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Red Hot Cash Slots Game Promotion at Virgin Casino

Written by Haylie | Monday, November 16th, 2009

Virgin Casino is hosting a promotion in celebration of the launch of their new online slot games in the Red Hot Cash Promotion. New slot games, as well as some old favorites will be featured in the promotion including, “Blankety Blank,” “The Price is Right,” “The X Factor Steps to Stardom,” “Super Hoot Loot,” “Dragon Master,” and “Irish Eyes” will be in the spotlight from today, November 16, through November 22.

Players who play these games and wager specific amounts will receive bonuses of up to £500. For example, Tier 1 players who wager £175 will earn a bonus of £5. Tier 2 players who wager £350 will earn a £10 bonus, and so on, up to Tier 14, where players who wager £17,500 will get the full £500 possible bonus. Furthermore, any player who reaches this max bonus will be entered into a drawing to win an extra [...] Continue Reading…

Slot Machine Malfunctions and Falsely Displays a $166M Payout

Written by Haylie | Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The Seminole Tribe of Florida operates a slew of reputable, land-based American Indian casinos across the state of Florida, but they might need to do a little maintenance on their slot machines. It has been reported that a Daytona Beach, Florida resident, Bill Seebeck, who had traveled to the casino, was about $80 into his slot session when he heard the jackpot alarms go off on the game he was playing. What would have otherwise meant a payout of $2,500 or less, was actually quite a shock and seemingly traumatic event for the shaken up slots player.

What is now being referred to as a “machine malfunction” was at one point a $166 million jackpot payout owed to Seebeck when $1,666,666.65 flashed on the gaming screen in front of him after he whole-heartedly spun the reels. His heart raced and his enthusiasm grew as he believed he had won this [...] Continue Reading…

Online Progressive Slot Jackpots Update

Written by Haylie | Thursday, November 12th, 2009

For Rival, Cryptologic, Playtech, and Microgaming players, there is a lot of activity going on in the progressive payout news. Whether it’s been hit or needs to be, there’s a lot to report on.

First of all, last weekend, two lucky online casino players cashed out some decent sized progressive jackpots. One Rival Gaming slots player struck gold on “Strike Gold,” a 3-reel progressive slot game that paid out $30K+. “Strike Gold” had been sitting idle for 75 days with now payouts when it was awoken last Saturday, but in the past year, it has made 7 payouts. Also getting high is “Money Magic” with a $67K+ and rising progressive jackpot. You can play these game at ThisIsVegas and SlotoCash online casinos.

Also on Saturday of last weekend, a progressive jackpot game powered by Cryptologic decided to payout, but this time it wasn’t a slot. The Progressive Caribbean Stud Poker progressive [...] Continue Reading…

Facebook Integrates with GameLogic to Launch New Online Gaming Products

Written by Haylie | Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Provider of interactive marketing, GameLogic, Inc., which provides their services to the US regulated gaming industry, has announced a partnership with social networking website, Facebook. Facebook will now offer users GameLogic’s products, PlayAwayTM, PlayerVantageTM and New PlayTM.

President and CEO of GameLogic,m John E. Taylor, Jr., says, “Regulated gaming operators face a myriad of challenges in building an effective presence in today’s many media channels. Media is more fragmented than ever, but social media sites are emerging as robust interactive channels with direct access to the consumer. With GameLogic’s new Facebook integration, casinos and lotteries can now effectively harness this popular media channel with little or no effort.”

GameLogic’s products will offer interactive marketing features on the edge of industry standards including personalized club portals, tournaments, promotions, and games delivered directly through the Facebook platform. This groundbreaking technology could easily make Facebook a foundation to redefine both the social networking industry, [...] Continue Reading…

New Microgaming Slot Games for November 2009

Written by Haylie | Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Jackpot Factory’s All Slots online casino has launched three new online Microgaming slot games for November 2009 and an exciting promotion to accompany them. The new video slot games releases include “Kings of Cash,” “Alaskan Fishing,” and “The Dance of the Masai.” The promotion this month, the New Games Prize Patrol, will run through November 22nd and award $20K in surprise bonus cash to players who give these new games a try.

“Kings of Cash” features the Kings of the cards, including the King of Spades, the King of Clubs, the King of Diamonds, and the King of Hearts. A scatter symbol on any reel will trigger the bonus feature that offers a 1000 X the total bet payout. If you land two scatter symbols, you’ll gain 25 free spins with 2 X payouts and a bonus of 10 X your bet amount, so bet max on this game.

“Alaskan Fishing” [...] Continue Reading…