Online Casinos News Guide

Online casinos on the net are all wishing their customers and members a very happy new year and thanking them for a great year in 2009. Its hard to believe that this year has come and gone so quickly and the online casinos have had so much progress throughout the year of 2009 and in the first few years of the millennium in general.
 
Online casinos have had less hardships this year than many other industries but this year was still a bit of a slower one with the various economic situations across the globe. In North America many experienced a slow down and a pull back from players with deep pockets because of the uncertainty in the economy and the situation with many jobs being lost and many people trying to save a little more and spend a little else of unnecessary spending.
 
Online casinos are all celebrating today as it is another year for them in existence and another year to look forward to coming ahead. And they simply couldn’t have done it without you the people that come back time after time and play at the online casino that they choose to visit.
 
Whether you are hoping to win that great big progressive slot jackpot or you are just looking for a small game of poker to play with a few random strangers that also share your love of poker. OR perhaps you were looking to win an entry into a big tournament. The online casino was the place you went to visit and they are happy that is the choice you made! So have a happy new year and look out for many new promotions in the year to follow that are sure to make someone reading this a millionaire!

When CelticCasino receive feedback from players on their website, they act on it.  The popular online casino, owned by operators in the UK but licensed in Costa Rica, explains that they aim to be first in customer service and take feedback very seriously. 

Recently, players complained that the play screen was too small and made it hard to see and the casino immediately updated their software which then allowed for the change.  CelticCasino now offers full screen play to make the experience of playing online more authentic.  Players who complained to customer service and then noticed the change were happy with the timeliness of the upgrade and continued to play at CelticCasino instead of looking elsewhere.  Players want to know that their opinion matters and that someone is listening. 

Another adjustment that CelticCasino made was to their roulette game.  Previously, players had to track their own betting history but CelticCasino has made it possible for the game history to be saved.  Players can check their history while they are in the middle of a game.  This feature is unlike most casinos that require players to track their own games and the extra step that CelticCasino is willing to go is being noticed.

Aside from the aforementioned features, CelticCasino offers their players services, games and bonuses that they claim to be unique from other online casinos.

There’s a new slot selected for part of the slot of the week promotion at online casino Slotastic.com. The slot of the week for this week’s promotion is Crazy Vegas which is a very popular online slot at many online casinos across the web. The promotion will give players a free 100 dollars that they could play with at this slot and the winnings are theirs to keep and do with as they please.

This promotion has been going on all month with each week having a different slot linked to the big money bonus. The online casino is a US friendly online casino and is happy to accept US players and create winners out of those players too!

The online casino is a newer site that says they are the house of slots and they offer a ton of games that are sure to please all the slot lovers out there. There are more than 300 games to choose from in total and many progressive jackpots that are linked to these slots so some great opportunities to win a lot of money just in time for the holiday season and all the bills that are left to be paid.

This week’s game is pretty fun with a great bonus round and some great graphics that will have people coming back for more and action after they try the game once! Either way there are some great games that are open to North American players at this online casinos and several others so remember to enjoy this holiday season!

Full Tilt Poker has the title of the world’s second largest poker room and they are hoping to keep it that way.  They are infamous for having poker tables with both high and low buy-ins and seasoned players have been taking advantage of those with low buy-ins. 

The problem is referred to as “rat-holing” and the players have been known to buy into a poker table with a low buy-in, win the pot which can be quite high but is based on the number of players and then take off with the winnings.  This affects the casino negatively because the winners don’t often return to play at their site again.

To combat this, Full Tilt will be increasing their buy-ins, with special focus on the tables whose buy-ins are lower than others.  Full Tilt Poker is hoping that this change will provide a solution to their problem and also boost the popularity of poker tables with higher buy-ins.  Operators are also saying that there will be more changes made to the site in the New Year but haven’t specified what they are just yet. 

Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars are the biggest competitors in the business when it comes to online poker; Full Tilt required changes in order to keep giving PokerStars a run for their money.  If you haven’t decided on a favourite poker table, you may want to wait and see what 2010 and Full Tilt Poker has to offer.

There are many people betting on various things this time of year. There are those that are enjoying the new slot offerings at online casinos. Those that are playing the same traditional games that they like to play all year round and there are some that are making a wager on expecting a white Christmas. Yes, you read that right, there are many people that are betting on the weather that Christmas day will bring.

Online casinos that accept sports bets are currently also accepting bets on other things such as races, tv shows and the weather! There are many players that are interested in betting on something that they believe in and those that are looking forward to a white Christmas have put in a little wager on the fact that they are expecting a white Christmas in many parts of the world and are completely counting on this being a reality!

The online sports betting casinos and books that are accepting these bets are currently adjusting their odds as it looks like we may not be having odds in the favour of those looking for snow after all. It really depends on the location of the snow that you are betting on. There are quite a few of those that have made this bet and surprisingly there some that are betting that the snow doesn’t come but there is only one way to find out and that is to wake up on Christmas morning and look out the window to see exactly what the day has brought to us!

Online Vegas Casino is currently in the midst of two holiday-themed promotions. The two tournaments are The Christmas Weekend Madness Tournament will run from December 25-29, 2009 and has a guaranteed prize pool of $85,000. For New Years, they are offering a $2010 Freeroll. It begins on the morning of December 31st, 2009 and ends in the evening of Jan 1st, 2010.

The Christmas Weekend Madness Tournament has an entry fee of just $13.99 and player can buy back into the tournament as many times as they like for the same amount. All players will start with a chip balance of $325 and in order to win part of the prize pool, players must be among those with the highest number of chips in the allotted time.

For the New Years $2010 Freeroll, players can buy in as often as necessary at a cost of $0.99 with the prize pool consisting of $2010, somewhat smaller than the Christmas Weekend Madness Tournament. Players will be playing the game Vegas Party which is meant to be symbolic of how well Las Vegas rings in the New Year. It is a slot game complete with free spins and Vegas-related symbols with the Vegas party logo being the wild symbol.

With all of the problems that the US seems to be having when deciding whether to regulate online gambling, the difficulties of other countries are sometimes overshadowed. Councillors in the UK who are opposed to online gambling are voicing their opinions on the subject.

One councillor in particular stood up during a county policies meeting and said he is concerned that citizens of the UK are losing too much money gambling online. His concern is that it is too easy to gamble away thousands of pounds in one sitting and wants to advise people against it.

The problem is that his views are in contrast with a Harvard study done which found that online gambling carried with it only a mild to moderate risk of going too far. His opinion doesn’t bear much weight without statistical findings and right now, all he can do is warn people about the risk.

Local gambling policies in the UK are reviewed every three years by law and the councillor took this review as his opportunity to speak out. The only purpose it served was to give his opinion because that particular meeting was not handling online casinos, just land-based ones.

There will always be opposing views when it comes to online gambling. Online casino operators in the UK need to be very careful that they don’t violate any conditions and at least show that they are concerned about peoples’ well-being and address the issue of gambling addiction somewhere in their business.

There are many people that are familiar and big fans of the reality TV show Survivor. The show has been on for several seasons and years and many people with the US and Canada have created quite a following for the series. The show has one several awards in its time and is a staple when it comes to reality TV in general. The online casinos that accept bets on sports and other events have also been accepting bets on the outcome and mainly the winner of the reality TV shows finale.

There are several people that are betting on Russell to take home the million and others betting on the other favourites that they have left. It is always fun to have a little wager on your favourite and there are several online casinos taking the bets at their sports books at this time as the finale will be taking place live on Sunday evening NYC time.

Fans are excited as this season should lend to an exciting last episode as one player has been running the show since the very beginning and it will be very interesting to see how the show plays out in the finale. There are several people that think they can predict the ending but in reality there is still an element of chance involved so it can really be anybodies game in the long run.

Stay tuned and we will be back with results and perhaps some news of some big winners in the week to follow. And remember to have fun if you are making a wager because you don’t want to take the excitement out of the show for yourself!

Everyone likes to see some new material at their favorite online casino. But the holidays are an especially good time to launch some new games for players to enjoy and online casino Intercasino has done just that with the launch of several new slot games that are sure to keep their patrons busy with something new for the next few weeks.

Intercasino.com operates on the Cryptologic platform and so offers many games with many titles that online casino fans are so familiar with and such big fans of! The online casino industry is excited to offer all sorts of holiday games in the slot variety during this time of year!

The new games being released at this time include titles such as Braveheart, Forest Gump, and Superman! Cryptologic has several contracts within the entertainment industry and so they are able to provide games that no other software provider can provide to the online casinos because of the exclusive arrangements that are in place!

There are many great things about these slots because it is almost as if you are watching the movie or following the storyline of the movie while you are playing the game and the best part is that they have amazing bonus rounds that can make you an even bigger if the right targets are selected!

Don’t hesitate to try these games sometime very soon as the online casino is currently running a great first time customer promotion where members get a match to the first deposit that they make.

There are all kind of online casino players around! There are those that prefer slots, those that only play online poker, there are blackjack fans and all other kinds too but more recently there has been a large influx of online bingo players that just cannot seem to get enough of their online bingo fill!

The online casinos that don’t currently offer the bingo option are thinking of incorporating into their product offering for the new year as so many players are turning to the bingo option. Many players say that they enjoy playing bingo online because it’s very similar to the game that they new as children or have played in the recent while.

The online bingo rooms do also offer different variations of the game that make it really fun and interesting! There are other bingo players to chat with and there are many great bonuses and promotions to participate in as a bingo player. There are various versions of the bingo game as well. There are the versions that are familiar to North American players such as those from Canada as well players for the US and there are also those versions of bingo that cater and are more familiar to those players that are from Europe and the UK.

And if you are looking for a new challenge you may want to try the games that are less familiar to you because trying something new can always be fun and remember what they say about beginners luck!! You may just be that next lucky winner!