Friday, May 29, 2009
New Intertops welcomes U.S. Casino players
2:29 AM | 
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Online casino pioneer Intertops is welcoming new US players back at its new RED Casino. In its new partnership with RTG casinos software. Intertops is offering the biggest progressive jackpots available for players from the U.S. and a portfolio of traditional and unique online casino games.
"We chose to take this step in order to serve new American players, as well as those who have been so loyal over the years – including, of course, affiliates," said Michl Posch of Intertops.
The new Intertops RED Casino gives all players access to RTG's massive jackpot pool, currently over $4 million. The $1.3 million Jackpot Pinatas slot machines is the absolute biggest jackpot available to American players, with the popular Aztec's Millions not far behind at over $1.1 million and Shopping Spree which is approaching $1 million.
The new Intertops RED 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.
To welcome them to the new casino, everyone playing at the new Intertops Red Casino in May will be automatically entered in the free "$30,000 Wheel of Fortune" draw. Every day in May, 20 randomly drawn winners will receive $50 each.
Intertops was founded in 1983 in London with a UK Bookmakers License and relocated to Austria in 1992. They accepted the world’s first online bet in 1996. In 1997, the online business moved to Antigua while the traditional sports betting business remained in Austria. 1998 saw the launch of one of the first online casinos. In 2001, the innovative company developed the first igaming WAP site, enabling it to be the first to offer mobile bets. By 2003 Intertops began online poker operations, progressing to online skill-based gaming in under a year.
"We chose to take this step in order to serve new American players, as well as those who have been so loyal over the years – including, of course, affiliates," said Michl Posch of Intertops.
The new Intertops RED Casino gives all players access to RTG's massive jackpot pool, currently over $4 million. The $1.3 million Jackpot Pinatas slot machines is the absolute biggest jackpot available to American players, with the popular Aztec's Millions not far behind at over $1.1 million and Shopping Spree which is approaching $1 million.
The new Intertops RED 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.
To welcome them to the new casino, everyone playing at the new Intertops Red Casino in May will be automatically entered in the free "$30,000 Wheel of Fortune" draw. Every day in May, 20 randomly drawn winners will receive $50 each.
Intertops was founded in 1983 in London with a UK Bookmakers License and relocated to Austria in 1992. They accepted the world’s first online bet in 1996. In 1997, the online business moved to Antigua while the traditional sports betting business remained in Austria. 1998 saw the launch of one of the first online casinos. In 2001, the innovative company developed the first igaming WAP site, enabling it to be the first to offer mobile bets. By 2003 Intertops began online poker operations, progressing to online skill-based gaming in under a year.
video poker leagalized by Illinois Senate
2:25 AM |
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The Illinois state Senate overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to legalize video poker, boost liquor taxes and allow lottery wagering over the Internet to help support a $26 billion statewide construction package that is expected to reach Gov. Quinn's desk.
What would be the first public works program in a decade passed the Senate on a series of bipartisan roll calls and would, according to Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale), end a "decade of decay" that festered on the state's roads, bridges and public buildings under impeached ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The gridlock we've been going through for six years has ended,' said Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), who carried the package, which taps a combination of federal and state money.
The House still must sign off before it goes to Quinn, but Cullerton predicted House passage today.
"To pay for it, senators voted 47-12 to legalize video poker in bars, restaurants, veterans halls and truck stops. The state will tax the machines at a 30 percent rate, raising $375 million annually.
The package includes big changes at the state lottery. A pilot program would be established in 2010 to allow lottery wagering over the Internet. Additionally, management of the lottery would be turned over to a private firm. Both moves are expected to raise $150 million annuall
What would be the first public works program in a decade passed the Senate on a series of bipartisan roll calls and would, according to Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale), end a "decade of decay" that festered on the state's roads, bridges and public buildings under impeached ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
The gridlock we've been going through for six years has ended,' said Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), who carried the package, which taps a combination of federal and state money.
The House still must sign off before it goes to Quinn, but Cullerton predicted House passage today.
"To pay for it, senators voted 47-12 to legalize video poker in bars, restaurants, veterans halls and truck stops. The state will tax the machines at a 30 percent rate, raising $375 million annually.
The package includes big changes at the state lottery. A pilot program would be established in 2010 to allow lottery wagering over the Internet. Additionally, management of the lottery would be turned over to a private firm. Both moves are expected to raise $150 million annuall
Friday, May 22, 2009
USA Online Gambling Bill could get a shot
2:59 AM |
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Rep. Barney Frank might have come up snake eyes in his previous efforts to legalize online casino gambling but he’s stepping up to the table again with a bill that would authorize the Treasury Department to regulate online wagering.
And there’s another shooter in his corner: Jim McDermott , D‑Wash., who sits on the Ways and Means Committee, introduced a bill (HR 2268) that would provide for the collection of associated tax revenues.
Both bills were introduced May 6.
Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the Financial Services Committee, took pains to suggest that his prime motive for introducing his bill was to ensure Americans’ freedom to spend their money as they please.
“The government should not interfere with people’s liberty unless there’s a good reason,” Frank said. But he also acknowledged that, in a time of economic turmoil, the additional revenue wouldn’t hurt.
McDermott’s chief of staff, Mike DeCesare, said that over 10 years, the revenue bill could put $43 billion in federal coffers and even more in states’. It would establish a 2 percent tax on deposits made into Internet wagering accounts.
Undoing Earlier Laws
Frank’s bill would establish a regulatory procedure through which online gambling outfits would have to be licensed in order to accept bets from players in the United States, as long as the state in which a gambler lived did not bar the practice.
This would largely do away with a 2006 law (PL 109-347), pushed through by the Republican leadership as part of a larger port security measure, that was aimed at choking off online betting through restrictions on payment processing.
Robert W. Goodlatte , R-Va., who supports those restrictions, said May 6 that Frank’s measure not only guts that 2006 law but makes online gambling explicitly legal.
“Apparently, Rep. Frank believes that [Treasury Secretary] Timothy Geithner can do a better job at enforcing our nation’s criminal laws than the Department of Justice, which is scary considering [Geithner’s] track record on complying with the tax code,” he said.
The executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas, says his 1 million members support Frank’s bill. The group, formed mostly as a grass-roots backlash against the 2006 law, has come into its own; last year it set up a political action committee that contributed $43,553 to congressional campaigns, including $4,950 to Frank’s.
And Pappas’ side now has even greater clout: In a reversal from past battles, Harrah’s Entertainment, one of the largest brick-and-mortar USA casinos gaming companies in the world, has thrown its weight — and its money — behind such legislation. Harrah’s ramped up its lobbying last year, spending more than $405,000 — a large chunk of which was in support of a measure, similar to the one announced May 6, that also was introduced by Frank.
Support for online betting from a company that operates traditional casinos significantly alters the landscape, as such businesses have usually been silent on — or actively opposed to — online wagering, believing it cuts into their bottom line.
“There was some concern from some of the people that are in the offline gaming community. There’s still some,” Frank said. But he pointed to the fact that Shelley Berkley , D-Nev., has signed on as a cosponsor of his bill as evidence of their support.
In the past, Frank’s bills supporting online gambling have been stymied in part by lingering concerns that loosening restrictions on Internet wagering would open the floodgate to a host of social ills. Conservative Christian groups, like Focus on the Family, argue that the 24-hour availability of online gambling makes it particularly easy to develop an addiction. Moreover, the groups contend, online sites make gambling too easy for underage youths.
Frank said he has yet to speak with congressional leaders or the Obama administration about the measure, but he plans to do so soon. The White House did not return calls seeking comment.
At the behest of professional sports leagues, Frank said his legislation would exempt online wagering on sports matches, even though they have long been a favorite of bookies and gamblers alike.
“The expression by the professional leagues of shock at the notion that people would actually bet on games was one of the least persuasive emotional outbursts I have encountered, but we acknowledged the reality of it,” he said. “No one will be betting on professional sports games.”
And there’s another shooter in his corner: Jim McDermott , D‑Wash., who sits on the Ways and Means Committee, introduced a bill (HR 2268) that would provide for the collection of associated tax revenues.
Both bills were introduced May 6.
Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the Financial Services Committee, took pains to suggest that his prime motive for introducing his bill was to ensure Americans’ freedom to spend their money as they please.
“The government should not interfere with people’s liberty unless there’s a good reason,” Frank said. But he also acknowledged that, in a time of economic turmoil, the additional revenue wouldn’t hurt.
McDermott’s chief of staff, Mike DeCesare, said that over 10 years, the revenue bill could put $43 billion in federal coffers and even more in states’. It would establish a 2 percent tax on deposits made into Internet wagering accounts.
Undoing Earlier Laws
Frank’s bill would establish a regulatory procedure through which online gambling outfits would have to be licensed in order to accept bets from players in the United States, as long as the state in which a gambler lived did not bar the practice.
This would largely do away with a 2006 law (PL 109-347), pushed through by the Republican leadership as part of a larger port security measure, that was aimed at choking off online betting through restrictions on payment processing.
Robert W. Goodlatte , R-Va., who supports those restrictions, said May 6 that Frank’s measure not only guts that 2006 law but makes online gambling explicitly legal.
“Apparently, Rep. Frank believes that [Treasury Secretary] Timothy Geithner can do a better job at enforcing our nation’s criminal laws than the Department of Justice, which is scary considering [Geithner’s] track record on complying with the tax code,” he said.
The executive director of the Poker Players Alliance, John Pappas, says his 1 million members support Frank’s bill. The group, formed mostly as a grass-roots backlash against the 2006 law, has come into its own; last year it set up a political action committee that contributed $43,553 to congressional campaigns, including $4,950 to Frank’s.
And Pappas’ side now has even greater clout: In a reversal from past battles, Harrah’s Entertainment, one of the largest brick-and-mortar USA casinos gaming companies in the world, has thrown its weight — and its money — behind such legislation. Harrah’s ramped up its lobbying last year, spending more than $405,000 — a large chunk of which was in support of a measure, similar to the one announced May 6, that also was introduced by Frank.
Support for online betting from a company that operates traditional casinos significantly alters the landscape, as such businesses have usually been silent on — or actively opposed to — online wagering, believing it cuts into their bottom line.
“There was some concern from some of the people that are in the offline gaming community. There’s still some,” Frank said. But he pointed to the fact that Shelley Berkley , D-Nev., has signed on as a cosponsor of his bill as evidence of their support.
In the past, Frank’s bills supporting online gambling have been stymied in part by lingering concerns that loosening restrictions on Internet wagering would open the floodgate to a host of social ills. Conservative Christian groups, like Focus on the Family, argue that the 24-hour availability of online gambling makes it particularly easy to develop an addiction. Moreover, the groups contend, online sites make gambling too easy for underage youths.
Frank said he has yet to speak with congressional leaders or the Obama administration about the measure, but he plans to do so soon. The White House did not return calls seeking comment.
At the behest of professional sports leagues, Frank said his legislation would exempt online wagering on sports matches, even though they have long been a favorite of bookies and gamblers alike.
“The expression by the professional leagues of shock at the notion that people would actually bet on games was one of the least persuasive emotional outbursts I have encountered, but we acknowledged the reality of it,” he said. “No one will be betting on professional sports games.”
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Minnesota banned sites list includes only 44 casinos that accept players from the U.S.
3:26 AM |
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Only 44 of the 200 casino gambling Web sites that Minnesota's Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division want to block from its residents actually accept players from the state, according. That means just 22 percent of the sites AGED wants to block affect Minnesota residents.
Last week, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) announced that it had instructed 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling websites. On Friday, the AGED released the list.
Of the 44 online casinos USA, only eight are listed on Online Casino City's Top 25 casinos available to U.S. residents (Bodog, English Harbour, Slot Land, Club Player, Las Vegas USA, Slots Plus, Slots of Vegas, Caribbean Gold Casino). Other prominent names on the list include Full Tilt Poker, Everest Poker, Golden Palace, Intertops Casino, Ladbrokes Casino, Titan Poker and William Hill Casino.
AGED Director John Willems defended the Minnesota list saying that it was a "random sampling" of sites. But Interactive Media and Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) Chairman Joe Brennan Jr. questioned "how much thought was put into the selection of these sites."
Last week, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) announced that it had instructed 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling websites. On Friday, the AGED released the list.
Of the 44 online casinos USA, only eight are listed on Online Casino City's Top 25 casinos available to U.S. residents (Bodog, English Harbour, Slot Land, Club Player, Las Vegas USA, Slots Plus, Slots of Vegas, Caribbean Gold Casino). Other prominent names on the list include Full Tilt Poker, Everest Poker, Golden Palace, Intertops Casino, Ladbrokes Casino, Titan Poker and William Hill Casino.
AGED Director John Willems defended the Minnesota list saying that it was a "random sampling" of sites. But Interactive Media and Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) Chairman Joe Brennan Jr. questioned "how much thought was put into the selection of these sites."
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
online casinos to visit this summer
2:09 AM |
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Its getting harder to find quality friendly USA online casinos these days. because of the many obstacles stemming from various laws, lack of regulations and the fact that the U.S. states are left with the role to find creative and Chinese-like ways to ban their residents from gambling online, there have been no new online casinos coming out lately that could be deemed US-friendly. But if you are new to the whole online gambling thing, you still have plenty of options. Depending on what you are looking for in an US-friendly online casino, whether it's the bonus, fast payouts or easy deposits, we have created this quick guide to getting the job done. This guide to finding friendly USA online casino is for informational purpose only, always check your laws before gambling on the internet.
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Rushmore Casino - Overall one of the best online casinos: Rushmore Casino comes atop our rank list of friendly USA online casinos for many reasons. It's still the online casino with the highest success of credit card deposits, Rushmore has the experience in the online gambling scene and it offers a nice package of gambling services. It offers 100% bonus on your first deposit up to $888 in addition to a series of ongoing bonuses and specials are also posted every week. The casino looks great, the graphics are lively and as real as it gets, depositing is easy and withdrawals have been coming like a clockwork since 2007. This friendly USA online casino is also home of the Cleopatra's Gold popular slot machine, which has made many of players rich. This is a quality online gambling company, although foreign players should be aware that residents from Canada and Turkey are not allowed to gamble here.
And if the bonus is what you are looking for, Cuba Club Casino got you covered. This friendly USA online casino offers a whopping $500 match-up bonus on your first deposit, but the bonus train doesn't stop here. You can also ger a $10 free no deposit casino bonus Extra free money will be disbursed for using various ewallets, although credit card payments are also an option, the casino has a comprehensive loyalty program which helps generate comp points and then turn them into real money, weekly out-of-the-blue bonuses and more. the Golden Casino remains honest and secure, with customer service on top of its game 24/7 via phone, email or chat sessions. What the Golden Casino is most famous for is the many slots tournaments it runs every week. A large number of those slots tourneys are free to enter, while winners get real money as a prize. Those that require buy-ins on the other side give the players chance to win large amount of cash, some slots tournaments with purses of over $100K.
Lucky Red Casino - and if you are looking for the best RTG casinos software USA online casino, Las Vegas USA is the first stop one should make. The Real Time Gaming software is boosting over 100 different games, large number of slots, all casino table games and video poker machines you would find at a B&M Las Vegas casino, hence the name. This is the online casino that will get you as close to the Vegas-style gambling on the Internet as it's possible with the current technology. Well worth downloading all the games.
These are the current best friendly US casinos online. Of course, if you need to see a larger number of online casino websites friendly to U.S. players, you can always visit our list of online casinos USA here. All the casinos listed there are of great quality and any country restrictions are noted for each casino. You can also read reviews of the internet casinos, see the current bonus offers and more.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Speakers Against Online Casino Gaming
8:44 AM |
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Economics professors John Kindt and Earl Grinols are making splashes validating myths and fears about the dangers of online casinos USA, appearing around the US where gaming law changes are debated. The two publish and tour to spread concerns about the social costs of Internet casinos gambling, but their statements do not bear up under examination.
Kindt asserts in the US International Gambling Report Series that areas which introduce casino gambling see double-digit increases in crime and a doubling of problem gambling incidents. But numerous studies have found compulsive gambling to be a symptom of addictive illness, and the dysfunction to not increase numerically with the proliferation of gaming.
Actual evidence shows the crime myth to be equally unfounded. Bossier City reports crime has dropped more than fifty percent since the addition of casinos fifteen years ago.
"There were fears, even from all of us, about the crime," Bossier City Police Chief Mike Halphen said. "But, so far, crime (in Bossier City) has actually dropped."
Grinols told the Florida legislature that new USA casinos would spark crime. But Representative Joe Gibbons said his district had brought in casinos two years before, and crime had declined each year since. Grinols then said the crime jump would take three or more years to come into effect.
Perhaps he should look at Bossier City, and say sixteen years is when the bubble bursts.
“Online casino betting is called the crack cocaine of creating new addicted gamblers,” Kindt says. “It places gambling at every school desk, every work desk and in every living room. Does Barney Frank really want to entice people to click their mouse and lose their house?”
But he ignores groundbreaking research conducted by Harvard Medical School, which finds online gambling a minute risk of addiction, and recommends licensing and regulation.
Some might question the source of pro-gambling information. But when those sources are the Division of Addictions at Harvard and the Responsible Gaming Program for South Africa, what bias can be accused?
As for the wisecrack about Barney Frank, one wit noted, "If Kindt were opposed to that, shouldn't he have fought Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?"
"Grinols has introduced misleading statistics claiming one of every four teenage Internet gamblers will commit suicide. Kindt uses the volatility of gaming stocks to claim they will ruin the markets. Kindt denies that jobs are created by casinos, all evidence to the contrary to be ignored. Haven't these men discredited themselves to the point media would start ignoring them?" asks OCA analyst Sherman Bradley.
Kindt asserts in the US International Gambling Report Series that areas which introduce casino gambling see double-digit increases in crime and a doubling of problem gambling incidents. But numerous studies have found compulsive gambling to be a symptom of addictive illness, and the dysfunction to not increase numerically with the proliferation of gaming.
Actual evidence shows the crime myth to be equally unfounded. Bossier City reports crime has dropped more than fifty percent since the addition of casinos fifteen years ago.
"There were fears, even from all of us, about the crime," Bossier City Police Chief Mike Halphen said. "But, so far, crime (in Bossier City) has actually dropped."
Grinols told the Florida legislature that new USA casinos would spark crime. But Representative Joe Gibbons said his district had brought in casinos two years before, and crime had declined each year since. Grinols then said the crime jump would take three or more years to come into effect.
Perhaps he should look at Bossier City, and say sixteen years is when the bubble bursts.
“Online casino betting is called the crack cocaine of creating new addicted gamblers,” Kindt says. “It places gambling at every school desk, every work desk and in every living room. Does Barney Frank really want to entice people to click their mouse and lose their house?”
But he ignores groundbreaking research conducted by Harvard Medical School, which finds online gambling a minute risk of addiction, and recommends licensing and regulation.
Some might question the source of pro-gambling information. But when those sources are the Division of Addictions at Harvard and the Responsible Gaming Program for South Africa, what bias can be accused?
As for the wisecrack about Barney Frank, one wit noted, "If Kindt were opposed to that, shouldn't he have fought Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?"
"Grinols has introduced misleading statistics claiming one of every four teenage Internet gamblers will commit suicide. Kindt uses the volatility of gaming stocks to claim they will ruin the markets. Kindt denies that jobs are created by casinos, all evidence to the contrary to be ignored. Haven't these men discredited themselves to the point media would start ignoring them?" asks OCA analyst Sherman Bradley.
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