Online Casinos News Guide

Fifteen Irish workers living in Carlow and working at Dan Morrissey Irl Ltd, a company that is involved in quarrying and concrete production, had bought the winning ticket for Ireland’s biggest ever Lotto prize.

The jackpot prize of a record €18.9 million has rolled over for 16 draws since May 3, 2008. The winning numbers that were drawn on Saturday night were 04, 12, 26, 27, 29 and 37, and the bonus number was 38.

The 15 Irishmen made up of past and present workers at the plant, had bought the winning €32 multi-draw quick pick. This is the second time that a group from the factory has won this jackpot. In 2001, 16 workers from the same plant, won a €256,000 prize in the Lotto. At that time workers won €16,000 each in the draw.

Both the tickets were bought at Hickson’s supermarket in Carlow. The store, is run by three brothers, who had sold 2 winning tickets in 2000 and the late 1980s.

The happy shop owner PK Hickson told a local paper, “The shop has proved to be a lucky place for winners as we have had two winners buying the ticket from our shop. There have been a number of customers coming to the shop asking us about the winner, but we have no idea about his true identity.”

One of the most popular UK Online Casinos, Spin Palace Casino, has announced an exciting new Free Money Bonus for its new players. The site has again revved up action by giving its £1000 free welcome bonus a totally new angle.

The new bonus can be broken into five distinct parts. A player’s first real money deposit in the casino will be matched with a 100% Deposit Match Bonus of up to £150 free. The player’s second deposit will earn them a 25% bonus of up to £125 free. Any third deposit that a player makes into the casino will earn them a 50% bonus of up to £100 free.

On Sundays the site is offering a special bonus, where over a period of 52 weeks players will get 100 Free Spins at Tomb Raider: Secret of the Sword slot game. This will mean that a player will get a total of $520 free over 52 weeks. The site is also offering an Anniversary Bonus of 100% Bonus match up to £105 free.

Spin Palace Casino is in its seventh year of operation. It continues to be one of the leaders in the online casino space in the UK.  The site offers players 250 games to choose from, and players can withdraw their winning sums at the casino very quickly. Spin Palace is also well known for their reliable, helpful and friendly customer support team.

William Hill Casino, which is one of the most popular UK online casinos, has placed odds of 1/2 that Prince William and Kate Middleton will get engaged in 2008. It is also offering odds of 6/4 that they will not get engaged this year.

Rupert Adams, William Hill’s spokesman said, “We have felt for a long time that the royal couple will get engaged. It is a question of when and the odds suggest that it is more likely to occur this year than next.”

In other odds being accepted by the bookies, are odds on the ongoing Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament. The bookies have rated British number one Andy Murray with a 20/1 shot to win the tournament. The site is accepting bets on which stage of the tournament Murray loses.

Spokesperson for William Hill said, “The chance that Murray wins the tournament will be a big loss for the bookies. Though like the weather things are at the moment looking very bright for us.”

The site is expecting that sums in the range of £100 Million will be gambled during the course of the tournament. The site has accepted bets of up to £30,000 on Roger Federer and £11,000 on Nadal. They are offering betting odds of 6/4 that Federer and Nadal contest the men’s final.

It was the second time in four years when a player from Abilene won the Super Kansas Cash Jackpot! Hope Higgins, 65, matched all six numbers in a draw held last night to win $1,201,028. Higgins had split the same jackpot of $3.05 million in April 2004, and taken home a sum of $1.5 million.

Higgins said, after the win “I went through a phase wondering if I should keep playing. I felt that there was another win on the way so I kept on playing.”

The winner along with her husband are regular players of the Super Kansas Cash, where they spend $5-10 each per draw. When the jackpot amount goes over $1 million, they tend to spend a little more.

The winner had three $5 Quick Pick tickets in the draw when she matched the winning numbers of 04-14-15-20-30 Cashball 09. Regular play in every draw has been a contributing factor to their wins, but they believe the way they live also contribute to their win.

The husband stated “Me and the other Masonic Lodge brothers got together to assist a brother who has serious medical problems. We mowed his lawn and did other yard work that he and his wife couldn’t do.”

The husband and wife stated that they would love to support worthwhile causes and assist those in need. Among other plans the couple would like to donate to the Chapman Relief Fund to help tornado victims and travel around the state.

They have been married for 48 years and have four grown children and eight grandchildren. She will receive a sum of $840,719.60, after the Lottery holds back 25 percent in federal withholding tax and 5 percent in state withholding tax.

WassPoker has added the Caribbean Stud online card game to its repertoire of online games. The site wants to challenge online poker players with its wide range of casino card games.

The new game has one aim, which is to beat the dealer by having the strongest hand of five cards that a player is dealt.  The dealer will hand out 5 cards to the player and 4 to himself which are all faced down. Once the cards are dealt, he will deal one last card to himself, placing it face up.

This is the time the player will look at their cards and decide whether to proceed or not with their current hand. The players can arrange their cards from a royal flush to high card runs. If players like the look of their cards, they should bet. This is when the dealer reveals his own cards. The question is will he decide to fold or play.

The amount of money that can be won by a player depends on their hand and the stakes that they are playing for. This means card game players out there might find themselves winning huge amounts in a short time if they dare to try.

It was a good Saturday afternoon for Keith D who lives in Wilmington, North Carolina. He won $250,000 in cash and prizes at the Rushmore Casino after he hit a progressive slot jackpot. He was playing on his laptop in London, while he was waiting to catch is flight home after spending his summer break with family.

Here’s what Keith D had to say about his win, “I had been in the UK for 10 days. My family and I had returned from Stonehenge, when I decided to create my account on the Casino.”

He added smiling, “After I had signed up I received my starting $888 deposit bonus. After playing for an hour, the slot machine rolls started up with bells and whistles.”

In other casino news, Rushmore Casino announced the launch of its Sherlock Holmes slots game. The game has the haunting tunes from the Alfred Hitchcock movies. The music can be heard in the background while one plays the 5-reel, 25-line game.

A drawing of Sherlock Holmes serves as the scatter symbol, and three of those trigger the free game feature. If a player gets 3 scatter symbols they will recieve five free spins.  Four symbols bring 10 free spins and five symbols bring 15 free spins.

The leading British bookmaker and betting company Ladbrokes has announced the start of the 2008 Ladbrokes Killarney Irish Poker Festival which will include a €250,000 guaranteed Main Event. The three day event will be held between the 2nd to the 5th of October 2008, at the Irish National Events Centre in Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland.

The location for the event in Killarney is well known for its great Irish hospitality. The venue of the tournament is Ireland’s National Event Centre.  There are lots of tourist attractions and a great nightlife. The three day event will include two side tournaments, STT’s and cash games. Players participating will get exclusive access to Ladbrokes hospitality facilities.

At the venue the players will get a betting office, a games room with snooker, pool, darts and other games that will help them relax in between the poker action.

Players will start with 15,000 chips and one hour blinds. Players can qualify for the main event by three ways. They can qualify online for a $1,250 Ladbrokes Irish Festival Package. On every Monday till September 29th there will be a $137.50 Weekly Final that will award one package for every $1,250 in the Prize Pool.

The $1,250 Ladbrokes Irish Festival Package will consist of a €550 Main Event entry fee; 2 nights stay for one guest in the Gleneagle hotel on the 3rd & 4th of October. Satellite tournaments for the event will start at $5 and seats for the Weekly Final can be won in the $33 Daily Finals that are held Tuesday to Sunday.

Alternatively players can pre register for the Main Event. To secure their seat and to bypass the online qualification they can simply pre-register for the Main Event exclusively at Ladbrokes Poker. The Pre-Registration for the €550 Main Event is available round the clock at Ladbrokes Poker.

The third alternative for players is to play in an Offline Satellite tournament. More then 150 seats have been reserved by Irish card rooms.

Casino Bellini is celebrating its first birthday in style! The online casino is celebrating by giving large bonuses on all deposits made by players during the birthday weekend that falls between June 19-21, 2008.

The casino has stated that it has seen unprecedented success during the first year of its operation and credits it’s excellent branding, Loyalty and VIP programs, which have made it one of the fastest growing online casinos of 2007.

The casino has recently launched the “Summer Madness” promotion campaign where it will be giving away all first time players €20 in free spins for the month of June. These free spins will get automatically credited to the players account upon their first deposit and can be played on any of the casino’s 50 slot machines, including the 25 slots that feature progressive jackpots and Dollar Ball side games.

Casino Bellini is a beautiful online casino that offers its players a safe online playing experience. The casino offers a Welcome Bonus of 100% up to €103 to all new members. Apart from the welcome bonus the casino offers other rewards which include Loyalty and VIP programs.

The Casino is powered by the latest in Playtech software’s cutting edge technology. The casino is promoted by Euro Partners which has the world’s largest internet gaming affiliate program.

The website Blackjack Radar has announced the release of a 21 Strategy Calculator. The calculator will help players avoid common mistakes made by starters at the tables. The announcement of the release was a result of high demand for blackjack advisory software.

Data has indicated that the largest leaks in the game of the typical blackjack player is due to simple errors made when calculating the odds of certain cards coming. The calculator will almost reduce these mistakes from a players’ game, which will automatically reduce an average player’s losses.

The calculator analyzes the player’s online cards and the dealers up card in each blackjack21 hand while the player may practice and learn how to play blackjack. The player can play for fun in online ballroom and internet casino sites, or even while gambling for real cash money on blackjack online games.

The new calculator will help the players learn all the betting tactics and secrets, the winning chart sheets, cheat sheets, strategy tables and improve their skills. The free product will help players better adapt to their own style of playing and learning the different online casinos rules.

The software supports rules used in Las Vegas and Atlantic City in real world card counters and the automatic positive progressive betting system predictor for card counting methods and techniques.

BetOnline.com which operates out of Panama City has unveiled the latest version of its online gambling website.

The new, website’s design and functionality are guaranteed to increase every client’s activity and overall online gaming experience.

In a press statement Eddie Robbins III, CEO of BetOnline.com said, “I am glad to offer our present players and prospective players a new online gaming experience. The new site offers our players better props, odds, and rebates.”

Robbins added, “I am positive the new site will prove itself beyond everyone’s expectations in quality, service, experience and game play.”

Gambling911.com Operations Manager, Payton O’Brien added, by saying “The new site offers our players easy navigation. The site is an improvement especially with future odds offerings.”

The new site has superior graphics, user-friendly navigation and has a cleaner, sharper look. The site will not stray from the winning formula it has shown in recent years.

Jennifer Carrillo, BetOnline.com Chief Marketing Officer stated, “In the next few weeks we will try and satisfy our clients and win over new clients.”

BetOnline.com has been present in the online gaming space since 1991 and has built up a substantial presence.