news; Microgaming Announces Blockbuster Deals

Microgaming announces it has re-signed Lara Croft on an exclusive licensing deal with games creator Eidos Interactive, in addition to agreeing a brand new deal securing Hitman for development as video slot games.

The Tomb Raider agreement gives the gaming software provider exclusivity to continue to develop games for online and land based casino platforms, while the Hitman deal allows it to develop a new range of slots games based on the hugely successful computer game.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend
This extension to the current deal is testament to the success of the Tomb Raider Video Slot, launched by Microgaming in October 2004. This new agreement focuses on Tomb Raider: Legend, the seventh and most innovative Tomb Raider title in the series, which has recently reached the No.1 chart position in every major video gaming territory upon its release in April this year.

Hitman
Currently one of Eidos’ best-selling games series’, Hitman features Agent 47, a ruthless assassin working for the ICA, who may also be making his big screen debut as Eidos has recently confirmed it has an option signed to a major Hollywood Studio for the feature film rights to Hitman.

Roger Raatgever, CEO Microgaming said, “We are delighted to have extended and secured exclusive rights for two such fantastic names - Lara Croft, arguably the greatest action heroine of the last decade and Agent 47, undoubtedly set for massive mainstream success later this year. Microgaming is committed to providing its operators with state of the art games that not only feature rich graphics and excellent game play, but also some of the world’s most famous action heroes too.”

“The success Microgaming has had already achieved with Tomb Raider for video slot gaming made them the perfect choice for the Hitman series, it is an exciting relationship for Eidos.” said Jane Cavanagh, Chief Executive, Eidos.

News:Golden Palace Buys Warren Buffett's Ukelele

May 26 - The online casino, Goldenpalace.com, that is famous for buying odd purchases for their traveling museum has struck again. This time they have placed the winning bid at a Warren Buffett charity auction and purchased his ukelele.

Warren Buffett is the second-richest man in the world after Bill Gates. Buffett has a reported net worth of $42 billion. One could argue that he is the most successful gambler of all time, as he made his fortune betting on stocks.

Whether or not Buffett is fond of the more traditional forms of online gambling that you can enjoy at Golden Palace is not known to us. Perhaps after a hard day of hedging commodities and controlling the fates of national economies he likes to unwind by playing a few hands of online blackjack?

The auction was run on eBay and featured a ukelele autographed by Buffett, who apparently also plays the instrument.

The ukelele was auctioned off by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the private investment firm created and run by Buffett, that is arguably the most exclusive high-rollers club in the world. The proceeds of the auction went to the Omaha Children's Hospital as Buffett's company is based in Omaha.

Golden Palace online casino placed the winning bid with only seconds remaining at a cost of $11,211.11.


You can go to Goldenpalace.com and take advantage of exclusive sign-up bonuses or read our Golden Palace Review.

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News:BingoTek Licenses Bingo to Riverbelle.com

May 23, 2006 (London, UK) – BingoTek (www.bingotek.com) has become the online gaming industry’s latest major arrival and will power free online bingo on River Belle (www.riverbelle.com), one of the world’s largest and most respected online casinos, powered by Microgaming software (www.microgaming.com).

River Belle’s free bingo game will be utilized as a lead generation programme for their online casino games, paving the way for pay-to-play bingo and upcoming slots additions that will be launched from the pay-to-play games.

River Belle plans to add these additional bingo games to its portfolio in the coming months, while its marketing agency, ForwardSlash, will be rolling out bingo games licensed from BingoTek to their other online casinos.

One of the BingoTek founders and chief consultants Graeme Levin, former founder and operator of the successful gaming portal Gambling.com, is now firmly focused on the new and rapidly growing online bingo market. “We aim to propel the traditional gaming experience to a brand new level with a proposition that will please and delight novice and experienced gamers alike”, Graeme says.

BingoTek’s first licensee, Bingodrome, has proved extremely successful. The popular site has consolidated its position as the best bingo game online by picking up one of the online bingo industry’s most prestigious awards, the coveted “Best Of Breed” award for April 2006 from BingoAwards (www.bingoawards.com), solidifying the site’s status as a firm player favourite.

More recently, BingoTek released Cyberslotz Bingo (www.cyberslotz.co.uk) in conjunction with partners RAL Interactive Limited. The UK bingo game has been met with enthusiasm from both new and existing players alike.

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TiPs#1:Slot machine winning strategies

You must understand one inescapable fact that is the secret to winning regularly on slot machines and losing less.

1. Don't expect to win every time we play a slot machine. Instead, more often than not, long term profits from slots to the returns from a few great winning sessions.

2. Having fun when you play slots is important, because relaxation is the key to any winning strategy. Psychologists have shown that having fun puts you into a proper frame of mind for winning at all games. If you are stressed out because you are playing on money you can't afford, you are likely to overlook clues and information that might have been the key to your success.

3.Play with the best slot machine payouts.Looking at the pay table of the machine can help you judge how often that machine returns a big winner and how often it returns smaller payouts.

Some machines offer six pay combinations per coin, others eight or nine, some fifteen or seventeen.Clearly, a machine with 15 or 17 winning combinations is going to offer more small hits than the machine with only six or eight. But that doesn’t mean the six or eight-combination slot is the machine you should choose.

the secret is the proportion of payouts that return the level of profit you are seeking. What many winning slot players look for is a 50% proportion of payouts larger than the total number of coins they are willing to put into that machine.

4.Look for the "Gamble" feature on the new bonus slots. This feature essentially allows you to manufacture your own jackpots.

5.Casinos set up bonus slots partly because they know players may get carried away with trying for a chance at a bonus round. Always remember your win goal, and if you hit it, quit when you're ahead.

6.when you finish the wagering requirement, STOP! It's time to savor your win! Remember that, if you can't ever stop when you're ahead, you can't win over the long run.

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Beginners Guide

Many online casinos and poker rooms showing up every day. Before deciding to gamble at an online casino or an online poker room try and choose the right online casino which will meet the standards of top quality, high trust, and a superb level of players service. Enhance your game using the free money that the casinos are offering. The casinos online are open and available twenty four hours a day seven days a week and ready for when you have the time to play.

Before you start gambling on-line, you should keep in mind important rules: Choose the casino carefully. Pay attention to the following:

- reputation of the casino
- software provider
- selection of games qualifying for wager
- bonuses offered (no deposit, Sign Up, Monthly , tournaments etc.)
- blacklisted countries
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Make sure you understand terms and conditions of the casino chosen. Contact the casino personally before betting real money if you are not satisfied with information provided by casino website.

In case of a dispute with casino, first try to settle it with the casino Manager, or in case you are not able to reach a settlement, contact the Interaction Gaming Council.

Remember that Terms and Conditions vary from casino to casino. Promotions

Once you have chosen your casino, make sure you take benefit of their current promotions. These usually come in the form of free chips, i.e. Sign-up Bonus, or Match Bonus.

Sign-up Bonus is usually offered once, when you sign up with the casino and can come in several flavors:
1. Straight Cash Bonus - a fixed bonus on your deposit.
2. Percentage Bonus - a percentage of your deposit, up to a certain fixed amount. Some casinos offer unlimited percentage bonus, but it's usually orientated towards "high rollers".
3. The monthly bonuses are bonuses which casinos offer to their existing players on regular (monthly) basis . That's my favorite type of bonuses. Often monthly bonuses are also percentage bonuses, but 100% match bonuses are not exceptions. 20%-30% monthly bonuses often targeted at the High Rollers. Of course you will need to invest more money to collect these bonuses. Some times the wagering requirements are carried over to the next month if you bust out before completing them .

Tanya N. is the developer of http://www.bonuswager.com, web site covering gambling news, features reviews on Casinos, bonuses promotions and more. Beginners guide to online casinos.

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