March 2010

31 Mar 10
Kitty Glitter is an online slot game based on one of the most successful land-based slots out there in the real world. The online slot Kitty Glitter is now part of the great gaming offering available at online casino Boylecasino.com The online slot, as the name so adequately points out, is a fun…
31 Mar 10
This is no April Fools. Starting tomorrow, the 1st of April, Global Live Casino will start giving away €200 each and every day until the end of the month. The €200 amount is made up of 20 vouchers worth €10 each. These vouchers will be distributed to new GlobalLiveCasino.com guests on a random…
30 Mar 10
On the 31st of March, the Cal-Neva Resort in Crystal Bay, Nevada, one of the most distinctive resorts in Lake Tahoe, will shut down its casino. The 5,365 square-foot casino will only temporarily be shut down by property owner Canyon Capital Realty Advisors. It will be reopened later this year, once…
30 Mar 10
At the current moment in time Richard Glynn is chairman of spread-betting company Sporting Index. His contract is up this week, and according to The Times, when this happens he will be appointed the new chief executive of Ladbrokes. He will be replacing current chief executive, Chris Bell. Mr. Bell…
29 Mar 10
A proposed fee structure has been submitted by the Mississippi Gaming Commission to the secretary of state for a 30-day public review. This means the fees paid by the gaming industry will fund Mississippi's gaming regulatory structure. Top put it bluntly the gaming industry would be paying to…
29 Mar 10
MGM Mirage’s CityCenter is the gaming giant’s flagship, the largest private development in the US. The newly completed $8.5 billion CityCenter complex is also the one to land MGM Mirage a major lawsuit. The heart of this owner vs. builder suit is the amount of nearly half a billion dollars – or 500…
26 Mar 10
Congratulations are in order for Jochen N., Ginger W., Germana S. and Nicolas C. Last week, during the 15th and the 21st of March, these four players managed to win big jackpots from the Fortune Lounge Group of Online Casinos. In total, the four won more than $100,000 playing at two different…
26 Mar 10
The RNG (Random Number Generator) that PokerStars uses to deal cards on its online poker site has been looked over by Cigital. After a proper investigation Cigital, the largest consulting firm specializing in software security and quality, confirmed PokerStars’ RNG is reliable and secure. As…
25 Mar 10
Rose Bakaysa and Theresa Sokaitis, two sisters in their eighties, have not spoken to each other in over five years. The once inseparable sisters are locked in a bitter dispute. The reason for this dispute is a winning lottery ticket, a half a million winning ticket that is. At a time when the two…
25 Mar 10
Gambling addiction, just like any form of addiction, is a serious matter that should not be taken lightly. Addicts need to get the help they need to overcome this terrible affliction. Speaking of which, the east-central province of Canada, Québec, will see Loto-Québec pay for the therapy thousands…
24 Mar 10
Ahead of the World Cup finals in South Africa, Malaysia is taking into consideration proposals to legalize sports betting. According to the New Straits Times, Prime Minister Najib Razak said “there are proposals, but we will see first.” If sports betting is to be legalized in Malaysia, this should…
24 Mar 10
Back in May, Italian newspaper La Repubblica published an article in which it said that Russian billionaire and owner of the Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, had a serious gambling problem. Abramovich took offense to the newspaper’s claims because they were untrue and because he was not…
23 Mar 10
On the 21st of March, on Sunday morning, a California man by the name of Frank Paganelli went to watch his friends bowl at Fantasy Lanes at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. Frank Paganelli, who is a passionate bowler himself, soon found himself bored watching his friends bowl, so he decided to go…
23 Mar 10
Playboy Enterprises, the company we all know for its popular men’s magazine, wants to return to the gambling world after an absence of about three decades (29 years to be more precise). At this moment in time Playboy Enterprises is negotiating with casino owner London Clubs International (LCI)…
22 Mar 10
Morris Mohawk Gaming Group-owned online gaming establishment Bodog Casino announced in a press release that it added a total of 20 new games to its existing offer. Most of the new games are online slots, like Archipelago, China MegaWild, Freaky Fruits, Mystic Slots, Olympic Slots, Party Night,…
22 Mar 10
Not surprisingly, a study released by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority showed that people visiting Las Vegas in 2009 spent a lot less on gambling than they did in the previous year. This news goes hand in hand with the news that for 2009 the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas reported the…
22 Mar 10
Congratulations are in order for three lucky players that received major payouts from Royal Vegas Online Casino. All three lucky players in question received in total a whopping $99,551.08. This amount can be broken down as follows: - The sum of $17,970.00 was awarded to David W, who won it playing…
22 Mar 10
AffiliateClub.com – one of the best known affiliate programs in the online gaming world, best known for offering highly regarded brands like CasinoClub Poker and PokerKings – awarded one lucky member an extended weekend in a prestigious Swiss ski resort. AffiliateClub.com German member Casino1784…
22 Mar 10
Online gambling site Casino Club announced that it added two new slot games to its lineup. These are new, quite entertaining games that offer a great winnings potential. Both games can be downloaded and played from the comfort of the player’s home. The two slot games in question are Twin Win, the…
22 Mar 10
Ads are meant to lure viewers to try out whatever the ads is promoting. In coming up with an ad for British online bingo site Tombola Bingo, ad agency Euro RSCG failed to reach this goal. The ad the company came up with has been banned on the grounds that it is racist. The ad, which was aired on…
22 Mar 10
Earlier this month four armed men stormed the Grand Hyatt luxury hotel in Berlin where a poker tournament was taking place. As the four men entered the hotel armed with assault riffles and hand grenades, all the people inside (some 1,000 poker players) rushed to get out – in the ensuing panic…
22 Mar 10
The month of April will kick off with a bang for the Mardi Gras Casino (Hallandale Beach, Florida) as it will add a grand total of 100 new slot machines to its current offering. To make things even more interesting, on the 18th of April the Mardi Gras Casino will become the first casino in Florida…
22 Mar 10
For the month of February 2010, all the casinos in Macau (a special administrative region of China) generated a total of $1.68 billion, which is a massive 70% increase, compared to the same period from 2009. At its peak, revenue generation hit $87.55 million per day this February. This is good news…
22 Mar 10
For the past year, the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada has been opening new rooms and other facilities in hopes of bringing in more money. Sadly though, the hotel reported its lowest revenues since 2004. Just to put things in perspective, the Hard Rock opened a total of 867 rooms in 2009 –…
22 Mar 10
Pinnacle Entertainment, company that specializes in providing casinos and gaming resorts in Biloxi, Mississippi, Bossier, Louisiana, Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi and Argentina, has appointed a new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) to lead its operations. Anthony Sanfilippo is now in charge of Pinnacle…
22 Mar 10
Online games site Devilfish Casino has recently announced the release of a new game based on the traditional blackjack casino game. The new game is called Double Exposure – the innovation comes from the fact that the player gets to see the dealer’s cards, both of them. In a traditional game of…