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Government Spokesman Sita Divari was speaking about the new plans after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra about legalising casinos.Sita said the meeting had agreed with a proposal by House Speaker Uthai Pimchaichon, who suggested that the government opt for smaller provinces with good communications networks for casino and entertainment complex operations - where local residents would benefit from the jobs created by the business and tourism.Uthai urged against allowing casino operations in big cities such as Chiang Mai and Phuket, since they are already well-known tourist destinations and do not need such business development to attract more people.Thaksin said a referendum on the issue would be held on the same scale as a general election. "It would not involve just 1,000 to 2,000 people, like a survey," he said.Asked about the stiff opposition from key senior personalities, Thaksin said he would not rely on the opinions of famous people but only on the majority of the public."We have to rely on the majority. Some film stars have spoken out on the topic and the media covers it and jumps to the conclusion that society is not for it," he said. He added that some people had not listened properly and did not have a full understanding of the issue. "They stick only to the belief that Thailand should not have gambling, without perhaps realising the fact that we have rampant football gambling. Gamblers also hop on vans to play at casinos in neighbouring countries," he said. National Economic and Social Advisory Council member Anothai Ritpanyawong said the council had given the Cabinet its opinion against legalising casinos during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. "We believe that Thai society is not yet ready for it and we are not confident that the government can manage the casino business," he said. Opposition whip chairman Jurin Laksanawisit attacked the proposal to legalese casinos, saying the motivation behind the proposal is to seek interest from gambling to fund the next general election without taking into account the effects on society. Deputy Prime Minister Vishanu Krua-ngam denied this, saying the government is aiming for tourism and economic results such as employment.
A large number of books have been written on the subject - BLACKJACK - and I am sure that some of them are excellent, but for the average player to memorize all the rules is, to say the least, an uncomfortable task. We will try to simplify and minimize all the statistical facts and figures. Blackjack is a game where the casino has a very slim advantage, under 0.5% and in some cases - depending on the house rules- no advantage at all. That's considered fair chance. Here are the most common rules that you should consider when you play Blackjack: Never buy insurance when the dealer shows an Ace, unless you have Blackjack (21), in that case you must buy insurance, if the dealer has BJ you break even, if he doesn't you loose 50% on your insurance but win 150% on your BJ. Do not hit if the dealer shows a 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, unless your hand is under 11 you have to presume that the dealer has always a 10 in the hole. Do not split 4's 5's 9's 10's if the dealer shows under a 7 (2-6). Always split Ace's. Always hit if you have a 12,13,14,15,16, and the dealer shows a 7,8,9,10 and Ace. Those are the basic rules that you have to know to play a reasonable good Blackjack, have a fair chance to win and maybe have fun in the process.
Industry experts predicted this rise, but not those figures, the new study show that the amount gambled in poker rooms around the world increased from £6m a day last January to £38m in December. Those figures are beyond anyone's expectation. Ladbrokes, who claim to have more than 40,000 registered users on their own poker rooms added that more than 150 poker rooms are thought to be operating on the internet today, compared with only 30 in 2002. In Big Britain alone £3 million a day is staked on internet games. The report speculates that this year's growth may equal that of last year's as people continue to catch the poker fever.
For Casino operators in Asia, 1 - Pay is one of the leading online payment solutions in the region and is offered by the Quick Access International Company Limited who are located in Macau. The company operate under a license granted by the Macau Special Administrative Region. 1 - Pay provides a full range of secure solutions for small to large businesses enabling them to accommodate Internet payments directly from Asian consumers using prepaid cards, credit cards, debit cards and bank transfers. Using the Internet to make online transactions easy safe and secure the solutions are tailor made to suit the Asian market and provide plenty of choice for users to consider how to each best fits their business practice. Using 1 - Pay Asian businesses can connect directly with consumers making doing business in the region easier than ever. Designed with maximum security in mind all transactions carried out on 1 - Pay are done using secure servers ensuring that all confidential information is kept totally private.
Neteller provides a InstaCash system for its U.S. residents which is linked to a personal bank account, Net-tellers corporate bankaccount, Visa or MasterCard, an electronic fund raiser and the Fcash.com online cash transfer system. For international customers only credit cards or direct cash deposits are permissible. It sounds too good to be true. There are some drawbacks that can be found only in "fine print" by clicking on the log -in section of the site. One would expect that a company trying to establish a credible line and trustworthy reputation would be honest and straightforward with what is really involved and not resort to this "fine-line" strategy. Anyway,expect two to four business days for electronic fund transfers from a personal bank account, and anticipate receiving a service fee for any credit card transactions. Also, withdrawal options are limited. Credit Card withdrawals are based on the amount of cash deposited. For example, if you won $500, you would only be allowed to withdraw $100. Using the Electronic fund transfer option will take one to two days, and there is a $25 fee for checks delivered by FedEx. Regular mail is free of charge. Your best bet would be to use the InstaCash service, though Neteller does not promote it, because there
The simplicity of these software games is designed for ease. Using the KISS philosophy, Keep it simple stupid, makes life easier for casino managers and the software designer's them- Selves. Since the software industry is so vast, it is helpful to keep software in general as simple as possible. The only disadvantage is to the user because they usually want action and results fast. Since casino games are a social function, multi-player on line games are the perfect answer to Keeping interest high and boredom low. Multi-player games are becoming more demanding, and with this demand come more development of software games. The larger sites are more capable of producing games more readily. Popular Games such as Roulette, Blackjack, 7-Card Stud, Texas Hold "em and others are being adapted for multi-player online gambling. Multi-player games are played through a network where by anl the players, where ever they may be, Can see what each other is doing. It is as if you are having a "conference call. One player might be in New York and the other in Tokyo and they are both playing the game together. Both are playing the same game, see the same table, and are at home. As for the on line casino sites, they are watching Out for your security
The drawing occurred in Paris on Friday night and the results were announced on TV stations throughout the three countries. The ticket was purchased the Bourges of France. 16, 29, 32, 36 and 41 were the winning numbers and the Lucky Star numbers picked were 7 and 9. Tickets for this drawing cost two Euros. The game requires punters to elect five out of 50 Numbers and two out of nine Lucky Stars. A French man won $19 million in the first ever Euro-Lottery drawing last Friday. The Euro Millions has plans to be as big as Canada's Super 7 and USA's Power-ball Mega Draw (which had a $363 million jackpot winner in May 2000). Governments of the three countries involved in the Euro-Lottery want the lottery win to occur in their respective territories. This is because of allotted gambling taxes, which take a huge chunk of the winnings. In France the gambling tax is a massive 27%. If you're planning on buying a ticket for the Euro-Lottery seriously consider purchasing one from either Britain or Spain. That is unless you want more than a quarter of your earnings to go to the French Government.
Supposedly, a man with robot software triggered a $1 million win on one of the gaming devices. The event occurred at Hampton Casino which had an unusually high payout percentage in December ranking approximately 103%. The pirate of the Caribbean 21, the player who perpetrated this event, showed up this week on CasinoMeister's forum stating that he did not use robot software and that the win was completely honest and legitimate. However, the player admitted to being a fraudster to the manager during a phone conversation and the $1 million dollar win was voided immediately. After reading the conversation script it seems to me that the Hampton manager was leading the player into admitting something that he did not do. (www.sports 911.com has the exclusive rights to the conversation between Ron Lewin of Hampton and the Pirate) Give the player a break. The logs of the play have not been released for analysis which seems suspicious. Also, Real Time Gaming offered $250,000 for the alleged program used by the player. It therefore seems that there was something wrong with the game itself not the player involved.
In 1961 the Interstate Wireline Act (18 U.S.C. section 1084) made it illegal for companies to take bets via wire connections such as phone calls. Over thirty years later the U.S Department of Justice made an attack on offshore sport gambling sites because they directly violate the Wireline Act. Then in June of 1999 the National Gambling Impact Study Commission recommended online wagering to Congress. Another committee proposed the exact opposite. They claimed that gambling thru the internet should be illegal and convinced Congress to side with their opinion. Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona attempted to amend the Wireline Act with the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1997. The Senate voted on the bill one year later and it passed. This was a huge set back for the Online Casino Industry. Luckily the bill was held up in the House due to pressure from special interest groups. The bill was also found to be too general and may negatively impact the global Internet commerce. Most online gambling companies are positioned offshore and claim that they are not obligated to follow U.S. laws. However this only holds true if the host country states that gambling is legal. The USA Government disagrees; if the site is specifically targets American residents then courts may have jurisdiction. In the case against offshore sites the FBI said that their agents successfully opened accounts and made bets from the phone and thru the internet in NY which obviously illegal.
Ester Abromowitz, Marketing Director for Playtech states We are launching a multitude of feature-rich slots with a degree of graphics and designs that are unprecedented. Some of the machines are available in land-based casinos but we are the first supplier to bring such popular games to a virtual casino. She later states that Most of Playtech's newly added slot machines are inter-active and offer much more player input during the session of play, thus they are more exciting to the end user. In addition, some of them even offer bonus rounds enabling players to win relatively high stakes not often seen in non-progressive games, ranging from tens of dollars to as high as thousands of dollars. Playtech has intentions to become the leader of the gaming software industry by offering casinos the best software package out there. You can defiantly expect to see much more from this company in the future. New Games: Playtech's newest slot software includes: 3-Row Multi-Spin Slots: Goblins Cave Triple Profits 5-Row Multi-Spin Slots: Ocean Princess Tropic Reels 5-Reel Multi-Line Slots: 9-Line Captain's Treasure 9-Line Highway Kings 9-Line Silver Bullet 5-Line Golden Tour 10-Line Jacks or Better Video Poker 25-Line Aces & Faces Video Poker
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