Online Casinos News Guide

Ever dreamed of sitting behind the wheel of a brand new Mercedes-Benz? Well now it may be closer than you know if you are any good at playing poker. UltimateBet.com is giving their players the opportunity to drive away in this fabulous vehicle just by collecting a certain amount of points. Points are awarded to players for playing in tournaments and cash games that take a certain percentage for the rake of any given hand.

The car is anyone’s dream come true! The auction site has many items to be bid on with the Mercedes raising the most eyes- for obvious reasons. This all comes from the RAI$E program that the online casino has labelled as their very own loyalty program and aims to increase player membership and yield returning customers more and more. The auction section of the site works on the standard ebay.com auction platform but instead of bidding with dollars players are permitted to use the points that they have earned during play.

One can only imagine that in order to place a bid on the fabulous Mercedes Benz ML 350 you must have either won, lost of just plain gambled quite a bit since it is a very large number of points in value.

UltimateBet.com is a very popular online poker site and has representation from some of the largest names in poker, one of its main reps being Annie Dukes. Another big name is Phil Hellmuth how is a big tournament player and is often seen on TV sporting UltimateBet attire.

There’s a very happy lady sitting and basking in the California sun these days as she is the recent winner of a huge poker jackpot in the tune of $141, 000 US dollars.

A California women decided that while she was an avid Texas Hold’em player she would take a stab at a game and try her luck at Caribbean Stud. Well call it beginners luck or whatever you want but she also managed to play the one dollar bonus which would trigger the progressive bonus jackpot and win her a whopping $141, 000 for hitting the Royal Flush as one of her first hands placed.

She is very happy that she was online at the time that she was and believes that this win was meant to be. She said that she will pay all her bills as well as help a few others with the winnings. No big plans of spending the remainder of the money but she says that Caribbean Stud is definitely her new favourite game and she will plan to play in the future.

The newly launched Casino News Show has recently aired a new segment which provides an update on a Mega Moolah progressive jackpot that has been growing and growing. The website is similar to a blogging or news site about online casino news but provides a live stream video that can be viewed anytime it is updated. This segment highlights the jackpot as well as a new game and the WSOS which is the world series of slots tournament that takes place on an annual basis.

This site monitors changes and updates at all major online casinos and is updated on an hourly basis with progressive jackpots, large tournaments, cash giveaways and online casino bonuses that are current or upcoming in the near future.

The entire show is about any and everything new on the online casino circuit. Announcements are made of big recent winners and what their winnings were, it highlights how the players landed on their big wins and lists the casinos that house the biggest wins. New games are often a hot topic to be discussed on the show.

 “One of the jackpots is currently over $4.3 million. Several online casino players are wondering how soon it’s going to go, or perhaps it will be able to go above its previously set amount of $5.5 million,” said Casino News Show.

The show is a big hit among the online gaming community and always handy as it can be viewed live when you are ready to watch.

In recent news, Microgaming has announced that their network will be blocking several poker players from gambling online from 13 particular US states. The states that are currently in discussions of being completely blocked from usage and accessibility are Indiana, Oregon, South Dakota Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Illinois, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Utah.

While the US as a whole has been battling the idea of any sort of online betting or gambling the latest state to come on strong is Kentucky when their Governor, Steve Beshear, ordered the seizure of Microgaming.com, and several other domains in the online gambling industry. The mayor strongly believes that online betting took a very large amount away from his state’s economy because of alternative accessibility to betting on horse races as well as taking away from the desire to play in the state lottery. A judge said that if the company blocked the users under 30 days time they would be removed from the list.

The mail from the online poker room said this is not a new rule; just enforcing an older rule where players can still participate in the Sports book, as well as registering from the banned states, however they will not be able to play in the Poker client or in the Casino. Microgaming is currently using an IP blocking service which also has a proxy detector, so players will no longer be able to use a proxy to hide their IPs.

A large promotion that began in September and went on through the middle of October has given away a sum of $200,000 to players throughout the exchange. Players would win money by playing in free tournaments as well as collecting points that had the largest totals. The points that were won in the end were used to exchange for different sums of currency in the equivalence. Basically, the more the player played at any given time throughout the promotion the more the player would win in the end- no matter if they won or lost.

The online poker room counts on the loyalty of its players and the referral program to bring new players to its regular games and tournaments. Players receive increasing bonuses for referring their friends and have the fun of competing against their friends at poker tables from the comfort of their own home.

The online casino offers many free rolls to give the players an opportunity to learn how to play Texas hold’em poker as well as take a stab at bluffing, calling bluffs and playing the best hands that they are dealt with their own style without breaking the bank.

When the players are ready to deposit real cash they are always created with customer support around the clock and are offered a generous sign up bonus.The player that won the first prize won a whopping $5000 and played the longest duration during the time period. There are sure to be greater to follow this one as this one turned out to be a huge success.

William Hill and Playtech both made an announcement earlier this week that explained that they will now be working together as a joint venture company. Both companies have British roots and are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Henry Birch will be the leader of the new combined effort.

This combination presents a great opportunity for both companies to be much more successful in the online gambling markets and is projected to make over 140 million GBP before the end of 2008. Both companies currently have a solid client base and are well known names in the industry.

Since both businesses currently operate on nearly the same platform combining the two together is said to cost a minimal amount but produce great results and generate much higher revenues in the upcoming years.

In the short term no major changes are to be expected for either client base but players of online casinos can expect great things in the upcoming future. The new casino promises to have a great new poker room as well as an impressive new online casino containing traditional and many games that are set to launch in the New Year.

Both companies have great employees and have been practicing their respective businesses for several years. They bring strengths in software as well as user interface to support this new joint force. The companies are saying that they currently have plans to keep all their employees and are not going to be overlapping roles in the plan to work together.

William Hill and Playtech both made an announcement earlier this week that explained that they will now be working together as a joint venture company. Both companies have British roots and are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange. Henry Birch will be the leader of the new combined effort.

This combination presents a great opportunity for both companies to be much more successful in the online gambling markets and is projected to make over 140 million GBP before the end of 2008. Both companies currently have a solid client base and are well known names in the industry.

Since both business currently operate on nearly the same platform combining the two together is said to cost a minimal amount but produce great results and generate much higher revenues in the upcoming years.

In the short term no major changes are to be expected for either client base but players of online casinos can expect great things in the upcoming future. The new casino promises to have a great new poker room as well as an impressive new online casino containing traditional and many games that are set to launch in the new year.

Both companies have great employees and have been practicing their respective businesses for several years. They bring strengths in software as well as user interface to support this new joint force. The companies are saying that they currently have plans to keep all their employees and are not going to be overlapping roles in the plan to work together.

OnlinePokies which operates one of the biggest online pokies and slots gambling sites in Australia, has announced that their online jackpot for its most-played slot machine has grown to over $4 million USD. The incredible jackpot is believed to pay out at any time as hundreds of new slots players are rushing to the site for a win. The gambling jackpot now stands at $4,288,803. Players are also increasing their chances of winning by claiming $750 free to try and win the jackpot.

A spokesperson of the site said, “It’s the biggest online gambling jackpot the world has ever seen and we’re getting many players from around the world trying their luck. The progressive jackpot amount is fantastic and the reason why it’s so popular is that one spin could literally change your life. Online gambling is fun, but this takes it to an exciting new level — the feedback has been amazing.”

Pokies are the Australian versions of slots and are a big hit in Australia. The slot machine regularly pays out over 98 percent and is independently verified and checked by the world’s governing bodies. The jackpot can be won by anyone in the world.

The online casino JackpotCapital.com, is offering a bonus as the US Presidential election gets closer. It is taking advantage of the event by offering a special deposit bonus that could be worth up to $600. Regardless of whether a player is a Republican, Democrat or Independent, a player can stamp his ballots for the upcoming election up to the day before America makes up its mind on November 4.

The online casino which is powered by RealTime Gaming, has said that every player depositing at least $20 and entering any one of six special codes would receive a full matching deposit bonus worth up to $100 to use on the site. To collect their special full deposit bonuses, players must enter one of six special US election coupon codes, ‘OBAMA’, ‘MCCAIN’, ’BALDWIN’, ‘NADER’, ‘BBARR’ or ‘MCKINNEY’, in order to receive a total of six multiplied by $100 for $600 in cash.

Oliver Smith, a representative for the website said, “The US election is on many peoples’ minds these days. But casino-time is fun-time and we thought this would be a fun way to give away some good old-fashioned money.”

The casino offers over 300 exciting games, including many Progressive Jackpots such as Caribbean Hold´em, Mid-Life Crisis, Shopping Spree and Light Speed. Every casino game comprises state-of-the art graphics and sound to provide a unique gaming experience. Instant-play Flash versions are available for most games. With its variety of deposit options, JackpotCapital.com is capable of serving players from all over the world including the United States.

The well known online casino group, Jackpot Factory which is a leader in multiplayer slots tournaments, has announced the names of the top three winners of the $100,000 Semi-Final Tournament. The tournament took place on October 2nd-4th as part of the group’s $500,000 World Series of Slots. The top place finisher was Finnish player who took home a $50,000 grand prize and is a member of All Jackpots Casino since 2003.

The winner talking about his win said, “It felt unreal. I couldn’t believe it. Almost still can’t.” he plans to buy a new car, save some money and spend the rest of the winning amount playing poker and more slot tournaments.

The second place and a sum of $10,000 was claimed by another European player. who said. “With only two pushes left on our last ‘continue (play),’ we were in 126th place when we hit free spins and got a 404,100 point push to put us in to second place.” She added, “It was awesome.”

The third place was won by a Norwegian, who was leading the competition for the first two hours. He was excited with his $5,000 prize. This player joined All Jackpots Casino at the end of August after seeing a generous bonus offer at Norwegian casino portal, www.norskcasinoguide.com.

The $500,000 World Series of Slots has no entered its final month, and will end with a huge $200,000 Grand Final on November 7th-10th. A $25,000 Weekly Final tournament will take place each weekend during October, and free tournaments are running daily, offering entries to these big money tournaments.