Online Casinos News Guide

The dreaded Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has been postponed for at least six months while officials attempt to sort out any issues.  Had the enforcement Act gone into effect on December 1^st as initially planned would have made online gambling in the US illegal all around.  

The US Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board release a joint statement announcing that the new deadline for implementing the UIGEA will be June 1^st, 2010.  This announcement gives the US House of Representatives’ Financial Service committee  more time to make a case to either extend the decision another six months or to regulate and license online gambling in the US.

This decision is seen as a gain for those in favor of online gambling licenses in the US and believe it is the first step in making online gambling legal for both players and operators. 

Online casino operators from the US are currently unable to obtain a gambling license and can therefore not allow US players to sign up to their casinos.  They must seek business from international players while US players must seek international operators.  If the UIGEA comes into effect, online operators will not be able to take advantage of the increased popularity of online gambling locally and players will not have the option of choosing from the casinos with the best promotions, deals and bonuses. 

The famous US Blackjack pro is happy to announce that she will be participating in an upcoming charity tournament on Fulltiltpoker.com. This player is also a pro poker player, her name is Erica Shoenberg and she has been playing for several years. The tournament is the third annual tournament and is called the World Series of Online Forums.

The tournament will be listed under the Wolf Mountain Sanctuary Charity Tournament and will require a cheap eleven dollar buy in amount. The tournament takes place on the full tilt website at three in the afternoon eastern standard time on the 5th day of December.

The charity this time around is a animal loving charity which helps to raise money for an animal rescue organization! What a great cause to support little fluffy guys and play your favourite game all at the same time! And that’s not all, while the players will all be playing for a good cause and for the title as the winner, the winner will also get a cruise to Mexico which is being donated by CardPlayerCruises.com.

There will be other players that are donated as prizes as well so other players placing in the top spots will enjoy some great partying gifts as well. The tournament will likely be a great success and the organizers are really looking forward to a fun time and a great turn out as well. And it is still not too late for you to enter so log onto the online poker website now and make sure that you are there to play December 5th!

It is always exciting when you arrive at your computer, log on to your favourite online casino and discover that while you were gone there have been several new games added to the list of games that are offered to welcome you back into the online casino. Well Casino Tropez has done just that. The company is introducing 5 new games that are available for play at the online casino right now!

This introduction of new games isn’t too shabby either and is sure to keep the competition on their feet. The new games include Maijong Pai Gow , a live version of French Roulette as well as a game called Live Roulette Pro and Live and if that doesn’t peek your interest there have also been two new video slot games added to the list for all those slot lovers.

Online casino, Casino Tropez has been a player in the big leagues for quite some times now. It is a very well known online casino that offers their players amazing customer service, ample sign up bonuses and reload bonuses to keep the players coming back for more and more time and time again.

The company has many games available to their players, from a variety of table games such as blackjack, roulette, three card poker to a wide selection of video slot games, some linked to some of the highest paying progressive jackpots on the net. This online casino has it all. All you have to do is log on now, create an account, make a deposit with a bonus code and play!

Slots N Games online casino has revamped their lobby to make the site more attractive to players. The focus is on UK players because the site itself operates out of the UK.

Part of the reason for the change may be the amount of competition each online casino is facing. In fact many operators are choosing to change the look of their lobbies so that they are entirely user-friendly and attention-grabbing. Slots N Games has called their new look trendy and updated in the hopes that they will attract high wealthy players who are high bidders.

Another way of attracting players is adding the top online casino games and making the promotions more enticing. Slots N Games has attempted to do both. They have added to their slot machine games making it a total of seven progressive jackpots. There is also a welcome bonus, a current promotion called the triple bonus and dozens of other bonuses, promotions and games.

The new look appears to be paying off as Slots N Games is seeing an increase in the number of players as well as higher progressive jackpots. However it is not the only online casino aiming at expanding their network of players so they will have to come up with other ideas to stay in the game. While this may be hard work for operators, 2010 looks like it will be a good year for online casino players.

Online casinos are raising difficult questions when it comes to taxes. Should players have to declare all winnings as income? Or should losses incurred be subtracted from the winnings before taxes are added?US law is unclear on taxing online gambling winnings because of its relatively current subject matter. There is no federal law that defines what illegal gambling is or if it pertains to online gambling.
 
In this case, officials have to look at individual state tax laws to determine proper protocol. In some states, it is up to banks to decide if they will accept deposits from online casinos or not. They can return the deposits, deny them or even to close accounts attempting such deposits. In others, such as California, the player has the burden of proving that online casino games are legal and that their losses can make up for their winnings.In the meantime, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) was imposed in 2006 and is set to become effective on December 01, 2009.
 
There are so many different opinions on online gambling that some officials are requesting the Act be pushed back until 2010 so the details can be straightened out. Some different options for the online gambling industry are; it could be deemed illegal in all forms, certain online games are allowed or it can remain as it is now where only sports betting is illegal.In the meantime, suggestions, especially for California residents, teeter on the line between legal and illegal in that they say to report full winnings and deduct losses on a separate line. In the case of online gambling, all deposits would be recorded in the client’s account and are therefore easy to prove.

There is yet another poker series that will be debuting on the popular sports channel Fox Sports. Since poker is in fact considered a sport by some, this new show will highlight and discuss all the current events and issues that are happening in poker at the current time and will be aired on the channel once per week on a weekly basis.

The new show will be featuring Ultimate Bet sponsored pro poker player Joe Sebok who will be leading the poker talk. The show will be on Wednesday at 11pm and will be repeated several times throughout the week including a repeat time on the following Thursday at 4pm.

The show will be called Poker2Night and will be focusing on bringing the regular people just like you and me into the world of poker and telling us a little bit about what is currently happening in poker every time a new episode airs. There is likely to be guest speakers as well as special highlights to happen on a random basis as well.

The show is already getting some great publicity and will also be getting some additional publicity through the online poker website called UltimateBet.com as they are currently running free rolls to support the launch of the show and are the online casino that will be the main sponsor of the show throughout.

Should be an interesting spin on the poker world and will be a great view into what is happening for all the poker lovers out there.

There are so many reasons that online casinos are really great! One of the main reasons has to be that online casinos are always open for business! Whether you are coming home late from a night out or you are home for holidays when they rest of the business are closed, the online casinos are available on the net in order for you to enjoy! That is what they are there for and they are open for business around the clock.

There are other great reasons to play at an online casino, some of which include a great selection of games, the comfort of playing from your own home, the guarantee that you have a comfy seat in an atmosphere that you are familiar with and many other reason that are similar but another great reason is the loyalty systems that so many online casinos currently have in place.

There are players cards when you come to a land based casino. You let the casino know that you are there, you give them your information and in return they give you a players card that tracks your play and rewards you accordingly to the amount of time and money that you spend at the casino, well at online casinos the loyalty system is similar, while you don’t need a physical card, the casino will track your play and give you rewards accordingly and you can use those rewards to play at the online casino, get cash prizes or enter other fun events and games!

There are many other things as well and if you are curious what all the hype is about then why not check out an online casino tonight!

At the beginning of this year the world of online gambling was awaiting change. There was word that the bill from Barney Frank would pass and online gambling would be legislated in the US and Americans would once again be permitted to gamble online and play at online casinos as they desired. It is interesting that we are approaching the end 2009 and have yet to hear any certain word from the US government on this action or anything similar.

Is this bill completely off the tables? We don’t really know the answer to that question yet. What we do know is that it will likely be several years until we see any certain change- if any at all. This should imply that those companies that were thinking about entering the market should not make their business decisions on what may be later on but rather stick to what we currently know and only account for all the maybe’s that are out there.

There will be a bit of disappointed from the American online gamblers as many were looking forward to do so without hesitation. The online casinos were also looking forward to accepting a large market such as the US back into the scene. But it looks like everyone will have to wait. The question that will remain unanswered is just how long they will have to wait and it looks like no one really knows the answer to that part of the equation at this time!

Of course there are lucky people everywhere you go. Its that guy at the office that has gotten all the promotions while you have only had one. Or that person that gets on the bus right before you only to grab the last seat. It seems like that is just the way the world works and so there are those same people at online casinos. The people that are always ahead of the game.

Not to say that there are too many of those people because winning at the online casino all the time is not an easy task. But there are those few people that are up overall their play and the online casinos know exactly who they are. No matter what game they play they just seem to have more than others.

This is interesting but all should know that all it really is is luck. The online casinos do not ever favour one player versus another and they are always happy to have anybody win and are totally fair to all the players that become members of the online casino.

Perhaps that player will be you! All you can do is try. There are certain games that you can play and play and never win so remember that all you need to do is try and know when to give up, if a certain game is not working in your favour then remember that you can stop at anytime and then either return to the game or perhaps try another game for a little while to diversify your play!

Some players don’t really understand slot tournaments and how to play in them. The truth of the matter is a slot tournament isn’t quite like any other tournament at the online casino. It is really not a game that you can master but rather a game that consists mostly of luck. These tournaments do take some skill and tricks but most of all they are very fun to play and sometimes there are some great free slot tournaments that could make players a lot of money.

There is usually a few things you need to learn about playing in a slot tournament. Most slot tournaments have a few rules. Players will all start with the same amount of credits and then have to make a certain amount of spins in order to qualify to proceed to the next round and so forth. The players will also be allowed to make re-buys for extra credits. After meeting the requirements for a certain amount of spins players can spin as often or as infrequently as they want. But there are sometimes time amounts that players must make a certain amount of spins per hour or so.

The player that has the most credits at the end of the tournament will be the winner. Sometimes these tournaments run for a few hours and sometimes they run for days so you can play as much or as little as you want. There is usually a leader board that players can reference to see how they are doing and how much more they will need to play to win. The tournaments are very fun and very competitive so check out if there is one at your online casino and give it a shot!