Online Casino Gambling News Briefs
Published: Friday, April 01, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
ONLINE CASINO GAMBLING NEWS BRIEFS
Beemer bonus....
Promo of the week came from Vegas Partner Lounge with this gem:
"Fasten
your seatbelts, because starting 1 April 2005 you could win 1 of 250 convertible
BMWs with Vegas Partner Lounge Casinos! That's right. here's your chance to win
your very own BMW Convertible. All you need to do is....etc etc etc"
Man...
that's a lot of BMW's, several players thought. Is this group sufficiently funded
to support 250 Beemer prizes?
All was revealed on the link - those 250
are 1:43 scale diecast models....but...players can win the real thing because
the promo culminates in a Grand Final event in Miami in November 2005 where 70
finalists stand the chance to win a (real) 2005 BMW Z4 worth $35,000.
Vegas
Partner Lounge Casinos: Crazy
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Undermining the boss....
Casino Solei, a Croatian based online casino owned by a terrestrial casino
was also reported to be offering unusual bonuses...to players who gambled from
their places of work. Not good for outside perceptions of the industry.
Cool
poker....
The ultra cool Absolut Vodka site has added some fun
money entertainment with an online poker game, but for some reason the company
was reluctant to disclose the identity of the provider despite repeated requests
this week.
That's a pity, because the graphics are crisp and the no-download
gameplay is smooth and fast - a great advert for the developer in our view. There's
only one game style available, and that's the popular Texas Hold´em poker.
The idea of featuring an indoor game on the site originates in the Absolut
Vodka winter campaign and the objective to give its followers suggestions and
activities for those long winter months when they are sometimes house-bound.
Embarrassing moment...and an opportunist casino
You've gotta feel for the Ontario authorities in a week when they unveiled
a new responsible gambling strategy.... it seems that the Choose Change.ca site
is redirecting to (gasp) an online casino!.
Canada's National Post reported
that "Premier McGuinty's website -- www.choosechange.ca -- has apparently
been cyber hijacked. Net surfers looking to read up on the government are being
redirected to a gambling website called Zodiac Casino. The cyber glitch comes
on the same day Ontario is announcing a new responsible gambling strategy…"
A Liberal spokesman said later that choosechange.ca was a campaign site
and that the party no longer owns or operates the domain.
Lasseters
revamp
Australian-based Lasseters
online casino is celebrating its 6th birthday this (April) month and has launched
a revamped website to mark the occasion. The site at Lasseters.com boasts a total
makeover but will continue to showcase the unique multi-line and feature screen
slots for which the casino is renowned, back-dropped by "...all the glitz
and glamour of Las Vegas or Monte Carlo."
The site boasts 63 “Aussie
style” slots and traditional table games for players to enjoy, with wager
levels starting as low as a cent.
Since launching online operations on
the 10th of April 1999, Lasseters has offered its distinctive games globally and
has marketed on the integrity that comes with being the world’s first Government
regulated online casino. Backed by a land casino, the company’s high regulatory
framework has set global benchmarks in protection and advanced financial security
techniques.
The casino claims that since beginning operations it has
paid out in excess of US $ 1,000,000,000 in winnings to international customers.
