Online Casino Jackpot Hit for $6.3 Million
News broke this week that the popular Mega Moolah online progressive jackpot had finally been won for a whopping $6.3 million. The jackpot is part of the Microgaming platform.
Georgios M., a 36-year-old business owner who reads Gambling911.com religiously, won the massive prize immediately following the story we ran Friday. At the time, the jackpot had reached $6 million.
Online Casino Video Slots: New Summer Slots Offered by Microgaming
Microgaming has announced the introduction of four brand new themed online casino video slots to be launched by brands the likes of Gold
Online Casino Gambling Safe and Nonaddictive Says Harvard Professor
The Director of Harvard Medical School's Division of Addictions has gone on record as saying the online casinos are less addictive than their land-based counterparts.
Dr. Howard Shaffer stated: "The very first thing we learned (studying Internet gambling patterns), which we didn't expect, was that the vast majority, the overwhelming majority of gamblers online gamble in a very moderate and mild way."
PokerRoom.com and CasinoRoom.com Shut Their Doors
A 10-year old online poker and casino venture is going out of business. Part of the OnGame Network, PokerRoom.com first opened its doors in 1999. The company notified customers and affiliate pa
Microgaming Under Fire for Online Poker Skin Scandal, Grand Prive Mess
The well established and well regarded online gambling software and poker firm, Microgaming, has had its good name dragged through the dirt in recent months.
First, one of the company's online casino brands - the Grand Prive Group - decided to abruptly terminate its "life time agreement" with its affiliates. Grand Prive continues to operate and it still does so from the Microgaming platform apparently.
Online Casino Progressive Jackpot Hits $6 Mil
Yesterday, 7th April 2009, The Mega Moolah Progressive Jackpot at Golden Lounge Casino reached an astounding level of $6,000,000.
Carrie Stroup Will Play Strip Poker Online… But Has Her Limits
Like most Gambling911.com reporters, With the exception of the ravishing Jenny Woo, Carrie Stroup won't remove her clothing...at least not all of it.
Stroup is slated to play strip poker as part of a Players Only Online Casino March "economic stimulus" package that is sure to stimulate a few horny men.
But the buck will stop somewhere, says Carrie.
Online Gambling Affiliate Programs Come Together to Take Charge
A group of 65 of the online gaming industry's largest operators and gambling affiliate programs have joined together to collaborate efforts to help ensure the online gaming industry will be manage
Online Casino Affiliates Must Apply Pressure to Grand Prive
Despite tensions between two of the top online casino affiliate organizations, Casino Affiliate Programs and the Gambling Portal Webmasters Association, there is common ground among members related
Top 10 Biggest Impacts on Internet Gambling in 2008
Here we are heading into 2009 and it is time to reflect upon 2008 and what were the biggest impacts affecting the online gambling industry. Unfortunately, this was a pretty easy list to create.
Golden Lounge Online Casino Review: Good News for MG
Microgaming has been under fire this month following the Grand Prive debacle in which that online casino chose to cut off all online casino affiliates after promising life time revenues (so much fo
Grand Prive Casinos – Bella Vegas Cannot Escape Bad PR
The Grand Prive Online Casino group, which consists of its flagship brand, Bella Vegas, recently cut off their advertising affiliates in a move that has stunned industry diehards.
Grand Prive Online Casino Grand Theft
The highly respected APCW is reporting that online casino enterprise Grand Prive has shut down its affiliate program, leaving ad partners high and dry.
Christmas Shopping? Open An Online Casino Account Instead
Why deal with the malls, UPS delivery men who make you wait all hours of the day at your home and never show, or that annoying old St.
The Rome Casino: Where Boys Come to Play and Get Beaten
Gambling911.com's favorite Cuban transgender reporter, Sparky Collins, is about as all Cuban as he is all man. Grampa Collins it turns out was 100 percent Italian. So what better online casino
Some Microgaming Online Casinos, Affiliates Cut US Ties
Vegas Affiliates, a Microgaming online casino affiliate group, will no longer be accepting US customers effective November 10, according to C
BodogLife.com Complaints Mount: Slow Pays Continue
Customers are getting paid albeit slowly....very slowly.
CAP Poker Tournament Raided by Police in Barcelona
According to numerous reports, an online gambling affiliate convention poker tournament has been shut down by Barcelona police.
Police raided the Hotel Princesa in Barcelona Spain this weekend where the Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) poker tournament was taking place. (see news here)
All gambling equipment was confiscated. Gambling911.com was also being told that the organizers were detained.
More 14 to 21 Year Olds in Danger of Becoming Online Gambling Addicts
Studies point to a dangerous trend toward problem gambling among 14- to 21-year-olds who face a dizzying array of enticing gambling options, all with big potential payoffs, writes Bill Webb & K
Riptown Employees Rip Bodog: Fiver, Bodog Fight Much the Same
Following news that Bodog (BodogLife.com) had laid off a few hundred people the past week and has had greater difficulties paying customers and vendors than most other wagering establishments due t
Bodog CEO Says “Company Doing Fine” But Website Doesn’t Buy Assertion
Alwyn Morris, the new CEO of BodogLife.com (or simply Bodog), insisted that his company is doing fine on Tuesday.
Why HR 6663 is a Joke, Won’t Pass, and The Poker Community Needs to Wake Up
For anyone in the poker community who believes that HR 6663 - a bill introduced by Republican Congressman Pete Sessions - is good for the online gambling industry, it's worth noting one of the main
Bodog Fears Mount as Payment Processing Issues Worse Than First Thought
BodogLife.com (formerly Bodog.com), the beleaguered online gambling and poker website, has been having payment processing woes that go beyond what unfortunately has become routine in the industry f
MarketWatch: Gaming-Fund Manager on MGM, Scientific Games, Gigamedia
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Dan Ahrens has been on a serious losing streak in Las Vegas but since he always bets on the house, he's confident that his luck will soon change.
Ahrens is manager of the Ladenburg Thalmann Gaming and Casino Fund, which is down more than 40% over the past 12 months as investors sell gambling stocks in the wake of an accelerating decline in visitation and gambling revenue in Sin City and elsewhere.
"The selling has been very overdone," Ahrens said. "Gaming revenues are down somewhat in Vegas but it is far from a ghost town.
MacBook® Computers Offered in Bodog Casino
Starting today and running until Oct. 1, Bodog Casino will be awarding 10 lucky Blackjack players a $100 bonus each week for a total of $1,000 in weekly bonuses.
DoylesRoom Unleashes World Class Casino & Record-Breaking Jackpots
Players who crave exhilarating casino action no longer need to contact their travel agents for sizzling weekend escapes to Las Vegas, Monaco, or Atlantic City. With the arrival of the hottest onl
Bingo Deal Reached in California
SACRAMENTO -- California's gaming tribes and the Catholic Church have struck a compromise on a bill that would allow simulcasts of conventional bingo while outlawing bingo machines almost everywher
Cash Crash: The Most Unluckiest Online Gambling Affiliate on Earth
Michael "Uncle Fester" Cash, proprietor of the online gambling portal TheSpread.com just can't seem to cut a break. Just last year on route to a Bodog.com the world's most unluckiest online gambling affiliate arrived in Vancouver Canada and was promptly deported back to his home state of Michigan the next day. Seems he had an arrest warrant from several years back for knocking out someone at a Windsor, Ontario casino who....as fait would have it, was a police officer.
John McCain’s 14 Hour Impulsive Casino Craps Play
The Huffington Post on Monday featured an article on US Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and what they allege is an "impulsive&
