By Casinomom | 10th February 2011 | Casino News
Thirteen of the thirty-three Chilean miners who were stuck in an underground mine between August and October 2010 have participated in a fundraiser to raise money for American miners at a Florida casino.
The operation to rescue the Chilean miners was a major international news event and people worldwide prayed for their well-being and safe rescue. After 69 days of being trapped in an underground gold and copper mine shaft, they were rescued one by one. Since their return, the miners have been interviewed numerous times, received invitations from all over the world to receive honors and recognition, and have reached a peak of celebrity.
The thirteen miners were invited to play blackjack at the Coconut Creek Seminole Casino, Broward, Florida, to be honored at the “Tribute to Heroes and Miracles” fundraiser. The event raises money for the United Mine Workers of America, the American Cancer Society and Disabled American Veterans. They were honored with with other heroes, including two Bay County School Board officials who helped deter a crazed gunman during a December shooting at a school board meeting.
Mario Sepulveda, a miner who made funny and cheerful transmissions from the mine during the rescue and was later nicked named “Super Mario,” said” “People are always asking us how our lives have changed…. We’re still the same people, but this experience has made it possible for us to feel the warmth of strangers from all over. It deeply touches you, and makes you realize that humanity is all connected.”
While the thirteen miners were in the casino, they tried their luck playing Online blackjack and other casino games. They also took photographs with other casino players and guests who were at the ceremony and casino.
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By Casinomom | 24th January 2011 | Poker News
A man from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with 34 years of sobriety was served liquor by accident at Casino Nova Scotia. His reaction was so dangerous that it got him banned from the casino.
The 57 year old man, Emmet Peters, has been sober 34 years, after quitting drinking when he was in his 20s. His drinking problem began at the age of 13 in reaction to the death of his father.
On 6 January Mr. Peters was playing at the poker table while drinking a ginger ale. He ordered an additional ginger ale from the casino waitress, but, when taking a sip from his glass, was horrified to find that the drink she served him was in fact a beer.
In his fright, he threw the glass down on the table with rage and it shattered violently, upon which fled the casino. He claims it took him days to take in what had happened at the casino, and that he specifically stated to the waitress that he doesn’t drink alcohol.
Peters was deeply traumatized from the ordeal and said that he felt violated, describing the experience as a painful reminder of the day he stopped drinking. He felt like he lost his sobriety and couldn’t stop crying from the thought of what had happened. Even after the incident, while eating out in restaurants, he found himself asking the waiters over and over if they could be certain that he had been served only non-alcoholic beverages.
Although he feels that the casino wronged him, the casino’s management has banned him from entering the premises for three months. They did apologize for the mistake, however, stating that the staff was spoken to about the importance of not serving alcohol to people who never ordered it – and specifically not to people who asked never to receive it.
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By Casinomom | 20th January 2011 | Online Casino News
A casino dealer who suffered a heart attack while on vacation with his wife was heroically saved by two Whitianga, New Zealand, cruise ship skippers. The casino dealer and heart attack victim – who wishes to remain anonymous – was on vacation with his wife.
Darryl Syme and Steve Miller performed CPR on him while aboard Mr. Syme’s Cathedral Cove Scenic Cruises boat along with three other people on 9 January. Syme’s boat and Steve Millers boat, Steve Miller’s Cave Cruiser, were anchored at Mahurangi Island when they noticed the casino dealer’s wife screaming after seeing her husband floating on his back when he was out snorkeling by Hahei, on the Coromandel Peninsula.
Syme, along with his granddaughter and Pete Wills, a Cave Cruiser assistant who was already in the water, helped retrieve the man from the water. Back on board the boat, Syme and Miller started chest compressions on the man. The CPR they preformed took around 45 minutes after which rescue arrived: a Tairua-Pauanui Coastguard’s Lockwood Rescue Boat and a Westpac Auckland Rescue Helicopter.
St. John team leader Steve Morgan says the casino dealer was “a very lucky man” because the survival rate is about four percent and that also depends on having a shock delivered within 10 minutes. “To survive after this long, there needs to be monumentally good CPR and the guy needs to be lucky. The two men who did CPR did everything absolutely book-perfect and we were able to retrieve him,” he added.
The casino dealer is a Taiwanese man who has lived in New Zealand for around 17 years. The casino dealer’s wife said her husband was now a lot better but faces a long recovery. “We want to thank them all. We really appreciate they saved him and did a very, very good job,” she said.
Mr. Syme and Mr. Miller stated that, despite it being the first real-life resuscitation for both of them, they felt they had done what they needed to do.
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By Casinomom | 18th January 2011 | Poker News
A new study on gambling has found that the more hands you win playing poker, the more money you are likely to lose. The theory goes way beyond the poker table and it suggests implementing the research findings in real life to avoid great losses in life.
27 million hands of online poker have been analyzed by Cornell University sociology doctoral student Kyle Siler in search of understanding gambling much better. His bottom line conclusion: the more hands you win at poker, the more money you’ll likely lose. Siler was not interested only in researching poker or online poker, but more in shedding light on how people handle risks, rewards and a variety of payoffs. His research findings were published last December in the online edition of the Journal of Gambling Studies and are due to be published in print later this year.
He used a software system to track poker games and results and to analyze the data. That’s when he found the relationship between the quantities of poker hands won to the sum which was lost. Another finding was that beginner and less experienced poker players lost more hands and money.
In summation: most of the hands won were smaller wagers; the longer you play and gain confidence, the more you are likely to blow your money in one go; and low stakes players do better with numerical pair cards than with aces or kings, queens or jacks, because their higher values are more difficult to perceive.
So whether you play poker with friends or video poker online, Siler suggests that people consider implementing his findings in life as we gamble on an everyday basis: while driving, investing, buying property and even crossing the street.
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By Casinomom | 14th December 2010 | Online Casino News
Since the new two casinos in Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands, opened around half a year ago there have been several reports, about once a month, on casino related crimes. Some Singaporeans are turning to playing at an online casino to avoid any potential risk there might be in being at land based ones.
Already back in February, the first casino crime was committed by an Indonesian man who lost all his money and stole a mobile phone from an undergraduate at Changi Airport. He was sentenced for 4 weeks in jail.
The crime that month was an under aged Mongolian foreigner who used a friend’s passport in attempt to gain entry to the. A few days’ later 5 Singapore residents were arrested for trying to dodge the $100 levy.
In March, a 46 year old woman was accused of claiming a $630 casino cash voucher that belonged to someone else. In April, three men: two Frenchmen and a Spaniard were arrested for cheating at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino. Also a cashier was accused for stealing $10,000 from the casino. In addition, a Chinese man who was caught cheating while playing a dealer.
May was a record breaking number of committed casino crimes that began with an ex cab driver posing as his brother attempted to cheat at casino games. Then a Malaysian cook, who stole $140 of casino chips, next was a hairstylist who stole a handbag from casino grounds, followed by a hoax bomb threat on casino. A man was also arrested for connection to a power blackout which was deliberate at Marina Casino. May was finished by some more tourists being arrested whilst trying to cheat at the roulette table.
Some casino players avoid land based casinos and prefer an online casino because there are so many crimes which take place there. Lu Wan Cho, an online casino player, said when asked on his thoughts of these crimes “luckily no one got hurt in the process of all these outrageous casino crimes” , “I feel safer at home, the privacy of playing and winning at home give me an edge on not behaving in a rash manner. Also, I don’t half to walk around with large sums of money on me, putting me in potential danger”
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By Casinomom | 17th November 2010 | Blackjack News, Online Casino News, Poker News
With thousands of games to pick from online, there has never been a more exciting time for people to play at their favourite casino online. Millions of people use the internet to play games online, but now there is an all-time high. Finding the right game to play can sometimes be tricky.
The most popular games to play at a casino online are blackjack, poker, and baccarat. With blackjack, the player has a good chance of winning. If you have a good blackjack strategy it is possible to win good money playing it online. Read up on blackjack strategies on the internet if you want to become a serious player and up your chances of beating the house. A good strategy may just be a chart that tells you how to play the cards you are being dealt. You can’t expect to win every hand, but a good strategy will definitely help you win more often.
Baccarat is another people-favourite and is often played by high rollers in land-based casinos. The game is most popular with players with large bank rolls and very often you can spot a large credit player at the baccarat tables in Las Vegas casinos. To beat the game, a player needs to get a hand as close to the number 9 as possible. Like many games, you can read up on different game strategies online. Always check out a few different sites to compare the techniques.
Poker is as popular today as it has ever been. Almost every casino online offers poker as a main attraction. You can join an online poker tournament, play freeroll poker, live dealer poker and more. If you want to improve your poker skills, read up on poker rules before hitting a poker room.
Look for great welcome bonuses for new players when picking the right casino for you. Having some free money to play with makes playing online a whole lot more fun.
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By Casinomom | 11th November 2010 | Casino Game Updates
We have all been to a land-based casino made of bricks and mortar. The good old-fashioned casino doesn’t take much to put together. With just a few decks of cards, some good cigars and a few bottles of your favourite whisky you can round up a bunch of people and get a casino started.
Today, however, putting together a modern casino is not that simple. Electronic casinos, otherwise known as an internet casino, are a lot more complicated to put together. You need tech-savvy programmers, web masters, and other such technical people to get a solid internet casino up and running well. A lot of casino players don’t realise how much modern technology goes into an online-based casino.
The online gambling industry requires experts in the field and usually such experts are paid very well. The industry has created a lot of noise amongst venture capitalists and business entrepreneurs.
Today, the online gaming business has become very large and very competitive. Online casinos are outsourcing a lot of the back office requirements such as hosting, security, backup and money processing.
There are many different ways to set up your licensing. Even with the information available on the internet, understanding the process of building an internet casino is far more complex than putting together a live casino. It may be easier to set up an internet casino today than it was ten years ago. With the development of technology, there are fewer problems with setting up an internet casino than ever, but there are still many obstacles.
With as little as $10,000, private entrepreneurs can put together an internet casino with low costs and high returns. As a result, the casino servicing industry is also on an all-time high, offering key elements in helping to build a successful internet casino.
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By Casinomom | 1st November 2010 | Online Casino News
A new casino opened up last week in the UK with an interesting name, Blush Bomb. Why the interesting name, you ask? The casino is targeting the female online gaming market and hopes to bring women from all over to play on their site. In addition to the regular casino games that you would normally expect such as bingo, roulette and slots, the site also offers news and celebrity gossip. The online casino stated that they are looking to provide female players with a comfortable and safe place to play online. In a statement,Blush Bomb explained that the site was intended for women, “to have a flutter on casino and bingo games, lust after their favorite luxuries, read articles, gossip and celebrity news and enjoy promotions and competitions from much-loved online and high street brands.” The new online casino is not pushing away its male audience, but is putting more emphasis on their women visitors. The site plans to offer activities that are suited specifically for its female players.
The casino, Blush Bomb is operated under the Gaming Authority of Malta and was founded by Justina Cruickshank who is in charge of setting the feel for the site. Before the official launching of the online casino, the site ran a social media campaign on Facebook and was able to get over 1,000 female followers. Players are now able to chat with Carolyn McLeish, the social media optimizer who is running the Facebook campaign, and talk gossip till the Gossip and Community section officially opens up on the site.
The software for the casino is in Flash and is available for your PC and Mac and can be viewed from all major browsers. Slot games include Elvis A Little More Action, Rainbow Riches Win Big Shindig and Monopoly Here and Now. Bingo, instant win and video poker games are also available and live casino games are in the making.
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By Casinomom | 19th October 2010 | Casino Game Updates
An online casino player in Germany won a €167,500 Royal Flush Jackpot playing at Casino Club two years ago and has still not seen a penny of his winnings.
The player, who won playing a video poker game online, was advised by the staff at Casino Club to continue playing with his winnings to win a bigger jackpot. The player decided not to touch his jackpot and discovered two weeks later that that all his money, including a €25,000 deposit was confiscated by the Maltese online casino. The casino claimed that the player had broken every possible online gaming sin in order to obtain the jackpot, which was then unfairly won. According to the casino, he used software that allowed him to gain an advantage over the casino software used by Casino Club.
The player, who had been playing at the online casino since 2003, made many deposits in the past and never faced a problem until winning this jackpot. After the player contacted the LGA, Malta’s online gaming regulators, he was informed that the debt was unenforceable.
The player continues to press charges in hopes of returning €198,756.94 to his account, but the incident has left many questions to be asked about the Casino Club.com. Having a players winnings confiscated and claiming debts are unenforceable in Malta sends out a concerning message to all online players.
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By Casinomom | 5th October 2010 | Casino Game Updates, Online Casino News
Saturday was International Day of Non Violence; a day in which non-violet approaches are used to promoted positive results. The day, which was initiated by the UN government, was instigated to help the media raise attention to the subject matter. The birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, preacher of peace, was chosen as the date to represent this issue.
There have been many stories of illegal violence in the backstreets of various casinos. We’ve all heard of the stories. With online casinos however, the scene is created to be a safe and secure way to play online.
ECOGRA is responsible for the online gambling industries standards of behavior. They focus on fair and responsible gaming and offer a certification only to sites that work within certain player protection standards. Carrying an eCOGRA certificate means that players can be sure that there is a high level of player protection and that the standard of quality is continuously being monitored.
People playing on websites that carry the eCOGRA certificate can be sure that problems or complaints will not leave to a violent response. Sites carrying the certification have a responsive customer care team that is trained to advice people in the case of a disagreement. If necessary, the eCOGRA will also act as a middle man.
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