Cocoa Casino Celebrates first Progressive Slot Payout - 01-05-09
January 5 - One of the newest online casino sites in the industry is Cocoa Casino, which has already started making waves with its excellent games and software. Part of this site’s success is the fact that it is powered by Real Time Gaming and thus brings players a top software package with stunning [...]
Poker Legend Accuses Dikshit of Abandoning Industry. - Online Casino News
Anurag Dikshit, the co-founder of successful US online gambling company PartyGaming, was recently fined a staggering $300,000,000 by US courts. Now he faces a verbal attack from poker legend Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson. Dikshit pleaded guilty to contravening the US federal wire act just a few weeks ago. He admitted to using the wires to [...]
Online Slots Pay out More than Land Based Counterparts - 01-02-09
January 2 - Ever since online slots hit the scene, it was generally understood that they offered better payouts than their land-based counterparts. The reason for this was simple - online casinos can afford to offer bigger promotions, bonuses and payouts simply because they don’t share the same overhead costs that land based casinos, [...]
Celebrities To Play Poker Tournament For The Blind - Online Casino News
Celebrities and poker players alike will join forces in order to raise money for Therapeutic Living Centres for the Blind (TLC), according to reports. The event, titled “All-In to Win”, will be hosted at the world-famous Commerce Casino, California. This prestigious venue has also played host to the WPT LA Poker Classic. The event promises [...]
Slots Player Wins Nearly A Million Dollars - 01-01-09
January 1 - The game of slots continues to be hugely popular both online and off. While we regularly read about great wins at online slot casinos, especially on progressive slot games, it was also heartwarming to read about a massive win in a Mississippi casino over the Christmas holidays.
Taryn Tyler visited [...]
Qualify Online To Win €100000 With Entraction - Online Casino News
The firm behind one of the world’s leading online poker networks, Entraction Holding AB, has launched its European Masters of Poker tournament series in conjunction with some of Europe’s premier land-based casinos. The five-event series will begin at the Olympic Casino in Tallinn, Estonia, from February 20 to 22 with later stops in Spain, Cyprus [...]
Extend Christmas with Themed Online Slots - 12-29-08
December 29 - If you’re depressed that the magical Christmas holidays are over - don’t be! Some of the top online casinos in the industry launched superb Christmas themed slot games this season. So before you take down those trees and pack away those ornaments, extend the holiday season with some great games.
Microgaming casinos are [...]
Blotter: Poker-playing monks arrested
The Korean Times reported Thursday that police in Boeun, South Korea arrested five Buddhist monks for betting on an illegal poker game during a raid on a Mount Songni hotel.
According to a North Chungcheong Province police spokesperson, the monks were staying at the hotel while attending a national Buddhist event. The spokesperson went [...]
NZ Slots Glitch Destroys Millionaire Dreams - 12-28-08
December 28 - While glitches on online slot machine software are practically unheard of, it seems that some land based slot machines can play tricks - sometimes cruel ones! - on players.
A New Zealand player who fed a regular slot machine last week was absolutely stunned to learn that she had won [...]
Business: Ross to retire from Ladbrokes
Ladbrokes PLC announced last week that corporate development director Alan Ross will not stand for re-election in May. He will instead retire from the company July 19, 2009.
Ross began his 37-year career at Ladbrokes in 1971 as part of its shop staff in Dundee, Scotland. He rose to become head of the [...]
