Nevada to Join in Several US States in Pushing Online Gambling Legalization

The state of Nevada is the latest to initiate a laws that would permit online poker for it's less than three million residents. Nevada has joined Florida, California, New Jersey and Iowa in looking to enact same legislation together with Assemblyman William Horne - a Democrat who leads up the Assembly Judiciary Committee - introducing Bill AB258. A committee hearing for the new proposal has been set by Horne on March 24, 2011.


The bill that has been introduced was named as Bill AB258 and states that “The commission shall not deny a license to an operator of internet poker.. solely because the operator.. before the effective date of this act, operates, operated or was associated with interstate or foreign commerce.. while licensed in another jurisdiction. A license as an operator or internet poker may be issued by the commission in favor to a person or an affiliate of a person who has been licensed to operate internet poker by a recognized body of another jurisdiction with licensing requirements of this state and who has successfully operated internet poker pursuant to such a license for at least two years before the date on which the application for the license is submitted.”


This move took Nevada to another step forward to online gambling's full regulation with the announcement of a cooperation agreement between the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Alderney Gaming Control Commission. The fun fact here is that PokerStars is reportedly behind the lobbying efforts in Nevada and that the commission that issues the operating license for Full Tilt Poker is the Alderney Gambling Commission.


Jeff Ifrah – a Washington based lawyer who represents both Poker Stars and FullTilt said that the bill opens up the probability of a merging between founded Nevada casinos and major poker operators offshore. He told the Associated Press that “If the state is serious about raising revenue for this endeavor, then it needs to be able to obtain the participation of the leading operators.”


Limited online betting in – state has been already allowed in Nevada, in the late 2010 the NGC approved a mobile sports wagering platform for Nevada residents.


Provided that the bill has just now been introduced in the State Assembly and has not been ready for debate and amendments, the final form, the final form of the statute may be far similar from what has been introduced. But the standard summary of the bill should be familiar to those who have been following the progress of the same statute in other states.


The bill would legalize online poker in Nevada, however it would not change the status of other online casino games. The bill also contains words that would deny online poker sites existing that have done business in the United States from getting licensed in Nevada.


Some of the reasons why supporters would like intrastate online poker to be regulated is because of the fact that it would definitely bring meaningful revenue into the economy of Nevada and it is believed by many legislators that the Nevada Gaming Commission is in a rare position, having comprehensive gambling regulation experience, to properly manage online gambling. Securities could easily be placed to impede minors from playing and to only permit gambling areas where it could be legitimate.


This article is an excerpt from the the original articles that were posted on the following websites:

    *      http://www.recentpoker.com/news/nevada-online-poker-0634.html
    *      http://www.gambling911.com/poker/nevada-latest-state-introduce-bill-would-legalize-online-poker-031111.html
    *      http://www.parttimepoker.com/nevada-moves-closer-to-regulating-online-gambling

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Online Casino Offers Grand Cruise as Their Anniversary Promo

Golden Palace Casino is the player's ticket to world class gaming. As an addition to more than a hundred quality online casino games provided by Playtech gaming software is an authentic combination of slots, video poker, blackjack, progressive games and others to enjoy. Few of the players favorite games waiting to be experienced are the blackjack, roulette, Caribbean stud poker and craps.

An enormous global player base promise a continuous fun and entertainment. Plentiful sign up bonuses, promotional offers and VIP Club benefits spice things up really great. Online casino gaming at Golden Palace Casino is one of a kind experience.

Since 1997, Golden Palace Casino has been up and running and now they will be celebrating their 15th year anniversary next year on 2012. Though it's still a year to go, the festivities have already begun and a magnificent promotion has has been announced. Today, they're one of the leading and oldest online gaming operator in the online casino industry. Players will be able to enjoy an excellent once in a lifetime chance with the exciting Crystal Anniversary Cruise.

The promotion will be in the form of a lucky draw with highest prize being a luxurious cruise hosted by Crystal Cruises. Crystal Cruises are the principal cruise organizers operating in Mediterranean and the Caribbean among other places.

All real money account players at Golden Palace online casino can receive tickets to the lucky draw. From now until December 31, 2011, players will receive one ticket to the lucky draw for every $25 deposited at the casino. The more deposits the players make, the more tickets they will receive and and the greater will their odds of winning the cruise. On January 2, 2012, the draw will take place. The Grand Mediterranean Cruise is the cruise intended for the event. The 12 night luxury holiday will start from Istanbul, Turkey and ends in Barcelona, Spain covering all the hotspots in between. The said cruise have a value of $15,000. "The runners-up definitely won't go home empty-handed; amongst the other top prizes Golden Palace Casino will hand out are Swarovski crystal necklaces and cash awards of up to $15,000." said the Golden Palace online casino.

Golden Palace online casino has some of the craziest artifacts in its museum. Beckham Ball, Pope Benedict XVI's used VW Golf and TV star William Shatner's kidney stone are their most noteworthy purchases. Only last week, Golden Palace online casino successfully bid for teenage pop star Justin Bieber's golden hair for $40,668 which they added into this. The Gentle Barn Foundation was the donee of the proceeds which will help the abused animals, as well as at risk, inner – city and special needs kids. Behind the auction is an interesting story, Ellen DeGeneres, the 53 year old host of the talk show had tweeted only recently that she wanted a lock of Bieber's hair as her birthday presence. Justin paid a surprise visit last month on the set and delivered lock of his recently cut hair as a belated birthday gift. As Justin Bieber begin on the UK leg of his present concert tour, Golden Palace casino is thinking for a plan for his hair to take a tour of its own with all the proceeds going to the charity. The Golden Palace website stated that “Bieber's clippings are believed to have fetched the highest amount ever for celebrity hair, surpassing the $15,000 that was paid for a clump of Elvis Presley's hair in 2009."

    * This is summarized and excerpted from the original articles about the Grand Cruise Offer of Golden Palace Casino for their Anniversary promo which can be found at the official website of casinotop10.net and casinoadvisor.com

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Basketball Themed Slots Launched at Online Casino

All the basketball fans at the online casino sites will be excited to know that Grand Vegas recently launched a basketball themed slot powered by Realtime Gaming (RTG), one of the well known online gaming software provider. RTG has always been providing support to the American sport via slot games which are based on ice hockey, football and baseball. Their recent release of said basket ball themed slot is coinciding the season of American basketball. Baskebull have a comic touch of the sport basketball along with the animals symbolizing various characters in the game.

The basketball professional with the name basketball is the wild symbol and it is displayed as bull, the bull symbol gives the maximum jackpot of ten thousand coins. In the animation, basketbull twists the ball on his finger. Basketball is the scatter symbol which offers pay outs that are multiplied by the whole wager. Also in the animation, the ball grows bull's horns and it bounces on the court. The referee is the ram, the cheerleader is the cow and the coach is the bulldog. Thematic symbols are accomplished by basket and milk carton. High value card symbols from ace to nine are displayed like numbers of the jerseys.

Basketball will be featuring a bonus round which will give the players with the option to win up to huge ninety six free games. The win – win option will also allows the players to profit from an exclusive bonus round.

When 3 or more basketball symbols emerge anyplace on the reels, the free spin feature is activated. This is called as “free throw” feature having in mind the theme of basketball. 3 spins are offered to the players at the start. After that, basketbull is being offered one free throw for every basketball symbol appearing on the reels. Every successful throw will double the number of free spins given to the players. Players will automatically use five free throws if there are five scatter symbols and if they are all successful, then 95 free spins will be offered. All the pay outs are increased 3 times and the free spins can be utilized during the free spins.

Basketbull is from the RTG Real Slots Series and has features standard of the slots games in that series. Also available in this slot game is the couple of randomly activated advanced jackpots that can be strike after any spin. Alignment of symbols on the real is not required. The win – win feature is also available. All 25 paylines must be activated for this feature to in order to play. If players do not score good in the free throw feature then they will receive compensatory pay outs under the win – win feature. The usual RTG customization features are offered in this game.

* This article is summarized from the article from the official website of Casino Advisor – CasinoAdvisor.com featuring the new basketball themed online slot game launched by Grand Vegas and powered by RTG.

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Online Casino Gambling Group Makes Big Charity Donation

The online casino gambling is one of the largest industry in the world and keeps many government enterprise and social programs going strong. Every once in a while, a company will see a particular need that they feel is worthy of extra attention. One such firm is Ladbrokes, the well known and historical U.K. Book maker.


Ladbrokes has see the need for charity several times before. Ladbrokes in the Community Charitable Institution Trust was established in 2003 to raise money for broad range of charities and good causes. From health care to education, sport to community sectors, the Charitable Trust has helped more than 1650 charities with individual donations. Precise importance is placed on helping charities who work with the disadvantaged, disabled or those generally at risk in our society. Until present, they still continue on raising more funds to make a difference to as many people as possible.


Recently, the British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has been given a 30th anniversary birthday present by land and online casino gambling group, Ladbrokes in the form of a £100,000 cash gift which will provide support to BAAF over the next 12 months.


The BAAF provides service that help find safe and caring homes for hundreds of vulnerable children and young people every year.


Ladbrokes' spokesperson for public affairs department, Richard Royale commented on the grant, “Ladbrokes is well known as a provider of entertainment and leisure activities that many people enjoy but its wider impact can often be overlooked,” Royal added, “Many of our shops act as community hubs and we do an awful lot of charitable and community work, supporting hundreds of charities throughout the UK, employing 14,000 people and making a contribution to the economy. I am touched by the amazing work that BAAF does and am delighted to present them with this grant.”


The BAAF's fund raising director also commented at the generosity of Ladbrokes which co – operated with the Community Charitable Trust (LICCT) to provide the funds, “We are absolutely thrilled with the grant from LICCT, helping to make a massive difference to a tremendous number of disadvantaged children throughout the UK. We are a charity that relies on the kindness of others to enable us to continue to provide important services such as getting families for children and advising potential adopters and foster parents.”


The donation is the latest in a series of charity fund raising in initiatives by the gambling group that has extensive land based interests beside online casino and poker interests. The events included a London to Paris sponsored bike journey involving Ladbrokes employees. This latest contribution of Ladbrokes is one that their management and employees should be proud to be part of.


* This article is summarized and excerpted from

http://www.azonlinecasinos.com/news/20110219/charity-donation-from-gambling-group/

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New Jersey Online Casino Gambling Bill Veto

The New Jersey Governor Christie nullify the decision in the “Intrastate Internet Gambling Bill” that would regulate online gambling and licensed online casinos for the New Jersey players.

The New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's speculation ended on the destiny of the bill when the announcement has been released last March 3 by his office declaring that he had vetoed the proposal quoting legal and constitutional concerns.

The said veto means that the New Jersey will not become the first state in the US to legalize online casino sites, poker rooms and other forms of online gambling.

In the beginning, Christie would have had to make his decision known by Feb. 24, but it has been announced by the Governor's office the the decision would be one week delay because of a legislative recess.

In regards to Gov. Christie's decision, “legal issues and constitutional concerns” both struggled him. One of Gov. Christie's main concern is that the bill does not contain ways to impede other businesses like nightclubs, restaurants and cafes from beginning online gambling venues. Another reason for the governor not to approve the bill is a way that facilitates the use of a part of online gambling revenues to support the industry of New Jersey horse racing. This is opposite to Gov. Christie's efforts to terminate the industry from state subsidies.

Now, the prevent the execution of bill S3167, named as Intrastate Internet Gambling Bill, the Governor used his veto. It would have to go back to the legislature and pass with a majority of two – thirds in order for the veto to be overridden.

The veto was not without its share of intense drama. At the start of the day, the two sponsors of the bill, Joe Brennan Jr. of iMEGA and Democratic Senator Raymond Lesniak, strongly requested to be assured by the office of the governor that the Governor would only provisionally veto the bill on the ground that it did not do enough to impede illegitimate gambling agents from setting up near the state's borders. The Christie's name would be added to the bill partnering Lesniak and the latter would re – introduce the bill to both houses by the following week. But pressure seems to have been brought on the governor after that and he turned down the bill altogether.

The bill's author, Reymund Lesniak has not given up hope. He already announced that “I look forward to working with Governor Christie and his administration in order to get Internet wagering up and running as soon as possible. We cannot let this opportunity slip through our grasp.”

Above it all, it would be doubtful that the Republican members of the legislature would favor the bill for the second time around. Christie is a Republican and attempting to override his veto would be a major indication of disbelieve from his own party members.

* This article is an excerpt and summarized from the article featuring the updates of online gambling in New Jersey that can be found at the official website of gambling911.com (http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/new-jersey-governor-chris-christie-veto-internet-gambling-state-%E2%80%9Cconditional%E2%80%9D-still-pl)

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Zynga Raising Millions for Japan Tsunami Victims

Japan had been devastated by a rigorous earthquake and tsunami. There's no certainty on how long it would take to get the country back into normal after the recent tragedies. Help is obviously needed by Japan and FarmVille maker Zynga leaped into action to give relief right away.


Zynga was founded by Mark Pincus on July of 2007 in San Francisco. It was named after his late American bulldog Zinga. The company is popular for combining business and philanthropy, having raised millions for charitable causes by their game play.


Last Monday, Zynga said that their players have raised $1 million that will benefit the Save the Children's Japan. In a message on her twitter feed, Zynga spokeswoman Dani Dudeck said that money for the Japan Earthquake Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund was raised in a little over 36 hours.


Furthermore, Zynga added in a blog post that “We at Zynga are grateful that we can offer some assistance to Save the Children by mobilizing our technology, people and amazing community of players to support this organization in providing aid to the children of Japan.”


Zynga asked players to donate money through purchasing virtual goods in FarmVille, CityVille, Frontier Ville and its other games. The progression power behind hit online social games like Zynga Poker and Mafia Wars also reveal a new reward program for its titles, which has more than 250 million users on major social sites. The new program named as Rewardville.com makes it possible for players to exchange winnings such as virtual goods, status or money between different games and use rewards to help out friends playing other Zynga games. Zynga vice president Roy Sehgal said that “"With RewardVille, our aim is to delight players by rewarding them with new Zynga-level points and exclusive limited edition virtual items".


Meanwhile, Zynga Poker general manager Laurence Toney is behind the live tournament poker event which started on March 16 and will be enabling online poker fans to test their bravery in a live environment. "The goal of our first live poker event and tournament is to bring Zynga Poker fans from Facebook to the felt", said Laurence.


This is not the first time that Zynga held a successful fund raising activity. On recent years, they had raised millions of dollars using the same campaigns for the relief efforts in Haiti. The efforts are not yet over as celebrities like Nicki Minaj are encouraging players to reach two million dollars in donations.


* This article is an excerpt and summarized from the articles that are posted on the following websites:


* http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gLzsXTQB7iYXN-tsBVDgGFUdygGw?docId=CNG.9ef0a881a7c2cb5d9c21f0a1a7bdc17d.411
* https://www.examiner.com/farmville-in-national/zynga-gamers-raise-1m-for-japan-relief
* http://www.recentpoker.com/news/zynga-donation-0671.html

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First Pan – European Consumer Protection Agreement for Online Casino Gambling

This article is an excerpt from the eCOGRA website discussing the European Consumer Protection Agreement for Online Casino Gambling; other portions were taken from the new regulation:

eCOGRA or the e-Commerce Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance is established in 2003 and based in UK. It was founded by competing online casino and sports betting sites to enhance operational measurements and player's protection. To display the organization's revocable safe and fair seal, accredited companies must comply with practical business and honesty measurements, partnered with an unbiased review and monitoring program. The organization covers services for online casino and poker room operations, online bingo, sports betting, mobile and live gambling businesses and affiliate program best practice through an affiliate trust seal, setting its influential recognition within reach of all online gambling companies.


ECOGRA and the chairperson of the CEN workshop agreement on “Responsible Remote Gambling Measures” Andrew Beveridge, today warmly admitted the publication of this first Pan – European consumer protection agreement by CEN.


The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a business catalyst in Europe, eliminating trade for limits for European stakeholders such as industry, public administration, service providers, consumers and other stakeholders. Fostering the European economy in global trading, the welfare of European citizens, and the environment is its major mission. CEN is formally recognized by the EU (http://www.cen.eu/). To help facilitate a single market for European industry and consumers across its members in 31 European countries, CEN draws up voluntary technical specifications, such as a CEN workshop agreement,


The CEN workshop agreement on “Responsible Remote Gambling Measures” (16259) defines 9 policy objectives for the protection of online players in Europe Union and 134 concrete measures to make sure that those goals for the protection on online players in the European Unions and 134 concrete measures to make sure that those goals are practically met.


The nine policy objectives are as follows to wit:


1. The protection of defenseless costumers.
2. The prevention of underage gambling
3. Fighting Fraud
4. Fair Gaming
5. Precise Costumers Payments
6. Responsible marketing
7. Costumer satisfaction
8. Safe operating environment


The Chief Executive Officer of eCOGRA, Andrew Beveridge and Chair of the CEN workshop agreement said that "Over the last 7 months, CEN has provided the platform for us to make this agreement to secure the high level of protection for consumers across Europe that is vital for the online gambling industry as it matures. eCOGRA intends to bring into line its own eGAP Requirements with these CWA control measures, thereby benefiting eCOGRA, its sealholders and players."


He also added that "This is self regulation at its best, bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from across the world for the benefit of the consumer. This agreement can only complement existing industry standards and inform both national and EU regulation of online gambling. It has been an honor to be part of and chair this process.


By giving support to research and helping distribute innovation, measurements are a powerful tool for economic development. Involved in the CEN network that reaches over 480 million people are more than 60,000 technical experts as well as business federations, consumers and other societal interest organizations.

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Online Casino Now Exempted on Fraud

Both players and casinos may commit fraud. An example of a player fraud is creating multiple accounts and using accounts to claim a sign up bonus for several times and an example of a casino fraud is changing the terms of a bonus after a player has completed the betting requirements, then requiring the player to meet the new bonus terms.


Commonly, online casino and other gambling sites are the subject of allegations of cheating and fraud. But the FBI has just released the details of a scandal that has been going in some land casinos in the United States and Canada. The scam resulted in collection of ill – gotten wealth of over $7 million and has been described as the biggest card – cheating scam in the FBI history.


The land casino fraud makes for a perfect Hollywood movie script. It was started by Van Thu Tran involving her husband, parents, extended family others way back in 2002 at an Indian tribal casino at San Diego.


Tran and her husband were dealers at an Indian tribal casino in San Diego way back 2002 when they devised a plan to use a “false shuffle” to track cards and thereby guarantee successful betting for accomplices. “Initially, it was a pretty bare bones operation” said by one of the FBI agents who worked on the investigation.

As time passed, said spouses branched out from an Asian card game called Pai Gow to Blackjack, involving many others in scheme – including other dealers at other casinos – with the promise of easy money until on 2007, some 29 casinos from Canada to Mississippi were hit for about $7 million.


The mechanics of the game started when a signal was passed to the dealer and the dealer will then make a false shuffle. Through a expertise – of – hand techniques that the security cameras and pit bosses failed to notice, the false shuffle create a “slug” - a group of played cards whose order would not change when the rest of the cards were shuffled. When the slug next came to the top of the table, members of the ring recognized the card and already knew how to bet.


It's a sophisticated but simple scam that's why it worked so well. The organization controlled every aspect of the game. The ring eventually begun using card trackers, nearby spotters who used hidden devices to relay the order of he played cards to someone at a remote location who instantly entered the information into a computer. Slug will be determine and relayed to the spotter which has been picked up by the computer operator, who then secretly signaled the bettors. One finger on cigarette for an instance might mean bet, two fingers might mean stand pat.


Tran and her family lived in a high quality life on the proceeds, buying properties in the US and Vietnam, luxury cars and jewelries. Some of their properties were seized when the criminals were arrested following an intense investigation that included surveillance, wire traps, undercover operative portraying as a crooked dealer and a strong partnership with some other Government authorities. As of present, 47 individuals were accused in the case, 42 have declared guilty pleas to different charges.

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Tomb Raider Launched for Android Phones

If you are a fan of online casino slots game, then here is a good news for you. The leading mobile gaming service provider, Spin3 has announced through a press release from its headquarters in London the launch of Tomb Raider slot as a native Android app, designed to run at any resolution across all Android – powered devices including smart phones and tablets.


Tomb Raider is the popular branded slot from the set of list of the world's largest online gaming software provider, Microgaming. Spin3 is powered by Microgaming. They are partners in the mobile gaming arena.


The head of Spin3, Matt Zinder issued a statement at this release. He pointed out that 2010 was a big break through year for Android, but in this current year, 2011, the domination of the mainstream mobile market place by Android will become obvious. The analyst house Canalys has named Android as the world's leading mobile platform, outselling Nokia's Symbian platform for the first time. Android devices are entering every level of the market. HTC Wildwire has made a name in the low resolution devices, while Google Nexus S is popular in the high end. Android is also popular in tablets.


Tomb Raider will offer rich graphics, detailed animations and sound effects resulting in an entertaining and superior gaming experience. The app version of Tomb Raider will still offer all of the same features as the online casino version – all of the wilds, scatters and multipliers. The same free spins feature and bonus can be played. The free spins feature is activated by the Lara Croft symbols and the bonus game on them second screen offers more credits for picking the right idol. Nothing is being left out of the Android app.


Tomb Raider will be the first of the three Microgaming online casino slots game to be launched to the Android. The other two online casino slots games from Microgaming that their mobile partner Spin3 will release are Whimsical and Charming Mermaids Millions and the Famous Mega Moolah. Mega Moolah is the best well – known of Microgaming progressive jackpot online slots games. Known for its million dollar jackpots, Maga Moolah topped itself fairly recently with a $6 million pay out.


Spin3 is participating in the GSMA Mobile World Congress at Barcelona that will we held from from February 14 to February 17. For all mobile gaming players who want to check out the app before investing in an Android can experience a demo of Tomb Raider on the Android at the Spin3 hospitality suite. There will be so much of the latest mobile technology on display as well. Over 50,000 senior mobile leaders from 200 countries are expected to come.

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