888 online casino is one of the biggest names in the online gambling industry. For years, the operator has remained one of the top players in the game, a reputation that has been helped by the casino’s willingness to offer players amazing promotions and bonuses.

This month, 888 online casino is offering players free spins for a year, a completely unique type of bonus in the online gambling world. As part of the new promotions, each player will be given seven free spins per week that can be used on a variety of games, which will cycle every week. This is a great way to get players to try a wide variety of the amazing and exciting games that 888 has to offer.

The idea for this promotion is hot off the heels of 888’s 24 Free Spins of Christmas promotion. The bonus was so popular that 888 decided to offer the promotion all year ‘round!

According to a spokesperson at 888.com, there are no strings attached to your free spins. You must simply use them on the game designated, and your wins are yours to keep. Sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t! So, head on over to 888 online casino and pick up your free spins today!

In the online gambling industry, mergers are becoming an increasingly popular trend. After PartyGaming announced its merger with Bwin, online casino operators have been inspired to team up with others in the industry to produce their own online gaming mega powers.

Now, PlayTech is showing interest in acquiring the 888 Holdings, an online gambling brand that has been entertaining offers for the past couple of years. 888 has seen a difficult time over the last half of the decade, and the company is looking for a little help from a generous company that wants to acquire its assets.

PlayTech, which is currently worth about £1 billion, is looking at purchasing 888 for £200 million. Currently, financial analysts believe that 888 is worth just over £150 million, despite seeing some growth this year.

Unfortunately, 888 has refused the offer from PlayTech. 888 has yet to give a reason why, but we have been led to believe that they are hoping for a bit more money. Ladbrokes has also shown interest in the online gambling operator, but the company’s bids have also been refused.

After the news that PartyGaming and Bwin would be teaming up to launch a new online gambling brand, it has been rumoured that 888 Holdings is now considering the option of launching its own merger with another well-known online casino company.

Bwin and PartyGaming’s merger will create the biggest online gambling company in the world, worth over $4 billion. That is exponentially larger than any of the online gambling operators currently in existence, even including some of the world’s biggest brands like 888 and The Palace Group. The news of the merger has put the pressure on other big names in the online gaming industry to top Bwin and PartyGaming – and 888 may be just the company to do so.

Should 888 decide to merge with another online gambling company, PartyGaming and Bwin should watch out. 888 and whomever it merges with could blow the rest of the industry out of the water. The company has stated that it has received many phone calls this week from companies who are interested in merging, but 888 is in no rush to make a decision.

“Party and Bwin took almost a year to close the deal, so we don’t see anything happening imminently”, says CEO Gigi Levy.

It will be interesting see what other online casino operators merge in the coming months. Bwin and PartyGaming undoubtedly set a trend in the online gambling world.

The 11 new games that have been added to the long list of games available at 888games range from brand new originals, to games based on popular tv game shows. These games include Hit the Ace, Hole in the Wall, Tank Commander, Call of Duty 4,  Sale of the Century, Thor, Cluedo, Wheel of Fortune, King Kong, X Factor, and Blankety Blank. These games will offer a better playing experience with great graphics, and better winning odds. Sounds pretty sweet to me!

Another added bonus on top of the better winning odds is with the launch of these new games, 888 is giving away free money to 20 lucky players chosen at random until April 26th. The prizes will range from £6 -£30.

Established in 1997, over 25 million people have played at 888casino. They have won awards for their online casino for being the best. In 2008, they won the Gambling Online Magazine Top Casino award. They also earned two prestigious awards from Leisure Report, “Best Betting and Gaming Company” and “Operator of the Year” in 2008.

They won the ““Best Betting and Gaming Company” award in 2007 as well.

Leisure Report Awards are exclusively given to companies who demonstrate excellence in originality, vision, and overall performance.

Its a sad beginning to the New Year for Online Casino company 888 as the co—founder and co-owner Aharon Shaked has past away from a serious illness in his home in Isreal. Shaked who was a Dentist by trade was one of two founders of the online gambling giant 888. He and his brother (the second co-owner) came up with the idea to start the online casino company after meeting for a Dental conference in the city of Monte Carlo.

After attending the convention in Monte Carlo and observing the action surrounding all the gambling the brothers returned to Israel and did serious research into starting their own online gambling company. Neither brother had any experience with online casinos or any form of gambling or online gambling whatsoever. They did their research in the casinos in Israel and in 1997 the company 888 online casino was formed.

The company which has many sub companies is one of the biggest names in online gambling altogether throughout the world. When asked Aharon said that even though the online casinos have brought wealth like he would never imagine he would not spend his time indulging in the money but rather help many charities that are established to help the children of Israel and he came true to his promises.

The co-owner of 888 passed at the young age of 58 and will be survived and remembered by his family, brother, company and many fans across the world.