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The Rational Group, owners of PokerStars had a couple of things to say about the Atlantic Club Casinos closure as of January 13th, 2014.
In a yearend blog post made by the rational group they placed the blame on The Atlantic Club. These are some of the things that the group had to say, “It’s always a horrible thing when people have to endure the loss of a job, especially so close to the holiday season. The worse thing about this is that it didn’t have to happen.”

The group continued on by saying, “At this point in time last year PokerStars took the time to reach an agreement that would allow for the future of the casino to remain secure and the 1,800 jobs that followed. We were going to offer new technology, new blood and new finances to the casino. As the Spring came close New Jersey was in talks to have legal online gambling and land based casinos could gain licenses to operate online. Which lead to our deal being recanted.”

“The owners of the casino then gambled on everyone of their employees future hoping that they would be able to gain a lead in the competition with a new online casino. After walking away from the contract and money we had given them alongside the contract they weren’t able to gain an online gambling license in the state of New Jersey.”

Finally they noted, “As of January 13th, 2014 the casino will be torn down to the ground, the games will be sent away to other land based casinos and the employees will be put out of a job. We do not share this type of management and we can just hope that the 1,800 employees don’t have a rough time in this hard economy.”

A new form of video poker has been patented by WMS Gaming, a well known software developer on the internet. The new video poker was developed by Allon G. Englman, Dion K. Aoki and Joel R. Jaffe. The description of this new video poker machine is that it offers multiple games at once with customable features so that every experience is always unique.

The patent for this new video poker machine was made on November 2cnd, 2011 by WMS Gaming. The United States Patent and Trademark Office did not grant their request until December 24th, 2013. This is perfect timing for WMS Gaming as three states have legalized online gambling with two more in talks to do so.

The full concept is described as “A gaming platform that offers asymmetric customization options and a special method that allows for asymmetric wagers within the multiple video poker games we offer.”
They continues by saying, “Will be able to offer special and selectable game features that allows for players to make the experience unique, make special wagers that resemble realistic betting and visuals that are meant to resemble a live dealer casino game within being one. Everything on the game is also available for modification which means that you can make your video poker experience unlike anyone else’s.”

Finally they said, “All the game features available in these video poker casino games will be available to players on every game, regardless if they try to remove them from their customization options. The features will always remain.”

Jackpot Capital wants their players to celebrate the holiday seasons that is why their releasing the new RTG Christmas slot machine “Naughty And Nice”. This new slot will be available on their mobile casino at the very beginning of December.

In the month of December the Jackpot Capital slot players will receive emails that will offer them special bonuses like free spins, earn double the Scoreboard points. Whoever has the most points will be able to win a $135,000 maximum jackpot which is sure to make anyone happy. You’re deposits in December will be doubled meaning that you’ll be able to deposit one hundred dollars and receive two hundred dollars instead. All you will have to do in order to gain this special double deposit bonus is enter the special code “SEXYMOBILE”.

Jackpot Capital is one of the first casinos to roll out the new mobile version of the RealTime Gaming “Naughty or Nice” slot machine. Other fan favorites include Aztec Millions which is also available on Jackpot Capitals mobile platform.

Oliver Smith, the manager of the mobile Jackpot Capital casino commented on this new release saying, “We have been adding new games to our repertoire every single month. This has been the biggest development of a new casino for Jackpot Capital. We will continue to provide our players with new content to enjoy every single month. We know that our players will love this new slot machine along with the many other we’ll be releasing”.

New Jersey’s online gambling has reached past the point of soft launch and is now well on its way into its full launch. One of the software developers who is supposed to be majorly successful in the new gambling market is International Gaming Technology, IGT seems to have the best position right now. IGT offers players a wide range of games to choose from regardless if it’s a slot or table game.

Multiple online casinos in the new gambling market is using some form of the online or mobile technology that IGT has to offer. These casinos will include Gamesys, Atlantic City, Bwin.Party, Borgata, Golden Nugget, Tropicana Casino & Resort, GameAccount and Ultimate Gaming.

The executive vice president of global sales for IGT, Eric Tom commented on IGTs future in the New Jersey Gambling Market and he said, “At the end of the day it’s all about what the players want out of their gambling experience. IGT knows how to give their players exactly what they want and that is why we all suspect they’ll have a big future in the New Jersey online gambling industry”. He continued on with, “We are honored to have such a successful software developer be one of the pioneers for our online gaming market. We only expect the best from International Gaming Technology.

William Hill is the largest United Kingdom betting website. William Hill has always given their customers an elite betting experience like none other available on the market. Today William Hill announced that they have made a deal with software developers Net Entertainment. This deal will give William Hill players access to Net Entertainment slot games and more. The experience you receive while playing a Net Entertainment slot/casino game is realistic and profitable.

You won’t have to wait to play these games because as of Friday the new Net Entertainment games have been added to the William Hill serves. You will have access to classic Net Entertainment slots such as Jack Hammer, Scarface, Frankenstein and plenty more. This deal will also allow for William Hill to gain any of the new Net Entertainment casino games that are released in the upcoming years.

The Net Entertainment Managing Director of Malta Bjorn Krantz commented on this new deal saying, “We have been working closely together with William Hill in order to ensure a successful integration of our casino games onto the William Hill Network. We are positive that the gamblers of William Hill will love the experience they have while playing under our software.”

William Hill is known for providing their players with four different kinds of gambling. You will be able to bet on your favorite sports, play video poker casino games, slot games and live dealer casino games as well. The experience you can have on William Hill is immersive and adrenaline pumping

Pari Mutuel Urbain is a French betting firm that operates in France and today they released their latest trading update. This update shows massive online growth and a overall slight increase in revenue.
These are the key financial indicators that has occurred over the last nine months.

The GGR has a 0.3% increase during these nine months. Pari Mutuel Urbains stated that horse race betting went down by 1.4%, only making 7.8 billion euro’s. The GGR’s horse race betting went down by 0.1%, only taking in a profit of 1.9 billion euro’s. International horse race betting rose the massive amount of 102%, meaning an extra $5 euro’s in profit. Online horse racing on the other hand went down by 0.7%.

Online gambling as a whole rose 4.3% said betting firm Pari Mutuel Urbain, meaning an extra 1.3 Billion Euros was gained in profit. Online sports betting rose up by 15.8% allowing for the operator to gain another 138 million euro’s. Online poker rose ten percent through these nine months, taking in an extra 415 Million Euros in profit.

PMU is one of the largest betting sites in France as of right now. They hold a market share of forty four percent meaning they are the dominate online betting website in the market. It receive over eighty percent of the overall horse race betting traffic online. PMU has to give out an extra two hundred and seven million Euros in winnings this year.

Last week there were many things happening in Phenom Penh related to online gambling. The authorities from Cambodia shut down an important online gambling ring.

The raids were mainly pointing to the Chamkar Mon District and the action took place in three different villas from which more than 60 people were arrested and remained into police custody. More than half of the arrested people were from Cambodia, while the rest of them were from different countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, China and Malaysia.

As you read this the police is most likely trying to figure out what were the games that were played in the ring. At the same time there was a security guard that stated to be a very good number of games played, including betting on football.

The raid that happened in Cambodia can be considered to be a curious case, especially since at this moment there are no laws to prohibit the online gambling.

The position of the authorities regarding the gambling that is done on the internet should be different. First of all there has to be laws to regulate the gambling and an institution that takes care of checking to make sure that everything is alright. And second there has to be taxes imposed to the online gambling and this way you can be sure that everybody will be happy.

Mark Lipparelli, the former Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, just said in an interview for the famous poker magazine: Card Player that the legalization of online poker at a nationwide level is now closed due to the little progress that was made by the states in order to regulate the online gaming.

He was part of the Nevada Gaming Control Board for three years. Right now he quit the institution in order to go back and work in the private sector, which is probably more profitable. In the same interview, Lipparelli also said that the state is planning to increase the player liquidity, but this is the plan for next year. At the same time if the agreements will be made too complex, this might prove to be a mistake.

Regarding the federal legalization of poker at this moment there are just a few states where the markets are just about to open. There all the steps regarding this were already done, including the commercial commitment along with the licensing are both ready. The time when the lawmakers had to do this was during the last two years.

The Bodog Canadian Franchise released today that they will be unveiling their own mobile version of their online casino that will be available on the Android and Apple devices. This mobile platform will offer a variety of different games developed by Betsoft gaming as well. You will be able to play Blackjack and Roulette games.

The Manager of the Bodog Canadian Casino Marianne Hughes commented on this new release saying, “With our mobile casino it will allow for us to take the step forward that we have been wanting to make for years. If the European market is anything like the Canadian market then our mobile casino will become extremely popular in Canada.”

You can now access this mobile casino as it is live. You will be able to play these casino games only any iOS or Android compatible devices. It is expected that in the near future that other devices will become available to access the casino.
Those who may not wish to access the mobile casino can play under the online casino and experience a large variety of games from video to 3D slot action.

The Microgaming poker Network and licensee PAF have agreed that they will begin to increase efforts that will target those who are casual poker players. These efforts will make it easier for those types of players to get into poker games online.

The agreement has been designed to develop ways that will engage beginner players through the use of videos and game advice. Anders Wiklund from PAF stated “We want to be able to offer people something that is fresh and unique. We are of the idea that the potential for growth in poker in real and we want to be the place where people can come and enjoy the game of poker”

Paf believes that people who are beginners at the game should be able to learn at a pace that is best for them. By offering these videos and game instructions they will be able to do just that. In return they will have the opportunity to improve their game skills and therefore increase the winnings they achieve.