Online Casino Gambling News Briefs
Published: Friday, April 15, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
ONLINE CASINO GAMBLING NEWS BRIEFS
Pop-up racing
For a set minimum bet, players at Ladbrokes can watch any At The Races broadcast
for free thanks to the wonders of live video streaming. Ladbrokes and At The Races
have teamed to provide the new service. "Bet and Watch" streams through
a popup window that is activated two minutes before each race start time and spans
10 minutes.
Monopoly from Wagerworks
The developers at Wagerworks have been busy judging by the recent debut of
the software provider's latest interactive television game, On a Roll. The game,
branded "MONOPOLY - On a Roll," debuted recently on the Sky Vegas interactive
portal on the UK Sky digital platform. Based on WW's Internet game of the same
name, On a Roll allows players to bet on favoured properties and then roll the
dice to see how much they win. Cash prizes are paid to those who land on their
chosen properties or on any one of four bonus spots, including free parking and
jail.
Monkey business...
There was more guerilla marketing this week as Golden Palace casino paid $650,000 for the right to name a foot-high primate, online auction house CharityFolks.com announced Wednesday. GoldenPalace.com won a March 3 online auction that raised money to help manage Madidi National Park in Bolivia, where the species of titi monkey was discovered by a Wildlife Conservation Society scientist last year.
iTV and Mobile combo from Ericsson
Telecommunications
giant Ericsson claims it has developed a platform through which an existing interactive
TV format can be fully aligned with mobile devices with multimedia capabilities.
If that sounds complicated, the announcement goes to describe the application
as: "... viewers can interact with TV shows by using their mobile devices."
The company says the solution turns mobile devices into interactive remote controls
when the users are sitting in front of TVs. The interactive mobile TV application
was developed in cooperation with partners conVISUAL and CTcommunology.
"Poker
Fan" Launched by Sports Direct.
Yet another poker magazine
has launched, this one from gaming publisher SportsDirect, titled PokerFan.
The new publication claims to be an online resource for everything from tutorials
for beginners to advanced strategy for experienced players. Readers will be able
to learn the basics of popular Poker games such as Texas Hold’em as well
as learn advanced techniques on bluffing and Poker tournament strategies and a
forum.
Exclusive content and columns from Poker professionals and writers
will be regularly presented, with poker commentators such as Dave Scharf and Devin
Armstrong as contributors. Staff writers and special guest columnists will report
live from top poker tournaments around the world.
