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We at The Canadian Gambler would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I hope this year has treated you well. If not, I hope the new year will be better. For me the year had highs and lows, but the lows definitely outweighed the highs, so here’s to hoping that 2011 will be much better.
There were also some highs and lows when it comes to online casinos in 2010, and of course the lows get all the press.
This year saw many Rival casinos showing us the meaning of Rogue, and many players went unpaid. Some that were more vocal managed to get some money but they were slow-payed and given the run-around. I’m glad we Canadians are not allowed to play at Rival powered casinos.
Betfair recently made the headlines, and that issue is still ongoing with many players considering (or already taking) legal action against Betfair. It was quite the bonus blunder, many people are very upset with them and they have every reason to be. Read about it here: Betfair not so Fair
Those were a couple of the major lows from this year at online casinos, but there were many highs that you just don’t hear enough about. Many online casinos had great track records for the year, with fast payouts, good customer service, and just running great casinos. All of the online casinos that I played at (many of which are found on this site) and managed to cash out, promptly paid my winnings with no problems at all.
So again, Merry Christmas, and I hope 2011 brings you good luck and big wins!!
-The Canadian Gambler
Have you ever considered Mobile Gambling? You can actually play slots and other online casinos games, for real money, right on your cell phone!
This form of online gambling is really starting to catch on, more and more people are playing at online casinos from the palm of their hand every day. Cell phones can be used for pretty much anything these days, so why not use them for gambling online?
If you’re on a hot streak, why stop just because you have to leave the house?
Check out the mobile gambling options offered at All Slots Mobile Casino.
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| David W. | $5,310 | Mermaids Millions (WEB APP!) | Jane C. | £1,882.50 | Thunderstruck |
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| Paulo R. | €1,862.50 | Tomb Raider (WEB APP!) | Jessica L. | £1,508 | Thunderstruck |
| Christopher D. | $1,600 | Major Millions | Ross C. | £1,503 | Tomb Raider |
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| Billy S. | £1,407.75 | Mega Moolah (WEB APP!) | Tracey J. | £1,000 | Double Magic |
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Casino Rewards, an online gaming company which manages more casinos than any other group online has another millionaire to brag about. They have made A.D., a new player in the world of online gaming, $5.2 million dollars richer with a single spin of the progressive jackpot slot game Mega Moolah.
This is the second millionaire to win the jackpot at a Casino Rewards managed online casino, which uses Microgaming as their platform, and this recent jackpot will go down in history as the biggest jackpot win since Casino Rewards opened their virtual doors a little over a decade ago.
In 2008 there was a winner on the very same slot machine that brought home $5 million dollars after a single spin of the reels so it seems Casino Rewards has the “it” machines when it comes to making millionaires.
In total, Casino Rewards offers 16 progressive slot machines to their players; all of which are also offered at other Microgaming powered online casinos. The greatest thing about this win is how it was won – a free bonus! That’s right – the player used a free bonus they received when they registered their account. These free bonuses are offered at quite a few casinos from the brand and the fact that the player won $5,201,558.97 off of free cash it makes the win a whole lot sweeter, and to top it all off, it was only a 50 cent bet!
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The New Brunswick government is now seriously considering offering an online casino to its residents following in the footsteps of British Columbia and Quebec who both went online in 2010, and Ontario who will be launching an online gambling website in 2012.
While the rest of Atlantic Canada doesn’t seem to want anything to do with online casinos, the government in New Brunswick has instructed the Atlantic Lottery Corp. to seriously look at offering online gambling to the residents of that province.
“What has happened over the years because there has been very much a growth, a very large amount of growth in online gaming, all governments across Canada have looked at it,” said Marc Belliveau, communications director for the New Brunswick Department of Finance and the province’s Lotteries and Gaming Corp.
While all provincial governments in Canada have looked at the idea, only a few have stated that they are interested in the idea. Saskatchewan is one of the provinces that is “very interested” in the idea, but after living here all my life I know how fast things happen in this province.
If Saskatchewan launches an online gambling website, they will likely be close to the last province to do so, even though they are currently showing the most interest after British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick.
It is obviously a touchy subject with the public, and the only reason a provincial government wouldn’t show interest in the idea is because they are afraid of public opinion. Millions of dollars leave each province every month to what they call ‘illegal online gambling’ (even though it’s not technically illegal to gamble online in Canada). Offering fully legal online gambling from within a province would open them up to all sorts of tax revenue.
If the government of Canada was really smart, they would just legalize and regulate the online gambling that already goes on, instead of doing all the added work of offering their own online casinos. All they would have to do is license the online casinos to operate within Canada and tax them on revenues gained from Canadian players. That would also be a great thing for online gamblers in Canada because of the added protection the license would bring, not that the people at the Kahnawake Gaming Commission don’t already do a great job. All the government of Canada needs to know about doing all of this, has already been done in Quebec by the people of Kahnawake for years.
I’m not sure if I would ever play at a provincial online casino though, simply due to the fact that the payout percentages (or RTP – Return to Player) of land based slots in Canada is much lower than at existing online casinos. The RTP of land based slots in Canada is 92-94% (which is consistent with reports on the slots found at the BC online casino), while most online casinos offer slots with 95-97% RTP on average. While that doesn’t sound like a huge difference, it is calculated over millions of spins so it does make quite a big difference. I have always had better luck playing online slots than the slots at my local casino.
One of the most favoured games at any casino is Roulette. It offers players the chance of great returns on their wagers. Premier Roulette is leading the world of online gaming with a range of new features that can make your winnings even more significant and give you a higher edge on the game.
Some of the foremost features include the customization options, the 3D wheel zoom feature and the game speed options. With the customization feature, you can choose which table and background you prefer. You can choose your own or select one of the standardized designs to enjoy while you play. You can zoom in closely on the wheel with the 3D zoom feature and get a close look at the action. The other great feature is the speed option. Here you can play ultra fast with turbo mode or you can play at the standard speed.
You can vary between the two options and find which speed works best for you.
This table game is based on European Roulette, so the numbers range from 1-36 and there is only one zero. You can view your bet summary too, which is helpful if you like to work with odds and percentages. Bet ranges are from 1.00 to 200.00, another attractive feature as penny players and high rollers can enjoy endless and exciting options that are available in this graphically outstanding game. Play the odds and win great prizes when you spin the wheel to fortune with Premier Roulette.
Premier Roulette is due to be released on December 7th 2010 along with two new slots at 32Red Casino.
Two of the four new MicroGaming slots that were released yesterday, November 9th 2010, feature a new respin option. You can pay a certain amount to respin one reel at a time. The 5-reel slots with the new feature are Reel Gems and Retro Reels.
The cost of respinning a reel is determined by the odds of hitting big on that respin. If you see four high paying symbols lining up and want to respin a reel to try to line up five, it will cost several times your total bet. It’s quite cheap to respin the last few reels to line things up starting from that end, but the cost jumps way up when trying to line up the fifth symbol.
I tried it out in practice mode just to see how it worked, and I had mixed results. I found that the best time to use the respin is on Reel Gems, a ‘243 ways-to-win’ slot, when the wild symbols land on reels 2 and 4. You can respin the other reels to line up some very nice wins. Doing this I was able to increase my bankroll by quite a bit.
The worst I did was on Retro Reels when I was trying to line up 5 of the jackpot symbols. I got four to line up on reels 2-5, and then it cost $50 per respin on the first reel. I quickly lost all my money without hitting the jackpot.
So it’s best not to try for the biggest wins possible, as it can be quite costly, but you could get lucky and hit it on the first respin. It all comes down to the risk you are willing to take.
Try this new feature and the four new slots at Golden Tiger Casino today!
New slots are here! Four new online slots were released today at these trusted MicroGaming casinos, be one of the first to try them out!
The new slots released are Dolphin Coast, Monsters in the Closet, Steinfest, and Tiger’s Eye (click the names to read more info on each slot).
I gave them a quick test run, and so far my favorites are Dolphin Coast and Tiger’s Eye, they both gave me free spins in the short time that I played them. I landed a nice hit on Tiger’s Eye during free spins, see the screenshot below, I was only betting 40 cents per spin but ended up winning $40 by the end of the free spins.
The other two slots just took my money, and I don’t really like slots with two scatter symbols for different bonus games. It seems to add too many symbols to the mix and makes it tough to line things up or even just hit one of the bonuses, especially when there are only 9 paylines like on Steinfest. I will go back to play them some more, just wanted to give you my first impressions, though it looks like Steinfest will be another slot that I won’t play very often.
Try these fun new slots and more at these great MicroGaming online casinos. I recommend playing Tiger’s Eye first.
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On January 11th 2011, four new MicroGaming slots will be released to MG casinos. These new video slots include Hot Ink, Private Eye, Money King, and already a second slot in the Retro Reels series – Diamond Glitz.
This is one of the main reasons I like MicroGaming so much, they have been releasing 4 new casino games every month! Most of them being slots – my favorite.
Hot Ink has a tatoo parlour theme and features 1024 ways to win on a 4 symbol x 5 reel layout, free spins, and the new respin feature. This respin feature was introduced just a couple of months ago, and it enables you to respin a single reel for a weighted extra bet.
The Private Eye slot obviously has a private eye theme and features 243 ways to win on a 3×5 layout, free spins, and multipliers. Monkey King is a 5 reel slot that features stacked wilds and a multiple feature bonus game with the chance to win up to 25 free spins.
Retro Reels: Diamond Glitz is the second slot in the Retro Reels series of video slots. This new 5 reel slot features free spins, huge top payouts, and the respin feature which made its debut on the first Retro Reels slot.
Check the New Slots page for more info on each new slot.
Play the new slots at these MicroGaming casinos when they are released on January 11th.
A new feature was added to this website today that makes viewing images and groups of images much easier. If you have visited the Slots and Screenshots section before, you may have found it annoying that you had to open each picture in a new window or tab to be able to read the paytable information. Now, using a lightbox-style app, if you click on a screenshot it will pop up in the same window and give you the option to click “Next” or just click on the picture to go to the next image in that group.
Try this group of some of my winning screenshots for example by clicking on one of the images:
I think that is much better, and I hope you enjoy this new feature. Visit the casino below to create your own winning screenshots and share them with fellow gamblers on my Facebook page.
Due to recent events, it has been decided by many in the online gambling community to issue a warning to players to stay away from Bwin.com, and affiliates to stay away from their BeWinners affiliate program.
On Sept. 14th, 2010, Bwin announced their so-called “new and improved” affiliate program – BeWinners – with several new and shocking Terms and Conditions. These terms were blatantly obvious in their intent to steal money from the hard working affiliates who have been the main source of Bwin’s success over the years.
Why warn players to stay away and not just affiliates? Simply because if Bwin is willing to steal from its business partners, it is not a safe place for anyone to play at. This has been seen many times in the past, if affiliates are treated poorly, players are often treated worse. Most affiliates care about how the players are treated at the gambling establishments they promote, which is why many of us have decided to issue this warning.
Bwin and BeWinners have been contacted many times since mid-September and refuse to budge on these terms. Both the casino and affiliate program are now considered rogue at Affiliate Guard Dog.
Visit Belosers.com to read more about this issue and see the new terms.
