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It has become the norm for both experienced and neophyte online gamers to use an online casinos listing to ensure they play at the right sites and get the right games. Gambling online is a mainstream industry, and many players around the world where it is legal to gamble online, are playing and spending money to be entertained. It makes sense to piggy-back onto the experience of seasoned operators who provide a good online casinos listing to help us make our choices.

There are a number of considerations when choosing a gambling site, these include but are not limited to:

• licensing jurisdiction
• games selection/software platform
• security and certification
• customer service
• no deposit, first and ongoing bonuses
• terms and conditions such as ‘wagering requirements’
• brand
• VIP and loyalty programme
• value for money
• promotions
• payment and withdrawal methods – both alternative and traditional
• experience in the industry

This information gives both newbies and expert players alike quite a number of things to think about before they even register at a new casino or any other gambling site. This take place before they even start playing. It is for this reason that an online casinos listing can be extremely useful, as they unravel the deepest darkest secrets of a site, place it in a comparison format and allow us to cherry pick. Confidence can be a big issue for making financial transactions online, and when playing for real money at a casino, this is what we are in essence doing.

Playing casino games or taking part in any other gambling activity, be it online bingo, poker, sports betting, mobile gaming, financial spread betting, lotto or virtual gaming is supposed to be fun and relaxing. Only the knowledge that we are playing with complete confidence at a site with all the best features, allows us to relax and have fun. A really good online casinos listing is well-worth being a member; to have this level of confidence, and it does not cost a penny to join. In fact the benefits of belonging to a really good listing site, is that they often negotiate special bonuses, promotions or deals with gambling sites for their members. It pays to have knowledge on our side, because remember – knowledge is power.

It would be completely silly to miss out on playing gambling games online, because of an unreasonable fear that online gambling sites are only out to take our money. Don’t be fooled however, they are in business to make money in the long term. These are genuine businesses, just like your local live casino, only with more convenience for the player, less overheads – which is also of benefit to the player, and a massive range of games with far wider price ranges. There are many limitations to playing at live casinos, especially with regards to cost, and this is where the online casino listing can help you get entertained for much less, and with much less trouble.

Alabama’s VictoryLand owner Milton McGregor is standing trial in connection with a vote-buying case brought to court by the FBI. The case involve passing of a bingo legislation which was allegedly to be helped through political connections and buying of votes. It’s not good for any type of a lottery or casino games to provoke scandals since passing of legislation on poker or some casino games has become a constant issue. Many operators and players alike would like to see betting, lotteries, poker and casino games legal, both outside and on the internet, and if corruption and other similar scandals emerge in connection with them, legalisation will just be becoming ever more difficult.

Fabrice Soulier, a pro poker player, also known as « FabSoul » at poker tables, has won prize money of over 2,5 million Dollars to date. His last big win was in 2010 in the Main Event of the Partouche Poker Tour de Cannes where he took home €500,000.

His prize money has just increased to $3,2 million thanks to his recent performance at the 2011 World Series Of Poker 2011 on 24 June where he became only the 8th French player in history to win a bracelet. This accomplishment was in Event #37 of the HORSE Championship. We mustn’t forget that this poker championship is a mix of 5 types of poker: Hold’em, Omaha, Razz, Stud and Eight-or-Better.

Fabrice Soulier, 42 years old and from Avignon, was the director of the TV show « Farce Attaque » working alongside Laurent Baffie, in addition to directing the series « Un gars, une fille ».

He was discovered by the online poker site Poker770.com and was sponsored for many years representing the site; he became the number one French poker player in 2001 as well as in 2006.

Thanks to his latest trophy, he joins the elite list of French players, Bertrand « Elky » Grospellier and Elie Payan to have won a WSOP bracelet in 2011.

While many online casino share the very same games depending on their software provider, or which developers they partner with. Some online casinos and even bingo rooms, also offer custom slots, and one of the latest at Bodog is called Dirty Martini. Just the title of the game is enough to get you interested isn’t it? You will find the “Palace Groupie” at Palace casinos and bingo sites such as Sun Bingo offer “Mystic Meg” and “Winning Headlines” which are also custom slots.

But, back to Dirty Martini; this very unique custom slot fits well with the Bodog Brand, they describe it as “A little bit of gin, some vermouth, an olive and a dash of luck – all the ingredients for a win with Dirty Martini. Be like 007 and match up beer, wine, whisky and more for a winning cocktail. How would you like your prize – shaken, or stirred?” The slot comes from Realtime gaming and as you may or may not know, this software provider and this particular site has not bowed to popular pressure, and they still offer real money games to US players . At least they still did the last time we checked.

This site aligns itself with an image of glamour as well as entertainment so, while the Dirty Martini, might be tongue in cheek, it’s provocative attitude appeals to sophisticated audiences.

It is a five reel video slot, with a classic slot graphic appeal. The look is that of a traditional one armed bandit, and a fixed prize jackpot payout of 1 000 coins. Compared to some slot games this might not seem like a lot, but remember US players can’t afford to be all that choosy, when most online casinos won’t allow them to play for real money. At least this is a good amount for a fixed prize and Bodog is a well-trusted name.

The symbols which offer the largest pay-outs are the symbols for alcoholic drinks – Yay! Pink champagne enjoys pride of place as the highest paying symbol, followed by whisky, wine and beer – sorry there appears to be no women and song to complete the cliché. Fruits are also included and these always go down well with both cocktails and fruit machines; find strawberries, pineapples, oranges, lemons and of course the traditional cherries. Oh…yes, because the title of the game is Dirty Martini, you will find that the olive pays too. Is this a fruit or a vegetable I wonder?

The wild symbol is the Martini shaker, so, you will get yours shaken not stirred – this essential cocktail mixing item will help make winning combinations, and even double some payouts. You know it is winning for you when the shaker burst into animation and five of these on an enabled pay-line will win you 10 000 coins!

Give Dirty Martini a spin or two, it is tons of fun to play and the classic “B” for Bodog symbol allows scatter payouts to accrue. Fabulous fun for all fans of the online slot game genre!

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Baccarat is still on its steady rise in Macau. Since the gambling monopoly expired in the Asian gambling enclave, Macau has overtaken Las Vegas in terms of gambling revenues and the by far most earning game is VIP baccarat, in other words, baccarat played by affluent casino patrons. Although experts are warning casino operators about possible volatility of this market due to its dependence on a single group of players, casinos’ profits are still increasing. VIP baccarat currently accounts for over 70 percent of casino revenues locally, with middle class baccarat not falling too far behind. Another game bringing in more and more money is the slot machine, too. U.S. based Wynn Resorts who opened a branch of their business in Macau are expected to report triple their 2010 profit this year.

The Australian poker machine debate has been resurrected from the back burner once again as passing of the proposed legislation should happen very soon. The Australian senator Andrew Wilkie has been pushing for introduction of mandatory betting limits on every single poker machine within the boundaries of the federation, however, this effort is not supported by all of the states. Some want to make the betting limits voluntary, giving the player a choice, arguing that this step will not help problem gamblers since there are ways to circumvent the limitation, for example by setting oneself an unreasonably high limit. If the limits are flat, on the other hand, it won’t be fair to gamblers who have no problems with gambling and enjoy a high stake game. At the moment, the High Court has a challenge filed by the state of Victoria on its table since the Victorian government wishes for a voluntary scheme.

The USA is not the only country in the world intolerant of online gambling to such an extent as to virtually prohibit it. Whilst countries like Denmark, France or Italy have managed to understand that prohibition only leads to crime and have set out on the journey of controlled regulation, the U.S. have the UIGEA prohibiting processing on transactions related to online gambling and Australia boasts a downright ban of casino games and poker on the internet. So now, after facing a disaster on the American continent, big online gambling and poker companies like Pokerstars who were offering online poker to Australians might just delve into further problems, this time with the Australian authorities, who started investigating on FBI’s request.

The Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP), the largest and most popular online poker competitions, has just published its first results of the 2011 edition. Indeed, this festival of online poker tournament, with 38 events in total, has just started on May 8 and will only end on next Sunday, May 22 with the $ 10,300 Main Event. What caught everyone’s attention was the victory of Koen De Visscher, player of Poker 770 at the $ 1,000 buy-in tournament of the SCOOP, the event # 8 high. He’s an outstanding player who had just joined in this famous professional online poker team for a few months but continues to make talk about him in various competitions.

The experiences he acquired until now, continue to improve his performance. Note that De Visscher is accompanied at this SCOOP by some colleagues from his team, Team 770 as Coralie Naude and Jamel Maistriaux. And about the earning, he picked up $ 122,000 for this feat, an amount that certainly won’t stay there and may increase further during other events that will take place shortly. As a reminder, these online poker tournaments, run by all players of the four corners of the planet are available for buy-ins ranging from $ 5.50 to $ 25,000. All levels and all categories of players can find the tournament that suit them. The prize of over $ 500,000, of the final stage of this competition is still awaiting its winner.

Whilst three major poker websites in the U.S. have been seized by the FBI, the federal state of Iowa is heading in an opposite direction considering legalisation of online gambling on the state level. An official study has been commissioned to the state’s Gaming Commission whose purpose is to provide insight into the gambling industry locally. Potential of online casino games and poker is huge in terms of raising funds and fuel the state’s economy and legalisation and regulation of online gambling is highly desirable, in the light of the current economic situation. State officials expect the industry to generate tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue if online gambling gets legalised.