Gambling News: December 2008

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UltimateBet.com, designed with the help of some of the top poker players around including Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke, will be giving away this Saturday, December 27th, at least 100 seats to their Ultimate Bet Online Championship (UBOC) 2009 Million Dollar Championships that will feature over $3 million dollars in guaranteed prize pool money. Read more ..

The Fernley Nugget is one of two casinos in Nevada prohibiting smoking and the first which was constructed with the smoking ban in mind. How do the gamblers react?

“Everybody says smoking and gambling go together, and when you gamble, you do smoke more,” said Jane Magazu, 56, a former smoker playing a video slot machine at the Nugget. “But now I can go home and I don’t have to take a shower to get the smoke smell off of me. Smoke really bothers me.”

According to Scott Tate, general manager of the Nugget, which opened Nov. 5, the casino has so far met the financial expectations even in a recession which has hit the gambling industry hard. Read more ..

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All Slots Casino, the flagship brand of the Jackpot Factory Group, will be the first casino operator in the world to offer mobile games for the iPhone and iPod Touch mobile digital devices. All Slots Mobile Casino is accessed directly from the internal browser, with no downloads, installations or upgrades necessary! This follows the growing trend of bringing a real Internet experience to mobile devices, with no connectivity issues, or screen size and browser constraints. Coming in December 2008.

WagerWorks has announced the release of Lil’ Lady®, a 5-reel, 40-payline slot game, featuring Stacked Wilds for amazingly big wins and a super-rich Free Spins Bonus. On every reel there are stacks of four or more Wild symbols. These Wild symbols can line up to trigger a huge number of simultaneous wins! Three Bonus symbols on the middle three reels activate the Free Spins Bonus. Top Award: 250,000 currency units.

As readers of the Online Casino Newsroom know, it has now become a routine that Microgaming supplies the casinos powered by their casino software with a number of innovative casino games every month. Also in December they have come out with four new games, out of which one is a real innovation, the video slot template, MySlot, which can be customized individually.

Deck the Halls is a 5 reel 30 payline video slot which puts players in the festive mood and presents them with presents – in the form of features, of course!

Reel Baron is a 5 Reel, 20 payline video slot that with compasses, lucky medals and scarves will take all players on a flight they'll never forget.

Sunset Showdown is a five-reel 25 payline game based on a Wild West Cowgirl Theme with a second screen Bonus Feature and a Re-Spin Feature.

Microgaming has once again demonstrated its power of innovation! It has brought out the gaming industry's first personally customised slot game, the MySlot. This is a 5 reel, 9 pay-line slot game template which enables the player to tailor their very own slot using totally unique components. Whether it's personal snaps of the family, friends or pets, players can utilise their own personal picture gallery, as well as favourite colours, sounds and music from their own personal collection.

Paddy Power has announced the following Money-Back Specials:

Saturday Football - Money-Back Special!

Man United v Sunderland

If Wayne Rooney scores the last goal Paddy Power will refund all losing 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match.

• Applies to singles placed before kick off only
• Max Refund €300/£200 per customer/bet.
• Paddy Power football rules apply.
• Applies to 1st/last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast bets only.
• If Rooney plays no part in the match special will revert to last goal scored outside the box.
• Own goals do not count.
• Does not apply to customers whose language of registration is Spanish.

Boxing - Money-Back Special!

De La Hoya v Pacquiao

If the fight finishes in the first 6 Rounds we will refund all losing rounds bets on this fight.

• Applies to singles placed before event starts only, does not apply to betting in running.
• Applies if either fighter wins by KO or TKO in rounds 1 to 6.
• Applies to bets on given rounds only and not to winning group of rounds, total rounds or to win on points.
• Max refund €300/£200 per customer/bet.
• Paddy Power Boxing rules apply.

Microgaming, the world's leading manufacturer and provider of online gambling software, announced in a press release the acquisition of the rights to UK based Playwize 3D poker software. According to the press release, "Playwize Poker's immersive 3-D environment puts players in the middle of the action, with the ability to interact with their opponents. Players can customise their ‘virtual' player to match their personality and try their hand at hundreds of different possible game combinations, including Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha, Five Card Stud and Seven Card Stud." Read more ..