What Are The Most Popular Casino Games?

What Are The Most Popular Casino Games?

If you are new to online betting on the Internet, chances are you are wondering what the best online casino games are, or what everyone is playing most of the time. This is a difficult question to answer because everyone's inclinations are different, everyone will have a different opinion on just what constitutes the best casino games.

The most popular casino games will vary according to players' tastes, the particular casino, and even what new casino games may currently be in vogue.

All About Slots

The old "one-armed bandit" is practically iconic of Las Vegas-style casino gaming, and has a heritage going back over 120 years. Although the best online blackjack tables attract many of those who enjoy card games, slots currently seems to top the list of the most popular casino games.

One reason that casino gamblers consider slots to be one of the best casino games is because it is entirely based on chance; no particular skills are needed, therefore "newbies" are frequently attracted to the best online slots. It's also very non-threatening; since one is playing by, and against one's self, there's no outside pressure or judgment when losing.

The main attraction of slots however is the adrenaline rush and resultant flow of endorphins. Playing the best online slots can be highly addictive, due to the fact that when they pay out, they can pay out bit. 

The opportunity to win a million dollars or more in one fell swoop is irresistible to most of us. This is one reason that the best online slots are also considered to be the best casino games, whether land-based or online.

Card Games

Traditional card games such as poker and blackjack are also among the top casino games played online. There is little agreement as to which site offers the best online blackjack, but some sites allow one to download "practice" games that can simply be played for pleasure or used to improve one's skills in preparing to play for real money at the best blackjack online casino.

Other Top Online Casino Games

Video poker is the original cyber-version of one of the top casino games in the U.S.A., dating from the 1970s when the first personal computers arrived on store shelves. 

Like the best online blackjack, video poker allows the skilled player to have an edge over the house - although bluffing will probably not work as well as in the real world.

New casino games online include roulette, baccarat and keno. The online gamer will even find virtual bingo parlors on the World Wide Web. Whatever you consider to be the best casino games on the strip in Las Vegas, chances are you'll find them online as well.

"MrElPaso" Wins Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event

"MrElPaso" Wins Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event

Bodog Poker Open IV champion takes home top prize of $36,447.50, lands feature in international poker publication

For Immediate Release 

Nov. 9, 2009 

The online poker world crowned its newest superstar Sunday night when "MrElPaso" outlasted a field of 257 players, including a number of top online poker pros, to capture the Championship Event of the Bodog Poker Open IV. Along with his first place winnings of $36,447.50, "MrElPaso" will also be featured in a multi-page spread in an international poker magazine and receive extensive coverage on Bodog.com and the Bodog Beat.

"With the Bodog Poker Open IV, Bodog.com has given online poker players of all stripes the chance to win big while garnering the exposure they deserve," says Bodog Poker Pro David Williams. "I'd like to personally congratulate 'MrElPaso' for his impressive victory in the Bodog Poker Open IV. His win cements his status as one of online poker's newest stars, and I'm confident we'll be seeing him at plenty of final tables to come."

The $500 buy-in Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event capped off a weeklong series of tournaments at Bodog.com that drew a total of 2,646 online poker players competing for more than $368,000 in cash prizes, with $65,000 in additional prize money added by Bodog.com. The Championship Event itself featured a total cash purse of $145,790, including $25,000 added by Bodog.com.

Quickly establishing itself as online poker's most popular new tournament series, the fourth installment of the Bodog Poker Open drew a number of notable pros to the Bodog.com poker tables on Sunday, including Bodog Poker Pros David Williams and Evelyn Ng, and online poker pros "nevertilt22," "UFpokerStar" and "ari." Despite the formidable field, "MrElPaso" was able to emerge victorious to take down his biggest cash to date. Finishing in second was dvbronco, who pocketed $24,419.82, and in third place was ari, who earned $16,182.69.

The Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event final table results are as follows:

MrElPaso

dvbronco

Ari

JazzyFace

bklynzto81

naskoxx

ello

ShuMoneyTonite

LIVIN LOUD

The Bodog Poker Open IV kicked off on Sunday, Nov. 1, and featured two parallel tournament series: the Championship Series and the Contender Series. The Championship Series featured higher-stakes buy-ins along with $62,500 in added prize money courtesy of Bodog.com. Each event also awarded a T$500 seat into the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to the winner. 

Featuring lower buy-ins, the Contender Series also awarded a T$500 seat into the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to each event winner, while the remaining final table players earned entry to the Contender series finale (T$50) held on Sunday, Nov. 8. With $2,500 added to the prize pool, the Contender Series finale gave players incredible value for their buy-in, and it was "hitchchops" who took full advantage of that, walking away with the first-place prize of $3,268.10.

With another successful Bodog Poker Open in the books, the action at Bodog.com continues with a full slate of online poker tournaments catering to every level of player, including Bodog.com's Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament. Qualifiers for the $100,000 Guaranteed event start for as low as $1 and run daily.

For more details on the Bodog Poker $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament, visit: http://poker.bodog.com/tournaments/100k-guaranteed-tournament.html. 

About Bodog 

The Bodog licensing enterprise (www.bodogbrand.com) is a branded venture capital and licensing organization with its head office in the Caribbean nation of Antigua. BodogBrand.com holds the global rights to license the Bodog brand across all sectors, and its mandate is to partner with and/or license the brand to carefully-selected licensees to accelerate partner growth while simultaneously extending the Bodog brand into new and adjacent markets. BodogBrand.com currently licenses the Bodog brand to a variety of brand licensees for an array of products and services worldwide, including online gaming, music, and other entertainment properties. For more information, visit www.bodogbrand.com. 

About Morris Mohawk Gaming Group 

Morris Mohawk Gaming Group (MMGG) is the exclusive licensee of the "Bodog" brand for online gaming services in the United States and is led by Alwyn Morris, Olympic gold medalist, Order of Canada recipient, noted Canadian sportsman, First Nations leader and former Associate Director for the Mohawk Council of Chiefs in Kahnawake. MMGG is located in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake – part of the seven communities that make up the Mohawk Nation - just outside Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission to offer gaming services from Kahnawake to users worldwide. For more information, visit www.morrismohawk.com. 

Betfair and William Hill target India

October 27, 2009

Betfair and William Hill target India

By James Thompson

Online Sportsbook 

Foreign operators bid for licence in Indian state to grab share of $60bn market

Britain's biggest betting companies are bidding for the first online gambling licence in India to gain a slice of the country's $60bn (£37bn) betting market. The high-street bookie William Hill, along with internet players Betfair and Bwin, are bidding for the internet licence in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in early September. A decision is expected in the next two weeks.

Some 13 betting companies, including local Indian operators, are battling it out for at least three licences in Sikkim. Sources said they want their betting services live from April 2010 - in time for the football World Cup in South Africa. The bookie Ladbrokes and the online specialist 888 are also considering bidding for a licence in Sikkim.

The licence holders will be able to promote their services in Sikkim, but they expect to be able to take bets from all over India. While Sikkim has a population of less than 600,000, India has a rapidly growing population of 1.2 billion. Furthermore, once other Indian states see the huge revenues and tax receipts flowing into Sikkim, they are likely to follow suit. Internet penetration in India remains low by Western standards, but is soaring in the more affluent states.

A William Hill spokesman said: "I can confirm that we are interested in entering the Indian market and we are in discussions with potential partners at the moment." Under Indian law, foreign companies have to partner with a local joint venture operator to launch in the country. William Hill is thought to have held talks with Global Torrent International, based in Sikkim.

Betfair, the peer-to-peer betting exchange, is partnering with Agilisys Managed Services. Betfair, which declined to comment, and Bwin, which did not return calls, have had teams on the ground in India for some time.

A Ladbrokes spokesman said: "We are watching the space to see what happens because there are several partner opportunities to get a licence in the province of Sikkim." 888, which also declined to comment, is also considering bidding for a licence in Sikkim.

The only legal betting activities in India are horse racing, trackside at meetings, and gambling at casinos in just two states, Goa and Sikkim.

According to official figures, legal operators of casinos and horse racing operations make about $400m in revenue in India each year from an estimated total betting turnover of $20bn.

But on the black market - of which cricket accounts for more than half - the total value of bets waged in India each year is at least $40bn. As a result, illegal outfits generate combined operator revenues of about $2bn each year. Online accounts for only a fraction of the overall market.

As all black market betting in India is done on credit, the current default rate - where either bookies or customers do not pay - is estimated to be about 40 per cent, which is a key opportunity that foreign betting companies are keen to exploit. But a degree of uncertainty remains about how the Sikkim licence will apply outside the state. As online gambling will be illegal elsewhere, it is thought that anyone placing a bet with the licensed operators in Sikkim will be breaking the law. But it is believed that criminal liability will be with the customer and not the licence operator in Sikkim.

Playtech Introduces the New and Improved Poker Client

Playtech Introduces the New and Improved Poker Client

Wed Nov 4, 2009 

Online Poker 

 DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, November 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Playtech is

pleased to announce the release of a brand new version of its poker client,

deployed on iPoker, the world's largest poker network, with over 35,000

concurrent players, and on iPoker.it, already one of the leading Italian

networks. The new client boasts an innovative, intuitive design and a variety

of exciting fresh tools and features.

     The new poker lobby welcomes players with an appealing, user-friendly

interface. Improved, easy-to navigate search options enable players to find

their game of choice swiftly and simply from a broad menu of cash tables,

tournaments and casino side games.

    Player convenience is integral to the new design of the client and a

variety of functions have been incorporated that allow for unparalleled and

uninterrupted game-flow. One of the most significant improvements is the new

multi-currency option, available in British Pounds, USD and Euro, that frees

up players to enjoy the game in their local currency, and bypass the currency

conversion process. 

The new Auto top-up, linked to the cashier, is another user-friendly convenience tool, aimed at maintaining game momentum. Players sitting at multiple tables simultaneously can now define conditions automatically, for buying chips and for topping-up their stack at the end of a hand.

    Other innovations aimed at ensuring fun and fast-paced navigation and

game-play include a five-step quick seat functionality enabling players to

easily find a seat at the cash table or tournament of their choice. A hand

for hand mode function has been added to keep the game moving during the

bubble in multi-table tournaments. 

Additionally, the brand new tournament time-bank facilitates game flow and enhances the player to player experience by offering players a predefined allotment of extra time throughout the tournament.

    Another exciting enhancement is the new my buddies functionality, that

offers players full management of their buddies list. Notes about buddies can

now be added and viewed also when a buddy is offline.

Danny Frishman, Playtech's Head of Poker, notes: "We are delighted to

introduce the new Playtech Poker version which includes exciting, innovative

ideas that enrich our poker offering. Playtech is dedicated to anticipating

the needs of its licensees and their players and we aim to continue improving

our poker product, to ensure we remain at the forefront of developments in

the international online poker arena. This is only the first step in a far

reaching overhaul of the client. In the next version we look forward to

revamping the poker table and introducing a wealth of additional exciting

features and tools."

    About Playtech

    Playtech, the world's largest publicly traded online gaming software

supplier, develops industry leading platforms shaped to provide operators

with the added value and optimized business performance needed to capitalize on the growing world market for multi-activity gaming operations. Playtech has know-how garnered from years of experience in penetrating new markets and providing packages to suit the specifications of a diverse range of

countries.

The company also has extensive expertise working in regulated

markets, having established global credentials, and a reputation for

responsible and transparent gaming.    Website: http://www.playtech.com