Cool Online Casinos & Poker Rooms

Published: Friday, April 14, 2006 Online-Casinos.com

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Slots 24.com is now fully operational and worth a visit. Owned by Play24 Entertainment Limited at a London address, and licensed in Curacao the site has a wide range of innovative games. Manager, Rob Ramsden claims the Flash software is proprietary and has been in development for some time. Certainly the 20 slots on site are aesthetically pleasing and play smoothly - examples: Cherry Champions, Fifth Avenue Fling, SOS Island, Madame Millions and Super Duper Seven. 24/7 Support is available and the site is executed in a professional and easy to use manner. Financial options are limited to Neteller and Wirecard at present, and Ramsden says the copany intends to launch casino and poker operations at some stage in the future. They're offering freeplay for prizes as a promo gimmick.

Jonny Texas Poker.com is using Tribeca Tables software and is part of that growing network. Owned by UK poker player Jon 'Texas' Hewston, the round-the-clock Support comes from the Victor Chandler centre in Gibraltar and the site, although uninspiring in an aesthetic sense, has good functionality and content with plenty of tournament activity. Hewston has scored with the SkyTV network, which has given him a program on its Channel 187 in the UK commencing later this (April) month.

World Poker Live.com has a nicely presented site owned by Panagam Corporation of Costa Rica and uses proproetary software that will soon be deployed to include mobile operations, too. Financial options are limited and Support is via email and livechat from Costa Rica, with banking via Panama City. The offerings include ring games, sit & gos, multi-table touneys supported by efficient facilities like player notes and ratings, hand histories and avatars. Games are Texas Hold Em, Omaha and 7 Card Stud with more to come soon. The owners will shortly launch custom private tables.

Mermaid Poker.com is an English/Danish language site powered by Boss Media with financial matters handled through WebDollar. Very Eurocentric feel to everything here, and a very professionally put together operation. There's a poker school and full Support.

Devilfish Poker.com: The well-known UK player Dave "Devilfish" Ulliot owns this new site which is powered by Excapsa and runs on that network. It has all the fave poker games and an interesting 4-colour innovation on the decks, a "choose your own environment" service, a shop and full support. The site is a little different to the usual run of the mill online poker operation and reflects Ulliot's colourful personality.

Atlantic Lounge.com. Latest from Real Time Gaming with 70 games in Flash and D/L, full Support, wide range of money choices, loyalty program and affiliate marketing via True Earnings who are offering 40 percent commissions. Professional looking site, and new players are being offered a matchplay signup maxed at $200.

Big Chip Poker.com. Powered by the Absolute Poker proprietary software and part of the Absolute network which claims to be number 4 globally. Well executed and easy to use site with good content in 11 languages and offering all player services. When we checked there were just short of 12 500 player online on the network. Loyalty and refer-a -friend programs are bolstered by a signup of 200 percent maxed at $200.