I hate to say it (believe me, I really do), but the Summer is coming to a close, folks. What’s that? You’d rather it did. Well then, maybe you haven’t heard the news that Summertime is the best time of year for online gambling. Oh wait – I take that back. It’s the best time of year (typically) for the casinos. You’ll notice I didn’t say the operative word, “players”, nor the word “online”, for yes, I am just referring to brick ‘n mortar casinos.
You see, online gambling doesn’t necessarily follow the same trends as the land-based industry. Of course, when it comes to economic factors, there are general trends which simply cannot be avoided. But on the whole, online gambling has fared much better than land-based casinos during these trying economic times. Needless to say, people are still wagering, and the fact of the matter is that the brick ‘n mortar industry still does more business than the internet.
Yet, the way things are looking, this could very well be changing in the near future. One reason why online casinos are still doing well in what is still a sluggish economy the world over, is, quite simply, that many of them are loaded. Where this is most evident is in the promotions and progressive jackpots. The most popular form of promotions are welcome bonuses, as the name of the game (for online casino operators, that is) is to get depositing players in the door. And there is nothing more tempting than free money, is there not?
The other big temptation is the prospect of becoming a millionaire or at least to win a sizeable jackpot in the thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is where the sway of wide area progressive jackpots come into play. Linked together via several online casinos powered by the same software platform, progressive jackpots are where the big bucks are. Sure, there are large slots tournaments that will give any Vegas Strip casino a run for its money. However, it’s the progressive jackpots that bring in the most.
In our next post, we will be talking more about the largest wide area progressive jackpot networks currently avaialable at online casinos, including the rise of several U.S. friendly networks.
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In what could be a sign of things to come for online casino gambling in the United States, Las Vegas-based Atlantis Internet Group has signed an agreement with the popular Cake Poker Network (powering U.S. favorite, Doyle’s Room), to create a wide area online poker network for players residing in regulated tribal casino State’s.
But according to the National Indian Gaming Commission, which oversees tribal casino regulations in the State’s, the Tribal Gaming Network is 100% legit. It’s also 100% loaded. Synced with over ten tribal casinos and potentially allowing players in thirty State’s to play online casino games, the Tribal Gaming Network has the potential of offering one of the largest wide area progressive jackpot networks on the Web.
Jadestone Networks has announced a new dice game, called “Liar’s Dice” has been launched live and is now available in multi-player mode throughout the European online betting demographic. In actuality, “Liar’s Dice” isn’t as new as you might think. Dating back to the travels – or rather – conquests of the Spanish conquistadors in South America, Liar’s Dice achieved popularity in the “New World”, only to receive a recent surge of interest after being featured in Disney’s hit movie, Pirates of the Caribbean (which your’s truly actually had the pleasure of playing an extra in!).
The game begins by each player rolling five dice – the outcome of which is only viewable to the player who is rolling. This is followed by one player making a bid (a dice hand between one-pair and five-of-a-kind), and a fixed bet that grows each betting round. The opponent will then have the choice of either folding or calling (contributing the same amount into the pot). If the bet is called, the player then has the option of challenging or accepting. A challenge puts all betting to an end and a winner is revealed based on the dice outcome. If the player accepts, the bet must be raised and the process is repeated with the other player. The game is over when either player folds or challenges. During the entire game, each player has the option of rolling one or or more dice two times.
Another day, another millionaire online. Okay, maybe it doesn’t happen every day. But in the vast world of online gambling, becoming a millionaire is not as rare as you might think. Granted, the odds that you and I personally will become a millionaire are very slim. Yet, isn’t it that way for everybody else? For those of us who are playing the right games at the right online betting destinations – which, these days, includes more than just online casinos – the odds get that much better.
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