Online Casinos News Guide

It’s not often online casinos will pay you for losing, I mean after all, they are trying to get you to spend as much money as possible! But online casino Devilfish.com has launched a unique new promotion that will award players cash for non-winning sessions at the end of every month. Players can win up to €150 for losing – a nice little bit of insurance.

With this promotion you can play any of Devilfish’s incredible range of table games, slots, video poker games and more and for every €50 you lose you’ll receive €5 back in cash at the end of each month. Losing €100 will get you an additional €10. Those losing €250 and €500 will get a nice €25 and €50 cash back bonus, respectively. And, if you really like gambling and you unfortunately lose €1,000, Devilfish will compensate your loss with a €150 cash back sum.

Creator and pro poker player Dave ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott said this promotion is a first for his site and is evidence that they give back to their most loyal customers. This promotion helps players who are having a bad run during a certain month, bounce back a little easier.

DevilFish.com operates as an online casino and poker site, powered by Net Entertainment and is a top destination for both poker and online casino games. Check out the fantastic promotions and bonuses available and get in on some top tournament action on both sites!

Cryptologic has landed yet another successful online casino in a license agreement with VictorChandler.com, an all-inclusive online gaming operator in the UK. Cryptologic will be providing VictorChandler with a minimum of 10 of their great online slot games.

The multi-year agreement, as commented on by CEO for Cryptologic Brian Hadfield, is yet another example of the company’s ‘Build Once, License Often’ strategy. It also marks another addition of a blue-chip, European gaming brand and the steady and continued demand for Cryptologic’s games around the world by both players and online casino operators.

Chief Executive Officer for Victor Chandler International, Michael Carlton said the partnership is a great match for Victor Chandler and that Cryptologic’s games offer the perfect combination of sophistication and simplicity which he says is exactly what they wish to offer their players.

Cryptologic will be providing VictorChandler with a range of their branded and non-branded online slot games as early as the third quarter of 2009 and through partner and platform provider, Gaming Technology Solutions. Players visiting VictorChandler.com can expect all 10 games to be released by the end of 2009.

VictorChandler.com offers visitors a lot of options for online gambling including a casino, live casino, poker, mobile and financial sites. They will now be adding games from Cryptologic’s impressive 280-game lineup that includes some of the highly-sought after Marvel-themed online slots including titles like The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, The Fantastic Four and loads more.

Top online poker room DevilfishPoker.com has announced they will be hosting a huge online poker rake chase promotion beginning tomorrow with €1.7 million in prize money to be won. Aptly titled The World’s Biggest Rake Chase, this event is free to enter and caters to players of every level and bankroll!

The online poker rake race will have a long run, beginning on July 1st and running through till September 30th and will be played out in three periods (one for each month). The promotion is based on VIP point earnings and will award cash prizes for reaching set targets in each month. All you have to do is join the race and starting chasing your goals! You can earn points on any real-money games including sit-and-go’s, multi-table tournaments and cash games.

Players can win between €15 to €3,000 for reaching a checkpoint and winnings are paid out at the end of each monthly chase period based on the highest checkpoint achieved. All you need to do is send an email to rakechase@devilfish.com with your username enclosed to take part. If you don’t have an account with DevilFishPoker.com don’t worry, you just need to sign up for one to get a user name. It’s simple to do and you can join the race whenever you want!

Devilfish Poker is also taking the opportunity to give players even more with a great sign-up bonus that lets the player decide what they want – a variety of cash bonus, a free Poker Tracker 3 license or a free membership to Poker Swat.

Online casino Online Vegas will be hosting a Red, White and Blue-themed slot tournament this weekend in celebration and honour of the US holiday, Independence Day. And the number 4 will be seen everywhere too! The tournament runs on Saturday, July 4th, will cost 0.44 cents to enter and boasts a guaranteed $144,444 in winnings – and, there are only four days left to enter!

Online Vegas is a top online casino that allows US players and hosts over 100 games powered by Vegas Technologies. They’ve got everything you’d want in an online casino from Blackjack to craps to poker, slots and more. And with a Welcome Bonus of over $5,000 you’re sure to get the best out of your money!

The tournament will be giving away a first prize purse of $65,000 while those less fortunate can re-buy into the event for a mere $20 which will give you another $300 more to play with.

Even better is the fact that this tournament is not limited to only the 4th of July. The tournament begins on Friday (July 13th) and will run until July 17th. And don’t let the Friday the 13th start date scare you off; this is one online slot tournament you won’t want to miss!

But while you wait for the tournament to begin why not give Online Vegas’ Independence Day slot game a go to get you in the mood! This five reel, nine pay line slot is full of festive and patriotic symbols that will surely remind you why it’s great to be an American!

Online poker site PokerStars will be hosting a rather unique charity tournament event that is set to kick off tonight and pit last year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion with the runner up. The tournament will take place at 6pm EST tonight and will mirror the final table game from the 2008 WSOP down to the number of chips each player will have.

Main event champion Peter Eastgate from Odense, Denmark will take on runner-up Ivan Demidov from Moscow, Russia, both of whom are Team PokerStars Pro players. They will be starting with 80,300,000 and 56,600,000 chips respectively and blinds will be 120,000/240,000 with a 30,000 running ante.

Each player will get to donate $10,000 to their own chosen charities. Eastgate will be donating his amount to the Danish Refugee Council and Demidov will be donating to The Hospice Fund ‘Vera’ Inn.

Last year’s match was one for the record books as both players battled it out for more than $9 million dollars in the longest, heads-up main event in the history of the WSOP (at 15 hours and 39 minutes of play) and tonight’s tournament is sure to bring as much excitement and tension as last November’s match up.

This is the first incident where the final table game from a WSOP has been recreated so if you’d like to see the game possibly play out differently than in 2008 head on over the PokerStars tonight. Fans can watch the event go down live on the PokerStars client.

It’s one of the biggest online progressive jackpots of this year! One lucky player walked away with over €4,000,000 on the Mega Fortune progressive slot at online casino Unibet.com.

The winner, a Dutch woman placed a €1.25 bet that netted her €4,345,183! Further details about the win have yet to be released but with that much money in her pocket she’s surely due for some life changing purchases!

Chief Executive Officer for Unibet.com, Petter Nylander had many great things to say about the win. He offered his congratulations and said the win highlights what makes online gambling so entertaining.

Mega Fortune is an online slot powered by Net Entertainment with 5 reels and 25 pay lines and it will truly make you feel like a high roller. The interface is slick and stylish with symbols like yachts, champagne (scatter symbol), fancy jewelry, cars and more. 3 or more scatters can win you free spins and there’s also a bonus round triggered by 3 or more bonus symbols where you can spin your way to a big progressive jackpot.

Johan Ohman, Chief Executive Officer for Net Entertainment also commented on the big win and was thrilled it came on the Mega Fortune slot. Net Entertainment is a Sweden-based company who offer browser based gaming software to over 60 casino operators using their trademarked CasinoModule product. Net Entertainment releases new games every month so online casinos stay current and keep their players excited to play online.

MariaPoker.com is the new site being launched to attract the female poker demographic. The site, run but Unibet and developed as a sister site to successful, female driven MariaBingo.com is a poker site that can be used by all levels or players but will have a focus on the beginner player.

MariaPoker.com will be powered by Microgaming’s Flash Poker software and will include tips, instructions and tutorials on the Poker basics as well as a library, tips and more. And with the ever growing female population hitting the online casinos, this new site is sure to attract throngs of female players.

Chief Executive Officer for Unibet, Petter Nylander said the company is excited to launch the new site through the Maria brand and contends it is one of the most successful female brands in Northern Europe. He also noted that in conjunction with Microgaming the site will offer the most innovative and exciting products geared towards female players.

Some great features to the site include a no-lobby style site where players can simply choose their games directly from the poker tables. The site will also be offering freeroll tournaments, turbo tables (for the speedy players) and guaranteed daily tournaments.

If MariaPoker.com sounds like your cup of tea head on over and take advantage of their sign-up bonuses. The fresh looking, easy to navigate site also offers the Maria brand in the form of a casino, bingo, slots, games and scratch cards in over 20 different languages.

It’s a happy week for 3D online casino WinADay.com as they celebrate their first birthday with two great bonus promotions for players. The successful online casino from Slotland.com will have a weekly bonus and a bonus tomorrow (June 24th), both in celebration of the milestone.

The weekly bonus from WinADay is running all this week where players can get a 10-30% bonus on their deposits all week long! Tomorrow’s bonus is in celebration of the actual date when WinADay took in its first real-money bet and will award players with an additional 20% bonus.

WinADay.com has much else to celebrate as well. The online casino has since its release, launched several new online slot and video poker games and has also had 3 players win six figure jackpots in the last few months. In May, one player walked away with over $100,224 on Wheeler Dealer while another took home $148,724 on the same game. Earlier in March another player took home $159,660 on Slot-O-Matic.

Ondrej Tuma from Slotland.com said players can look forward to new additions to the site soon including a new video poker slot game as well as a welcome video and tutorials. WinADay will also be adding lots more games in their second year of operation as well has host more big, progressive jackpots.

Currently WinADay has 7 different 3D slots to choose from with no-downloads and a jackpot total reaching past $85,000. You can even try the games in Free Play mode when you sign-up for an account.

So maybe you’re looking to start playing some online casino games or perhaps you are just looking to change things up a little. Maybe you’ve even been playing on and off for a while but do you know the odds of the games you are playing? Some online casino games offer you terrible odds while others, if played correctly, can lower the house edge in your favor.

The odds given for each online casino game basically dictate the probability of winning the game. Sometimes you will see odds referred to as the ‘house edge’ which means the probability of the house, casino or dealer winning over you.

Generally the most popular games at online casinos are Blackjack, Poker, Slots, Craps, Roulette, Video Poker, and Baccarat, each with different odds. In general most people will say Poker and Blackjack offer the best odds. And this can, for the most part be true. If you learn to play basic strategy in Blackjack for example the odds can be lowered even further in your favor. Craps is also another game with good odds depending on which bets you make.

However other games like Slots and certain bets on Roulette can have worse odds. Each game’s odds can vary with the type of bet you make as well. Take Roulette for example, if you are betting red or black your chances of winning are around 50%, however if you are betting on single numbers you odds become drastically lower.

So if you’re new to online casino games or you just want to learn a new one, check out all the tips, strategy, rules (there are lots available online) and odds before you start playing!

The popular online poker jackpot game ‘Bad Beat’ has topped $630,000 and is ready for the taking! Both AbsolutePoker.com and UltimateBet.com have released the news of this fantastic jackpot and are hoping it will hit very soon.

The Bad Beat Jackpot has become pretty popular with lots of winners being paid out in 2009. But it’s not popular just because it pays winners, it’s popular because it pays losers too! The Bad Beat Jackpot can be thought of as a progressive jackpot but it’s a little different. Player’s playing at any Texas Hold’em poker Bad Beat jackpot table contributes 50 cents from their qualifying hands into the jackpot. This is where it gets interesting. While you can still win the jackpot the standard way you can also win it with a losing hand of four eights or higher. If this is the case, 65% of the jackpot gets divided among players sitting at any Bad Beat table featuring the same limit and game type!

So if you feel like getting in on the next Bad Beat jackpot here are a few numbers to consider: if you’re the winner of the qualifying hand you’d take home $97,500. If you’re sitting at the same table where the hand occurred you’d walk away with an easy $1,000. Finally another $97,500 would be awarded to any player sitting at any Bad Beat table with the same stakes and game type!

To date AbsolutePoker and UltimateBet have awarded more than 23,000 players over $39 million in Bad Beat jackpot winnings. And for 2009 they’ve already over $8 million – maybe it’s time to try for your share!