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First Massive Internet Asian2Bet Jackpot Win of 2002 – US$227,653.20 At Intercasino

Strovolos, Cyprus — An Internet-based progressive jackpot worth US$227,653.20 was hit at InterCasino on Thursday, January 29 by a player with the online handle ‘jwhite9’.

While the jackpot was the first US$100K+ win of the near year, 10 were claimed in 2001. In total, more than US$5.5 million was awarded on over 17,000 Jackpot Mania wins in 2001 – averaging 47+ winners daily.

‘jwhite8’, a long-time InterCasino (www.intercasino.com) player, hit the jackpot on “Spice Island” Stud Poker.

Spice Island offers a Jackpot Mania (www.jackpotmania.com) progressive jackpot, bringing land-based progressive poker worth a minimum US$100,000 to the Internet. The casino-favorite can be played single or multi-player mode. Unlike other online poker games, Spice Island offers users the option to place a US$1.00 side bet that pays out a progressive jackpot to the player who draws the next royal flush.

“That US$1 won him US$227.653.20,” said InterCasino manager Ryan Hartley. “‘jwhite8’ will never play non-progressive poker again.”

Since he started playing at InterCasino in 1996, ‘jwhite8’ thought he had seen everything – except a Royal Flush.

“I was totally surprised when I saw the royal flush. I had been playing a good bit lately as I felt some flushes were due as indicated by the size of the jackpot. I was hoping to get one, but it was real shocker to win US$227,653.20! I have played stud poker quite a bit in casinos and cruise ships since the mid-eighties, but this is very first royal flush I have ever had! About time!”

Big winners at InterCasino in 2001 include ‘moosed’ (US$176,647.19), ‘flagg04’ (US$152,488.36) and ‘stash’ (US$111,820.80).

InterCasino was voted Asian2Bet“Casino of the Year 2001” by several gaming industry magazines, yet more accolades on top of a reputation that has established it …

Will the casino’s wheels turn against the punter?

Martini-sipping James Bond lookalikes stand at the roulette table, place their bets and despite the impossible odds, win thousands of pounds. It is an enduring image of casinos that the gaming industry has spent hours this week trying to dispel in front of a parliamentary select committee.

Ministers want to liberalise Britain’s gambling laws, making it easier for casinos to be opened with a wider range of games and unlimited jackpots. In March it published proposals that it said will “modernise” the industry with the effect that profits for the casino operators will jump by £500m along with a big boost for tax revenues for the exchequer.

For the first time, punters will be able to place bets with credit cards, without waiting 24 hours to become a member. As a result some of the estimated 400,000 people who fly over to Las Vegas each year are expected to stay in this country, where it will be relatively easy to find Vegas-style hotel-cum-casinos lined with slot machines.

But the select committee for culture, media and sport is concerned about the likelihood that gambling addiction will rise, plus the impact on jobs and the potential for an increase in crime.

It has been hearing submissions from industry, academics and groups concerned with the social welfare of gamblers that get hooked.

There are an estimated 350,000 addicted gamblers in the UK, according to Gamblers Anonymous. The group’s spokesman, Patrick, says little research has been conducted into why people gamble or the effects of this. He argues that until either the government or the industry pays for research, it should hold back from pushing through reforms.

“The government has realised that gambling is the fastest growing leisure activity and good luck to them. The tax it will receive will replace the declining tax …

Golden Palace Tattoos Breed Situs Judi Slot Controversy

Golden Palace has been advertising its online casino on the backs of professional boxers for a few months now, and not surprisingly, the ads have attracted a lot of attention. They’ve also generated a lot of misguided idealism on the part of the casino.

This story began about six months ago when Golden Palace launched a new ad campaign that had professional boxers wearing large Henna temporary tattoos on their back reading “GoldenPalace.com.”

Since then, more than 20 boxers have received anywhere from $5,000 to $100,000 to wear the logo. Has-been celebrities like Danny Bonaduce (The Partridge Family) and Todd Bridges (Diff’rent Strokes) even got in on the act during Fox TV’s overwhelmingly tasteless Celebrity Boxing special.

The ads take crass commercialism to a new level but Situs Judi Slot Golden Palace deserves some points for creativity, right? The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) didn’t think so and tried to put the kibosh on the whole campaign. The commission banned the ads from all fights in the Silver State, arguing they were demeaning to the sport of boxing and distracting to judges.

Golden Palace didn’t take kindly to the ruling and came out of its corner swinging, claiming the NAC was trampling on its freedom of speech. The casino also argued that this was one way for small(er)-time boxers who have a limited career span to make a few extra bucks while they could still take a punch.

Golden Palace got a temporary court injunction on the ban, and in March, that injunction was made permanent. At the time, Eric Amgar, the promotions manager for Golden Palace, said, “It’s a victory for free speech, really. It’s a victory for boxers. Now they can make money for themselves with their own bodies. It also rewards companies like ours that come up with …

Bars Test Laws on Gambling With Moneyless Poker Games

Bars Test Laws on Gambli With Moneyless Poker Games By JODI WILGOREN NY TIMES ST. CLOUD, Minn., Feb. 19 – Not 20 minutes into a No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament at the Granite Bowl bar and grill here, State Senator Mike McGinn pushed his entire pile of chips into the pot. State Senator Dave Kleis hardly hesitated before following suit, and State Representative Tom Hackbarth quickly joined the “all in” chorus.

“No wonder we’ve got budget problems at the state,” cracked their colleague, State Senator Brian LeClair, who had folded his own cards long before.

“Well, it’s other people’s money,” Mr. McGinn said of the taxes that fill state coffers. “It’s kind of the same thing.”

Actually, the eight lawmakers gathered around the green felt here on Saturday afternoon, all but one Republicans, were not playing for money at all, but for T-shirts proclaiming, “Poker is Not a Crime” – and to make a point. Betting with chips that had been seized last summer in a police raid on the Granite Bowl’s free weekly poker tournaments, they came to support a bill sponsored by Mr. Kleis, who represents St. Cloud, that would explicitly legalize Texas Hold’em (but not other forms of poker) so long as prizes do not top $200.

As televised tournaments make Hold’em ever more popular and mainstream, Minnesota is one of at least half a dozen states grappling with a new phenomenon: poker games with little more than bragging rights at stake. Law enforcement agencies and liquor commissions in states with lotteries, racetracks and even casinos have arrested bar owners and players in recent months, threatening fines or jail time under statutes that proponents of poker see as anachronistic.

On Wednesday, even as Mr. Kleis’s bill adding Texas Hold’em to the state’s list of legal card …

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Who will win this season’s UEFA Champions League?

All we know for sure so far is that Real Madrid will not make it four in a row.

Los Blancos’ submission before an ebullient Ajax was a death long foretold, with the exits of Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane in the close season and the cack-handed hiring and firing of Julen Lopetegui sure signs of a listing ship about to keel over.

Four teams have already made it to the quarter-finals but none were among the pre-season favourites: Ajax, Manchester United, Porto and Tottenham Hotspur.

This week we will know the other eight, with bigger cannons being rolled out on deck. If the second legs throw up no shocks then Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City will be in the hat as well.

Atleti have the incentive of the final this year being Qiuqiu played at their new home ground, the Wanda Metropolitano, and looked imperious in the first leg, winning 2-0. However, it is too early to write off the runaway Serie A leaders, Ronaldo and the cauldron of the Juventus stadium hauling back two goals. Los Colchoneros are favourites but this tie is far from over.

The same night, Tuesday, Manchester City host Schalke 3-2 up from the first leg. It is hard to see Pep Guardiola’s team squandering three away goals but the fact Schalke breached their defence twice in Gelsenkirchen will keep them on their toes. A strange rumour surfaced last week that the Catalan will swap the Etihad for Juve next season. But if he captures an unprecedented four cups in a season..?

Barcelona and Bayern both drew their away legs 0-0, the lack of away goals rendering their goalless draws less an advantage than they might appear. While the Camp Nou should prove …

Koreans Looking To Break Sad Saudi Qq Poker Streak

Football eyes have been fixed on the K-league in recent weeks but Wednesday’s 2010 World Cup qualifier in Saudi Arabia has been casting a large shadow over the domestic scene for weeks. Wednesday’s game in Riyadh is the first big test in South Korea’s bid to qualify for South Africa.

Until now, the obstacles on that road have been provided by the likes of Turkmenistan, Jordan, North Korea and UAE. Coaches are fond of saying Qq Poker these days that there are no easy games any more in international football. If that is the case, it is still true to say that some opponents are easier than others.

Saudi Arabia is a traditional powerhouse of the continental scene, has appeared at the last four World Cups and fully expects to be busy in the summer of 2010. When you add the fact that South Korea has tied two and lost three of the last five meetings with the West Asians then you get an idea of the task at hand at the imposing King Fahd International Stadium.

Two of those defeats came during qualification for the 2006 World Cup. The first was a 2-0 reverse in the eastern city of Damman, a result that became known as the ‘Damman Shock’ in the Seoul media. The return game in Seoul also went the way of the Saudis and ostensibly cost then coach Jo Bonfrere his job though he told me just before he departed that the first loss was the beginning of the end.

A similar result in Riyadh may not have that effect on Huh Jung-moo but then again, it might as Group Two of qualification couldn’t be tighter. Both teams have collected four points from two games in the final round of qualification. …

A Nappy Pkv Poker Ending

I’ve never really understood the fascination with babies; they’re small, they’re ugly and they make absolutely no effort to participate in a coherent conversation. My antipathy towards the little monsters probably began when the wife Pkv Poker gave birth to little Goliath, she had the audacity to stay in hospital for a full two days after dropping the little cash magnet, the front room looked like a bomb had landed within a matter of hours; there’s just no excuse for her laziness.

For fans of Sunderland, the last day of the season is a lot like childbirth; after nine months of anguish, the end result makes you question whether all the effort was worthwhile. The worst team in the history of the Premiership will end their season of woe at Villa Park, back the Villans to take all three points at 8/13; it’s a little bundle of joy.

Fans of the Albion will also be glad to see the season come to a close; the locals of West Bromwich haven’t been this embarrassed since the Frank Skinner show first aired. The Baggies travel to Goodison Park where they have lost on their five previous visits; Everton are the nap of the week at 8/13.

Lady luck is not just smiling on Tottenham, she’s flashing a little bit of cleavage. West Ham are understandably concentrating on the FA Cup final, Spurs look an outstanding bet at even money to leave Upton Park with three points and a 4th place finish.

Arsenal’s fixation with this season’s Champions League has potentially cost them a direct route through to next season’s competition, which is like a vegetarian eating a burger to save a lamb. Arsenal have to win to keep their fading 4th place dreams alive, at 2/9 …

Noble Situs Slot Announces New 60% Reload Bonus Up To $200

Players can earn an amazing bonus based on their additional deposits at Noble Poker.

(PRWEB) May 5, 2005 — Noble Poker, one of the online industry’s leading fully-supported Poker Card Rooms, announced today that it will grant its players an unprecedented 60% Reload Bonus of up to $200 when they make additional deposits at the site.

The Reload Bonus will be awarded to depositing players on an incremental basis as they qualify for it, Noble Poker Marketing Spokesman Jonathan Kaye announced.

“Any hand our situs slot players participate in, in which they contribute money to the pot by either placing one of the blinds or by making a bet, will award them with Crowns, Noble Poker’s unique Player Points,” he explained. “Small table stake games will award participating players with one Crown, while larger stake games will award participating players with up to three Crowns. For every 125 Crowns a player has earned, he will be rewarded with $10.”

The system is not at all complicated, Kaye explained. Players will be given weekly statements showing the amount of Crowns they have accumulated, so that they know precisely when they will receive the next incremental payment of their Reload Bonus. “Players will keep on playing, and we’ll keep on giving them bonuses, up to a maximum Reload Bonus of $200,” he said.

The Crown system is being used quite successfully with Noble Poker’s ongoing 100% Matching First Deposit Bonus, Kaye added. Exact terms and conditions for the Reload Bonus offer have been posted on the Noble Poker website.

Noble Poker stages Togel Singapore a weekly Depositors Freeroll, giving all depositors a chance to win their share of a $1,000 prize pool. Noble Poker also holds satellite tournaments leading up to weekly and monthly …

A LOOK AT THE BEST CASINO ONLINE GAMES

If you are new to the online casino market, you are likely to face a myriad of initial chances. Some of these will depend on your existing level of experience, of course, and more specifically whether you are new to gambling entirely to simply making the transition from offline platforms.

There are some challenges that are universal, however, such as choosing the right virtual casino platform to suit your tastes. With such a huge range of options available, it can be difficult to isolate one or even a few that are likely to offer the best and most rewarding experience.

A SIMPLE STRATEGY: IDENTIFYING THE BEST SITES THROUGH THE GAMES THAT THEY OFFER

While there are numerous things that you can look for when trying to identify a viable, online casino site, one of the best strategies is to look at the range of games casino online that they offer. RedFlushCasino’s casino games are renowned as an excellent reference point, for example, as they include some of the most lucrative and enjoyable titles available on the current market.

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Let’s start with what is arguably the most popular game of all; Major Millions 3 Reel. No list of this type would be complete without a progressive slot game, and there is no doubt that this title remains incredibly rewarding both in terms of its quality of interaction and the financial prizes available to winners.

As a progressive game, jackpots can often reach £1 million, while even the default, starting point is usually around £250,000. Throw in countless bonus rounds and numerous pay-lines, and you have a truly immersive game that offers you an opportunity to win big online!

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BALLY’S CASH SPIN AND ONLINE GAMBLING

Attendees of the Gaming Technology Summit in Las Vegas last week selected Bally Technologies’ Cash Spin slot machine for the “Attendee Choice” award in Casino Journal’s 2009 “Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Technology Products” awards competition.

Cash Spin was also one of the top three award winners out of 21 finalists, winning the Silver Award.

Cash Spin, with its U-Spin gesture-control technology, has been on a winning streak, taking home the “Best Slot Product” in the Gaming & Technology Awards at G2E last November; a 2010 Casino Enterprise Management Slot Floor Technology Award; and now two of the top awards in the “Most Innovative Gaming Technology” competition.

“We knew Cash Spin was special from the moment we saw the first prototype, and since its launch in April we have not been disappointed,” said Gavin Isaacs, Bally’s chief operating officer. “We have been installing Cash Spin nationwide at a pace that exceeds Hot Shot Progressive, which until Cash Spin had been our most successful game. And Cash Spin is delivering outstanding performance for gaming operators, attaining more than three times house average.”

Cash Spin is a groundbreaking gaming device that features proprietary U-Spin gesture-control technology that enables players to spin a virtual wheel on the game’s display just as if it were an actual physical spinning wheel.

The game, on Bally’s highly successful ALPHA Elite V32 slot platform, also features Bally’s Interactive Reels (iReels), allowing the game to be played both as a video and as a reel-spinner at the same time.

“Finally, an adaptation of touch screen and interactive reels, along with a wheel – what’s not to like?” said Slot Floor Technology judge Chuck Hickey, vice president of slot operations at Barona Resort & Casino.

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