On Friday, Loto-Quebec’s gambling website went online, giving residents of the Canadian province the first officially licensed and regulated online casino on which to play. Despite controversy and the problems in British Columbia, Quebec pushed forward, determined to give their residents another option for gaming. The government-run online casino is called Espacejeux.com and it offers online poker games, blackjack, roulette, baccarat and more. Through the gambling website, the Canadian province expects to earn approximately $50 million in revenue in 2012. Though revenues have declined lately, Loto-Quebec is still reporting good profits – they reported $925 million in revenue for April [ Read More ]
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November 20 – Virgin Casino, part of the leading online gaming company Virgin Games, has today announced the launch of Big Kahuna, a 5-reel, 9-payline jungle inspired slot from online game developer, Microgaming. Big Kahuna offers players two Bonus Features; the Volcano bonus game and the Pick a Mask bonus game. The Volcano Bonus feature requires the player to save a village chief and his island from the wrath of a violent volcano. The player must decide which offering will appease the rumbling volcano. If the player manages to save the island village, they will receive a bonus. The Mask [ Read More ]
Vegas Red Casino is celebrating its seventh birthday with a promotion called ‘The Seven Wonders of the World’ in which it hands out a $1,000 cash prize each day. $1k Cash Prizes The Seven Wonders of the World festivities are up and running and will come to an end on November 20th. On each day of this anniversary promotion one Vegas Red player will go home with a cash prize of $1,000. Minimum Deposit To enter this promotion all you have to do is sign up at Vegas Red Casino and make a minimum deposit of $100. All players who [ Read More ]
Playtech has released a new horse-racing themed video slot game available in download or instant play. Frankie Dettori’s Magic Seven is inspired by the legendary Italian jockey Lanfranco ‘Frankie’ Dettori and his famous seven straight wins at Ascot racecourse. The 5-reel, 25-line slot gives players the opportunity to win a maximum 7,777 times their bet on a single spin. The showcase of the game is the ‘Magic Seven’ bonus round where players can win cash and prize multipliers up to 7x by picking mystery positions on the virtual racetrack. Further extra features include Wild and Scatter bonus prizes, as well [ Read More ]
Residents of Alberta, Canada did less boozing and gambling last year, according to a new report. The report by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission, released on Wednesday, stated that Albertans drank less alcohol and spent less money on gambling last year than in previous years. Also reduced was the amount donated to charities and community programs. A lot of that makes sense. Alberta, like most of the world, has been struggling through a deep recession that was caused in large part by fiscal irresponsibility. With people losing jobs all over the place, it seems like a bad time to [ Read More ]
England are at betting odds of 20/1 with English bookmaker Ladbrokes to fail to score against New Zealand on Saturday. The bookies have released a huge range of Twickenham specials ahead of the opening Autumn international. Alex Donohue, spokesperson of Ladbrokes, said: “A wounded All Blacks team could spell trouble for England. They’ll be smarting after their defeat to the Aussies at the weekend and we expect Johnson’s hosts to feel the backlash.” England are at odds of 7/2 to win the match, and are offered a start of 11 points in the handicap. Finally, Andrew Sheridan’s album ‘Folk’ has [ Read More ]
The biggest deals in football used to be multimillion dollar transfers to land the sport’s biggest stars. These days, arguably the most important signings for Europe’s top clubs are the corporate sponsors on the front of their uniforms, reports the Wall Street Journal. The 2010/11 European Jersey Report released by SportundMarkt this week, demonstrates the current landscape and development in jersey marketing in the six top European football leagues. The Premier League (England), Primera División (Spain), Ligue 1 (France), 1st Bundesliga (Germany), Serie A (Italy) and the Eredivisie (Netherlands), and paints a rosy picture of the commercial value of European [ Read More ]
Isle of Man online mahjong developer Mahjong Logic, Ltd. announced the completion of a licensing agreement with b2b i-gaming solution provider, EveryMatrix . ’2010 has been a banner year for Mahjong Logic and our deal with EveryMatrix reaffirms not only the potential of mahjong but the fact that the game is a true force worldwide,’ said Jonas Alm , Mahjong Logic CEO. ‘This deal gives us instant access to over twenty-five worldwide gaming operators already being serviced by EveryMatrix.’ ‘EveryMatrix is excited to bring our customer base worldwide the game of mahjong,’ said Stian Hornsletten , CEO of EveryMatrix. ‘ [ Read More ]
Twenty-two people have been selected to advise the Australian Government on its gambling reforms through a new expert panel. The Ministerial Expert Advisory Group on Gambling, chaired by Professor Peter Shergold AC, will provide specialist and technical implementation advice and play an important role in assisting the Government to deliver its gambling reforms. The Government has invited 22 representatives to join the Ministerial Expert Advisory Group from: problem gambling counselling and support services; clubs, hotels, casinos and gaming machine manufacturers; the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union; and research and academic institutions that specialise in understanding problem gambling behaviour and harm [ Read More ]
Best Online Casinos USAPlayers FreeDowload CanadianPlayers FreeDowload EuroPlayers FreeDowload UKPlayers FreeDowload Online gamblers both new and seasoned were confused on Thursday afternoon when the Yahoo search engine was down for about an hour. The search engine is frequently used for players to find the top online casinos from around the world. “For a brief period this afternoon, Yahoo.com was inaccessible to some users,” wrote Yahoo Spokeswoman Kryssa Gunthrum, in response to a query from eWeek. “We have identified the issue and are working to correct it immediately. We know that this may have caused some inconvenience and we apologize to [ Read More ]
