases even more. But on the other hand it all might be just a clever tactics of Norwegian politicians, who should be not less than their American colleagues concerned with all the power in the hands of the world banking system. In this case the prohibition of gambling transactions seems only natural, as it would promote the development of alternative ways of transferring money worldwide. This will of course generate substantial income for companies like Neteller, but at the same time it will give the people more options as how to control their cash flow, making the citizens a bit wiser in the money matters.

The Cornerstones of Casino Success

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:17:59 +0000

With all the stories around of huge casino winnings that change lives and make millionaires out of simple folk, one might wonder how casinos manage to remain afloat. The fact that casino operators generally get incredibly wealthy and the very look of gambling places that use bright neon lights, luxurious furniture and hire expensive staff including numerous security officers with costly equipment don’t answer the question, showing just the results of gambling business.
The cornerstones of casino success are the smart exploitation of human weaknesses and the understanding of objective laws of statistics. When a person is put in a situation of risk, which is basically every moment of playing a game of chance for hard-earned money, it is usually unwise to expect rational behavior or determined reasoning from an average gambler. Emotions take over and sound decisions are hard to come across. Illogical thinking is usually facilitated at a casino by offering free drinks, covering all windows with non-transparent curtains and using very expensive-looking design of rooms and furniture. It makes the gambler dizzy, unable to discern day from night and greedy for all the riches he or she might win. On a rare occasion that a player wins a lot, a whole neighborhood will know about it, his or her face will even appear in a newspaper, promoting casinos and spreading the reputation of gambling as a great way to improve one’s financial situation. While in the majority of cases a player loses and keeps from telling anyone about it, to the point of forgetting about the losses altogether. An unlucky gambler would just say that he or she had a great time at a casino without mentioning any downsides, because after all nobody likes to look like a failure.
Casino operators, unlike the majority of gamblers, are closely familiar with basic laws of statistics. One of them, called the central limit theorem, says that while a single number drawn from a pool of random numbers with finite variance is really random, in the case of many such draws the independent identically distributed numbers will approach a normally distributed random variable. If it may sound too scientific, the explanation is rather simple. One person making one bet is either winning or losing. One person making a lot of bets is certainly loosing. Many people making one bet are also losing. And many people making a lot of bets are making casino operators filthy rich. A casino has an edge over a player at any of its games. Each game has a different casino advantage and pays out accordingly to the chances of winning, though it would have been really foolish of the casino owners to install the tables or slots that don’t make profit, especially considering the cost of rent at the more prestigious casino sites.
The chances of winning at any game are carefully calculated by the owners. Well, not the owners to be precise, but their specially trained personnel. The higher are the chances of a player’s loss the bigger prize is promised in case of winning. The ultimate representation of house edge at a casino is the game of roulette. While half of its numbers are red and the other half are black, a player never has an equal 50/50 opportunity of winning because there is always a zero. If you bet a $100 on red and you win, you will get an extra $100, but the chances of winning on a single-zero European roulette are close to 48% because of that clearly visible zero. Just like with the house edge, an average gambler just tries to ignore it, because after all 2.7% of house edge doesn’t look like a lot. In the long run, however, a casino is taking $2.7 dollars out of every hundred you bet, no matter whether you lose or win at the moment. And you may be sure that casino operators will do everything to please you, because they want you to stay and wager as many times as possible to make the central limit theorem work to the greatest extent.

eCOGRA Presents Remade Website

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:55:42 +0000

One of the most prominent internet casino service regulators, eCOGRA, which stands for Commerce Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance, has created a new design for its website. The graphics became much more up to date, to the point of getting visual delight by simply looking at those modern white and blue panels. The home page demonstrates cards and casino chips bursting with high definition colors. But visual effects are far from everything that has changed on the website of the leading online casino safety testers.
Having started as a side project of Microgaming, eCOGRA managed to retain its independence and win the trust of internet casino operators, as well as the respect of an average gambler. The Safe & Fair Seal of eCOGRA is a hallmark of security that is present at the majority of the most reputed gambling websites. Besides that, the company has introduced a number of new services during the 7 years of its functioning. Among them are such offers as the Reputable Portals Seal, the current reviews of casino payouts and random number generators, the Seals of Certified Software, Reputable Portals, Affiliate Trust and the services of an accredited testing agency.
All these numerous services and offers are supplied by the highly experienced personnel of eCOGRA. It employs a number of professional auditors, experts on informational technologies and chartered accountants dedicated to providing flawless service to all the numerous clients of the company. The new remade website features the portfolios of some of the key employees as well as the credentials of its directors. There are four leaders in charge of eCOGRA, bound at controlling its everyday operation and capable of awarding this or that website with one of their seals that so many gamblers trust. One of these chief executives Andrew Beveridge has commented on the changes of eCOGRA’s website by pointing out to the new offer provided by the company. From now on, every player dissatisfied with the services of a casino protected by one of eCOGRA’s Seals of quality can get a much more easy access to the company’s mediation assistance. Its Fair Gaming Advocate is working for the best of a layman gambler.
As the industry of online gambling grows with each day, so do the protective capabilities of licensing companies and independent testers. The current remake of eCOGRA’s website is the second in its history of dedicated assistance and safety provision. The navigation has also become much easier, giving all the clients of the company a better access to its services. As the value of information is constantly increasing in our high-tech world, eCOGRA is willing to provide all who register at its website with up to date news of the gambling world, including free e-mail newsletters, press releases and bulletins with all the most important offers and innovations of its client online casinos.

Jim McDermott’s Bill for Online Gambling Scheduled for May 19, 20

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 11:57:08 +0000

Jim McDermott, who is one of the most active politicians when it comes to online gambling legalization in the US, has proposed an addition to the famous bill of Barney Frank, which is legally known as HR2267. The Washington representative offered a companion bill, that doesn’t deal with the matter of legalization itself, but instead recommends using the possible tax revenue from internet gambling for funding child care programs of the government.
HR4976, better known to the public as the Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act, was introduced by Jim McDermott in the House of Representatives less than two months ago and in spite of the fact that it has just 3 co-sponsors, will soon face a hearing on the 19th and 20th of May. At the same time, the HR2267 of Barney Frank that has more than 60 co-sponsors and preceded the bill of Jim McDermott by more than a year is still waiting for a hearing that hasn’t been finally scheduled yet, being postponed now and then. The reason might be that Frank’s bill is in the House Financial Services Committee, which has currently been quite busy with more pressing economical issues because of the economical crisis, while HR4976 fell under the jurisdiction of the House Ways and Means Committee. Because of the fact that HWMC representatives are less than enough acquainted with the online gambling issue, a number of legalization supporting parties try to spread among them all the necessary information. The executive director of the Poker Players Alliance has admitted spending a lot of time to enlighten as many committee members as possible about the most pressing matters of the question.
On May 19 and May 20 the legislators will have to figure out whether the possible tax income from online gambling is as high as it’s currently thought. Depending on these estimations, they will understand which social programs of the government might be sponsored by the tax revenue from internet casinos on a constant basis. The fact that the HR4976 bill has also been mistakenly sent to the House Education and Labor Committee proves that the majority of politicians take the matter of legalization less seriously than it deserves. That is why such issues as online customer protection and the correlation between problem gambling and online casinos development must also be discussed on the session without exclusively focusing on the taxation benefits.

Roxy Palace offers Double Loyalty Points

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:23:26 +0000

While players from all over the world already enjoy the amazing offers and deals at Roxy Palace online casino, their website keeps inventing new ways to better satisfy the customers. That’s why it is not surprising that a lot of gamblers become loyal clients of Roxy Palace. To promote customer devotion the casino has a special rewards system called Players Club. The system is based on reward points which may be used for betting at any of the multitude of their games. They are automatically credited to a player’s bonus account when he or she is placing a bet at a game of Roxy Palace casino. Every 10 credits wagered offer 1 Players Club point, though different games have different contribution rate. For example, all the online video slots will have a 100% contribution, as well as keno and American roulette, while most of the table games contribute only 10% of reward points. In between them is a 50% contribution category, which includes such games as Sic Bo and all the roulettes except for the American.
To draw a still larger amount of customers to their website, Roxy Palace is offering a unique promotion based on the Players Club loyalty points. During the three days starting with the 13th of April and finishing on the 15th of April all the bonus points awarded for some of the pre-designated games will be doubled. The games fall into various categories, so every player is sure to be satisfied, no matter what kind of online gambling entertainment he or she prefers. The promo is aimed at giving the gamblers a better reason to try some of the more rewarding games of their category of choice.
Among the video slot machines such immensely popular games as Hellboy, Alaskan Fishing, Adventure Palace, Summertime and Pure Platinum were chosen to grant double Players Club points. Their themes and options are so various that every player is sure to find something to his liking. While Alaskan Fishing is set on the background of snow-covered sloped and features a unique bonus game on a separate screen with fishing for variously sized coin prizes in a frozen river, the Summertime slot will suit the more casual gamblers, being a variation of a classical fruit machine slot. And what place can be hotter than hell? With the famous Microgaming branded slot a player may participate in the adventures of a well-known comic character Hellboy, a good-natured demon straight from the hottest place in the world.
The other games to offer double loyalty points are from varied categories. Roulette players will appreciate the French Roulette with its special rules for wagers made on zero. The games designated for classical table games fans include the incredible Texas Hold’em Bonus Poker Gold and Atlantic City Blackjack. Those who prefer to wager on video poker are offered the Joker Poker game, so every customer of Roxy Palace is sure to reap the benefits of their unique 3-day promo.

A Hilarious Win of Tom Dwan After “Running it 4 Times

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:39:37 +0000

The online poker players’ community may be divided into two unequal parts. While the majority of gamblers prefer to participate in various tournaments with numerous satellites and huge prize pools for one or two players out of several hundreds of participants, there are some gamblers, who like to play for cash as it is. Those old school poker fans like to gather at Full Tilt Poker website, which was especially tailored to their needs, while most of tournament-minded gamblers choose PokerStars.com as their online poker entertainment provider.

If you have never experienced the excitement of a real cash poker duel, the best time to do it is right now, because Full Tilt Poker is offering a huge sign up bonus to all the newcomers. You may get as much as $600 for free, which will allow you to try your skill and luck against some of the hardcore poker players and become one of them. You should only remember the three letters of their Full Tilt referral code, which are PNB, and it is the only requirement there is. After all, you can only get better by playing with an opponent, who is smarter than you are, and it has never been simpler than now.

At the fulltilt.com website hundreds of thousands dollars may be won in a single game with no satellites or tournament regulations. For an example of such a high stakes duel you might check out the High Stakes Poker game of Daniel Negreanu with Gus Hansen, who had an over-pair of Queens, while Daniel decided to go all in with a bottom two pair. Negreanu managed to win more than $400,000 after a request to “run it twice”, when all the money was on stake, because Gus Hansen was unable to improve either time.

Another example of a hilarious victory is the game of Tom Dwan with Dario Minieri, who managed to lose the $344,000 pot after they had decided to “run it 4 times”. Dwan had a better hand with K-10, against Dario’s K-3 and on a flop of 2-10-3 Tom Dwan won all of the deals, grabbing the incredible sum of more than three hundred thousand in a single game.

Golden Lotus: the New Asian Slot from RTG

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 11:21:54 +0000

The brand-new game by one of the most influential online gaming software providers, Realtime Gaming (RTG) has been recently released to the joy of all the classical video slot fans, and especially those who favor oriental culture. Golden Lotus is also sure to catch the attention of numerous Internet casino customers of Asian origin.

The main screen of Golden Lotus video slot is made up of 5 reels and 3 win-lines, featuring not only the card symbols in oriental type, but also the Asian themed special symbols of Chimes, Letter, Geisha and others, including several mysterious Chinese characters. What the players should look out for are two kinds of lotus flower. The White Lotus, being the less important of two, plays the role of a scatter symbol. When two of them appear on the screen at the same time, the player gets a scatter payout. If you see three such symbols anywhere on the reels, it means that you’ve triggered the bonus White Lotus Feature, getting 8 free spins with a random multiplier, ranging between x3 and x5. Plus, the feature is triggered once again if 3 or more Golden Lotus symbols appear during the free spins.

The Golden Lotus symbol, as the game’s name suggests is the wild one. Being a part of a winning combination it triggers a clip, representing the blossoming of a lotus flower from a magical golden bud. If three of these symbols appear anywhere on the screen, the game triggers the other lucrative bonus feature, called Chinese Garden. It is played on a separate screen, where you have to pick four golden lotuses out of eight. Every flower either multiplies your bet up to 100 times or gives you a number of free spins between 5 and 20 with a step of 5. In both of the bonus games during the free spins all the scatter symbols of White Lotus are automatically turned into the wild Golden Lotuses, tripling the payouts. Even more, the miraculous flower, just like the symbol of Letter, offers the highest in the game 8888 coins fixed jackpot.

And if to speak about progressive jackpots, Golden Lotus has a good two of them. The money you can earn by hitting either the Minor or the Major one is represented on the top of the main screen. Both of the progressive jackpots are random, so you don’t have to look for any symbols on the screen. Every spin of Golden Lotus gives you a chance to win a progressive. You can try out this new oriental game at any of the eight online casinos, powered by Realtime Gaming. By the way, as you must have already noticed, number 8 is considered to be lucky in the East!

Freeroll Tournaments in March at VIP Casino

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:20:40 +0000

VIP Casino is offering two extraordinary tournaments this March. Not only they are played in roulette and blackjack, which is a rare occasion among online casinos, that usually prefer to hold video slots competitions, but also both of them are completely free. You don’t have to bet anything to get all the excitement of playing against real people. On the other hand, there is no rebuy, so everyone can only try once.

The casino has allocated $1,000 for each of the two competitions. The first two weeks of March all the participants will try to win as much money as they can by playing roulette, while the rest of the month will be dedicated to the blackjack tournament. The top winners in both of the competitions will get $400, and those two players who come second are entitled to $200 rewards. The rest of the money will go to the less lucky gamblers with the results from the 3rd to the 22nd. Each of them will get a $20 prize. The money might be not so big, but you have to remember that it’s absolutely free.

What is also special about these tournaments is that you will only have to spend 10 minutes of your time if you decide try your luck in one of the two games. 10 minutes of fun once in two weeks will give you a chance to win up to $400 without any risk. The deals as good as this one are definitely rare. On signing up for any of the two competitions VIP Casino will give you a credit balance of $500 to wager for the most money you can make in such a short time. You will have to bet aggressively if you intend to dominate the leader board, which is always before your eyes on the right hand side of the main screen.

The only condition of entering these two freeroll competitions is that you have to own a real money account at VIP Casino. If you decide to open one, you can use any of the available deposit methods, including checks, credit or debit cards, PaySafe card and Click2Pay. You may be sure that your money will not be wasted, as VIP Casino is a place to go for the ultimate online entertainment. Being powered by one of the leading Internet gambling software providers called Cryptologic, it features about 200 varied top-quality games, including numerous video slot games, like the current branded hit Hulk Slot, not to mention a dozen varieties of poker, among which, of course, is the all time favorite Texas Hold ’em.

If you are not sure whether you want to become a customer of VIP Casino, you can try their practice mode. It will take you just a few minutes to download the casino software, and after that you can use 5000 points to play all the games you want. It’s also a nice opportunity to get acquainted with all the rules and peculiarities of roulette and blackjack if you intend to take part in those outstanding freeroll tournaments.

The Incredible Slot Tournament at Millionaire Casino

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:20:09 +0000

Millionaire Casino is holding a major tournament this month. The $300,000 guaranteed prize pool is three times more than usual for such events. While other casinos rarely offer more than a hundred thousand dollars to be divided between all the winners, at March Madness the top player alone is guaranteed a $150,000 prize!

The only game played on the tournament is Magic Monkey online video slot. Being one the most popular online casino games, it is played on a screen of 5 reels and 25 paylines, where the monkey magician shows his magic tricks with a Crystal Ball, Spell Book, a Dragon and other symbols, including the cards from 9 to Ace. The wild symbol that doubles the payout in any of the 23 winning combinations is the Magic Monkey itself. Three scatter symbols of Banana anywhere on the reels will give you 20 free spins in a Free Spins Bonus Round, when all the coins you win are doubled. Plus, the player may hit a jackpot of up to 6,000 coins, instantly increasing his chances to win the competition.

As is clear from its name, the March Madness tournament is played through the whole month of March, ending on April 1. Players can the competition whenever they like, even as late as March 31. It all on the strategy they choose. Those who are sure of their success start playing on the very first day, and then just relax and watch how the others are struggling to beat or even simply equal their record, while the more experienced players prefer to wait for a while and see how high is the target that they are going to chase. It gives them a better understanding of when to stop bidding.

With the guaranteed prize pool being as high as $300,000 all you have to pay to enter the tournament is mere $10. Millionaire Casino will multiply that money by 5, virtually giving you a balance of $50 to make as much money as you can before the end of the competition. Being a rebuy tournament, March Madness gives you a chance to start from scratch as many times as you want, because once your balance for the competition reaches $5 you are offered an additional $60 rebuy balance for a $10 rebuy fee, and there is no limit to the number of times you can do it.

The unusually big $300,000 prize pool includes $87,500 of bonus points, which will be distributed in the following way: top 30 players will receive 500 bonus points each, while next 8,500 players will get 5 points each, so nobody will leave without a prize, even if a small one. The rest of the pool money will be paid to the top 20 players in Millionaire Casino credits. The ultimate winner will get an incredible $150,000 prize. The next four ones will be awarded with $10,000. The prize-winning places from 6 to 10 imply $2,500 casino credits, while the 10 remaining victors will get $1,000 each.

The chances of winning are very high, so if you are well acquainted with video slots, the March Madness will surely be the tournament of your choice for online entertainment this month. And if you are only beginning to appreciate the excitement of Internet casinos, the low entry fee of only $10 will allow you to take part in this competition and see for yourself what it’s like to try your own luck and wit against more than 225 players already registered for the tournament at Millionaire Casino.