If you are an online poker player and a facebook user then you can now get the best of both worlds. Fans of poker can now enjoy this great game on Facebook thanks to the British social games developer Playfish Limited who has released their new Poker Rivals application for Facebook. This new application is still in beta testing mode but it looks like it is going to be very popular and very successful.
Playfish Limited is a London based company and they were recently bought by Electronic Arts for almost $400 million and they are now testing things out with the Poker Rivals application. There is a Texas Hold’em Poker application from a rival developer Zynga that has been very successful so I am sure this new application will do just as well.
The new Poker Rivals application is still be tested and when players use this application they will use a virtual version of themselves and compete at poker while still being able to enjoy some social activities. There are talks of additional features being added as the development progresses but even so Poker Rivals already comes complete with some great features including the ability for players to purchase things with their winnings. Players can also decorate their avatars and even animate their character throughout the game. Playfish really have gone all out with their Poker Rivalas application and they are set to take Texas hold’em poker to a whole new level.
It doesn’t matter whether you are new to Texas Hold’em poker or a regular player you will love this new design. You can play on the tables with your friends or try your hand one of the tournaments and then show everyone just what you are made of by buying new clothes and accessories with your winnings.
Veteran players can hit the tables right away and beginners will have the option to learn everything they need to know using the Poker Rivals tutorial. This new application is going to be huge and I can’t wait to see what it has in store. I will keep you informed as I hear more.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
Titan Poker is one of the leading online poker websites and they are delighted to be able to announce that two of their players did really well in the opening event of the fifth series of the European Championship of Online Poker (ECCOP) and they took home a combined total of $80,000. This is great news for Titan Poker and I’m sure the two players are thrilled with what they took home too.
The fifth series of the European Championship of Online Poker kicked off last Monday with a $250,000 guaranteed no limit hold’em freeze out tournament. The buy in for this tournament was set at $215 and the Titan Poker player known as thanasis1982 who is from Greece took first place and bagged himself a whopping $52,500. In second place was another Titan Poker player known as avalika from France. He took home $27,500 for his part in this tournament.
Titan Poker which is an Antigua licensed online poker website stated that thanasis1982 won after beating 1,240 other people who started in this online tournament. It took over nine hours of play to complete and this lucky winner will also receive a prestigious Tag Heuer automatic chronograph series Carrera watch that is to engraved with his nickname.
Second place winner avalika said that this was one of his best moments on the net after seeing so many passionate players compete and his is absolutely thrilled with his win.
The European Championship of Online Poker is a two week event and it continues nightly on the Titan Poker website offering a wide variety of online poker games including Texas no limit hold’em, limit hold’em, seven card stud, pot limit Omaha and Omaha high love. The Championship will end with a $1,500,000 guaranteed main event on the 6th of December and online qualifiers are still running for this main event with buy ins starting from as low as $1.10.
For all the details on this great event all you have to do is visit the Titan Poker website. If you are an online poker enthusiast and you would like to get in on all the action and maybe take home some of the prize money that is on offer then you need to go to the Titan Poker website and see how you can join in on the action.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
One of the leading online casinos 7 Sultans has a real treat for all their real player account holders. They are giving them automatic entry into their loyalty programme. This loyalty programme is great and players get to accumulate points which they can then convert into playing credits. These credits are great when your account balance is low and they allow you to get some extra game play without having to make a deposit.
With this online casino loyalty programme players earn one loyalty point for every bet they make on a slots game or any other game on their online casino. Once you have 5,000 credits you can then redeem them for additional playing credits.
Loyalty programmes are very popular and when it comes to online casinos these little perks really are great and the perfect way to show players that they are appreciated. Major jackpots and promotions are great too but these are standard things that you expect. Loyalty programmes are additional and a lot of online casino players are now looking for these extra perks to enhance their experience and make the online casino more worthwhile.
7 Sultans casino offers players a great range of online casino games and they offer some really great unmatched bonus rewards too. According to 7 Sultans all new players will start at the Silver level of the loyalty programme. This will give them access to some great weekly promotions and level specific events that include tournaments and bonus games too.
The loyalty programme that is offered by 7 Sultans is a level programme and when players sign up for a real player account they will receive 2,500 loyalty points to start off with. They will then receive additional points for every wager they make on this online casino. If players get at least 10,000 in any month they will move up to the Gold level status. All Gold levels players will get an automatic 20,000 birthday bonus points which is great. From here players can move up to the Platinum level where they will get 60,000 birthday bonus points and the highest stage is the Diamond stage and players at this level will get 100,000 points.
This really is a great loyalty programme and if you would like more information you can visit the 7 Sultans online casino.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
Twitter is a really successful website and a great way to get word out. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) grassroots advocacy group has launched a campaign called Tweet For Poker in an effort to get the Congress to ratify pending legislation that would license and regulate online poker.
The Poker Players Alliance has more than one million members throughout the United States and it is urging all poker enthusiasts to visit their Tweet for Poker website so that they can directly contact their Members of Congress. According to the Executive Director for the Poker Players Alliance John Pappas there are so many active poker players online and they are weighing in on the policy battles that impact their right to play. He also went on to say that the Tweet for Poker campaign is the Poker Players Alliance’s most instant and dynamic tool for their members to directly contact their legislators in a way that engages the public to the debate. He also stated that they are really proud of the instant success and look forward to hearing what the elected officials think of the legislation and this new advocacy programme.
Tweet for Poker allows all twitter users to voice their opinion and directly target their Member of Congress using a very unique platform that matches a person’s twitter account with that of their elected official. Senators are being asked to support legislation that has been introduced by Senator Robert Menendez while House of Representatives Members are being encouraged to support a bill introduced by Representative Barney Frank.
It is all getting very heated and of course twitter is a very good way to make contact and get the word out there. If you want to take part in this campaign all you have to do is enter your zip code for the Senate or your postal address for the House of Representatives and the website will automatically redirect them to their Legislator’s twitter account and all the important information that they need will already be included.
I guess we will have to wait and see how this campaign plays out but it seems to be a great way of getting the message out and making people stand up and listen. What do you think? Is twitter a good way to launch a campaign? Over 200,000 letters and emails have already been sent to Congress and during the National Poker Week over 375,000 signatures were collected on a petition for President Obama calling for the licensing and regulation of online poker.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
If you are new to the online casino scene then you really will need to learn the basics before you start playing. Online casinos are all about playing for real money and the last thing you want to do is join and then lose everything because you don’t know the rules or the game or the strategies required to win.
One online casino Royal Vegas has launched a great new getting started page on their website and the purpose of this page is to educate all their new members and open up the world of jackpot possibilities for them in just 5 steps.
This new page is available to everyone and is located on the top of the welcome page. All the information on this page is also laid out in a very easy to follow format and this allows new players to read it quickly and understand everything too.
RoyalVegas.eu believe that this move is important and they understand that players have to choose their platform type be it free download or instant play before they do anything else. In the instant play mode on this online casino there is a limited game selection and the download platform is the better choice. Once players download the casino software they can choose whether to play for real money or use a practice account. Beginners can choose the practice account so that they can practice playing as many games as they can and learn everything they need to know before they start playing for real money.
The getting started page on this online casino explains everything that players need to know and once you start playing for real cash you will have a number of deposit and withdrawal methods available to you. Like all online casino the Royal Vegas casino offers a large range of online casino games for players to choose from including table games, online slots games and some great progressive jackpots too.
All the information that you could possible need is available on their website and everything is really easy to find too.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
A British online casino called Slots N Games has just relauched this website. This new website has been totally revamped and has a much trendier look and a much better feel to it too. The new version of this online casino also has seven progressive jackpot games and in total this means hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash to be won every week on this website.
Slots N Games is a Gibraltar licensed website and here you will find some of the most popular themed slots games available. Some of the titles that you can expect to find include X Factor, Monopoly, Cluedo, Funky Monkey and Cleopatra. This online casino also has some great scratch cards, roulette, blackjack and other great table games too. The main feature on this online casino website is of course slots games and with seven progressive jackpot titles to choose from you really can’t go wrong.
If you are a new member on this online casino website you can avail of the deposit bonuses that are on offer. When you make your first deposit you will receive a first deposit bonus worth up to £125. This online casino has a great triple bonus promotion which means even after you have made your first deposit you can get some further deposit bonuses too. It is a shame that this website is not offering a no deposit bonus for new players but who knows they might introduce this at a later date.
Slots N Games are delighted with their new website look and they have stated that players can expect to see a lot more from this website in the new year with even better promotions and prizes. They are also launching more games and plan on cranking up the fun and excitement levels too. There really is a lot to look forward to and if progressive slots games are something that you are interested in then this could be just the online casino website that you have been looking for. Remember they have seven great progressive games on their website and with progressive jackpots getting so high who knows what you could win.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
Cake Poker is one of the leading online poker rooms. Today I read a news report that stated that this online poker room has just introduced synchronized breaks for their multi table poker tournaments. Now these scheduled breaks will take place at 55 minutes past the hour every hour and will give players the opportunity to stretch their legs, grab a drink, whatever it is they need to do.
This is a great move and by doing this Cake Poker have actually joined many other leading online poker websites that also have synchronized breaks. Some of these online poker websites include Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet. In order to introduce the synchronized breaks the software that Cake Poker uses had to be upgraded but I really think that this is a very good upgrade to have.
The breaks that are being created on the Cake Poker website will be five minutes. Cake Poker is also allowing for these five minute breaks to coincide with tournaments in late registration, games with the first level and turbo events within the first two levels of play. The only exclusion for synchronised breaks will be on sit and go tournaments that have less than 30 players.
I really think that these synchronized breaks will be very popular and a huge success. I have often read about poker tournaments where the winner won after a 14 hour play off and this is a long time to sit without a break. Synchronized breaks are really needed and they allow players to get up and walk around, use the bathroom, stretch their bodies and get a breath of fresh air. Everyone knows that it is important to take a break from the computer screen and move around after every hour and these five minutes will help to keep players from getting stiff too.
What do you think of the synchronized breaks? Do you think five minutes is too long for a break in a tournament? Let us know what you think and if you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to share them.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
Lion Slots is a US friendly online casino which is great news after yesterdays post about Golden Casino excluding US players. It has just come to light that one of the online gambling players on the Lion Slots online casino has just walked away with a jackpot prize of $19,597. This happened last Tuesday morning and the game that had this jackpot was the One Million Reels BC progressive slots game.
Lion Slots is an Antilles licensed domain and they stated that this is the second time in less than a month that this extremely popular Rival Gaming slot game has been hit and last time the lucky online casino player walked away with $16,775. These two great progressive jackpot wins have taken place within two weeks of each other and this is great news for the lucky players especially with Christmas getting so close.
That’s not all, Lion Slots has also revealed that this latest win was in fact the seventh win for this year on the One Million Years BC slots game and the largest progressive jackpot that was paid out on this online casino game was $248,136 and that was almost six months ago.
If you haven’t played at the Lion Slots online casino then you will be happy to know that this online casino is offering a no deposit sign up bonus of $15 for all new players. In addition to this you will get a 100% first deposit bonus up to $100 and a 150% deposit bonus on your second deposit up to $150. For your third deposit you will get a whopping 250% deposit bonus up to the value of $250.
This is a great run of deposit bonuses and with progressive jackpots being won so frequently this seems like a great online casino to spend your money at. Who knows you could be the next progressive slots winner and with the economy the way it is who wouldn’t benefit from this great cash prize. Just imagine what $20,000 would do for you and your family. If you haven’t signed up with this casino then maybe now is a good time to take a look and see what all the fuss is about.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
Golden Casino is one of the most popular online casinos. This is a Curacao licensed casino and they have just announced that they will no longer be accepting wagers from people who reside in the US as and from the 1st of December 2009. This is sad news for residents of the United States but according to news sources this is in fact a bid to comply with current US internet gambling laws. I’m not sure whether I agree with this or not but this is what is going to happen.
This online casino has been running for more than ten years and they revealed that all existing players would still be able to login, play the online casino games and cash out their winnings. They also stated that affiliates would continue to be paid on existing referrals.
Golden Casino is currently being sold and once the new ownership comes into play this online casino will no longer accept new players. This starts from the first of December 2009. According to rumours that are circulating the internet the reason for excluding US players from the new casino is in a bid to adhere to US law enforcement officials and by excluding US players the new owners will therefore be trying to avoid prosecution under the very unpopular Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
This is bad news for US players who enjoy online gambling at Golden Casino and whilst they can still log in and play who knows what will happen once the new ownership takes over. If I were to give my personal advice to these players I would suggest that they cash out whatever winnings they currently have on the Golden Casino website and start looking for a new online casino to play at that will allow US wagers.
This is sad news but I suppose the new owners want to stay on the right side of the law. It makes me grateful to be living in Europe where these laws don’t apply. What do you think of this law and the ban on US players? Do you think they should be allowed to take part in online gambling?
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
If you are a fan of the Mega Moolah online slots game then you can now enjoy this game on your mobile. Mobile gambling is becoming extremely popular and thanks to the mobile gambling solution provider Spin 3 Mega Moolah has now been released as an application for web enabled mobiles.
Spin 3 is powered by Microgaming which is the world’s largest online gaming software provider. Spin 3 have just announced that the Mega Moolah game will be made available on its Game Wire platform and will be launched as a java game from next month. This is really exciting news and according to Spin 3 they are absolutely delighted to be able to bring this progressive slots jackpot game to the mobile platform.
This is another huge milestone for Spin 3 and also for the mobile gaming industry. Mobile gambling really is going from strength to strength and brings such huge games as Mega Moolah to the mobile platform is amazing. Mega Moolah has a huge online following and because it has one of the biggest progressive jackpots online it is sure to be a huge success for the mobile gambling industry. We could soon see the next millionaire being created on a mobile phone and this will be very exciting indeed.
Mega Moolah is an African wildlife themed slots game and it has five reels and 25 pay lines. It also has a great bonus game too and the progressive jackpot that it has is amazing too. The mega progressive jackpot that is featured on this game paid out over six million euro to one lucky player back in May of this year so it really is great. When it comes out on the mobile gaming platform next month there is sure to be a rush of players anxious to get this amazing slots game on their mobiles too so stay tuned and I will bring you the latest news as it progresses.
I don’t know about you but I am very excited with the prospect of being able to play this slots game on my mobile phone and who knows maybe the next huge progressive jackpot win will be made on a mobile phone too.
Until next time,
Gamble Wisely
