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When OCR looks back on the numerous progressive jackpots hit throughout the year, some rather memorable moments stand out. As a general observation, however, there were simply more wins and bigger prizes than in previous years. Jackpots Worth Millions Microgaming's jackpots are well known to be the biggest in the industry and in 2010 lived up to all expectations. In late August, one extremely lucky lady hit Microgaming's Mega Moolah jackpot and won an incredible $4,170,128.28 while playing at Spin Palace Casino. It then returns to its cool $1 million starting point. Later in the year, news hit the headlines that Microgaming's total pool of progressive jackpots passed the $4 million mark. The all-time popular progressive slot, Mega Moolah, was expectedly a major contributor to this total figure and at the time had a jackpot of over $2 million after having been hit only a few short months before. King Cashalot, another member of the Microgaming network, produced a big winner in July with one player walking away $679,791 richer. By the end of the year King Cashalot was already edging again towards $1 million. Playtech Jackpots With money like this being won, it can be easy to forget there are other major networks with considerable prizes. Playtech progressive games, for example, also consistently payout six figure jackpots or more. For instance, Beach Life was hit in April at nearly $3 million and Gold Rally surpassed€1 million in August. Other notable winners were on Lotto Madness, Gladiator and Cherry Love. In other networks, Deal or No Deal paid out a record £1.9 million jackpot in August and Cryptologic's Millionaires Club also tipped over the £1.2 million point. We can only wait and see what next year holds!
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For all the talk of declining revenues at Las Vegas casinos, this New Year's Eve will still be a big hit with Jay-Z headlining the list of stars set to play at the city's glamorous establishments. Hip Hop the New Year Surprisingly, it is the city's newest casino, The Cosmopolitan, that has secured the hip-hop giant's signature, after agreeing to pay him the sum of $1 million for the one of the one-off performance, which takes place just two weeks after the resort casino and hotel opened to the public. Joining Jay Z will be another of the biggest names in music, Coldplay, with actress-turned-country musician Gwyneth Paltrow and the wife of the band's lead singer Chris Martin set to join them on stage. It is still unknown if Jay-Z's famous wife Beyonce will also join the festivities. Online Alternative Of course, for those who can't make it, you can still do the next best thing and play from one of the great selection of online casinos listed on our home page, while playing tracks from your own favorite singers over YouTube, whether it be those appearing in Vegas later this week or other artists altogether. Either way, we wish all our readers a Happy New Year.
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Three very lucky people have won more than $100,000 combined after hitting jackpots on Playtech's iPoker network in the last month. Jackpot Winners The biggest prize was struck on the Maui jackpot game, when a player won $46,000 after hitting the jackpot in just 72 minutes of play. It was the fourth win for the lucky player this year on a game that has given out a total of $1.7 million in jackpot prizes in the last three years. Two players got lucky playing the Rio Jackpot Sit n'Go Tournament at two different online poker rooms, bringing to more than $6.6 million the amount of prize money the tourney has given away since its launch six years ago. One player won $45,000 playing at Titan Poker, while the second hit the jackpot within five hours while playing at William Hill. The tournament now resets to the default prize money of $25,000, and will continue to grow until it is hit by the next lucky player. Online Poker iPoker is the largest B2B poker network in the world, with an average of more than 35,000 players competing at peak times. The network has a particularly strong presence in Europe, and its games can be found at many of the best online poker sites including the one's mentioned above.
The leading software developers like Microgaming, Playtech and 888 Random Logic showcased a sound selection of entertaining movies in 2010 as slot machine games. A number of memorable themed slots were released throughout the year but the highlights included Lord of the Rings, Pink Panther, Hellboy and Rocky. Slots Hit of 2010 The pick of the bunch, however, would undoubtedly have to be the Lord of the Rings slot game released by Microgaming and obviously based on the legendary blockbuster movie. In case you missed the buzz, it defied all expectations thanks to the backgrounds, graphics and cut-aways pulled directly from the visually mind blowing trilogy of movies. Lord of the Rings also offered players an extensive range of bonus games and fabulous opportunities to win. Classic Films Another themed slot to deservedly catch the limelight was Pink Panther which was released in around August and stirred up many nostalgic childhood memories for players. It was a hit too thanks to being complete with all the lovable characters from the old 1960 classic film and series including Pink Panther himself and Inspector Clouseau. Playtech's Tops Rocky also enjoyed an online revival as result of being recreated into a slot machine by Playtech. Let's say that Rocky was a knock out with its bounty of extra features and became a highly sought after title. Last but by no means least, the Hellboy slot machine was another Microgaming invention released in early 2010 that was spinoff of the hugely popular film and comics. In closing, the year 2010 was the year for themed slots but the crowning glory providing hours of quality and magical entertainment was Lord of the Rings.
Looking back on 2010, it is clear that the online gambling industry expanded in leaps and bounds with a high number of new contenders all vying to crowned the best online casino of the year. However, a small, select handful of operators only stood out tall from the growing crowd thanks to their consistently excellent customer support, generous promotions, wide game selection and seemingly endless innovation. Top Online Casinos Among the top challengers to be named the best 2010 online casino, in the view of OCR, are William Hill Casino, Europa Casino, Platinum Play, Maple Casino and All Slots Casino. William Hill certainly attracted OCR's attention early thanks to amazing and original promotions while All Slots Casino also had something special to offer its loyal players with a steady stream of new slot games. Additionally, All Slots Casino offered some of the highest progressive jackpots in the industry this year. Maple Casino, however, was also stronger challenger for the top spot and continued to grow in popularity across the European continent. Platinum Play was close on the heels of Maple Casino as result of its treasure trove of promotions and tournaments (take for example its International Casino Games). Casinos of Note However, other brightly burning stars which are well worthy of mention in the category of best 2010 online casinos are both JackpotCity and Noble Casino. JackpotCity was constantly trying to push the boundaries not only with fresh games but with new modes of playing and led the way when it came to cell phone gambling.
Looking ahead at the New Year, the online gambling industry sees a major development ahead. PartyGaming Plc and bwin Interactive Entertainment AG plan to merge in 2011 and create the world's largest publicly listed online gaming group. "Our products and target markets complement one another perfectly, and we can continue to expand our technology lead in all key product segments: sports betting, poker, casino, bingo and games," according to Norbert Teufelberger, Co-CEO of bwin. The Deal bwin will hold an Extraordinary General Meeting on 28 January, 2011. If approved, the merger will then take effect late in Q1. PartyGaming and bwin will then operate under a name: bwin.party digital entertainment plc. Current bwin shareholders will likely hold 51.7% of the shares, to PartyGaming's 48.3%. Business Plan 2011 Aside from continuing its B2C focus, the new company will benefit from a firm capital structure and customer liquidity, believed to be critical entering a new age of consolidation in the online gaming industry and geographic diversification. The new company will expand its B2B and B2G businesses as well. Its headquarters will be in Gibraltar, while shares will be listed on the London Stock Exchange. Gibraltar will be raising taxes on online gambling companies this month.
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