This is the first time an online gambling portal has offered the opportunity for gamers to vote on the best of the best, but sees the opportunity to highlight online casinos that have catered well to all American players.

2009 USA Player’s Online Casino Awards
We hope that gamers will find this a good outlet for their opinions. We look forward to seeing which casinos are ranked as the best
The new site has been successful and we think this is a fun and interesting addition to our usual offerings
“We hope that gamers will find this a good outlet for their opinions. We look forward to seeing which casinos are ranked as the best,” said Frank Pineiro, business manager.

Gamers can vote in five categories: Best casino software, best customer support, best games and tournaments, best bonuses and best overall casino.

To get selected as a nominee, casinos must have good customer service, provide an easy-to-use interface, have good player satisfaction and have a good selection of games. All the casino nominees accept players from every state in the United States.

Anyone who votes will be rewarded with $210 in free casino credits. All voters will also be entered into a drawing to win free airfare for two to Las Vegas. Players can vote between Dec. 1 and Feb. 1 with the winners selected on Feb. 3.

The first USA online casino awards are following shortly on the heels of the Gambling Gazette’s re-launch, which offered visitors more casino and poker reviews, casino and poker tournament schedules and an overall new look.

“The new site has been successful and we think this is a fun and interesting addition to our usual offerings,” Pineiro said.

How is this possible? The answer is within the overlays given by guaranteed prizepools offered for some guaranteed poker tournaments

An example: On Sunday the 02/11/2008 the €250.000 Guaranteed Tournament at CelebPoker had a €320 Buy-In. 613 players registered for this tournament. Now the calculation fun begins!

First a player has to divide the offered Prizemoney with the number of players who registered. In this example: €250,000 / 613 players = €407.

This means that a players ticket is worth than €407. As your ticket costs €320, you are automatically gaining the equivilent of an extra €87 to pay for your entry (€407-€320 = €87). Ok, players don’t get the cash in the bank, but poker players do get it as an advantage for the buy-in as a player have less players to compete for the prizepool with.

Players can easily calculate the number of poker players that turns a guaranteed tournament + - 0 in added value if you divide the sum of guaranteed prizemoney with the Buy-In amount. In our example above it would be like this: 250.000 (€) / 320 (€) = 781.

That shows that when the number of players is equal or higher than 781 there is no added money in the prizepool. Therefore as a player you dont get this extra value overlay for your registration. When a player keep this kind of calculation in mind he can make use this overlay to his advantage by paying attention to the CelebPoker-MTT-Lobby.

The longest running Hold’em tournament in Europe, the Irish Open is the continent’s answer to the World Series of Poker and is certainly no stranger to hosting scores of poker celebrities. Last year’s event was televised and the line-up read like a roll call of top professionals, including Doyle Brunson, Sorel Mizzi, Padraig Parkinson, and Ciaran O’Leary. Which is not surprising, considering the €3,001,400 prize pool attracted 667 of the game’s elite players. But it was an Englishman, Neil Channing, who stole the show with his first place win worth €801,400.

This year promises even bigger surprises on the felt when the Irish Open returns to the country’s vibrant capital from April 10th to 13th, 2009. No doubt the line-up of contenders will once again feature the seasoned best in poker, giving players a chance to test their skill set against the top of the league. This is in addition to playing for a share of a prize pool worth over €3,000,000 (the exact amount is to be announced later on in the year).

Buy-in to the Irish Open 2009 has been set at €3,200 + €300, but players can win their seats to the exciting event for as little as $2 + $0.2 at one of Titan Poker’s Sit ‘N’ Go satellites and daily qualifying tournaments. Prize packages to Dublin are valued at $6500 and include Main Event buy-in, five nights’ accommodation (worth approximately $800) and a generous allowance of up to $1000 for flights and spending money. Players will delight in the atmosphere of Ireland’s party capital and the celebratory buzz surrounding poker’s highest profile celebrities at the tables, while playing for a share of millions.

Millionaire Genie, a classic slot machine game, had its jackpot build up to the massive sum $2,000,000 which players now have a chance to win for only a $3 bet. The jackpot is expected to be won soon.

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A relatively new player at Windows Casino, who had just joined the casino a few days ago, managed to amass his fortune by depositing just €110 and having lady luck constantly by his side while playing a number of slots games.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this,” said Greg Gomez, Windows Casino’s manager. “This is one of the biggest wins we have ever seen at Windows Casino and certainly one that we will remember for many years. Our congratulations go out to this player and we hope we’ll see many more like him”.

The lucky player achieved one of the most incredible runs ever seen in an online casino by playing on a number of slots games: On Football Rules he won €224,000, on Desert Treasure €70,000 and by adding smaller wins from all the other slots games he played, the lucky Dane won in total a whopping €323,578 in prize money.

“I don’t know what his secret is, but I do know it has something to do with choosing Windows Casino for his online gaming,” continued Mr. Gomez. “We make a point of making it easy for new players to get started and offer the most competitive sign-up bonuses out there. There are still plenty of prizes to be won and I’m sure we’ll see many more winners – however, this run of luck stands out as the perfect dream-run.”

Backing up game-play like this is the fact that Windows Casino is one of the most technologically advanced online casinos in the business. Windows Casino has gone to a lot of effort to ensure its players enjoy the safest as well as the most exciting online gaming environment on the Internet. Boasting a revamped, new look, this long-time favourite destination for players the world over only gets better and better- as one lucky casino player from Denmark now knows.

Beginning today, players can register for a free semi-final tournament that will run daily until April 30th. The top 50 winners each day win a free ticket to the $100,000 main event tournament where the top 300 winners will split the massive six-digit prize pool. In addition to the $50,000 grand prize, second place will rake in $10,000 while the third place finisher will win $5,000.

David Brickman, the Jackpot Factory’s VP of Player Affairs, said in a joint statement with All Slots Casino, “The Jackpot Factory was the first casino group to offer free slot tournaments of this proportion. Last year, we hosted the original $100,000 tournament and it was a huge success, because it gave newcomers a firsthand chance to experience the thrills of online gaming. In fact, last year’s winner registered at the casino only 12 days before he won!”

To aid new players, All Slots Casino offers a very easy-to-follow visual guide at www.allslots.com/freetournamentnew.php. Multi-player slot tournaments are built within the industry-leading Microgaming software. Once players complete the simple registration form they can spin against other players on the following online slot games: Lara Croft Tomb Raider, Thunderstruck, Avalon and the highly popular Loaded.

Smith, 62, was visiting Viejas with her husband when he gave her $20. “He said, ‘Go play that machine,’” recounted Smith. Little did she know that five spins later she would multiply her investment more than 29,000 times!

“I didn’t believe I won the jackpot!” said Smith. “Thank the Lord upstairs – he’s been good to me!”

Smith, who is retired, says she loves to play Wheel of Fortune quarter slot machines. Wheel of Fortune is her favorite TV show as well.

Smith plans to spend her winnings on her children and her church.

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Almost all casinos accept transfer money from NETeller, CLICK2PAY, ClickandBuy, EcoCard, Moneybookers, EZIPay, Direct Bank Transfer, paysafecard, Ukash, Debit Cards, EntroPay VISA, Prepaid Virtual VISA but none accept paypal because paypal don’t accept money transfer for gambling.

First time I was thinking that the easy solution is to transfer my money from paypal to NETeller or to Moneybookers. But you cannot, because you cannot transfer money from paypal to this alternative payment solutions.

So, how to bet with your paypal money? The solution is a Prepaid Virtual VISA. register your Prepaid Virtual VISA card in paypal account, withdrawal the money to this card and gamble with it! easy!

The next draw for MEGA Millions is Friday night. The next draw for SuperLOTTO Plus is Saturday night. Tickets cost $1 for either game. Players can find authorized retailers by visiting www.calottery.com/locations.

Players can also choose to play the “California Combo,” which is five Quick Pick tickets for MEGA Millions and five Quick Pick tickets for SuperLOTTO Plus, all in one transaction.

More than 95 cents of every Lottery dollar is returned to the community in the form of contributions to education, prizes and retail commissions. The California Lottery contributes at least 34 cents of every dollar that players spend on Lottery products to public education and returns more than 50 percent of sales to players in the form of prizes. Since its inception in 1985, the Lottery has contributed more than $20 billion to California schools out of total sales of nearly $55 billion. Retailers benefit too, earning $3.5 billion in compensation since 1985.