Archive for June, 2008

Online Casino Player Wins at AllSlots Casino

Monday, June 30th, 2008

AllSlots Casino which is a leading online casino and a member of the renowned Jackpot Factory Group, have announced another big winner.

The large win of $341k was the result of a progressive jackpot win that came from the online slot game, Fruit Fiesta. The slot game comes in two versions: a classic 3-reel slot version and colorful 5-reel video slot version.  This is one of the first progressive jackpots ever launched,  and has payed out many winners at the casino since 2001, with an average jackpot of $25,000.

The winner Tonya is a slot enthusiast, and a member of the VIP Lounge at Jackpot Factory, of which All Slots is an affiliate. She said, “I would like to thank the site, as I have enjoyed playing at the site for many years and I never expected that I would win some money.”

The Jackpot Factory’s Vice President of Player Affairs, David Brickman speaking about the win said, “I would like to congratulate the winner. It’s fantastic to announce when a  player wins on a progressive slot jackpot.”

He added, “These jackpots are good for players who are looking to win big. Just watching the total jackpot amount go up in front of them, gives players the authentic feel of being at a land-based casino from the privacy of their homes.” 

AllSlots Casino has over 350 casino games, including 21 progressive slots. It is noted as one of the leading slot-oriented casinos online.

Player Wins First World Series of Poker Bracelet

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

The player Frank Gary won a sum of $219,562 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Gary hit a lot of luck when he was able to defeat Jonathan Tamayo.

In the first part Nick Binger was all set to defeat the competition and prove to all the others that he was more than just Michael Binger’s younger brother. But when he was just close to winning his first bracelet, he failed to hold his nerve and finished in third place. Now it was Tamayo and Gary’s turn to battle for supremacy.

Tamayo played some of the best poker one could have seen all day. But in the end he could not stand up to the winner who was shipping pot after pot, and finally he lost the bracelet, to Gary.

Nick Binger controlled the final table from the time it started. He was second in chips after Day 2 but he took a powerful lead. He won pot after pot with min-raises, and the announcer mistakenly called him by his brothers name.

In the next 2 and half hours he took out 6 players, but he lost the lead and the runners up were cutting into his lead, and having played for five hours he lost to Jonathan Tamayo.

In the final match up Tamayo started with a dominant chip lead, but the winner quickly caught up with him to make it a genuine match. At the end Tamayo was finally crippled when he lost his nerve and the winner caught a runner-runner full house to take most of Jonathan’s chips.

Titan Poker Awards Players $250,000 in Cash

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

The website Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, has awarded its players $250,000 in cash last Sunday.

The site did this while hosting an exciting weekly tournament, and stated that the $250,000 prize money weekly tournament will be held every Sunday evening, and players from all across the world can join the tables at the poker room to compete for their share of the prize money.

In the tournament held last Sunday, Carsten Wolf stood first to win the top prize of $52,500. The second spot was claimed by Jean Louis Fromenton who played throughout the night to claim $27,500 in cash.

The runner up said in a statement, “I began playing at 8 pm and ended 4am in the morning. The effort was worth it.”

He added, “I am very happy to have won the prize. I have no special strategy while playing the game.”

Players can pay directly the entry fee of $200 + $15 for the $250,000 tournament. This $250,000 tournament is just one of the many tournaments that are regularly played at Titan Poker. The site has doubled the amount of its monthly prizes from $8 million to $16 million in the past few months.

The site will host its biggest ever tournament in September with a large $2.5 million total prize money. It frequently awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, like the Aussie Millions and the European Poker Tour.

Mecca Bingo Offers Free Online Bingo

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The website Mecca Bingo is offering all players 12 consecutive hours of free online bingo. 

The site will offer players the chance to try their luck in the “Legs Eleven” Bingo room at 11am. Players will be given the chance to check out the site and play the games for free, while still having the chance to win real cash.

New players need not worry, as they can register themselves at the site and start enjoying the free games. Mecca Bingo is always accepting new players so they can try out its 10 online bingo rooms that offer three variations of the game!

The site will continue this promotion through the month of July which will involve 12 free hours of bingo every week; with a new free bingo game taking place every 6 minutes at their site.

King Solomon Celebrates a Decade With Mega Draw

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The successful online casino King Solomon is celebrating its full decade in operation with a mega draw. The casino has decided to reward its customers with a fantastic prize giveaway. The best thing about the mega draw is that anyone can win!

The simple way for a player to enter the prize draw, which is also known as the Mega Draw, is to register their name when they join up with the site. The winner of this Mega draw will recieve a brand new Mini Cooper car. The car was made famous by the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job.

The Customer Relations Manager of the site speaking about the mega draw said, “We as an online casino have always found it easy to get players to sign up for the site and play a few games. The players that have been loyal to the site will be getting something special, because it is they who have truly made the site a launch to success.”

The online casino also has several special promotions to add to the Mega Draw.  The site is offering a new anniversary edition of internet casino that has never been offered before. The special edition will showcase the history of the casino and its promotions. It will show the players the technology changes that have occurred since 1998. It will also name the biggest winners at the online casino for the last ten years.

The other prizes included in the mega draw are a New Sony DSCW90 digital camera and Nintendo Wii. The trivia section of the online casino will offer information regarding it.

BetUS.com Launches its Poker Affiliate Program

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

BetUS.com which is well known for its web based sports book, and being up to date on the betting odds for sports, politics and pop-culture, has announced the launch of its Poker Affiliate Program. The program has been added to the company’s partner site and it can be found at http://partners.betus.com.

The site will be kicking off the new addition of its affiliate program with a poker tournament that will start on June 26th at 8:00pm EST. The $5,000 private free roll tournament is being held exclusively for the sites affiliates. Only registered partners of the site will be eligible for prize money.

BetUS Partners Affiliate Director Erin Argue said, “The affiliate partners are responsible for our success in both online gambling and our affiliate program. Their hard work has resulted in us being market leaders.”

He added, “In order to show our appreciation to them, we are offering each of our partners, a seat in this tournament. Our aim is to dominate the online poker scene the same way we dominate the sports betting market.”

The site is also offering its affiliate partners another promotion. The partner who refers the most depositing poker players by August 1, 2008, will recieve $5,000 towards a private poker tournament for their players.

The new program offers revenue on Sports, Casino and Poker, to affiliate managers. This revenue sharing is also for accurate online reporting and cookie tracking and the best conversion and retention rates in the business.

Bad Beat Jackpot Win at Seminole Hard Rock Casino

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

The largest ever Bad Beat Jackpot win happened at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Florida on Monday. It was a Texas Hold ‘Em Bad Beat Poker Jackpot of $564,912. The jackpot was the largest to be won in the state and created the all time record for Texas Hold ‘Em games at a casino in the country.

Henry Funke, Poker Room Manager, said, ”When the win was announced there was a huge commotion at the casino. People playing at other tables came over and congratulated the winners.”

Both the winners Glen Upchurch of Clearwater who lost the hand with four sixes and won $282,453, while William Lewicke of Winter Haven was the “winner” with a straight flush to the eight of spades and won $141,227 were locals. The other eight players playing at the table won $17,654 each.

The amount to be won in the Bad Beat Jackpot had been rising since April 28, 2008 when a payment of $285,923 was made. The massive cash won this time is the largest ever won at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, which has been in Tampa Bay for five years.

The amount for the new bad beat jackpot has already gone up to $185,621. The amount of the jackpot will keep going up till the next person comes and claims it.

CaptainCooksCasino.com Now Available in 5 Languages

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

The online casino group, CaptainCooksCasino.com has announced that it’s increasing its global presence. It will now be one of the few online casinos which will be available in French (fr.captaincookscasino.com), German (de.captaincookscasino.com), Spanish (es.captaincookscasino.com), Danish (dk.captaincookscasino.com) and Italian (it.captaincookscasino.com).

In addition, to these languages the site is now offering free customer service support round the clock. This customer support is available in each of the five languages.

The Casino that has been in operation since 1999 has won several awards. The casino has been recognized by Casino Player Magazine in seven of its ‘Best Of’ categories for online gaming including The Best Casino Software, The Best Online Casino Theme and The Best Payout Program.

The casino along with the 17 other online casinos is a part of the Casino Rewards group. Players logging on to the 18 online casinos in the group can chose among 255 state of the art Las Vegas style casino games, including slots, roulette and table games.

The casino created history on the web when it announced the first ever online million dollar jackpot win of US$1,594,649.21 on the Major Millions progressive jackpot. This win was the biggest jackpot ever won at any of the groups online casinos till last month when Klaus E from Finland won the $5.5 million Mega Moolah jackpot at Blackjack Ballroom, which is another online casino that is part of the Casino Rewards group.

With the Casino now available in 5 languages, new players registering to the site from any part of the world can play one hour for free!

Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot Passes £3.2 Million

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Online casino players are placing their bets and hoping to win a sum of over £3.2 million on the Mega Moolah Progressive Slot.   The popular slot has reached a massive £3,212,507, and as days and minutes tick by, the progressive jackpot is likely to go up higher.

Mega Moolah can be found at several casinos including Spin Palace and Zodiac Casino. . A small amount of each bet played at these games goes into a collective ‘pot’ and is paid when the jackpot is won.

These progressive jackpots are available at all Microgaming Casinos and players from all over the world can play to win these massive jackpots. A player in Finland won the Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot and a sum of $5,556,753 while playing at the Blackjack Ballroom Casino.

The game is packed with action including two bonus features. In addition there are wild symbols, scatters and multipliers. This is a must play progressive jackpot!

Ultimate Bet Launches Tour of Duty Challenge

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Players used to playing in cash games, Sit and Go and multi-table tournaments will now have something bigger to look and play for as the site Ultimate Bet has announced the launch of the Tour of Duty Challenge.

The Tour of Duty Challenge will be an ongoing competition where online poker players can compete for a share of $260,000 every month.

Annie Duke, the sites Card Room Consultant said, “Players will not be just vying for honors at our Tour of Duty Challenge. The competition will turn poker chips into weapons, poker tables into battlefields and players into 5 Star Generals.”

The Tour of Duty Challenge will run from 12:00 a.m. EST on the 15th of every month through 11:59:59 p.m. EST on the 14th of the following month.

The competition will have three different medalist divisions-five Stars, three Stars and one Star-for Cash Game players. It will have the same divisions for Sit and Go and Multi-Table Tournaments players.

To qualify, players must earn a specific number of RAI$E Status Points in a day for a minimum number of days. The number of points required to qualify for a division is flexible based on how many days a player chooses to play. Once a player has qualified for a division, they will be automatically entered into a free roll on the first Saturday that falls after the 14th of the month. The amount of money to be won will depend on the medalist division that a player has qualified for.

The winners of the six division free roll will play in two three player winner-take-all tournaments for $5,000 each. The winner of those two tournaments will fight it out for another $5,000 and the chance to play Phil Hellmuth for up to $50,000.