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Increase in South Africa Gambling

Professional Gambler — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 22:11:04 +0000

Increase in South Africa Gambling

Since 1996, when the South African Government legalized gambling, the country has seen a rise in the numbers of casino and gaming establishments. As well the overall numbers of players have increased. Today, in excess of 35 brick and mortar casinos operate in South Africa. Additionally, an overall rise in gambling activities by over 250% has occurred over the last 6 years according to the South African National Gambling Board.

While online gambling in South Africa is a relatively new phenomenon, many forecast rises in the volumes of online players and additionally the amount of money wagered online.

Sources close to Ambercoast, an online casino operator with large numbers in the South African market, says the casino has seen similar significant rises of in the numbers of players over the last few years to those of land based casino

Ambercoast Casino specifically caters for the South African online casino market with deposits and payouts available in Rand as well as specific promotions targeted toward South African players.

At the moment, Ambercoast is providing new players with R300 free to commence playing. All new players will receive the free bonus just for signing up. This free money is given to players just to get started and play at Ambercoast Casino.

Ambercoast Product Manager Mia Collins says: “Players need to sign up to an Ambercoast account and they will receive the offer instantly to play can try out the online casino.”

“It is possible for a player to win and win big from this initial bonus offer. It would be a fantastic feeling for players to win something from a free bonus offer.”

As the South African gambling industry continues to grow, so to does many online gaming operators. The opportunity for the player is ever present as they will se through increased promotions, gaming options and games available.

About AmberCoast Casino

AmberCoast has long prided itself in being a market leader in the online casino market. Now with many markets covered and deposit/withdrawal options in many currencies. The free R300 present is available for all new players to take advantage of this great offer. Online casino AmberCoast treats all players as true VIP’s. This R300 bonus is testament to this fact.

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NeoGames now accepts Scandinavian Currencies

Professional Gambler — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:11:25 +0000

Today,NeoGames opens its doors to the Scandinavian market as part of a program to maintain itself as a worldwide and specifically Scandinavian leader in Scratch Cards.

NeoGames Partners has now dedicated local currencies for the 3 major Scandinavian countries Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with dedicated websites and all games in Swedish and Danish. This includes NeoGames’ original and market leading brands, Scratch2cash and Hopa.com.

Currently, NeoGames accepts US Dollars, British Pound and the Euro. Now with the new additions of the Scandinavian currencies, players will have wider payment options available to them.

The Battle for Legal Online Gambling in America

Professional Gambler — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:08:55 +0000

The war over the future of the online gambling industry heated up this week, as debate and dialogue not witnessed since the passage of the 2006 UIGEA raged in Washington.

WSOP Academy Presents the first ever Poker Mindset Academy

Professional Gambler — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:57:57 +0000

The World Series of Poker Academy, poker’s premier series of instructional camps where participants learn first-hand from the world’s greatest players, announced the first ever one-day Academy focused on developing a winning mindset. This innovative Mindset Academy will be hosted by world renowned Mindset Coach and author of the bestselling book Mind’s Power Unleashed, Sam Chauhan on Friday December 4, 2009 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

During the Poker Mindset Academy, Sam Chauhan will lead participants through interactive seminars and the first ever poker mindset live table lab, both of which have been designed to prepare participants for the psychological warfare often encountered during poker tournaments and cash games. Designed for players of all levels of experience, the event’s curriculum will focus on all aspects of developing a winning poker mindset, including managing emotions at the poker table, dealing with a bad beat, breaking through the barriers that keep poker players from achieving poker greatness, eliminating limiting beliefs, building the confidence that is needed to win and implementing powerful mindset techniques.

“I look forward to working with WSOP Academy participants to help them deal with the internal conflicts that they face when it’s time to make a big decision at the tables,” said Chauhan. “I plan on spending time working with participants to make them see what they don’t see, hear what they don’t want to hear and make them feel what they don’t want to feel. I’m going to help participants overcome the limiting beliefs that prevent them from achieving their best at the tables. I truly believe that mindset in the most important aspect of winning at poker.”

In poker, the reason why one player can come back from a bad beat while another player melts down and goes on tilt is due to their mindset. A winning mindset is crucial to achieving and sustaining success in poker and in life.

“Until recently, this is an aspect of poker strategy that has been neglected in poker. We are excited about offering poker player’s the opportunity to master the art of achieving the optimal poker mindset at this one of a kind Academy. Mindset is what differentiates consistent winning players from the rest. A common denominator amongst winning poker players is having a winning mindset”, said Brandon Rosen of the WSOP Academy.

Sam Chauhan is a masterful mindset expert who coaches celebrities, professional athletes, and poker players and is one of the most sought after mindset coaches in the world.

The World Series of Academy is a groundbreaking series of instructional programs featuring instruction from the best players in the game. From sessions that focus on No-Limit Texas Hold’em to special events like the Poker Mindset Academy, the WSOP Academy offers poker players of all skill levels the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn directly from the champions of the game and become champions themselves.

The cost of the Poker Mindset Academy is $899 and space is limited. The registration fee includes participation in seminars, live mindset table labs, breakfast and lunch. The WSOP Academy is also offering a special Mindset Academy and Cash Game Academy Bundle Package for $2,149 when combined with the Cash Game Academy on December 5-6, 2009. Seats do fill up quickly so call today to reserve your spot. For more information or to register visit www.wsopacademy.com or call 1.800.989.9767.

Anti-piracy measures could be online games developer’s saving grace

Professional Gambler — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:00:16 +0000

View the world’s present situation this way: technology advancing, internet too accessible, global economic crisis, brilliant minds developing online games, high software development costs, other brilliant minds hacking, and, the strong urge to play online games. It’s when these scenarios swarm over the society that piracy takes advantage.

Since the word “internet” existed, file sharing has been rampant to most online gaming enthusiasts. File sharing has been made easy among gamers and hackers alike. Hackers purchase the original software, cracks the product, and in a second, his sole copy of the original software would easily be duplicated. Some pirate online games for a living. They sell the pirated software in a cheaper price. What they’re doing is a little tease game – they know people would prefer buying the software that is cheaper no matter how “unoriginal” it is. Some pirate online gaming software just because they can and they like to. They don’t find it that necessary to sell the pirated software for a certain amount. Sharing the software through a peer-to-peer file sharing site or software is plainly their goal.

It would be an understatement to say that piracy is taking over online gaming, as a matter of fact; it has been killing industries that invest on intellectual property rights. But recently, various anti-piracy measures have been made and publicized by many online game developers. The use of a copy protection system and source codes has been suggested. Note that source codes shouldn’t be shared or easily be given away. In the case of online games with demo versions, the demo and full version should be separated and possibly have an online registration for both versions. And since the world is on crisis, it is suggested that online gaming companies sell their software in a cheaper price, if they can’t afford to just give away.

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BETandRACE New bwin Tournament Series Announced

Professional Gambler — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:27:48 +0000

The 3-D racing game BETandRACE organizes jointly with bwin, the worldwide renowned provider of online sports betting and games, the second major international online racing tournament series. Worldwide thousands of users have the opportunity to duel for attractive real-money prizes in sum of € 10.000, – for a period of 10 weeks. The bwin-tournament series started on April 17th 2009 at 7pm CET and takes place each Friday at the same time.

Innovation: To organize the tournaments even more fair and attractive, a splitting of the league into two groups – rookies and amateurs/masters was carried out. Thus, each user has a better chance to make sure of his share of the profit. Per tournament and league a pot of € 500, – will be split among the first 32 racers!!

Pötsch Arnold, managing director of Vanilla Live Games, is pleased to have bwin as partner on his side. “We are absolutely happy about the successful cooperation and the continuation of the tournament series. This shows us once again that BETandRACE is greatly appreciated within the gaming industry.”

„The co-operation with BETandRACE is an innovative approach to expand the bwin community with the exciting racing series, “says Kevin O’Neal, Press Officer at bwin.

Everybody can enter the contest as long as you register on http://www.betandrace.com/ in the category “tournaments”. New users only have to download the free game client and there you go. Special PC features are not necessary.

Additionally you gain an extra credit of € 10, — by bwin if you register on www.bwin.com/betandrace within the period of the tournament series.

Facts about BETandRACE:
Thousands of users across Europe are part of the BETandRACE community and duel on original adapted racing tracks in European cities like Berlin, Vienna, London and Paris. With officially licensed car models under three different weather conditions, players can compete and go for play money or real money (only players 18+).

€100,000 has been won!

Professional Gambler — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:28:18 +0000

Club Pearl member from France who preferred to remain anonymous,
won €100,000 on Scratch2Cash’s fantasy game, Fantasy Forest.

Friday, March 6th, 2009 at 21:45 was the moment that Scratch2Cash, the leading online Scratch card website, changed the day and life of one their Club Pearl member players by just one scratch.

The player, from France, who wishes to remain anonymous, is a high profile player at Scratch2Cash who decided to play a 10 Euro card on Fantasy Forest. Little did she know, that was the card that was going to win her 100,000 Euros. This is the first ever 100,000 Euros win that Scratch2Cash have experienced since launching 4 years ago. Before our anonymous player’s win, there was Giselle from France who scooped the Jackpot of 200,000 on October 2007.

Scratch2Cash representatives spoke to our Club Pearl winner who was clearly ecstatic by her win. The anonymous player told Scratch2Cash:

“Hello,
Thank you very much for this huge gift! The pressure dropped a little bit when I was playing, but I cannot explain the emotion when I saw all these zeros !!
I cannot believe I won 100,000 with what I call “my fantasy forest”.

To all players, do not despair. One day you will win like me… I wish you all to be happy!!! Big kisses to the whole Scratch2Cash team.”

‘Scratch and change your day’ is the official slogan of Scratch2Cash.com which clearly lives up to its name.

Scratch2Cash has over 30 fun and exciting scratch games which changed the lives of so many players. Last month, 31,995,191.9 Euros was won in total across a variety of scratch games and players. Scratch2Cash now holds the record to the highest and second highest online scratch card payout in history.

Click here to come and give us a scratch, you too could become a winner.