This year’s third eGaming Review (EGR) Business to Business (B2B) Awards was held on 10th May at the Atrium at Wembley Stadium in London. It featured the usual glitz and glamour by awarding the best service providers and the internet gambling industry’s top B2B operators.The awards covers various aspects of the gaming industry such betting and gaming software, networks, mobile gaming, payments solutions, recruitment, IT and infrastructure.

EGR B2B Awards 2012

Online gambling operators based in the Isle of Man scooped most of this year’s EGR B2B Awards. Some of them were nominated for 18 awards and scooped up five awards in total. The Data Center of the Year award went to Continent 8 Technologies, it’s the third consecutive year they won this award. Continent 8’s Chief Development Officer, Nick Nally had the following to say, “It represents our continuing commitment to the industry in terms of our product set and footprint. We are particularly happy to join other …

We’ve asked ourselves this question many times before what is the ideal online casino? Truth be told they are very far and few in between and only a handful are in operation today. In this article we’re going to give you a brief overview of one.

We live in an age where money is everything, corporations focus more on the money factor instead on the human factor. I’m not saying all businesses are like this there are some exceptions to the rule. Before we give you a run down of our ideal site we’d like to give you 2 scenarios how most egaming operators should run their businesses.

Scenario 1

Let’s assume you’re a first time player, you deposit $50 with a casino since the review of it is well-written and informative, you decline the welcome bonus offer since you don’t want to get bogged down by excessive wagering requirements. …

Gambling is a pastime enjoyed by many in the United Kingdom, hence the reason two reports covering it have been released. The first is the Gambling Prevalence Survey released by the UK Gambling Commission and the second by the IBIS World study.

Gambling Prevalence Survey

ICM Research completed the Gambling Prevalence Survey which covers the year ended March 2012. The report a survey done on 4,000 adults covers gambling participation as well as remote gambling. Overall annual gambling participation has gone up. In the previous four weeks in 2009, 55.2% of the respondents said that they participated in at least one form of gambling. This figure now stands at 58.1%, a marginal increase of more than 3%. Males more likely to be 45 and over outnumbered females. National Lottery tickets remains the most popular gambling activity, since 48% of the respondents purchase lottery tickets. Shortly on its heels is the National Lottery scratch cards …

Mummy’s Gold Casino is licensed by the Lotteries and Gaming Authority of Malta making it a white listed internet gambling jurisdiction. Its software provider is Microgaming and it has been certified by eCOGRA enabling players to wager in a safe and secure environment. Players from Australia, Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom are accepted.

Mummy’s Gold Casino Recent Winners

Of late Mummy’s Gold has made a couple of 6 figure payouts. On 26 April a player won $150,479 on the following internet slot games Celtic Crown, Supe It Up and Path of the Penguin. Celtic Crown is currently one of the most popular played casino games at Mummy’s Gold internet casino. Path of the Penguin on the other hand is not not as popular, to be honest we never even knew that Microgaming has this slot game in its line up. Other slot games that recorded wins in April were …

Swedish gaming software provider Net Entertainment upped the ante by releasing a scintillating new internet slots machine titled “Super Nudge 6000”. Players who have played this slot game describe it as trendy and really classic! It features the American 1950s since it plays of in a diner where everybody knows your name. This slot game will go live at all NetEnt internet casinos on the 9th May.

Super Nudge 6000 Game Features

Imagine you’re in a diner, you hear the jukebox blaring away, laughing teenagers drinking coca-cola and the smell of burning tyres from the parking lot. One of the features we like about this new slot game is the fact that it has a relaxing feel to it, don’t rush take your time and let Super Nudge 6000 transport you back to an era long gone.

With its laid back appeal Super Nudge 6000 stands out from the crowd. This …

As the old saying goes “time and tide waits for no man” last month well-known poker legend and professional poker player Thomas Preston Junior better known as “Amarillo Slim” died aged 83 having suffered colon cancer. Regarded by many as a “Legend In His Own Time” Preston a native from Texas will be remembered for his Stetson hats, stylish cowboy boots and the exuberant manner in which he made poker a household name in America.

In 1972 Amarillo Slim won the World Series of Poker Main Event and in 1992 he was was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. He also participated in the WSOP up and till 2008.

”Preston’s family released a recent statement: “We hope everyone will remember our beloved Amarillo Slim for all the positive things he did for poker and to popularize his favorite game. He was also highly quotable: “Look around the table. If you don’t see a sucker, get …

At this stage no knows exactly when internet gambling will be legalized in the United States of America. The question that has been asked many times in forums which company will supply land-based casinos with slot content and will they also provide internet casinos with the same content? Alternatively will these organizations also start their own internet gambling portals in order to gain a larger share of the pie from their present clients?

One of the main suppliers of slot machines to land-based casinos is International Game Technology (IGT). It provides content to internet casinos via its internet casino software division WagerWorks. IGT indicated its intentions earlier this year when it purchased Double Down Interactive a social gaming provider.

Double Down Casino is active on Facebook. However, IGT stated that it has no intentions whatsoever of starting an internet casino, it said it would rather use Double Down as a …

Playtech software to internet casinos just released a  new slots with an ice hockey theme. Ice hockey is not near as popular as rugby or tennis, in hindsight it’s good to have a sport themed slot game that is not that common.

Ice Hockey slots has 15 paylines and 5 reels. From 0.01 credits to 5.00 credits the line bet varies. The maximum line payout is 50,000 credits and the maximum bet per spin is 75.00 credits. Ice Hockey could now be played at all Playtech casinos on the internet such as Omni Casino.

The Ice Hockey Wild Symbol

The Ice Hockey slot game kicks off where the player must select two teams. The team’s flags that has the appropriate symbols will appear. One team’s players pay left to right whilst the other team’s players pay right to left. Each team has three players, payouts ensue when they appear in active paylines. Payouts in …

The last week has seen well-known gambling jurisdiction of Gibraltar and Northern Ireland express their concerns pertaining to the current  situation of internet gambling in the United Kingdom.

Gibraltar Concerns

The Gibraltar Chronicle said that the government of Gibraltar is unhappy with the United Kingdom’s plan since it aims to impose a point of consumption tax on internet casinos. Gibraltar plays host to numerous internet gambling operators which are licensed and regulated here. It provides a steady income direct and indirect employment to more than five thousand Gibraltar citizens. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo categorically stated that the British Government’s intended UK point of consumption tax would adversely affect the economy of Gibraltar.

During the eGaming Summit in Gibraltar the matter was discussed with Maria Brennan of HM Treasury. The implementation of secondary licenses from UK regulators for Gibraltar-licensed internet gaming sites which services the UK market was vehemently opposed by Gaming Minister Gilbert …

This week so far has seen many progressive jackpot payouts at various Playtech internet casinos. We’re not surprised at all since this internet gambling software provider offers loads of high paying progressive jackpots. The good news is that payouts were as high as six-digit figures.

Gold Rally video slots paid out a whopping $340,920. In a three by three matrix it has 9 independently spinning reels. Each payline has three symbols which runs horizontally, vertically and diagonally. When all 9 symbols that can be seen are the scatter symbols the progressive jackpot is won. Fourteen months ago one lucky player won $1.6 million on Gold Rally.

The second progressive jackpot of $121,600 was won on Megaball. Based on lotto it is a Playtech arcade game. The reason why this casino game is so popular it has eight different games that can be played with the same draw. Every draw comprises …