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In great news for Spanish online poker players and gamblers, 888poker will begin operating its new Spanish website immediately after being granted a license to do so last week by the country's gaming authority.888poker in Spain888 will contact all of its Spanish customers shortly to help make the transition process as smooth and seamless as possible. It will instruct players on how to move their accounts from 888poker and 888casino to 888poker.es and 888casino.es and will guide them as they begin their brand new Spanish gaming experience.Bankrolls will be moved over the new accounts and converted to euro balances in those cases where customers are using other currencies. But apart from that nothing much else will change, which means players can just enjoy the ride. 888's Spanish online poker site will provide the same platform and services familiar to its global customers.License SecuredSpain's Gaming General Directorate granted 888 a license last Friday after confirming that the company had met all the requirements of market entry. It ruled that 888poker would be good to go in its new fully regulated environment for all poker and casino players on June 5, the day the Spanish market officially opened.888 was one of several leading online gambling operators to agree last week to pay millions of euros in back taxes to Spanish authorities for gaming dutyies from January 2009 to May 2011. The cash-strapped Spanish government has apparently made this a condition of market entry for foreign companies.
In the past two months, the price of oil has fallen drastically; Brent crude has fallen to a mere $87 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate has fallen to a measly $83 a barrel. According to the data collected by the Energy Intelligence Group, world oil production is exceeding world demand. Due to drilling and new finds, oil production is conquering oil demand. The new techniques used in North America have created a ten percent increase in production via OPEC in the last year alone. Although demand for oil is at a fifteen year low, the United States has its greatest surge in supply since 1990 which is due to the recent economic recession and development in energy efficiency; the amount of oil needed to substantiate the economy has decreased. This decrease in the price of crude is attesting beneficial for those trading oil. At Option XP, traders not only have the opportunity to flourish financially on this reported increase but will also benefit from gratuitous welcome bonuses that can be used for these specific trades. Yield Incredible Returns by Trading Oil Option XP offers traders the opportunity to earn up to 81% profit when betting on forex, indices, stocks, and commodities. In just 3 simple steps, you can turn simple market movements such as the increase in dollar into major earnings: Choose the underlying asset in which you wish to invest Decide whether the underlying asset will rise or fall below its price at the time of trade Select an amount to invest As Oil Continues to Fall, Opportunity Rises In the past two months, the price of oil has fallen in accordance to the sell offs in oil futures contracts. According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, traders have sold their long-term positions to the lowest speculation of price since September 2010; bets that the price of oil will rise to 135 million barrels of oil. Analysts are predicting the price of oil to fall to $90 a barrel by September which leaves plenty of room for traders to take advantage of this market shift!
Microgaming-powered online casinos such as All Slots and Platinum Play have launched three new video slots in January, headlined by the latest in the series of "Untamed" 243 Ways to Win games.Untamed: Giant PandaUntamed: Giant Panda, a 243 Ways to Win video slot featuring the Collect-A-Wild, Lucky Nudge, Brilliant Wilds and Your Gamble features, was released just one month after the previous game in the series - Untamed: Bengal Tiger. This slot is based in the foresty terrain of western China, home to the now endangered giant panda.Collect-A-Wild turns a reel wild for four spins following the appearance of four wild symbols on one reel. Lucky Nudge places a scatter symbol above or below reel edged to trigger free spins. Brilliant Wilds keeps wild symbols on the screen during free spins. And Your Gamble enables players to adjust the odds to favour their preference.Two More ReleasesSurf Safari is another All Pays video slot with an animal theme, featuring animal surfers such as lions, snakes, giraffes and poker symbols. The Safari Surf Wax Bonus feature is triggered by three or more scatter symbols on the five reels. In the bonus, 15 surf wax symbols appear on the water, enable the player to choose symbols for prizes.White Buffalo is the other game released, and it too has an obviously animal theme and a stack of great features and bonuses. All three of these games are not to be missed, and can be accessed at all good Microgaming online casinos now.
This year is sure to be extremely interesting when it comes to the 2012 Olympic Games that will take place in London, England. London is said to be one of the greatest locations in the world for sports betting. In the United Kingdom, betting on sports events has been a tradition for hundreds of years and the 2012 Olympic Games is the mecca of events. By holding the Olympic Games in London, the combination of athletic tradition and sports betting for the nation seems almost euphoric. The London setting for the Games will enhance the sports wagering exponentially due to the nation's culture for the tradition. There will be opportunities to place almost endless bets on any and every sporting event that will take place at the Summer Games. A Quick Guide Although the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games will take place on July 26, 2012, the sports wagering will have taken place several days and weeks before. Leading into the opening ceremony, ten sporting events will have already taken place which will have speculators swinging with action. The closing ceremony is scheduled for August 12, 2012. This deduces that there will be 26 sporting categories derived from 38 fields in only seventeen days. This short amount of time is a bettors dream come true and will make for amazing odds and payouts. Bettors will not have to wait great measures of times for results or for new events; there will be a constant roll of wagering leaving speculators paid out of lost out in terms of hours instead of weeks. The 2012 Olympic Games in London are sure to be filled with excitement and joy and are an excellent source for a friendly or competitive wager. For further information on the 2012 Games and betting information, stay tuned as the games soon begin.
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Leading land-based and online gambling operators are increasingly looking to social gaming as the next area for growth, as shown by recent decisions made by MGM Resorts International and by Bwin.partyVegas Social Gaming BoomLas Vegas-based casino giant MGM Resorts will launch myVegas this month: a free-play social gaming casino where virtual money is wagered and virtual prizes are won. MGM Resorts Chairman Jim Murren told a gaming conference in May that a combination of casino gaming and social media will be the industry's "next big thing."Caesars Entertainment bought a majority share in social media and mobile gaming business Playtika for approximately $90 million last year, and slot machine powerhouse International Game Technology bought virtual casino Double Down Casino for almost $500 million in January this year.Facebook, the world's largest social network, now houses a variety of free gambling options. These include myVegas, Playtika, Double Down, RocketFrog, and the biggest name of them all - Zynga Poker. Facebook users can treat the network like a virtual Vegas, moving from casino to casino and choosing their favorite games and offers.Bwin.party to Spend BigBwin.party joined the party last week, announcing that it will spend $50 million over the next two years to broaden its social gaming reach. It said it had agreed to pay a total of $23m. to eastern European gaming developers Velasco and Orneon to buy their contracts of 300 internet software engineers.According to Bwin's head of social gaming strategy, the social gaming market today has about 750 million global users, and this is expected to grow to 1.5 billion users by the year 2015. In other words, a market currently worth a staggering $8 billion is expected to grow even further to $15b. over the next three years.
Platinum Play, Royal Vegas and other online casinos in the Fortune Lounge Group bring you multiple slots tournaments on a daily basis, thanks to the International Slots League's packed 2012 schedule of events. Special Slots Tourneys Start your week by playing Tomb Raider in the Moolah Monday free roll. continue with the 12-hour PowerPlay 1-5 back to back freerolls each day from Tuesday to Thursday. Celebrate the end of each week by playing Thunderstruck II in the Fortune Friday freeroll. And if that's not enough, relax on the weekend with the 777 Bling Fest freeroll.Believe it or not these are just the highlights of the slots schedule. All of the aforementioned tourneys are free to enter, and carry daily prize pools ranging from $1000 to $2000, and first prizes ranging from $200 to $450 (or $75 for individual PowerPlays). There are also plenty of re-buy opportunities, so you don't have to leave until you choose. Busy Tournament Schedule Check out the new Tournament Board Service for updates on which tournaments are taking place on any given day. You will find qualification tournaments, reloader events, and weekend whoppers. Basically there is something to suit the need of every online slots player and customer. One of the best things about these events is their ability to introduce you to a whole range of exciting online video slots. For example, the PowerPlay lets you choose between five different games: Hitman, Mad Hatters, Ladies Nite, Avalon and Break da Bank.
William Hill expects tonight's Euro 2012 Group D fixture between England and France to be its highest turnover football match of the year, outstripping the UEFA Champions League final, FA Cup Final and Manchester derby. Hill expects punters from around the world to put £15 million on the match. Euro 2012 Betting France is 6/4 favorite to win this match, while England are now 5/2 and the draw is paying 19/10. In the other Group D fixture, co-hosts Ukraine are 8/5, Sweden is 2/1, and the draw is 2/1. France is 6/4 favorite to win Group D, ahead of England, 7/4, Ukraine, 4/1, and underdog Sweden 11/2. In the specials, William Hill is offering 5/1 than any of the English Premier League-based French players (Nasri, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Malouda, Evra, Clichy or Koscielny) outscore during the tournament all those England players who feature on Monday. Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Danny Welbeck are 6/1 to lead England's goalscoring at Euro 2012. Germany has emerged as the 5/2 Euro 2012 title favourite after brushing aside Portugal in the Group of Death, while Spain has slipped to 3/1 second favourite following their draw with Italy yesterday, and the Netherlands has slipped to fifth-placed 12/1 (behind France and Italy, and equal with England and Russia) after losing to Denmark. William Hill Match Winner William Hill Online is making Euro 2012 sports betting more fun for punters, by offering enhanced odds through the special Match Winner promo. For example, England's odds of 5/2 have been enhanced to beat all the competition, while Sweden's odds of beating Ukraine have been blown out to 3/1 if Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores at any time.
Leading online casino software provider Microgaming have pulled the rug from underneath its rivals and grabbed the rights to Warner Brothers popular Batman Dark Knight films. The Dark Knight is the first DC comics based slot game from Microgaming, of what we can only hope will be a series of Batman-themed games. The blockbuster inspired games will see all the favorite characters from the film brought back to life with state-of -the-art features such as cinematic spins. The Dark Knight 25 line slot is expected to release on the 28th of June, ahead of the must see Batman The Dark Knight Rises film due for release this summer. The slot based version of this film is slated for release some time in 2013. The new Batman slot will be replacing the hugely popular Microgaming slot The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring based on the blockbuster film trilogy. The slot has been a fantastic success for Microgaming and a very popular slot for Microgaming powered casinos. While there is no official comment as to why the game will no longer be available, it is likely something to do with royalties. The game has some very exciting features including a random progressive which has what promises to be four huge jackpot possibilities. There will also be bonuses and and random prizes which will be awarded spontaneously. The release is an answer to rival online casino software Playtech who have had some very successful comic book themed games such as the incredible Hulk and Superman. The new game is bound to be a huge success for lovers of Microgaming powered casinos. Players will be happy to hear that major casinos such as all slots, Jackpot City Casino, Crazy Vegas Casino to name a few will all be offering the new game on launch. The 28th of June should be an exciting one for Microgaming fans all over the world!
The NBA Finals is about to begin, with the Oklahoma City Thunder set to face the Miami Heat in a best-of-seven spectacular to decide who are the kings of world basketball. But only one team can win, and that is where the fun begins for title betting. Thunder-Heat Preview Oklahoma City, led by Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and LA Lakers championship veteran Derek Fisher, cruised by the San Antonio Spurs to win the Western Conference title in six games. The Thunder, who have played in the finals in the past as the Seattle Supersonics will be confident of winning their first ever championship. Miami, with their big trio of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, were the early season odds favorites, but like last year they have shown plenty of holes in their way to the finals series. That all means nothing now, as LeBron continues to search for that elusive championship ring that has eluded him so far. Sports Betting Odds OKC go into the championship decider as the outright favorite, no matter which online sportsbook is your choice. According to William Hill Online the Thunder are 20/33, up against the Heat, 29/20. Sports Interaction, a website specializing in American sports, has the Thunder 1.66 and the Heat 2.20. Sports Interaction has offered a number of specials, including correct series score, score after four games, and total number of games in the series. Both are obviously offering betting on individual matches, beginning with Game One in Oklahoma City - in which the Thunder are hot favorites to win.
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