Online gambling group, Ladbrokes, has invested significantly in special bonuses for its players taking part in the World Series of Poker. The company has announced that players who finish high in these sponsored tickets would get significant awards.

Apart from sponsoring World Series of Poker seats, the site has announced that it will award players who finish in the top 3 with significant cash prizes. Any player that is sponsored by the site, and wins the World Series of Poker main event will be eligible to win a cash award of a million dollars. Players sponsored by the site who are placed second and third in the main event will be eligible for a cash prize of $500 000. Players that finish in the top 100 will be eligible for seat sponsorships for the World Series of Poker.

Jon Kalmar, the Ladbrokes online poker coach stated, “ It is the dream of every online poker player to win the world series of poker. We are confident that our players will be among the top 100 finishers in this years event too.”

The company has budgeted to send 100 players for the main event to be held later this year. These 100 players will qualify online. The final qualifiers will be offered expert coaching by sites aces. Players who qualify for the World Series of Poker main event will be given a guaranteed cash prize of $250 000, which will include $100 000 in entry fees for the players to participate in other tournaments during the 117 days that the players will have to wait.

CryptoLogic Ltd. is a leading public e-gaming software developer and supplier and creates some of today’s most innovative online casino and poker gaming software for internationally recognized brands. 888.com, which is operated by 888 Holdings PLC, is the world’s number one online casino and poker room and owns and operates various world-renowned websites (www.888.com, www.Casino-on-Net.com, www.pacificpoker.com, www.888ladies.com and www.888sport.com).

Now, these two highly successful companies have joined forces for a 3-year deal that will allow 888.com to pick and choose from CryptoLogic’s amazing array of games that are best suited to their brand. 888.com has already chosen to include the extremely popular Cubis, Bejeweled and Millionaire’s Club slot machines from CryptoLogic’s large inventory of over 200 games.

“Today’s announcement is consistent with CryptoLogic’s strategy to partner with the worlds biggest and best gaming brands – as a way to offer the ultimate player experience,” said CryptoLogic’s President and CEO, Brian Hadfield.”

“For CryptoLogic, 888 is a natural fit,” added Justin Thouin, CryptoLogic’s Vice President, Product Management and Business Development. “Together, we offer the world’s best online games through one of the world’s largest Internet casinos.

As both companies are already well-established and world-renowned we’re sure to see even greater things to look forward too down the road!

One of the UK’s hottest online casinos has released and new and exciting slot machine! Aptly named ‘Alley Cats’, Spin Palace Casino’s slot game is a 5-reel, 9-payline, multi-coin game that takes place in a backyard bowling alley. The twist…you have the coolest cats in town helping you to nail those strikes and win a load of money!

The new slot boasts several great extras including Scatter and Mystery Bonus Features, free spins and ‘Pick X of Y’ and ‘Bowling Lane’ Bonus games.

If that’s not enough incentive to start playing at Spin Palace, the online casino is also offering a great free money welcome bonus of £1000 in free playing credits to all new players with no real money deposit required to play! Spin Palace also offers an extra £1,000 in free money for any player who wins a Progressive Jackpot of £25,000 or more when playing any of Spin Palace Casino’s Progressive Jackpot Games.

Launched in 2001, Spin Palace is making a name for itself in the online casino world having won multiple awards already. Spin Palace is powered by the renowned Microgaming Systems Ltd and offers over 260 Vegas-style casino games!

This Thursday (May 8th) the hunt is on for the 888.com World Poker Crown. Ten lucky players will get a chance to win the crown at the Perlada Castle in Barcelona, Spain after battling more than 2200 players to become a finalist in the $3 million guaranteed event. Prize amounts range from $1 million (1st place) to $22,500 (10th place) and will be 888.com’s biggest poker event to date.

The top ten include Jack Hinchey (Canada), Michael Lawson (Canada), Bart Wetsteijn (Netherlands), Piotr Skiba (Poland), Pini Roberto (Italy), Mark Rossler (Germany), Mark Castonguay (Canada), Arjan van Bavel (Netherlands), Michael Leah (Canada) and Gijsbert van Doesburg (Netherlands).

The event is also being broadcast live at http://www.worldpokercrown.com/. Pacific Poker members will have a chance to play in a special restricted tournament during the live webcast to win one of four World Series of Poker packages worth $17,000 each by placing their bet on who will win prior to the start of the tournament. The live web cast will begin when there are 8 players remaining (about 14:30 BST).

With millions of member’s world wide, 888.com offers a range of games including casino, bingo, sports and poker rooms. Founded in 1997, 888.com has been named Best Online Casino twice, Best Online Operator of the Year at the eGaming Awards, Best Online Casino at the Inside Edge Awards and Best Online Casino at the UK Gambling Awards.

Only about a week ago, a 30-year old man named Mikkel O. from Denmark decided to register with Windows Casino, fill up his account with 110 euros and begin playing. As he moved from slot machine to slot machine, they seemed to do just what he dreamed they would, as the Danish raked in just over 300,000 euros!

He began playing on Desert Treasures, an ancient Egypt themed game where he hit his first jackpot of 30,000 euros. Then he moved onto Bonus Bears, raking in another 50,000 euros. And on he went, to several other slot machines in search of his next win, finding it in Football Rules, winning another 77,500 euros. And he didn’t stop there as his total kept climbing to a total of 323,578 euros in a single day!

Casino manager, Grey Gomez commented on the win and Windows Casino by saying, “The Casino has not seen a win like this for a long time. The win is one of the biggest wins at the Casino and one that will be remembered by it for a long time.”

“Our casino makes it a point to make it comfortable for new players to play on it. We also offer some of the best welcome bonuses in this space.”

The wins for Windows Casino don’t stop there. The online casino dished out several large jackpot amounts to other players from $5,700 to €100,000.00 on a wide range of available slots! Why not try your luck!

Online casino PokerStars.com is giving back in two great ways over the next few days. They are first, giving away trips to the annual Life Ball, an annual charity even that raises money for AIDS research and second, are raising money for Life Ball through donations, freeroll events, and a Hold’em tournament.

PokerStars.com will be giving away several Life Ball prize packages over the weekend which includes flight for two to Vienna, 2-nights in a luxury hotel, tickets to the Ball and $250 in spending money. PokerStars.com will also award any player making a direct donation of 1$ or more to Life Ball an entry into a $2,000 freeroll, to take place on Sunday. And finally, there will be a $20 no-limit Hold’em tournament on Sunday. Half of the money will go to charity with PokerStars.com matching any amount raised and has promised they will double the final figure if more than 500 players enter. Players in each of these tournaments have a chance to win the Life Ball prize package.

The 2008 Life Ball will take place in Austria, has been running since 1993 and is regularly attended by celebs and philanthropists alike. Last year, they even raised 2 million dollars for AIDS patients and research funding. So why not make your gambling money count for something this weekend! Go try your luck at PokerStars.com!

The chance to win one of 2 great trip giveaways is up for grabs during the month of May from online casino, IntertopsCasino.com. One player from Europe and one player from the U.S. will be awarded trips to Monaco and Las Vegas (respectively).

Every player that takes part in online play during the month of May will be entered to win the great trips, both valued at $10,000 each. The European winner will be flown first class to Monaco while the U.S. winner will receive the same to Las Vegas, Nevada. Both packages include round trip flight, show tickets, chips and spending money. The U.S. winner will stay in a suite at the luxurious Bellagio hotel while the European winner will receive the equivalent in Monaco.

“We’re very proud of the ten years of trust that we have with players around the world,” said Michl Posch of IntertopsCasino.com. We thought birthday parties in the casino capitals of the world was a good way to celebrate.”

The contest is part of IntertopsCasino.coms’ 10th anniversary celebration. The Antigua/Kahnawake-licensed site will also be adding five new games next week – HoldEm High, Sure Win, Alley Cats, Quest for Beer and the Chashapillar slot as well as extend its extremely popular Trivia 500 promotion throughout May.

There’s a chance for everyone to win at IntertopsCasino.com!