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Date: Mon, Mar 8, 2010
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Free money can be used to play for the only million dollar jackpots available to US players
Deposit bonuses are as generous as ever at Intertops Casino this month but all through March players have to find a code hidden in an image on the website in order to get their free cash. The US-friendly online casino is supplying its players with special decoder glasses to help them find the secret bonus code. A new code will be displayed on the site each week through March.
The hidden bonus code gives players a 20% deposit bonus (up to $100). (There is a way for players that don’t have the special glasses to locate the code without them and claim a 10% deposit bonus.) Players can order their special code-cracking glasses by writing to casino@intertops.com.
Intertops did start as a sportsbook – they took the very first online bet ever. So in the spirit of March Madness, every Monday this month Intertops Casino is giving a $50 coupon to the 150 players that deposited and played the most over the weekend (Thursday to Sunday). Every Thursday, they’ll give $50 to 50 randomly drawn players who made deposits and wagers the previous Monday through Wednesday.
The biggest progressive jackpots available to American players are all at Intertops Casino. At over $1.6 million, the Jackpot Pinatas jackpot is the largest jackpot available, but two other jackpots have also reached seven-figures. The Aztec’s Millions jackpot and the jackpot tied to both the Mid-Life Crisis and Shopping Spree slots are all well over $1 million.
Intertops Casino features more than 300 instant play and download games including 3 and 5 reel slots, multi-hand video poker, and traditional casino favorites from 3-card rummy to blackjack, roulette and keno. Its total jackpot pool is currently more than $4 million.
For more than eleven years Intertops – the very first company to take an online wager – has been the most reliable and trustworthy online casino in the world and continues to uphold its traditions of quick, hassle-free deposits and withdrawals and excellence in customer service.

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Date: Thu, Feb 25, 2010
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US-friendly Online Casino Giving Double Comp Points on New 'Golden Lotus' Slot
JackpotCapital.com has just launched the all new
Golden Lotus slot machine and is featuring it as one of its “Games of the Month” for March (along with
Lucky 8s and
Jackpot Cleopatra’s Gold), which means double comp points for players. The
US-friendly online casino, which is famous for its massive million-dollar jackpots, is also doing a free bonus raffle each weekend in March in addition to its usual huge deposit bonuses.
The new
Golden Lotus is a deluxe 5-reel, 25-payline
slot machine that takes players to an enchanted oriental garden where a treasure lays waiting to be uncovered. There are lots of opportunities for free games where prizes are 3x, 4x or 5x. In the Chinese Garden bonus feature there are even chances to win 100x the bet.
Like
Triton’s Treasure, the last new slot machine launched at JackpotCapital.com,
Golden Lotus has two jackpots, a Major Jackpot that starts at $1000 and a Minor Jackpot starting at $250. Triggered at random, both increase with every bet until they are won.
Earning its name, JackpotCapital.com is home to the biggest
progressive jackpots available online to US players. At over $1.6 million, the
Jackpot Pinatas jackpot is the largest jackpot available, but two other jackpots have also reached seven-figures. The
Aztec’s Millions jackpot and the jackpot tied to both the
Mid-Life Crisis and
Shopping Spree slots both all well over $1 million.
In addition to the usual creative promotions, Jackpot Capital is doing another exciting thing this month.
“We’ll also be running a
contest on Facebook,” said Casino Manager Oliver Smith. “We’re asking players to post stories about their luckiest moments. Three players will win $100 each.”
Players can enter the contest and interact with other JackpotCapital.com players on the recently-launched casino’s Facebook Page, which has over 500 fans (
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jackpot-Capital/391828100507).
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Date: Thu, Feb 25, 2010
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Dan Fleyshman launches his very own poker room with ‘Team Victory’
VictoryPoker.com officially launches in style with ‘Team Victory’, Hollywood and poker celebrities, and a
charity poker tournament at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
Highlights of its official red carpet launch event, at Hard Rock’s Vanity Nightclub, included 30 pounds of various confections, an open bar, and an impromptu
Playboy Playmate photo shoot with
Sara Underwood. Team Victory hosts included
Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, "Rodeo King" turned poker pro Lee Markholt, Dan "Blitz" Bilzerian, High Stakes Poker guest Andrew Robl, young cash games specialist Keith Gipson, "Who's Your Daddy" CEO Dan Fleyshman, WSOP Champion Paul Wasicka, professional backgammon and poker player Sander Lyloff, "The Maven VT" David Chicotsky, Brian Rast, Alec Torelli, and "Chinese Poker Wizard" Danny Wong.
The no-limit hold'em charity poker tournament ‘Trash Talk’ raised more than $30,000 for the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai. Real World's Trishelle Cannatella became the 2010 ‘Trash Talk’ champion, winning the first place prize money, a 20-pound custom designed crystal trophy, and a World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational seat sponsored by ClubWPT.com. Cannetella donated a large portion of her winnings back to the charity.
Dan Fleyshman, the youngest owner of a publicly traded company and the founder of Who’s Your Daddy energy drink, is CEO of VictoryPoker and is determined to create the coolest
online poker site in the world: “I believe Victory brings the true essence of the game to the player and through our A-list poker team I hope to achieve this. Our Team Victory include celebs, Playmates and UFC Fighters and they will not only be playing on the site regularly, they will be getting involved with a lot of cool mainstream events.”
Antonio Esfandiari of Team Victory comments: “Its an amazing feeling to be a part of a project from its inception and to share those experiences with your closest friends is in itself something that cannot be explained. Never in my life have I been so excited for any project until VictoryPoker.”
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Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2010
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US-friendly Slotastic.com offers up to $500 in bonus money, including a $100 deposit bonus to try this new game
Slotastic! Online Casino has just launched the new feature-rich Triton’s Treasure slot machine, a 5-reel 25-line game with both a Major and Minor Jackpot. With bonus games that trigger more bonus games, this undersea adventure is destined to be an instant favourite at the US-friendly online casino.
All next week, Slotastic.com players can enjoy an extra $100 deposit bonus just for playing the new slot machine. With all its monthly and weekly bonuses, the site offers a total of $500 in deposit bonuses to new players. Until the end of February, Slotastic.com is also offering double Comp Points for game play on Triton’s Treasure.
“All the bonus rounds in this new game really extend your playing time,” noted Slotastic’s casino manager. “Our players will like that, but this is a real state-of-the-art slot machine and I think they’ll also love the great graphics and sound effects. They’re quite amazing.”
In this deluxe new slots game with two jackpots and lots of chances to win free games, Triton, the powerful ruler of the seas, opens up his kingdom so that players can explore unconquered depths and treasures. Three mermaids seduce players with their hypnotic music and grant them the power to get more bonus games or multipliers in the game’s Bonus Feature.
The Triton Free Games Feature is triggered when 3 or more scattered Mermaid symbols appear anywhere during normal games. In the five free games that are then played, bonus picks awarded by spinning more Mermaids can be used to either add 5 more free games or to increase the multiplier by 2.
Slotastic.com is constantly adding exciting new games. They also offer the largest online progressive jackpots available to American players. The Jackpot Pinatas jackpot, now over $1,600,000, is the largest but there are two other seven-figure jackpots at Slotastic! that are tempting fate with each day that goes by. The Aztec’s Millions jackpot and the jackpot tied to both the Mid-Life Crisis and Shopping Spree slots are all well over $1 million.
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Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2010
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Slots player wins fairly often, but not as much as this progressive jackpot prize
Last week’s $134,385
progressive jackpot win at
Slotland.com was massive by anyone’s standards, but even the frequent-player that won it says it’s a big win compared to the other jackpots he’s won. The player known as SURFSIDESID won this jackpot playing the Genie-themed
Magic slot machine.
“I do play slots a lot, and I do win often enough to keep me going,” said SURFSIDESID when Slotland’s manager called him to congratulate him. “I’ve never won anything anywhere near this though, that’s for sure!”
SURFSIDESID has been a regular player at Slotland.com for about three years. He plays quite often and has won a few very large payouts but this huge jackpot is a lot even for this lucky spinner.
“I tend to play a lot for awhile, and then I give it a break for awhile,” said the player. “I was thinking it was about time for a break but, as luck would have it, I decided to take just a few spins that day. I think I’ll take a break now though, to spend some of this money!”
After three in a row last fall, the Slotland jackpot hadn’t been hit for 9 weeks so many players sensed it was about due for a win. There have been 3 big jackpot wins since then, but this is the biggest since the $175K win in October. The Slotland jackpot is hit fairly frequently and is usually won before it goes over $200,000. It topped that once though when a British dad known as FORGOMO won $200,111 playing the
Heavy Metal slot machine last spring.
2009 was a record year for jackpots and bonuses at Slotland.com, one of the world’s first and still most popular online slots sites. A total of $799,309 was paid out in
progressive jackpots last year and more than $68,500 was given to players as
bonuses in year end draws.
All
slot machines at Slotland are tied to the same jackpot but this is the first time that the jackpot has been won on the
Magic slot machine.
Heavy Metal, Mega Spin, Slotris, Jacks or Better and
Treasure Box all had big wins last year. After this win, the jackpot was reset to $50,000 and rises with every max bet placed on any slot machine at Slotland.com.
Slotland’s slot machines and
video poker games are all instant play casino games with nothing to download or install. Some are now available in Flash format and
compatible with iPhones. All of Slotland’s slot machines, including the mobile versions, are tied to one progressive jackpot which was reset to $50,000 after this win.
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Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010
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The
progressive jackpot at WinADay.com
3D online casino has been hit for $115,803. Sara M, a special ed teacher, won the massive jackpot playing the
Vegas Mania slot machine.
“My mates wanted me to go out with them but I just somehow felt more like staying in that night,” said the winner. “Part of me did want to go out but in the end I’m sure glad I just made myself a drink and settled in for a night playing slots instead of going clubbing!”
The party ended up being at Sara’s place when she texted her news to her friends.
“My friends sometimes make fun of me when I’d rather play slots than go out but after that incredible night I don’t think I’ll be getting teased quite so much!”
Launched last April,
Vegas Mania is a five-reel, 21 payline
slot machine featuring all the bells and whistles that a true Vegas Maniac looks for. Players get up to fifteen free spins. Wild symbols increase the chance of winning and Double Wilds not only increase chances of winning but also double those winnings.
Vegas Mania is a high stakes slot machine with a total maximum bet of $84 per spin. Players can win up to 3000 times the betted amount.
There were two large jackpot winners at WinADay.com in December, but this is the first one this year. After a record-breaking $198K jackpot win on the
Heavenly Reels slot machine before Christmas, another player won $109K playing
Gold Boom at the end of the month.
Gold Boom is WinADay’s
Game of the Month for February and players can win extra prize money just for playing it. For every 500 spins on the Gold Boom game, players win one ticket in a month-end random draw for cash prizes ranging from $50 to $250.
With the launch of its fourth video poker game last month, WinADay.com now has 11 one-of-a-kind games in its lobby: six unique slot machines and four
video poker games. All of the slot machines are tied to the WinADay
progressive jackpot which, after this win, was reset to $30,000 and is already over $40,000.
WinADay is an instant play Flash casino so there is nothing to download or install before enjoying the games. All games are unique to WinADay.com and not available anywhere else.
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Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2010
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Free contest celebrates game that has high payouts for 4 aces or faces
WinADay.com 3D casino has launched Aces & Faces, its fourth video poker game. Like Bonus Poker, the last video poker game added to the unique site, the new Aces & Faces game offers higher payouts for four-of-a-kind Aces and face cards than for number cards, and includes a bonus round where players can double the payout of a winning spin.
Players can wager from $0.10 to $3 per hand and can play up to 50 hands simultaneously. Whilst four-of-a-kind number cards pays 25X the wager, four face cards pay 40X and four Aces pay even more: 80X.
When a total win from all hands is equal to or exceeds total wagers, a free Playoff Round is triggered where players have the option of doubling their winnings by correctly guessing which of four face down cards will be greater than the one card that is showing.
To celebrate the new game, WinADay is offering a special Best Bettors Contest this week with a total of $2500 in prizes to be won. The player that places the most total bets between now and 31st January on the new Aces & Faces game will win $500. The next 4 Best Betters will get $250, the next 5 will get $100 each and the remaining 10 will get $50 each!
WinADay.com now has 11 one-of-a-kind games in its lobby: six unique slot machines and four video poker games (Aces & Faces, Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild, Jacks or Better). All of the slot machines are tied to the WinADay progressive jackpot which, after a $109K last month, is currently over $75,000.
This month’s Game of the Month at WinADay is Wheeler Dealer. Every 500 rounds played on this game earns a ticket toward a random draw for $500 in bonus money ($250 to the winner, $100 to the second name drawn, and $50 each to the next three winners).
WinADay is an instant play Flash casino so there is nothing to download or install before enjoying the games. All games are unique to WinADay.com and not available anywhere else.
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Date: Mon, Jan 18, 2010
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Free games with cash prizes introduce players to unique casino’s dedication to having fun
ChanceRoom.com has turned the giant Roue de Concorde into a monumental roulette wheel for a free game designed to prove that the France/UK-facing online casino site is serious about fun. Until 24 January only, the iconic ferris wheel on the Place des Concordes in Paris will spin like a roulette wheel and contestants will win cash prizes for guessing which number it will stop on.
The Places des Concorde is the largest public square in Paris and the giant Egyptian obelisk at its center serves as the roulette-wheel pointer on ChanceRoom’s Roue de Fortune. The game designers have created a quick and easy, visually entertaining online game using a very creative video-simulation. Anyone can play the free game and participate in this unique experience by going to www.LaRouletteDeLaConcorde.com
This special event is being coordinated by the same French PR firm that helped ChanceRoom help save Parisians from le grippe (the flu) by handing out free face masks on the streets of Paris this winter.
“By now I think people are getting the idea that we are not like any other online casino,” said ChanceRoom manager, John Benjamin. “Our whole raison d’etre is fun. We wanted to use something in real life like the Roue de la Concorde for this event because we think real life can be fun!“
ChanceRoom.com is a unique igaming site with online casino, poker and sports betting all accessible with one account and with one wallet. Software provided by GTECH G2 gives players an amazing selection of games and connects them to Europe’s largest poker network. ChanceRoom.com launched French and English versions of the site last fall.

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Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2010
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Regulars feel a big win coming as progressive jackpot approaches $100K
2009 was a record year for jackpots and bonuses at Slotland.com, one of the world’s first and still most popular online slots sites. A total of $799,309 was paid out in progressive jackpots last year and more than $68,500 was given to players as bonuses in year end draws. That's on top of nearly half a million dollars in deposit bonuses that were paid in 2009. With the current jackpot nearing $100,000, regulars at the casino are starting to feel that another big win could be just around the corner.
2009 saw a more than 10% increase in total jackpot payouts over 2008. Averaging $133,218 in 2009, individual jackpots were larger than the year before. All games at Slotland are tied to the same jackpot and in 2009 the jackpots were won playing some of their most popular games: Heavy Metal, Mega Spin, Slotris, Jacks or Better and Treasure Box.
The largest jackpot in Slotland history, $200,111, was won in 2009 by a player known as FORGOMO playing the Heavy Metal slot machine. That beat the previous record set by TEXASTEASER who got lucky in 2008 playing the Treasure Box slot and won $195K.
Not everyone can win a jackpot but Slotland also paid out nearly half a million dollars in deposit bonuses to its players in 2009.
As it has just done for 2009, Slotland will again do random year end draws for thousands more in bonus money in 2010. Each deposit is an entry (VIPs earn two entries per deposit). The draw awards a top cash prize of $5000 and splits a further $13,250 between another 20 players. On top of that, $55,000 will again be awarded to the top 30 overall depositors.
Slotland.com currently features thirteen unique slot machines and three video poker games. Four of the most popular online slot machines and two video poker games are also available on mobile phones and PDAs. Slotland will soon launch new instant Flash versions, with enhanced full-screen graphics and improved sound effects, of three games: Jacks or Better, Treasure Box and Golden8.

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Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010
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A retired grandmother has struck it rich playing a slot machine at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. The retired physical education and dance teacher won $4,141,909 playing one of the most popular MegaJackpots games, Wheel of Fortune Special Edition.
There is a
MegaJackpots jackpot available to online slots players as well and it's currently the biggest
online progressive jackpot available.
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Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2010
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$1.5 Million 'Jackpot Pinatas' is largest online casino jackpot available to US players
For players that dream of Chow Mein and Chop Suey as they spin the wheels, Slotastic! introduces the new Wok & Roll slot machine that serves up lots of chances for free games and has two jackpots on the menu to spice things up. The new online slot machine is the Slot-of-the-Week this week at the US-friendly online casino which means players can get up to $100 free to play the delicious new game.
To make the fun last as long as possible, "Wok & Roll" and “Chef” symbols award up to 12 free games. Wok & Roll also has two big prizes, a Minor and a Major Jackpot, that increase in value with every bet until they are won. Neither has an upper limit. Players can try Wok & Roll for free or wager real money. Although Slotastic! has a selection of instant-play slot machines, Wok & Roll is initially available in the download casino only, along with the full selection of more than 300 slot machines and table games.
With new slots releasing virtually every week since it launched, Slotastic.com players are never bored. But what’s really got players talking is the massive jackpot pool that’s accumulated. The Jackpot Pinatas progressive jackpot alone is worth more than $1.5 million and there are several other games with 7-figure jackpots that have been alluding players for months.
“It’s fun playing new games all the time, and we’ll keep those coming, for sure,” said Slotastic’s manager. “But actually the most popular games in the casino right now are the four games with million dollar progressive jackpots: Jackpot Pinatas, Shopping Spree, Mid-life Crisis and Aztec’s Millions.”
Until the end of January, in addition to their Slot-of-the-Week bonus, Slotastic! players can also claim the $100 Progressive-of-the-Month bonus and get another $100 to try their luck at the $1.5 million Jackpot Pinatas jackpot. Terms and conditions of all casino bonuses are posted in the ‘Promotions’ section of Slotastic.com.

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Date: Sun, Jan 10, 2010
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While some gamblers day dream about what they’ll do if they hit the jackpot, some can’t imagine changing anything. Paul Cousins, an Australian Council worker who won $5 million on the Lotto, still lives in his caravan and has no plans of retiring from his job repairing potholes for the local shire, but he is enjoying the air conditioning in the new car he bought with his winnings.
"I bought a pack of ciggies, had a few beers and some Chinese takeaway and went into work like normal the next morning," said the frugal multi-millionaire, wearing a pair of thongs, Stubbies and a flannel shirt as he sat outside his caravan talking to The Sunday Telegraph. "I'm just the same simple bloke."
The Australian lotto winner says his next “extravagance” will be a new bed.
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Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2010
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Some lucky online slots player is going to win $5500 this weekend in a slots tournament that's being played on Microgaming's
Loaded slot machine. Total prize pool is $20,000 and entry fee is $20.
More about this
online slots tournament.
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Date: Thu, Jan 7, 2010
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Fire broke out on the ninth floor of one of the most famous hotel casinos on the Las Vegas strip recently. The fire alarm went off for the
Stratosphere Hotel fire at around 2:00 pm and the hotel went into a state of emergency. It is believed that the fire was started by careless smoking.
Fortunately, the fire was contained to some towels found on the bathroom floor of one of the guestrooms, and was quickly put out by hotel staff. Using some quick thinking and improvising a little, security personnel filled a waste paper basket with water and put the flames out before fire officials arrived at the scene.
The floor was evacuated for approximately 45 minutes.
“The Fire was responsible for very light smoke on the ninth floor,” said Timothy R. Szymanski, the public education and information officer for Fire and Rescue in Las Vegas, “But no other floors were affected.”
The fire caused about $250 in damages but, fortunately, no one was injured.
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