Microgaming the gaming world’s number one software provider has released yet another format of video poker namely Reel Play Poker. This follows after the game releases of Power Poker and Level Up Poker.

Multi hand video poker was introduced by Power Poker and chronological hands with multiplied payouts introduced by Level Up Poker. Reel Play Poker is a video poker game with a slots twirl to it.

The Reel Play Poker game is in the Jacks or Better variation. Players can access this game from the video poker section in the Games Menu. Reel Play Poker has a separate tab within the video poker section. The amount of paylines must be selected by a player first, the amount of coins per payline as well as the coin denomination. Jacks or Better Reel Play Poker has 20 paylines and bets up to 20 coins per payline.

Once a player has set …

Ira Rubin, who helped PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker evade U.S internet gambling laws by using third party financial processors was denied bail by a Manhattan judge who termed him a “flight risk”.

Upon his arrest in April, he has been charged with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. In the meantime Rubin asked to be granted US$300,000 bail and requested to live with his parents in Florida while waiting to be sentenced.

“There are many reasons why I’m not prepared to let the defendant go free at this stage. I’m compelled to detain the defendant,” US Magistrate Judge James L Cott notified Cassaon-casino recently in an interview. According to Federal prosecutors Rubin was named on April 15th in the federal indictment; he tried to avoid the Feds by chartering a plane from Costa Rica to Guatemala in an attempt to make good his escape to Thailand.

Arlo Devlin-Brown U.S Assistant …

In August 2010 Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) publicized that they plan to follow the same route as the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Quebec by offering regulated internet gambling to its citizens.

Sports Gaming Limited has been appointed as consultant by OLG to assist and advise OLG in the start-up phase. It aims to deliver an efficient internet casino that will meet Ontarians’ expectations and requirements and at the same token also enhance the province’s revenue. OLG hopes that Ontario will have regulated internet gambling running by next year.

In the best interest of the public OLG identified five key areas that will form the basis of its internet gambling undertaking. Top of the list is to promote responsible gambling, thwart minors from gambling, safeguard a player’s private data, guarantee the honesty of casino games, detect and weed-out all forms of money laundering and various other criminal …

In the United States internet gambling bills that were passed by state legislatures seem to be ill-fated. To kick off, New Jersey governor Chris Christie turned it down.

The second bill that might follow suit is Washington DC’s online gambling bill. When the bill was first issued many celebrated in the hope that it would be implemented before 2011 is out.

Interestingly an editorial article in the Washington Post this week touched upon the dealings and wheeling’s behind the scenes that were responsible in the bill’s passing.

The adjustment to permit the D.C. Lottery to offer gambling in Washington DC is a watered down version. Independent councillor Michael A. Brown was the driving force behind this initiative.

The authenticity of it has been questioned by both the chief financial officer and the attorney general. To compound matters further, mayor Adrian M. Fenty was not approached. In spite of this, the public’s …

The amount of smart phones applications used to boost internet gambling has sky rocketed the last few years. Internet casinos are specifically targeting this market now, especially the tech-savvy youth.

Prof Dan Laubman, director of Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, said online gaming sites induce minors to gamble via their smart phones by offering them free games without exchanging any cash. To be honest this is a very smart ploy since the odds of winning on the free “practice” games are significantly lower than playing for real cash.

In truth the youngsters are more than happy to oblige and this is where the problem starts, said Prof Laubman. ”Some mobile casinos advertise their wares stating that you don’t win or lose any money. Punters are encouraged to play poker for practice, once they’ve taken the bait they are lured to an internet betting forum that has very poor odds,” …

Betfair recently reported that Matt Carter one of its top executives in charge of technical architecture resigned from the internet casino after a stint of 10 years. To add on to this another five members of Carter’s team resigned too, they are Asher Glynne, Jonathan Westlake, Enzo Raso and Tony Ballardie.

Internet casinos reported previously that the following members of the internet casino resigned a few months ago: Mathias Entenmann, Betfair’s chief product and services officer; Charlie Palmer, head of mobile; Robin Osmond, chief executive of financial betting exchange LMAX; and Lee Cowles, director of UK sports and gaming. To compound matters further Betfair’s share price also dropped significantly from last autumn’s GBP13.00, to 775.5p per share on 27th May, 2011.

Betfair’s reported the following in its IPO prospectus, “Our success has been on the up ever since, thanks in part to our aptitude to develop and introduce new client …

BetED sportsbook is officially the first U.S-facing gambling business that has been compelled by U.S prosecutors to close its doors.

An industry source in Costa Rica notified the U.S authorities to seize its bank accounts causing the site to be incapable to transact business or to pay its players.

BetED is one of the sportsbooks that have been implicated after an extensive federal sting operation “trying to expose internet casinos that use third-party payment processors in the United States”, based on an affidavit submitted that supports the Baltimore Grand Jury indictments for money laundering and unlawful gambling against two cybergaming casinos and three persons unsealed on Tuesday. Eleven bank accounts and 10 internet domain names which belong to these internet casinos were seized as well.

According to Homeland Security Investigations special agent testimony, Lisa M Ward states that, BetED purportedly used a payment processor set up by the U.S Department …

The following domains Doylesroom.com and Bookmaker.com were among 10 dot.com domains that were seized by the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security. Investigations, subsequent an undercover operation exposed poker sites that worked with third-party payment processors.

The District of Maryland’s U.S Attorney’s office also obtained seizure warrants for two domestic bank accounts that have been registered in Guam and North Carolina, including nine additional accounts registered in Malta, Panama, Portugal and the Netherlands.

Apart from these seizures, three people were also indicted on counts of suspected money laundering and the running of an unlawful gambling business they are: Darren Wright and David Parchomchuk of BetEd owner ThrillX Systems, and Ann Marie Puig of Bookmaker.com owner BMX Entertainment.

The Guam and North Carolina bank accounts registered to Linwood Payment Solutions, described in a sworn affidavit as “an undercover payment processor business that has been  set up to identify internet gambling …

In comparison to other months and the amount of new internet casino game releases one cannot help but wonder why the month of May has seen very few game releases from software companies. Hopefully this is not the beginning of the storm that looms on the horizon, if so we’ll find out soon enough.

Normally Microgaming leads the pack when it comes to the amount of new game releases every month. New games are introduced to the market either at the end of the first week or at the start of the second.

To add to the excitement new game releases for the following month are always announced before the old month is over. No announcements have been made in April and no releases in May. Microgaming has a well-founded reason for this since it has been running qualifiers for its mammoth tournament, Grand Slam of Slots II, it has …

The annual East Gaming Conference in the state of New Jersey was announced in Atlantic City recently.

This event would be held at the Atlantic City Convention Centre. Spectrum Gaming Group is responsible for organizing the East Coast Gaming Congress.

Top of the list to be discussed at this conference is the legalization and regulation of internet gambling in the United States. In spite of U.S federal authorities clamping down hard on poker rooms, many Americans still feel that it should be legalized soon.

The US gaming is currently divided in two camps Those in favour of the legalization of it at federal level and those in favour of it at state level. However, experts believe that both the federal and the states governments will be implicated. The press release simply states, “It doesn’t matter which model is implemented, legalization of internet gambling still brings an array of legal, regulatory and …