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Get Paid to Win – Survivor Weeks at InterCasino

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:30:00 EST

Spin the Reels and Survive
The Survivor Promotion runs at InterCasino for yet three more weeks to come and the first week starts on Saturday February 6 and lasts until Friday the 12^th. The two weeks thereafter both start on Saturday too and have the same structure as the first week.

Wager and Win
Each Survivor Week your goal is to win money while spinning the reels of your favorite slot machines on one of the first four weekdays. Wager at least $500 dollars during one of the first four days and if you turn out a winner you qualify for Wednesday play.

Depending on the amount you wager you will battle it out for one of the three Survivor Bands, being gold, silver and bronze. Then the battle really gets going and your cash compensation keeps on growing the longer you stay spinning and winning.

Cash Prizes
If you keep playing and winning all the way up to end of the week on Friday, you win a guaranteed cash amount. The amount that is dished out is $4,000 for the Gold Survivor Band, $1,250 for the Silver Survivor Band and $500 for the Bronze Survivor Band.

Check out this amazing promotion at InterCasino and make sure to spin the reels of your favorite slot machines.

Enjoy Mobile Web Apps at PlayTech Casinos

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:30:00 EST

Gambling on Your Mobile Phone
Mobile gambling is big business and a welcome extension to any virtual casino, as many savvy online gamblers have came to notice. Although mobile casino games already are available for quite a while now at most of our top-rated casinos, PlayTech is the first to come up with a mobile gambling platform that needs no downloads.

New PlayTech Mobile Platform
Mobile Web Apps is the name of the new PlayTech platform that runs different Java applications so that online gamblers can access their favorite games directly on their iPhones, Android phones, or other wireless devices.

The first three online casino classics that appeared as Mobile Web Apps were Blackjack, Jacks or Better Video Poker and the world-famous Gold Rally Progressive Slot. PlayTech has decided to launch three more exciting games on the Mobile Web Apps platform, being Pop Bingo, Rock- Paper-Scissors, and Keno.

Casino Packs
PlayTech also offers its branded online casinos the opportunity to form special Casino Packs that allow the gambler to download an all-in one package containing multiple games. The games that are in these packages differ from casino to casinos, giving a casino like Casino Tropez the possibility to further distinguish itself from the other PlayTech powered casinos.

EU Laws Take Precedence over National Gambling Laws

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:30:00 EST

German Gambling Legislation
The current treatment of online gambling in Germany was at least to say problematic, as several German provinces are uncertain as to adhere to the federal gambling laws. Nevertheless the Major of the city Bergheim was determined to take action against Winner Wetten, effectively prohibiting it from performing its sports book operations.

After having filed an unsuccessful complaint Winner Wetten brought the case before the Cologne Administrative Court. Although it was undisputed that the German gambling laws were undesirable, the Court ruled that the existing legal situation was to be maintained in order to avert a legal vacuum.

Opinion of EU Advocate General
Yesterday Advocate General Yves Bot handed down his opinion on the case against the German sports book monopoly. According to him the current German legislation is in violation with the EU principle of free trade, and is an unjustified restriction not in the best interest of the European consumers.

Preventing companies like Winner Wetten from providing online gambling services is incompatible with EU law, and cannot be condoned even when it is for the purpose of preventing a legal vacuum. In such cases EU law always takes precedence over national gambling laws, with no exceptions.

Party Gaming Founder Anurag Dikshit Completes Divestment

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 EST

Party Gaming Divestment
Although Party Gaming now is long past the difficult era of UIGEA-related struggles, former Party Group Operations Director Anurag Dikshit still feels the aftermath. He recently completed his Party Gaming divestment and sold off his last share, resulting in a 7% prize drop of Party Gaming's LSE-listed shares because of the sheer volume of the transaction.

Dikshit currently still faces the risk of having to do prison time. Back in December 2008 Dikshit pled guilty to the charge of having provided illegal Internet gambling services in violation of the Federal Wire Act, and paid a hefty fine of $300 million.

Stemming from this plea Dikshit still faces the risk of further legal prosecution, possibly partly explaining the multi-billionaire's eagerness to take his hands of Party Gaming for once and for all.

Trouble with the US Government
Although Party Gaming, known for amongst others the successful Party Casino, stopped providing services to US customers as of October 2006, the American government was determined to prosecute the gambling giant.

In April 2009 Party Gaming decided to put an end to the ongoing uncertainty, and agreed to pay a fine of $105 million to establish a non-prosecution agreement. Part of this deal was that Party Gaming signed a statement of facts, hereby admitting it provided unlawful services to US customers before October 2006.

Slots Highlights in February

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 EST

There are five special dates you need to mark in your calendar next month, and hopefully, you already know the location - Online Vegas.

The first date to remember is February 2, and it's not only the day to watch the old groundhog emerge from its burrow, it's also high time for the Groundhog Day slots tournament at Online Vegas casino. €15,000 guaranteed prize money is up for grab.

Second day to clear in your calendar is the 5th, and while you're at it, put down the 19th as well. Every second Friday in February the casino runs the $50,000 Guaranteed Weekend Madness tournament.

Between these two tournaments there is also the Valentine's Week-Long $75,000 Guaranteed Freeroll. It runs from the 12th to the 19th on the game Cupid's Arrow and the first prize winner will take home a lovely $15,000. And o'yeah, it's free to play!

Last date is the 26th, when it's time for the Spring Into March $75,000 Guaranteed weekend Madness tournament and just as the name states there are 75 big ones up for grabs in this huge weekend tourney.

Download the Online Vegas Casino software today if you want to play. If you are interested in the $5675 CasinoToplists exclusive bonus, make sure to empty your cookies in the browser before you follow the download link in our Online Vegas review.

Happy spinning!

Mega Moolah Major Jackpot Is On a Roll

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:30:00 EST

Mega Moolah's Top Jackpot
In general online casinos place a lot of emphasis on the sheer size of their online progressive jackpots. The winners' stories are mostly about lucky players who became instant millionaires after taking down a huge progressive jackpot, as was the case with this Polish player who won the Mega Moolah top jackpot.

Mega Moolah Major Progressive
The top tier jackpot, the Mega Moolah Mega Progressive, starts at no less than $1,000,000. Its little brother on the other hand, the Mega Moolah Major Progressive, begins at a not too shabby $10,000.

Not surprisingly the Major Progressive pays out far more frequently than the massive Mega Progressive. The Mega Moolah Major Progressive has paid out an awful lot of times over the last months, and probably is the jackpot with the highest pay-out frequency on the web today.

Mega Moolah Major Jackpot Winners
During the first three weeks of the new year this amazing Microgaming jackpot already paid out four times. The latest winner took home a cash prize of $23,416 on the 16^th of January. Since then the Mega Moolah Major has already accumulated to $35,194 and is ready to be won any time soon.

Head over to one of our top-rated Microgaming powered casinos like All Slots Casino and spin the reels of the Mega Moolah to win one of its 4 interesting jackpots.

Pharaoh’s Treasure Eye-Catcher at William Hill Casino

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST

Online Casino Portfolio
William Hill Casino is powered by PlayTech and thus has an impressing range of online progressive jackpot slots to choose from. After doing the math the William Hill staff soon discovered that Pharaoh's Treasure, one of the non-progressive video slots, was the big eye-catcher last year.

Pharaoh's Treasure Slot
Over the course of 2009 the Pharaoh's Treasure Slot paid out more than £1 million (=$1.65 million) spread over 17 different video slot wins. The biggest win took place in June when one lucky chap cashed in a juicy £188,000, and just before Christmas on the 18^th of December a casino gambler raked in £75,000.

Clover Rollover Progressive Jackpot
So much for last year's winnings at William Hill Casino. In the beginning of this year all eyes are on the Clover Rollover progressive jackpot, as this progressive monster currently is filled with £1,147,000, a little less than $1.9 million.

Now is the time to head on over to William Hill Casino and spin the reels of the Clover Rollover Progressive Jackpot Slot. If you hit 5 'Lucky Shamrock' symbols on a row on a maximum bet, you are the one to take home the $1.9 million progressive jackpot.

Playtech Reaches Agreement With Sega Games

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:00:00 EST

Online Poker And Casino
SEGA Games Limited will mix their well-known video game brands such as 'Virtua Fighter' and 'House of the Dead' into their full suite of online poker and casino game. At SEGACasino.com for example, you'll be able to find popular casino games such as roulette, blackjack and special SEGA branded slots.

"Playtech, the industry leader in online gaming software provider, was the obvious choice for SEGA Games Limited and we are very excited to have them as a partner", said a SEGA Games spokesman. "Playtech solutions along with our proprietary SEGAPass technology offers us the opportunity to provide an innovative, new online gaming experience to our players and deliver the SEGA experience to people in the same manner that they have enjoyed for decades."

He added: "Not only are we uniting with a leading international technology development company but, with two trusted brands in SEGA and Playtech, our customers can have confidence in playing in a leading online casino and poker room with the assurances of quality and security which they have experienced with SEGA for decades."

Top Rated
Playtech continues to be in the news this week. Just a few days ago it was announced that Estonia legalized online gambling for their citizens. The deal is that during the first year, Estonian citizens can only gamble online on the nation-based platform of the Olympic Casino Group, which runs on Playtech's software.

It's no surprise then that four of our current top ten online casinos (Europa Casino , William Hill Casino , 21 Nova Casino , Casino Tropez ) use Playtech's state-of-the-art software.

PartyGaming Signs Deal with Dansk Spil

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:30:00 EST

Danish Gambling Policy
A little while ago we wrote about the plans of the Danish Government to liberalize the entire land-based and online gambling markets. The government currently provides online gambling services through the 80% state-owned monopoly called Dansk Spil, but as in most other countries citizens easily find their way to offshore yet 'illegal' competitors.

If the above mentioned plans, already translated into pieces of draft legislation, will be realized, the entire online gambling sector will be regulated and become accessible for foreign online gambling operators.

Party Gaming Deal
Although this process is likely to take at least until next year, the effects of the proposed policy change are already visible. Dansk Spil has sat around the table with European gambling giant PartyGaming, which resulted in a 5-year contract for the provision of gambling services.

Details of the agreement state that PartyGaming will deliver online casino games and online poker related services. With Dansk Spil's current base of 500,000 active customers, PartyGaming CEO Jim Ryan rightfully calls this a "landmark" deal. This deal will give the company a tremendous head start when the Danish legislation will finally be put into place.

Estonia Liberalizes Online Gambling Market

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:30:00 EST

Global Gambling Issues
Almost every week we can write something new on the positive and negative developments in the worldwide treatment of online gambling. The Australian government recently decided to put through its 'Great Aussie Firewall', although test results appeared negative and the plans received massive public criticism.

Estonia Takes Action
Many countries have had the tax effects of legalized online gambling calculated, often times resulting in vast potential money flows to treasury. Estonia decided to take action and kill two birds with one stone: provide its citizens with a safe and regulated online gambling environment while at the same time generating additional tax income.

In the first year Estonian citizens can only gamble online on the nation-based online gambling platform of the Olympic Casino Group, which runs on the state-of-the-art software of online casino software giant PlayTech.

Further Liberalization Plans
The liberalization efforts will continue as in the beginning of 2011 the Estonian gambling market will open its virtual doors for gambling operators from all over the world. To vouch for the integrity and safety of the online gambling environment, operators must satisfy a number of additional requirements set by the Estonian authorities.