Archive for April, 2011

EGR B2B Awards 2011: Live Casino Supplier of the Year

April 30, 2011
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EGR B2B Awards 2011: Live Casino Supplier of the Year

EGaming Review magazine are holding their B2B Awards for 2011 this coming Tuesday night at Chelsea FC headquarters in London. It’s the second year these awards have been held, aimed at recognizing the best and brightest suppliers of technology products and services to the online gambling industry. Once again they’ve included a live gaming...
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Julija – Our live dealer of the week

April 29, 2011
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Julija – Our live dealer of the week

I opened an account at Party Casino some time early last year with a $200 deposit.  That $200 has risen to up to $450 and dipped to almost $100 over the last year of play. Never below $100 though.  Until today. After what can only be described as a shocking run of bad luck...
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VIP player junkets: Macau and Singapore

April 28, 2011
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VIP player junkets: Macau and Singapore

There’s been a bit in the news lately about the role VIP junket operators play, or should play in two of the world’s biggest casino markets…Macau and Singapore. Over in Singapore, where no VIP operator (junket operator) licenses have yet been issued by Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority (“CRA”), Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has accused...
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Entertasia becomes EntwineTech

April 26, 2011
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Entertasia becomes EntwineTech

Today a company by the name of EntwineTech put out  a press release detailing a license agreement they had signed with Victor Chandler for the supply of their live dealer casino games. The release surprised me for two reasons: Victor Chandler have only just added Chartwell/HoGaming live dealers and now already run 2 different...
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Antigua Barbuda, World Trade Organization, US part 2

April 26, 2011
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Antigua who? Antigua Barbuda might not be one of the world’s economic superpowers, with annual GDP equivalent to around one tenth of Mark Zuckerberg’s estimated net worth ($13.5 billion as at March 2011 according to Forbes – that’s Zuckerberg not AB) but in online gambling terms they’re pretty significant. They lay claim to being...
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Fortune Lounge Group expands live dealers

April 26, 2011
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Fortune Lounge Group expands live dealers

The Fortune Lounge Group is a marketing alliance of  bunch of well known Microgaming casinos. The Group currently comprises Royal Vegas, Platinum Play, 7Sultans, Vegas Palms, Vegas Towers and  Desert Dollar, some of which have been operating for over a decade now and boast a suite of over 400 games from players to choose...
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No losing bets for Australian online gamblers

April 22, 2011
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Now this sounds like a pretty good deal to me…from the players perspective anyway. Draft legislation is to be tabled next month in the Australian Parliament that will make it legal for Aussie gamblers to void any lost deposits made by credit card at online poker or casino sites based offshore. If you win,...
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Nina – Our live dealer of the week

April 22, 2011
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Nina – Our live dealer of the week

All I’m ever looking for when I’m playing baccarat are Banker wins…because that’s pretty much all I ever bet on. Boring, yes, but mathematically prudent – or so the experts say anyway. An engaging dealer doesn’t hurt the whole experience either so I guess my ideal baccarat dealer is someone like Nina, left, who...
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Live Blackjack UK

April 21, 2011
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Live Blackjack UK

Are you tired of playing live blackjack and being dealt to by gorgeous female dealers with thick eastern European accents? Personally I’m not, but horses for courses as they say. Prefer a croupier who wouldn’t be out of place dealing cards in Crockfords, Aspinalls or the Ritz Club in London? Well now you’ve got...
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Betsson Live Casino – welcome aboard!

April 20, 2011
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Betsson Live Casino – welcome aboard!

These guys popped up on our radar  early last year when they first added live dealers and then not long afterward decided to go with three exclusive blackjack tables.  That’s three more than some casinos running Evolution Gaming’s product and it means these guys are serious about providing a superior live gaming experience to...
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