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Three New Slots at Casino Club

Written by Haylie | Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Online Casino Club, powered by Boss Media, has just added two new online casino games to its canon of games. Already new in June, 4-Play Hi/Lo and “Wild Pirates,” the casino will now introduce two additional games—“Lucky’s Diner” and “Maya Gold.”

Marc West of Casino Club says, “We want to keep our players entertained. Given this, it is important that we constantly provide variety to our players.

“Lucky’s Diner” is a 5-reel online slot with 15 paylines set in the good old days—the 1950’s. This retro game includes a diner and a bowling alley settings. One bonus round is a bowling game in which you’ll have to bowl a strike in order to win the full bonus, or just get a partial bonus for anything less than a strike. An additional bonus opportunity also awaits you.

“Maya Gold” is also 5-reels, but with 25 paylines. This online slot game is set in [...] Continue Reading…

Online Slot “Mega Fortune” Pays Out $4M+

Written by Haylie | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Net Entertainment’s “Mega Fortune” online slot progressive jackpot has been hit at Unibet Casino for €4,345,183. The player, M.B. from Holland, hit the lucky spin and won one of the biggest single jackpots in online gambling history on a bet of only €1.25—the biggest ever paid out by Unibet. Their previous highest payout was back in January when Nils, a 43-year-old player from Norway, won €1.1 million on “Arabian Nights.”

Thirty-three-year-old M.B. is a regular Unibet slots player who couldn’t believe her eyes when the “Jackpot!” message appeared before her. She says, “I kept staring at my screen. I thought it was a joke. I then called the Unibet helpdesk and they confirmed that I had won the Mega Fortune jackpot!”

She adds, “People ask me what I am going to do with the money, but I’m not sure yet… It’s definitely enough money to make myself and my family very [...] Continue Reading…

$1 Million Slots Tournament at All Slots Casino

Written by Haylie | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

All Slots Casino, owned and operated by the Jackpot Factory Group, is running a massive slots tournament, the Grand Slam of Slots. The big event is not scheduled until October, but related and qualifying events have already started. Free tournament feeders will send players into the final, which will ultimately pay one lucky All Slots player $1 million. These feeders are running daily now, so there are plenty of chances to get your free tournament ticket for the main event to be held October 22 through November 22, 2009.

The feeder tournaments come in a variety of formats: the Grand Slam Qualifier will accommodate 5,000 players who will compete in one five-minute round of play, final results to be released at the end of the day; the Grand Slam Rush feeders are a bit more intense, with three rounds of play scheduled for each of these one-hour tourneys and the [...] Continue Reading…

WagerWorks and IGT Expand Online Slots With Barcrest Group

Written by JohnH | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

IGT, also known as International Game Technology has recently announced the restore of one of their subsidiaries’ located in the UK. As published in their press release, this move is to make way for new improvements in their online gambling operations, including the mobile applications. IGT is the developer for most of the popular land based slots such as Wheel of Fortune, and the Elvis - A Little More Action slots . Their online gambling operations exist through WagerWorks and recent acquisition Million -2-1. Wagerworks online slots support the authentic games listed above along with 20+ other IGT online slots. Games available through IGT and WagerWorks are available exclusively through WagerWorks online casinos such as Paddy Power Casino.

The news also includes the release of new games from the Barcrest Group, under the WagerWorks brand and will continue to expand further into mobile gaming.

“This restructure streamlines our current sales and [...] Continue Reading…

Casino Protection Software

Written by Haylie | Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

A software developer in Canada has come up with a program that is designed specifically to prevent minors from being able to gamble online. The software, which is targeted towards parents, will keep those who aren’t old enough from accessing online gambling web sites from their home computers. The selling point here is that no longer will there be a need to nationally ban online gambling.

BetStopper gambling blocking software is already being utilized by the Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation, which is simply installed on the PC in order to filter entry to Internet casinos. Federal attempts such as the UIGEA that act to prohibit online gambling are typically enacting on the purpose of protecting minors from having access to Internet gambling, but programs like BetStopper can put the power in the hands of the parents, thereby eliminating the need for government interference.

Nova Scotia residents actually have access [...] Continue Reading…