Don’t be fooled. Casinos can and do take action against players they consider to be abusing the bonus system. Many a player before you has been stripped of their bonus privileges and a huge proportion of disputes with online casinos are centred around bonuses. A typical casino response where they suspect abuse is to freeze your gaming account and to return your deposit. So the question becomes: what constitutes...

Personally, the jury is still out for me on whether poker bots are a good development or not for the online poker industry. In case you’re not familiar with the term, online poker bots are computer programs that help poker players to win based on the statistical data that is fed to them. It’s obviously argued by many that those players who rely on poker bots receive an unfair advantage over the others players...

In one of the more bizarre gambling related news stories that I’ve come across, I just read that a South Carolinian priest took a gamble – literally speaking – on a poker tournament to raise the remainder of his church’s 5.5 million goal to build a new facility. I should add that he did seek (and was granted) approval beforehand from his pastor. Reverend Andrew Trapp took part in the PokerStars.net....

There is apparently now one poker machine per every 110 people in Australia which means that the country now ranks amongst the top 10 international gambling centres in the world. Yep. That’s right … Australia is up there next to the likes of Macau and Monaco even. Actually, Monaco took out the top spot (with 1 machine for every 16 people!) but other surprising appearances in the top 10 (well, to me...

This 60 Minute clip is a bit outdated now but I’d say that the warning still rings true about the poker cheats that are still out there and that you shouldn’t ever let your guard down. I support regulation of the industry rather than prohibition. I think that tales such as these just strengthen my argument that the US shouldn’t be taking the approach of outright prohibition against online gambling but...

I recently came across the shocking story about the man who managed to lose nearly $127 million over the course of a year in the Caesars Palace and Rio casinos in Las Vegas sometime during 2007. Its believed to be one of the biggest losing streaks in history. The unlucky player is now in an ugly legal battle with the casino companies involved about whether they are partly to blame and should share some of the...

This clip where a guy bets his whole lifesavings on the single spin of the roulette wheel has been pretty widely circulated around the net. Whilst he got lucky (actually extremely lucky), I’d say there are at least two reasons why he’s a bit of an idiot (not mentioning the most obvious being that he bet every penny to this name!). First, he apparently placed a wager of US$138,000 on normal American roulette...

Google ‘Tomb Raider slots’ and you get nearly half a million hits which may give you some indication of just how strong a following this particular game has amongst the gaming community. There are scores of online slot machines these days cashing in on the cult-like following that Tomb Raider has generated. Microgaming is the software provider for the Tomb Raider themed slot game so you can expect...

Playtech, one of the leading gambling software providers, was just approved as an Associate Member by the World Lottery Association (WLA) … meaning that Playtech will expand its already enormous business even further around the world.  WLA membership offers Playtech the chance to enter new markets that it couldn’t previously. In case you haven’t heard of them before, the WLA is the global professional...

I only recently learnt about Pachinko machines which are a Japanese invented gaming device for amusement and gambling.  Pachinko machines are unique to Japan and are apparently found in pachinko parlors all over the country (which are easily identified by the bright, gaudy decoration and flashing neon lights). It’s kinda like slot machine meet pinball, but vertical, without flips and with a number of...