Reel De Luxe is the seventh unique, instant-play casino slot game at the three-dimensional casino, alongside 3 video poker games.

“A lot of players dream about the shopping they’ll do with their next big win,” said Michael Hilary, WinADay.com’s new manager. “The designer bags and shoes and expensive perfumes and watches spinning on the reels of this game will inspire any true shopaholic!”

Reel De Luxe is easy to play and with its “Present Bonus” feature, which awards up to 500x the bet, it can payout enough to fund a pretty extravagant shopping trip. There’s also a special Cash Bonus Game with prizes up to $1500 and for shoppers that look for the best deals around there’s a “Discount Bonus” – a discount from total bets on 3 spins up to 100 percent.

Like all of the slots games at WinADay.com, the new Reel De Luxe is tied to the WinADay progressive jackpot which, after a recent $200K win, is already back up to nearly $80,000.

The agency told news publication JoongAng Daily that it estimated black market revenues at between 9.3 trillion won to 30.5 trillion won last year, which is 125 pc to 411 pc the total 2008 ‘legal’ sales at the KRA. The Authority said that the increasing availability of Internet betting had contributed to the soaring black market.

Bets on horse racing in Korea can only legally be made through the KRA, which falls under the authority of the government’s Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and has three racing parks in Busan, Jeju and near Seoul. The agency also operates 32 betting venues, where the public can gamble while watching real-time televised horse races at the three parks.

A bidding cap of 100 000 won per race was criticised in the KRA report, with the agency calling it too low to keep people interested in legal betting, driving punters to the Internet. The agency said it would consider raising the cap for foreigners.

In an article in the Financial Times it has been reported that the advocate general of the European Court of Justice gave his opinion that European Union member states can grant a single operator the license to operate a betting and gaming monopoly. The advocate general went on to say that the member states do not have to recognize gambling licenses issued by other European Union countries. However, on the flip side the advocate general also said that as per article 49 of the European Commission Treaty even if there is a monopoly the principle of equal treatment and the transparency requirement must be adhered to. This implies that the license has to be issued after asking for competitive bids in a tender process. The advocate general gave his opinion in the cases involving Ladbrokes and Betfair versus De Lotto. The advocate general’s opinion is not legally binding but the practice is that it is accepted by the European Court of Justice. The cases are for from over with further hearings scheduled before a judgment is given next year.

The online gambling industry does not regard this as a victory for De Lotto or the Dutch government. John O’Reilly, Managing Director for remote betting at Ladbrokes pointed out that in the existing situation De Lotto can target British players in the United Kingdom but Ladbrokes had to stay away from Dutch residents. He said, “We continue to believe that the ECJ should uphold principles of free and fair competition across borders.” Sigrid Ligne, Secretary General of the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), referred to the rider in the advocate general’s opinion and said that the key issue in the Dutch case is that De Lotto has been repeatedly given exclusive rights without any tender process.

At the heart of the battle is the Dutch online gambling community that spends up to €450 million a year. It is hardly surprising that the Dutch government wants to keep this market to themselves and that European gambling operators want a slice of the cake.

When the casino software opens there is a tab shown that reads Roxy Palace online casino. Players can go to the Games menu and from there to any of the games categories and load any game. Once a game is open a tab for that game is created, which bears the game’s name. For example the player can click Blackjack in the Games menu and open Classic Blackjack. This will open Classic Blackjack and create a tab for it. The player can then click Video Slots and open the slot game Avalon. A separate tab is created for Avalon. In this manner the player can open up to five games at the same time and toggle between the games using the tabs. If the player tries to open the sixth game he gets a message “You have the maximum number of tabs open. Please close a tab and try again.”
To change between tabs all you need to do is select one of the other tabs and it will bring this game to the foreground.
Hovering over a tab and leaving the mouse there will slide down a view of the game that is represented in that tab.
Since you’re only able to have 5 games loaded in tabs when you reach that limit in the event you try to open another you’ll be presented with this error message.

The Multi Tab Gaming feature is a boon for the players who love to play games on Auto Play. They can set up online slot games or roulette or blackjack on Auto Play and then start wagering on games like video poker or Caribbean stud poker where constant inputs are required. From time to time they can click the tab of the slot games that are running on Auto Play. If any bonus feature has been hit on the slot the player can provide the inputs there and then switch back to video poker. If the Auto Play is complete then the player can reactivate it or he can close that game and load a new one.

The player can access the main casino menu anytime by clicking on the Roxy Palace online casino tab. He can access the Bank from their and deposit more funds or can check out the latest promotions Roxy Palace online casino has to offer. All this can be done while five games are running on Auto Play.

Roxy Palace online casino designates a number of games on which it offers double loyalty points. Currently some of these games are Scrooge, Tribal Treasure, Buffet Bonanza, Deck The Halls, Cashville, Bars and Stripes, Gladiator and Keno. Players can now load five of these games simultaneously and really pile on the loyalty points.

Beach Life is the flagship internet casinos progressive jackpot of Playtech. In the last 365 days it has paid out $8.2 million (including the present hit) in three hits averaging at $2.7 million. The only Playtech progressive jackpot to pay out more than this is Safecracker $5, which has paid over $10 million. However the average payout is much lower at only about $60k. This hit is the highest ever on Beach Life. The previous highest hit took place 16 months ago and was $4,238,508. The present hit just about beat the record by a little over $10,000.

Beach Life was released by Playtech in November 2006. It is a cheerful slot game with symbols evoking memories of fun holidays on the beach. The total bet per spin with all paylines enabled is only $1. This is one of the main reasons for its popularity. In order to hit the progressive jackpot the player has to get five Smiling Sun symbols on the 20th payline. If these symbols appear on any other payline the payout is 10,000 coins, which is also very attractive.

Before being hit Beach Life was the largest progressive jackpot online slot game. That position has now been taken by the MegaJackpots network of WagerWorks, which is ticking away at the equivalent of $3.7 million. This network consists of progressive jackpot slots like Monopoly, Cluedo and Cleopatra. Jackpot Piñatas of Realtime Gaming is at over $1.5 million and Mega Moolah of Microgaming is at over $1.3 million. The highest Vegas Technology progressive jackpot online slot game is Red White and Win, which is just about $1 million.

Another Playtech progressive jackpot online slot game registered a big hit a few hours before Beach Life. This was Gold Rally, which was hit for $617,737. Two major progressive jackpot hits of the same software supplier within hours of each other must be a rare occasion. However this has depleted the Playtech jackpot pool considerably. It will be a while before a Playtech progressive jackpot reaches the $1 million mark again.

The tournament will commence on November 19 and will run till November 22. It is open to players who have received the e-mail invitation. The tournament has a prize pool of $3,000, which will be distributed as follows. The first place winner will get $500. The players in the 2nd to the 14th places will get $100 each. The players in the 15th to the 38th places will get $50 each. Wagering requirements of 40 times have to be met on the prizes won.

This video poker tournament is being conducted by Elite Challenge. The tournaments conducted by Elite Challenge are unique in that the leader board is updated every 30 minutes. Therefore the players are continuously aware of their position and how much catching up they need to do. The top names are displayed on the leader board. The leader board gives the player’s name, nationality, how far behind the leader he is and the prize money he is currently eligible for. If a player does not see his name there he can enter his name in the search box and locate his position.

In order to provide players extra bankroll Casino Del Rio is offering a 25% match bonus during the currency of the video poker online tournament. The bonus is unique because there is no upper limit to the bonus. Players can deposit any amount they want and will get a bonus equal to 25% of that amount. The bonus and the deposit have to be wagered 40 times before requesting a withdrawal.

The other great attraction at Casino Del Rio is the Beach Life progressive jackpot online slot game. It is currently ticking away at $2.4 million waiting to make some lucky player a millionaire two times over. Casino Del Rio is powered by Playtech and licensed by the Directorate of Offshore Gaming of Antigua and Barbuda. Its operations are audited by Technical Systems Testing.

Casino Del Rio has Euro Partners as its affiliate managers. Several other online casinos managed by Euro Partners also offer Elite Challenge online tournaments. From November 19 to November 22 there is a slots tournament at Craps online casino with a prize pool of $3,000. During the same period Europa Casino is holding an online tournament exclusively for new depositors with a prize pool of $2,400. Players can wager on any game in this tournament.

The starter field included Jeff Sarwer, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Katja Thater, Thierry van den Berg, Marcel Luske, Noah Boeken, Antony Lellouche and Luca Pagano.

Following five days of tough action, the final table was set, with Skampa holding an impressive 432 000 chip lead over his nearest opponent, Stefan Mattsson (3 553 000). Other final tablers included Anthony Roux (2 839 000), Eyal Avitan (2 627 000), Luca Pagano (2 119 000), Laurence Ryan (1 338 000), Sven Eichelbaum (658 000) and Gustav Ekerot (502 000).

Skampa appeared confident throughout following his fourth place finish in thye EPT Vilamoura in November, pointing out that the Prague epic had been only his fourth EPT tournament and what a pleasure it was to win in his home town. The fact that the big entry field made EPT Prague the biggest yet Czech poker tourney was not lost on the young player either: “It was the biggest tournament in Czech Republic ever, so it feels marvelous,” he said.

The German player Sven Eichelbaum was the first to be eliminated after running into Laurence Ryan’s aces. He was followed by Gustav Ekerot of Sweden, bundled out by Eyal Avitan and then Luca Pagano was ousted from his sixth EPT final after a clash with Stefan Mattsson. Laurence Ryan’s run ended when he was busted out in fifth place, again by a rampant Mattsson, who took over the chip lead on the casino gambling proceeds.

Mattsson was himself pulled up short by Jan Skampa, who doubled up on the Swede to retake control. Shortly thereafter Israel’s Eyal Avitan was in action again, this time taking out Anthony Roux to make the contest a three-sided affair between himself, Mattsson and Skampa, with very little advantage in the trio’s chips.

It appeared to be going all Avitan’s way as the game progressed with aggressive play all round; he managed to take the chip lead but then took around three hours to finally knock out Mattsson, setting up the heads up with Skampa and looking goof with a 2 to 1 chip lead. It was far from a done deal, however as Skampa played a clever and disciplined three hour game to erode the Israeli’s advantage and eventually retake the lead….and the match.

We’ll be hearing a lot more of Skampa, an economics student at Prague’s St Charles University who for the past three years has been honing his poker skills on Internet sites.

Organised by Matchroom Sports the televised invitational event featured 72 poker aces from around the globe vying for the half-million dollar first prize in a shootout-style competition, with the final table taking place in London Friday.

Akenhead’s considerable experience in final tabling at both the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Events earlier this year stood the Brit pro in good stead, enabling him to defeat the top six survivors to take home the money. He faced players of the calibre of Luke Schwartz, Taylor Caby, Juha Helppi, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, and two online qualifiers from Full Tilt, Peter Vasiliou and Craig Wakeham.

When Mikkelsen was eliminated by Helppi in third place the heads up was set between Helppi, who had the chip lead, and Akenhead, but the latter managed to wrest control of the match after a relatively few number of hands, and emerge as the winner after a total of 4 hours of final table play.

The European Commission already issued a Detailed Opinion against the draft law for violating EC law requirements back in June this year, but this has apparently been disregarded by the Belgians online casinos.

Sigrid Ligne, Secretary General of EGBA said: “It is baffling that Belgium does not take into account the opinion of the European Commission that crucial elements of the law are in conflict with EC law requirements. And even more so with a view to the upcoming Belgian presidency of the EU: how can Belgium show leadership in the EU, if it blatantly chooses to ignore the EC Treaty?”

The Belgian draft law was sent to the European Commission and the other Member States on 27 March 2009. It subsequently received a Detailed Opinion of the European Commission because certain aspects are not compatible with the EC Treaty.

A number of Members of the Belgian Senate and Parliament did raise the objections of the European Commission against the law in their discussions, including:

* the requirement for online operators to be established in Belgium;
* the unjustified limitation of the number of available licenses;
* the requirement to have a server located in Belgium;
* criminal sanctions on consumers wishing to play with EU licensed operators

Despite these discussions, the Belgian government did not see the need to change these requirements and a majority in the Parliament voted in favour of the law on 3 December 2009.

“The law is not only highly questionable from a legal point of view,” said Ligné. “In the digital age, limiting the provision of online services only to those exploiting a betting shop or casino in Belgium doesn’t fit with reality. A high level of consumer protection can be achieved by specific and targeted legislation, not by protecting the operators with a vested interest in the current situation.”

The secretary general said that EGBA will study the law in detail and keeps all options open, including starting legal action as soon as the law comes into effect.

Under Directive 98/34/EC, Member States of the EU such as Belgium must notify the Commission and other Member States of draft regulations regarding products and Information Society services such as online gaming and betting, before adopting them.

This procedure is aimed at preventing Member States from creating new barriers to the internal market freedoms by giving the opportunity to the Commission and Member States to evaluate the content of a draft law before it is adopted.

The notification of a text to the European Commission opens a three month standstill period during which the draft text must not be adopted. This period allows the Commission and Member States to ascertain whether the draft text presents any unjustified barriers to the internal market. The Commission and/or Member States may then issue:

* A detailed opinion, if they consider that the draft text would, if implemented, create barriers to trade, services or establishment within the EU;
* Comments, if they consider that the text raises issues of interpretation or requires further details; or
* No response, if they consider that the text is compatible with EU law.

A detailed opinion attempts to prevent Members States from adopting a text which contains barriers to the internal market, or to urge them to remove the restrictive provisions, thereby avoiding unnecessary legislative work and future EU infringement proceedings.

Once a detailed opinion had been issued, the standstill period, during which the draft text must not be adopted, is extended by one month. If, after this time, the draft text is adopted without modification, the Commission can immediately commence an infringement procedure against the Member State’s newly adopted legislation.

The Belgian issue could prove an early challenge for the new European Commissioner for internal markets, Frenchman Michel Barnier, who is scheduled to take over from present incumbent Charlie McCreevy in February next year. Barnier is at present an unknown quantity, and may not pursue the EU principles as diligently as his predecessor, who was respected as a fair but determined enforcer of the “free movement of goods and services between EU member nations” principle.

The reason for the popularity of the event is obvious. It offers a guaranteed prize pool of $150,000. And there is no entry fee. Such opportunities are rare and players at Go Casino are seizing it with both hands. The prize pool runs deep. It will be shared by the top 500 players on the leader board. The first 20 players will share $75,000 in cash. The first place winner will get $40,000, the second place winner will get $12,000 and the third place winner will get $6,000. The player in the 20th position will get $300. The remaining players will share $75,000 in bonuses. 10 players in the 21st position will get a bonus of $290 each. 100 players in the 31st position will get a casinos bonus of $30 each.

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The online slot game designated for this event is 5-reel Wheel of Chance. Wheel of Chance is a popular slot for online slot tournaments because it offers plenty of scoring opportunities. Five wild Diamond symbols in enabled paylines offer a fixed jackpot of 8,000 coins. At a maximum line bet of $10 this pays out $80,000. When the wild symbol substitutes to make up winning combinations it doubles payouts. Five scatter symbols anywhere on the reels offer a scatter payout of 500 coins. At a maximum total bet of $200 this pays out $100,000. During free spins all payouts including bonus wins are tripled. There is also a Wheel of Chance bonus round. Therefore one lucky break can catapult players several places up on the leader board. Even otherwise Wheel of Chance is a very interesting slot game. It is themed on the Wheel of Fortune type television shows that offer fantastic life changing prizes. These prizes are depicted as symbols on the reels and show some nifty animations.

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