Archive for March 2011

In recent years, we have seen a surge in the mobile gaming industry. However, some phones are betting than others for playing games – and we’ve sought out the best gaming phones that provide the best experience for players at online casinos.

As online gambling companies become bigger and more profitable, more operators are making sponsorship deals with sport teams across Europe. In some countries, these deals are lawful while they remain illegal in others. As such, the European Sponsorship Association (ESA) had made a statement on the situation surrounding sport sponsorships in the online gambling industry.

Previously, land-based casino operators were opposed to the idea of legalized online gambling in America. Now that they have seen the profitability in the industry, they are changing their tune. As a result, some of the country’s biggest land-based gambling operators are lobbying for the legalization and regulation of the American online gambling market.

There really is an app for everything nowadays. A new iPhone application developed by Elements Behavioral Health states claims to be able to help recovering gambling addictions stay away from temptation.

Last year, the South Africa World Cup tournament was full of upsets for sportsbettors , as underdogs took control of the whole competition. The issue was blamed on the extreme heat that players had to deal with in the country. It was believed that the heat and humidity not only affected the player’s performance but the game environment as well.

For over a year, Apple has reigned supreme when it comes to tablet computers. Since 2010, the iPad has been the only tablet computer on the market worth spending any money on. Now, Apple has some competition, as the new Blackberry Playbook is set to be released in April 2011.

While casinos in Las Vegas are looking to attract all of the players they can, Atlantic City is taking a different approach. Despite the squeeze of the global recession, Atlantic City is looking to eliminate its low-end player based and instead focus on those that spend a bit more money.

Last month, Ashley Mitchell was arrested for stealing 400 billion chips from the popular online poker game Zynga Poker. Despite being digital currency, the value of the chips was estimated at about $12 million and Mitchell has been sentenced to two years in jail for what seemed to be a victimless crime.

March Madness is one of the biggest sporting events in America. Just behind the Superbowl, this college basketball tournament is the most popular event for sports fans across the country. As such, online sportsbooks are expecting an influx of activity from the spectators of the March Madness tournament.

If you’ve ever played a Poker game for a video game console, you were probably skeptical about the release of the new multiplayer poker game for XBOX Live, but the new game is a pleasant surprise.

The 18th annual South By Southwest Interactive Festival is taking place March 11th through 20th in Texas featuring the latest in web innovation and creative technology.

Bryan Taylor is a 36-year-old online poker fan that noticed something a little bit different while he was partaking in his favorite pastime the other day. It seemed to him that the opponents he was playing against were very similar in their responses and that got him to wondering who it was he was sitting across the virtual table from while he was playing online poker.

When the first iPad hit shelves last year, the device’s sales did not reach 1 million until nearly a month after its release. This year, the iPad 2 is outperforming its predecessor, reaching the 1 million mark during the opening weekend.

PlayNow.com, the British Columbia Lottery Commission’s own online gambling website, has had its fair share of problems this past year. After compromising the personal information of players across the province, the site was shut down within 24 hours of its launch and Premier Candidate John Horgan promises to take to the site down if he is elected.

 As the International Olympic Committee oversees the implementation of new procedures to fight match fixing, FIFA is dealing with its own problems concerning the crime.

A new study by a German psychologist points to the fact that the media may glorify the kind of risk-taking behavior that winds up with certain kinds of people following addictive patterns when it comes to online gambling.

TThe Wall Street Journal, the renowned Business and Financial Newspaper, published the results of a poll from last weekend’s Community Section. The preamble to the survey read as follows: “Lawmakers in some states are pushing for bills that aim to steer around federal laws prohibiting Internet wagering. Since gambling itself is not illegal, should the next step be to legalize gambling websites?”

The new Google update, Farmer, has set out to enforce Google’s dedication to high-quality, original content. By taking away rankings from websites that appear to be “Content Farms”, the update seeks to lower the levels of spam that can be found in the search engine. Unfortunately, this has cost webmasters in the online gambling industry top spots in Google.

In the online gambling world, video games, movies and comic books are popular themes for casino games like online slots. Up until now, online casino developers have yet to explore the world of television series, but operator GTECH G2 is taking the plunge with a new series of slots based on the popular crime show CSI (Crime Scene Investigation).

On March 3, 2011, citizens of New Jersey witnessed their Governor veto a bill that would have made their state the first in the U.S. to legalize online gambling since the passage of the UIGA in 2006. Legalization of the Intra-State Internet Gambling Bill would have allowed casinos in Atlantic City to offer sports betting and Internet gambling for state residents only.

The new Star Trek online slots game has been highly-anticipated in the online gambling world. Last year, it was announced that the game first went into development, and the IGT (International Game Designers) took their time to ensure that the game would provide a high-quality online gambling experience.

Mobile gamers are rejoicing at the recent news that Apple is releasing the iPad this month. The device is equipped with several new features that are sure to make the mobile gaming experience a little more interesting for avid gamers.

Recently, several professional football players have come under fire for their violent actions.

William Hill has reported an impressive financial performance for the year 2010. Thanks to the success of the company’s online casino division, William Hill saw a 7% increase, bringing its net revenue up to £1.071 billion.

One of the biggest gripes that poker players have about the playing the game online is that it lacks the face-to-face interaction that helps them to read and bluff each other. Now, 888.com offers online poker players the chance to recreate the home games and those played in brick-and-mortar poker rooms in the online gaming environment.