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Online casinos pride themselves in their payment processing options. Players are able to enjoy the services of leading deposit and withdrawal options for all their real-money gaming pursuits. With tried and trusted payments processing options at the ready, players can deposit cash into and withdraw their winnings from their online casino accounts with ease. The top payment methods include the following:Entropay provides online casino players with a safe and easy way to pay and play online. Players can use this Prepaid Virtual Visa Card to enjoy the following benefits: using it as a prepaid Visa card, enjoying virtual access to the Entropay card online, and secure payments processing.Ukash was designed with the express purpose of allowing players to use their cash (notes and coins) to send money to vendors/companies/casinos and to pay accounts over the Internet. The upside of the Ukash account system is that no credit cards or bank accounts are required. All that's required is cash money. EcoCard provides online players with a quick and easy payment method for online casino gaming. Users can send and receive money and pay offline with the EcoCard debit card. Funds can easily be transferred between EcoCard members. And it's the ideal method for topping up an online casino account.PaySafeCard is an e-payment method that is used for online shopping and payment transfers to online casino accounts. This prepaid card, PaySafeCard is a debit card and the company is based in Austria. Multiple countries around the world employ the use of this payment method for secure casino transfers.Click2Pay is a widely used e-wallet for secure payments transfers to online gaming accounts. Players can fund these intermediary-type payments options from the Click2Pay website via credit cards. This payment processing method is available in pounds, Euros and dollars. Neteller is a tried and trusted payments solution for online casino players. It is widely used in the UK and Europe as one of the leading eWallets. Neteller makes depositing and withdrawing funds to and from online casino accounts quick and easy.Skrill (Formerly known as Moneybookers) ranks as one of the most popular payments methods. Moneybookers is used across the world at leading casinos online. Players can pay safely online, ensure the safety of their information and deposit/withdraw their funds instantly.The aforementioned 7 payments methods have been rated as the crème de la crème of payment processing methods at online casinos during 2011. More players at more casinos have made use of these options to deposit and withdraw funds to/from their online casino accounts.
2011 was not a good year for Full Tilt Poker, what with the events of Black Friday, the subsequent revocation of their license and their inability to pay funds owed to players. But there is hope things will get better next year, if the poker room's sale to a French investor is any indication.Black FridayIn what has since become known as Black Friday, US prosecutors filed criminal and civil charges against officials from Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker on April 15. The founders of the three online poker sites were charged with alleged bank fraud, illegal gambling offences and money laundering.In the aftermath, PokerStars struck a deal to return money sitting in player accounts, but Full Tilt's operations were shut down completely in June, leaving thousands of poker players around the world unable to access money credited to them in their accounts. FTP still faces claims from prosecutors of operating a $443 million "global Ponzi scheme."Licence RevokedThings got even worse in October when FTP had its licensed stripped by gambling regulators in the British Channel island of Alderney, after being found to have misled officials about financial operations.The Alderney Gambling Control Commission said Full Tilt reported balanced that US authorities had seized as liquid funds, and also gave unauthorized loans. Full Tilt said the decision made it more difficult to carry through with a sale and to repay players still owed millions in funds.Light at End of TunnelThe latest news in the deal between Full Tilt Poker and French investor Groupe Bernard Tapie is that the two have agreed to transfer assets, which bring us one step closer to seeing the poker room repay its players.Under the deal, GBT will acquire Full Tilt from the US Department of Justice for $80 million. In return, US authorities will dismiss civil complaints against the poker site. Charges will remain against FTP officials indicted after the events of Black Friday, but for players this means a possible repayment of funds is on the horizon in the new year.
Following the events of Black Friday, in which funds belonging to customers of three leading poker rooms were frozen by US authorities, the various online poker operators are now coming up with new ways to protect their customer accounts.Protection Plan TrialOne of the latest plans has been initiated by leading operator PokerStars, one of the three companies caught up in the events of Black Friday. The PokerStars Player Protection Plan will put funds held by the company's French players under the watchful eye of international financial services firm IFG Group. Funds will be overseen by a Financial Services Authority-regulated fund manager, who will ensure the online poker company has enough funds to repay all money owed to players at any given time.According to PokerStars and other internet poker operators, the security of player accounts and the integrity of the industry are fundamental to its future success. PokerStars has promised that other newly regulated markets will follow shortly, such as Italy, Spain and Belgium, in a bid to establish a protection net for players across the continent.Others Will Follow SuitIndustry observers believe greater protection of players is the way to go, and estimate that others will follow through will similar methods to the protection fund. In the future national licensing authorities will likely insist that online gaming companies maintain the full amount of customers' funds in fully segregated, independently managed accounts.With the regulation of new markets in Europe and the potential expansion opportunities this provides all the major online poker and gambling companies, now is certainly an optimal time to launch initiatives like this that will protect player funds. Not only does it give greater security to players, but it encourages mutual trust between players and operators as well.
2011 was by and large a good year for online gambling. We have witnessed: Several gambling brands turn 10 years old, marking a decade and change for the industry; Casinos expand their games selection on mobile devices, particularly iPhones and iPads, while others have gives the fancied devices as prizes; High volume gambling on the Royal Wedding and other Reality TV shows...; Beach Life progressive jackpot slot has reached $6 million (and counting!); And many more. Naturally, there were also unfortunate events, primarily the Full Tilt Poker debacle following the Black Friday crackdown on online poker. And now, as we face the New Year 2012, headlines call for a "sweep" of the US and other optimistic scenarios. Here are a few that we will all likely be happy to see in 2012: Winnings Someone will hit that elusive progressive jackpot! Will it be you? Visit our site and find progressive jackpots that are due a big payout, and other promotions as we list them daily. New Games Marvel slots are all the hype at Playtech casinos, so we hear. Likewise movie-based slots have made waves this year, such as The Lord of the Rings. New games will come out in 2012, and we can't wait to try them out and review them for you. Will The Hobbit be the next big thing? The Ultimate Payment Method What are Moneybookers up to in 2012, with their new Skrill service? Is the ultimate payment solution in the making, one that you can use for deposits and withdrawals, in your local currency, while protecting your privacy, and throwing in a deposit bonus as well? USA And of course, no discussion of online gambling goes without mentioning the United States, where online gambling might be banned, but then again, might not be in the near future. And a Happy New Year to Everyone!
BetSoft Gaming is leading a revolution in the world of online gaming, supplying state-of-the art 3D games to casinos like 7Red and Mr Green. With true three-dimensional cinematic action, the games blur the barrier between gaming and film.What is Slots3?Under the banner of Slots3, BetSoft has developed a new brand of truly superior quality 3D games. Using expandicon technology, the symbols break out of the standard reels found in traditional slot games. Instead, they break out of tiny squares on the screen and expand on wins.So far all the Slots3 games have been character-driven, as shown by the popular Mr Vegas, which features a debonair gentleman seen around Las Vegas with two women, playing high-limit roulette and craps. The gameplay features everything you would see during a night on the town in Vegas, and it's all brought to life by the 3D technology.Other FeaturesIn addition to the stunning graphics, Slots3 games are accompanied by amazing audio and soundtracks that help add to their real-life feel. In Mr Vegas and Rock Star, for example, BetSoft developed original soundtracks that represent the themes of the respective games.All Slots3 games contain at least three or four unique features, and all have second-screen bonus rounds. In Barbary Coast, for example, there are two bonus rounds including a face-to-face drinking challenge, a rescue-the-maiden bonus game, on-the-reels click me feature, free spins, and a wild feature.What's on the HorizonBetSoft officials expect to continue developing games on a regular basis, similar to the way in which Hollywood is now pumping out more and more 3D feature films. We look forward to seeing what they launch next.
Denise Coates, the founder of online gambling giant bet365, was honoured this week as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year Honours list for her services to business and to the community.An Incredible HonorCoates, who has a controlling stake in the operator of online betting and casino services, called the announcement "an incredible honor" and said it would not have been possible without the fantastic support and commitment of everybody at bet365.It is worth recalling that Coates founded the firm from the small city of Stoke in the year 2000. Since then it has grown into one of the biggest internet gambling companies in the world, with more than six million customers in 2000 countries, sites that operate in 17 different languages, and more than 1,700 employees.Expansion PlansRecently Coates gave a lengthy interview to an online gambling magazine, in which she said bet365 had enjoyed a good financial year thanks to the launch of new products such as a sports betting site with in-play features, and added that the company would expand to emerging markets.Coates said preparations were underway for new licenses in Australia, Spain and Denmark, and hinted that bet365 was following developments in the United States - where the possible legalization of internet gambling would open up a whole new race for competing companies.
Can Manchester City arrest a possible slide when they take on Liverpool? That is the question all the online sportsbooks are asking punters as a bumper week in New Year's English Premier League action continues.Manchester CityManchester City will start a slight 4/5 favourite to win their home fixture against Liverpool at William Hill Sportsbook. Liverpool are 7/2, while a draw is paying 5/2. Whatever happens, this is expected to not be a high-scoring fixture. They are paying just 8/1 to be the highest scoring match of the week, and City is paying just 8/1 to be the highest scoring team.In the other big game, Manchester United will start 8/11 favourite when it travels to seventh-placed Newcastle, who are 4/1. Tottenham is expected to be the most free-scoring team this week, and its game against West Brom is paying 4/1 to be the highest-scoring of the round.Could Both Manchesters Miss Title?Could both Manchester teams miss out on the English Premier League title this year? Online sportsbooks are now seriously entertaining the idea of a double failure that could open the door for Tottenham, Chelsea or Arsenal to claim the premiership.Following surprise losses for both of the table-topping teams on the weekend, William Hill have lengthened Man City from 1/2 favourites to a longer 8/11 to win the title, ahead of United, who are 6/4. Spurs are now 14/1, Arsenal 33/1, Chelsea 40/1, and Liverpool 100/1.And City have now blown out to evens to achieve a record 104 premiership goals. The odds of this not occurring are now 8/11.
Emerging online gambling software and service provider NeoGames has brought in the New Year with a bang, announcing the launch of a game that combines classic scratch card slots with the latest in cutting edge three-dimensional technology.Go 777Go 777, available at all good NeoGames online casinos including karamba, is a multi-level game in which each round contains three slot machines with two separate scratch areas. The top area contains the prizes and the bottom has the reels. A jackpot of up to GBP 200,000 is available to the player who matches three symbols on any of the three reels.Not surprisingly, the folks at NeoGames are pretty happy with this latest product, hailing it as a new scratch card slot that allows male and female players of all ages to experience a realistic casino experience just like that which they would receive if they went to Las Vegas itself.NeoGames now offers a portfolio of more than 120 games,and is constantly expanding its range of next-gen scratch cards, instant win and online slot games.Growing Trend3D slot games are the latest trend in online gaming, and this is sure to continue in 2012. Betsoft Gaming's 3D slot collection exemplifies this, with a fantastic range of games incorporating state-of-the-art three-dimensional graphics with smooth gameplay for an all-round entertainment experience.And it's not just slots either! As 888Poker's recently launched 3D Poker room shows, you can now have an even better poker experience thanks to unique 3D software. This is just like regular poker, with tournaments and the ability to play against your friends - but all in 3D.
We have gathered for you some of the biggest jackpot wins that have been won in the past year at some of the biggest online casinos. The list covers some of the biggest casinos online, and some of the best games, and is based on our experience of long years. First, a word about the casinos herein sampled. JackpotCity, Swiss, William Hill Casino and the rest f the casinos presented in this document are all well established brands, some existing for over a decade, and all receiving positive accolades in our reviews, as fun and reliable. Big jackpots can be won, are indeed won, and are paid out at these casinos straight up, pending playthrough requirements and their good name. Although the list is not complete and does not cover all casinos and all winners everywhere (note: progressive jackpots are a different category), it does provide a good picture of what games pay out the most, and what casinos pay out most often. The list is not only a summary of the year that was, it is also a service for the New Year. Nor does the list provide mere inspiration, important as that may be. We offer you a bottom line that can be easily translated into a list of casinos that pay out generously, and games that pay out big and often. Most Winners JackpotCity Casino paid out jackpots of $20,000 or higher every other day during 2011, a total of 179 winners, of which: 119 winners of $20,000-$29,999 30 winners of $30,000-$39,999 15 winners of $40,000-$49,999 7 winners of $50,000-$59,999 Avalon, Thunderstruck II, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and Retro Reels - Diamond Glitz are among the most frequent paying games. Game Name Payout Date High Five Megaspin $119,909.34 July Nutty Squirrel $110,340 April Power Poker - Joker Poker $100,000 November MP Wheel of Wealth Special Edition $86,096.75 March Burning Desire $85,977.96 January Deuces and Joker $72,190 May Avalon $71,199 June MP Wheel of Wealth Special Edition $67,418.79 March Break Da Bank At Gaming Club, the biggest winner of the year was $272,000 winner at Break Da Bank. The same game paid out prizes of $64,000 twice, and features as one of the year's best games. In total, Gaming Club paid out nearly 50 prizes of $20,000 or higher, at such games as Burning Desire, Aces & Eights Video Poker, Tens Or Better and Joker Poker, Agent Jane Blonde, Pharaoh's Tomb and Lady of the Orient, among others. Classic Games Besides slots, with their massive jackpots, classic casino games are also opportunities for a big jackpot. A player at 7Red Casino won €170,000 playing European Blackjack, while roulette had paid a more "earthly" jackpot of €25,000. Game Name Payout Date European blackjack € 170,000 February Tycoons € 88,664 October Jackpot 2000 VIP € 30,000 December Roulette € 25,000 June Winners on a Regular Basis Omni Casino is accustomed to winners. So much so, in fact, that it runs a list of winners for every month of the year on the casino site. What attracted our attention, other than the enormous spread of casino games won over the past 12 months, is the variety of currencies in which the games were played and the jackpots claimed. Euros, pounds, dollars - American, Canadian and Australian all feature on Omni's winners list: Game Payout Month Blade $16,471 February Fruit Mania Progressive € 7,547 April Irish Luck $18,000 May Penguin Vacation $18,385 June Keno CAD18,350 September Roulette AUD11000 August A Month's Sample The year has clearly seen an abundance of payouts big and bigger. So much so that the figures can make you dizzy! Perhaps a sample of winners from the past month of December can provide a better picture, one of the opportunities that await you across brands, at different games, on any given day: Game Payout Casino Date Happy Bugs 85,000$ Casino Swiss December Lotto Madness 10,500$ Casino Swiss December Aces and Faces 12,000$ Casino King December Dolphin Reef 16,000$ Casino King December Roulette Live 7,500$ Casino Las Vegas December Pharaoh's Secrets, French Roulette 17,700$ Casino Las Vegas December Roulette Live 50,000$ Noble Casino December Gladiator 12,000$ Noble Casino December Winner for Winners The name of this casino gives out the cards from the very beginning, and this list of winners is proof. Notice here, too, a variety of currencies used, as Winner Casino is yet another international casino hub. Game Payout Date Diamond Valley Pro € 25,005 December Pink Panther SEK 330,500 December Beach Life € 49,610 November Sparta $32,658 November Gladiator € 48,576 September Bonus Bears $98,973 September Desert Treasure AUD32,979 August Frankie Dettori's Magic Seven AUD46,674 July Tennis Stars € 102,443 July Beach Life $75,086 June Pharaoh's Secrets € 47,322 June Iron Man 2 SEK475,512 May Iron Man 2 CAD57,567 April Archer CAD70,378 March X-Men € 32,925 March Sparta AUD22,970 March Vacation Station € 31,712 January Cherry Love € 36,369 January Credits to Winners There is something special about winning a hefty jackpot, there's no arguing about that. But there is still more that the casino can do, that something "extra" that makes the experience more personal, and more rewarding. Platinum Play Casino designs a personal banner ad for each of its big winners, over colorful background and the game's theme. Here, have a look for yourself: Variation Winners Although the number of games at online casinos can reach hundreds, the number of winners far exceeds that figure. How is this done? Well, a certain game can create multiple winners throughout the year or on the very same day. It helps that a game comes in several variations, as does Roulette at William Hill Casino. See here a sample of winners at the different Roulette versions at the fine casino from the past two months alone. Game Name Payout Date Live Roulette 2,597 £ December European Roulette 4,200 £ December European Roulette 3,525 £ December Live Roulette 2,850 £ November European Roulette 3,810 £ November Live Roulette € 5,070 November Roulette Pro 3,320 SEK November European Roulette 8,760 £ November Trending: Mobile Winners Mobile casinos seem to offer a limited selection of games; they offer more in the neighborhood of a couple dozen games, not a couple hundred games as online casinos do. However, it is helpful to view this as a limited list in the sense that only the best games are featured on the mobile casino. Games such as Tomb Raider, Thunderstruck and Avalon have paid out prizes of between $24,000 and $38,000 in 2011 at JackpotCity Mobile, and the mobile casino paid out a total of 25 jackpots of over $1,500 over the course of the year. Game Name Payout Date Tomb Raider $38,301.11 January Thunderstruck $29,552.69 June Avalon $27,117.39 December Tomb Raider $24,934.78 June Several mobile casino games deserve mentioning, regularly paying out prizes of $10,000 and often higher all through the year. Hitman, Thunderstruck, and Tomb Raider are among the most popular games for mobile, and the following list of winners from All Slots Mobile and Wild Jack Mobile explains the rest: Game Name Payout Date Hitman Video Slot $13,970.40 March Hitman Video Slot $11,504 October Thunderstruck Video Slot £4949 February Thunderstruck Video Slot £4713 April Thunderstruck Video Slot 8497.8 April Thunderstruck Video Slot £4824 July Thunderstruck Video Slot £7488.75 October Thunderstruck Video Slot 10405.5 December Tomb Raider Video Slot $10,300 February Tomb Raider Video Slot $8,145 September Tomb Raider Video Slot £4841.25 October Tomb Raider Video Slot £6105 November Non-Monetary Winners Jackpots are the best; who would ever refuse a couple hundred thousands euros for a good night's play? And yet not all awards are monetary, and some promotion and competition winners are the envy of us all, and inspire us too. A sample of non-cash winner at GrandReef Casino will surely have you geared up for playing yourselves: RWC Finals Party for Two Valued at $2,000 South African Safari Trip All expenses paid Mums Must Have Monday Store Gift Cards $200 worth of store gift cards Grand Gadget Winner Full HD Samsung 46" LED LCD 3D TV Tri Nations Ticket Winner For party of 3! All and More To summarize, the best casinos pay out often - 180 major jackpots a year; they pay out big - 6-digit jackpots as a matter of course; they pay out on a variety of games - slots and classic games, video poker and keno; and they pay out in a number of currencies - US dollars, British pounds, euros and beyond. Golden Palace, powered by Playtech, scores on each of these categories, as the following list shows: Game Name Payout Date Hulk AUD5,346.45 December Great Blue AUD3355.29 December Desert Treasure $431,998.5 December $5 Million Winning Streak AUD31,602.44 December European Roulette AUD31,399 December Highway Kings € 288,451.11 November Elektra R174,929.01 November Aces and Faces 4 Line € 15,316.61 September Blackjack Surrender Multihand 3 £57,397.5 May Sparta $38,092 May Cherry Love € 30,296.80 May Sparta $68,296 June Sparta $30,688 June Sparta $38,326 June
We all dream about those big multi-million dollar or pound progressive jackpot wins, especially around the Christmas-New Year holiday period, but one lucky Platinum Play casino player actually made that dream come true with a massive win last week.£1.97 Million JackpotSusan C was the name of the lucky winner, and she became permanently rich after hitting The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring progressive jackpot slot on December 28. The slot paid out to the tune of £1.965,956.46 ($3 million), or in other words, a massive amount of money.The Microgaming slot, which can be found at all Fortune Lounge Group casinos, including Platinum Play and Royal Vegas, features all your favourite characters from the epic trilogy, including Gimil, Legolas, Balrog, the Black Riders, Aragorn and Saruman.Other Progressive JackpotsThe attention of Platinum Play customers now turns to other progressive jackpots, such as Major Millions, which is heading for the two million euro mark, and Mega Moolah, which is back above the one million euro mark and rising.Of course, Playtech progressive jackpot slots also offer customers bang for their buck, and the Beach Life progressive slot has entered the New Year with a jackpot running at above 5 million euros. This record-breaking prize can be won at Titan Casino, Europa Casino, and other good Playtech-powered sites.
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