A new online slot game has gone live at all Realtime Gaming (RTG) online casinos. The game is in the 5 reel, 25 paylines video slot format and has an ocean theme. The reels are set in the ocean depths with the ocean bed at the bottom and the ocean surface above beyond which can be seen some islands and the colorful evening sky in the background. The symbols on the reels include Fish, Seahorse, Shell and Crab. Even the high value card symbols are covered with sea weed. The slot game has been appropriately named Ocean Dreams.

Whenever a new slot game is released the first thing players look for is innovative features and Ocean Dreams does not disappoint. It has a wild symbol, Orca, which appears on all reels and functions as a normal wild symbol should. But there is a second wild symbol, Golden Orca, which is special. It appears only on reel 3, but doubles payouts when it is a part of winning combinations. The real value of the Golden Orca is seen in the free spins feature. Normally free spins are triggered when three or more scatter symbols appear anywhere on the reels. The conditions in Ocean Dreams are more stringent. The scatter Island symbols have to align left to right or right to left. But there is plenty on offer after that. Players are awarded 10, 25 or 100 free spins for 3, 4 or 5 scatter symbols respectively. All payouts are doubled. And all wild symbols are Golden Orca symbols, which appear on all reels during the free spins. The Orca and the Golden Orca offer handsome fixed jackpots. During normal spins five Orca symbols in an active payline offer a jackpot of 10,000 coins. And during free spins five Golden Orca symbols in an active payline offer a jackpot of 40,000 coins. The maximum line bet is $5. This results in a maximum payout of $200,000.

Some of the exciting features from the earlier RTG games have been incorporated in Ocean Dreams. Ocean Dreams is a Real Series online slot game and therefore has the two level randomly triggered progressive jackpots. The Major Jackpot is the larger one and the Minor Jackpot is the smaller one. There is no requirement of getting any alignment of symbols on paylines for triggering the jackpots. Ocean Dreams also has the Win-Win feature that RTG introduced a few months ago. If the payouts in the free spins round are in all less than 10 times the triggering bet the player will get the Win-Win bonuses.

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May will be a hot month at Omni Casino. Rarely has the casino announced so many promotions running concurrently. Players will do well to grab the opportunity. One of the promotions is already over. The Spring Cash Dash bonus of 110% was offered on May 8.

From May 10 to May 14 the Mid Week Crisis returns with a bang. This popular promotion offers $77 as bonus for a deposit of $77. Now players at Omni Casino can claim this bonus twice a day during the promotion period. This adds up to 10 such bonuses or $770 free playing money. In order to claim the bonus players have to e-mail customer support after making the $77 deposit and will have the bonus credited to their account in hours.

The pick of the promotions is the $5,000 Slot Madness tournament that kicks off on May 15 and runs till the end of the month. The tournament has a unique format. Players have to wager on any of the 9, 15, 20, 25 or 30 -line slot machines offered at Omni Casino. The casino is powered by Playtech and offers some excellent slot games that meet these requirements. The current favorites are La Chatte Rouge, Fantastic Four, Fairy Magic, Blade and Desert Treasure. For each spin in which $1.25 or more is wagered players will earn one spin tournament point. The 20 players who accumulate the most spin points during the promotional period will share the $5,000 prize pool. The top three players will get $1,350, $900 and $675 respectively. Omni Casino has announced that this Slot Madness tournament will become an annual spring slot tournament held in May.

There is something for new members who sign up between May 10 and May 12. The usual welcome bonus at Omni Casino is 100% of the deposit with an upper limit of $100. On these three days the upper limit has been enhanced by $50. This is the right time for players who have been thinking of signing up at this excellent online casino.

The latest issue of The Omni Times Newsletter has reviewed yet another of the slot games that have been promised this spring. This is an addition to the Marvel Movie series of slots that have attracted millions these past few months. The chosen superhero is Punisher. The list of features is seemingly endless. They include 30 paylines, a top base award of 10,000 coins, free spins, a mystery progressive jackpot, an accumulation feature, a 2X pay symbol and more. The Omni Times says Punisher will be “nothing short of damaging to your senses”.

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It has been around for quite awhile that the online gaming software developer Playtech will release a pack of nine new slot games this spring. However, no date has been announced for the launch. The Omni Times, which is the newsletter of Omni Casino, has been providing teasers of some of the slot games.

Plenty on Twenty is described as a “fruity 20 line slot game that will be sure to charm you.” It has been developed in conjunction with Novomatic. This video slot game not only offers great payouts but comes with cute graphics that will delight the player. The fruit symbols do not appear alone on the reels but show up in groups. Thus winning combinations are lined up more often. The “7″ is the wild symbol. It appears with the fruit symbols as a group on each reel. This can lead to a full screen of identical symbols, which is the luckiest win. The Star is the scatter symbol.

Dolphin’s Pearl is another slot game developed by Novomatic for Playtech. It is a 9 line, 5 reel video slot game that depicts the underwater theme, which is a favorite of online slots players. The Dolphin is the wild symbol and doubles payouts when assisting to make winning combinations. The Pearl is the scatter symbol and three or more of them anywhere on the reels triggers the free spins round. 15 free spins are awarded at tripled payouts.

The Omni Times lists the ten most popular games at Omni Casino in the past week. Usually these games are from the recent releases with the top places taken by the Marvel Movies super hero slots. In the latest list an old slot game from nowhere has taken the number two spot. This is Greatest Odyssey with a futuristic underwater exploration theme. The highlight as far as the graphics are concerned is that the usual high value card symbols have been replaced by ships of futuristic designs. On the wagering front it offers a free spins round and a bonus game on the second screen.

The Omni Times also announces special promotions and bonuses. The Hot Seat contest was so popular in March that it is being offered again in April. In this promotion every player at Omni Casino can win up to $500. Omni Casino has designated Sunday April 11 as Super Sunday. Normally players are offered a 50% bonus up to $100 on their first deposit every Sunday. On April 11 this bonus will be available for the first two deposits made.

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7 Sultans online casino has really made a hit out of their the Diamonds Are Forever promotion, which was originally launched at the beginning of January. Within 2,5 months this giant promotion has presented many players with millions of loyalty points at 7 Sultans online casino and many other online casinos belonging to the Fortune Lounge group. Sorry to say, but all Good inevitably comes to its end and the promotion Diamonds Are Forever is not an exclusion, now only few days are left. The Diamonds Are Forever ends on the 28th of March.

During the last three weeks of Diamonds Are Forever promo 4 events have been scheduled to take place. The first one was the Lucky Reward Draw, which took place on the Week 10, starting on March 9 and ending on March 14. This event entouched the players’ most favorite game. Another two events took place on the Week 11, among which the 1st one was available to all of the players, it was the Reward Wagering Contest. In the second event only invited players could take part, it was the Highest Wagering Contest. In both these events players could experience playing their favorite game. At last the Week 12 event is taking place inbetween March 23 and March 28 – the last day. All the players are welcome to this event, it is called the Triple Rewards Lucky Draw, which will be based on the popular online slot “Thunderstruck”, powered by Microgaming.

The total prize pool for all 4 abovementioned promotional events makes 12 million loyalty points. Additionally, the players are to compete to hit 17,000 casino credits. At the end, the top 4 winners will be awarded Diamond VIP level for life. After the top winners, the next four first followers will be awarded Diamond VIP level with a month-term. It is really advatageous and prestigious to be a Diamond VIP level member, by this the player can earn his loyalty points easily at an escalated 15%-rate. Additionally, those players, who log into the online casino on their birthday, receive a special birthday bonus made of 100,000 loyalty points.

Generally speaking, the Fortune Lounge group is universally known as one of the most reputable and famous groups of online casinos. These casinos are based on Microgaming software platform and all of them are authorized by the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Authority. Along with 7 Sultans, we can name other brands, such as: Platinum Play, Vegas Palms, Royal Vegas, Fortune Room, Vegas Villa, Desert Dollar and Vegas Towers. The online casino 7 Sultans is a brand-leader in the Fortune Lounge group. Each new player is entitled to nine Magical Bonuses each of which makes up to €1000. Besides, on the 1st deposit there is a 100% match bonus of €200; on the 2nd deposit there is a 25% match bonus making €125 and on the 3rd deposit there is a 50% match bonus making €75. Each player is also eligible to get 6 Monthly 50%-Bonuses, totally making €600.

After nearly three years in prison, former BetOnSports founder Gary Kaplan finally received his sentence in another controversial case tied to the 2006 UIGEA legislation. With the passage of the Wire Act in 2006, UK sportsbook operator Gary Kaplan and several other online gambling professionals became criminals in the eyes of the United States government.

Kaplan’s BetOnSports sportsbook processed billions of dollars in wagers leading up to the 2006 debacle. American bettors accounted for 98% of the site’s revenue, and Kaplan was reluctant to let them go. His decision to continue accepting American clients led to the company’s indictment in July of 2006. BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers was arrested shortly thereafter, but Kaplan remained at large until March of 2007.

This week, the Department of Justice gave Kaplan the maximum 51-month sentence and also demanded that he surrender $43.7 million in assets. One day later, two of Kaplan’s siblings and coworkers were also sentenced to house arrest and were ordered to surrender an additional $6 million in BetOnSports-related assets.

The harsh sentence doesn’t bode well for other UIGEA criminals awaiting trial, including Carruthers who will be sentenced in January.

Helping to educate lawmakers, the Remote Gaming Association (RGA) recently finished producing a video that demonstrates how the online gambling industry works to protect players. It is a five minute video that aims to provide insight into how online casinos are able to provide safe and fair online gambling environments, according to RGA Chief, Clive Hawkswood. Specifically, the video showcases technologies that are used to protect and encrypt personal information, including financial details, as well as preventing problem and underage gambling.

Unveiled to commemorate Responsible Gambling Awareness Day (that’s today, October 19th), the video has not been published online as of yet, but is expected to be available for view in the coming days or near future. If anything, it will also serve to inform players who are new to online gambling, as well as affiliates and partner sites advertising and promoting online casinos. The fact of the matter is that not every online casino upholds the standards of the RGA, and so letting players and affiliates know what to look for can help keep the rogue casino sites out there from stealing business and pocketbooks.

With education as its weapon of choice, the RGA has made tremendous strides in countering misconceptions that problem gambling is an “epidemic”, while still providing resources for gamblers to help prevent and identify problem gambling tendencies. The RGA does not deny that problem gamblers are spawned from remote gambling sources, such as the internet. However, they are quick to offer preventive and treatment solutions, as well as risk assessment that has proven helpful in keeping problem gambling numbers manageable and within regulatory guidelines.

The RGA also financially supports problem gambling treatment groups, like the world’s first international gambling helpline service, Gambling Therapy. In fact, the RGA donated 16,000 Euros to Gambling Therapy in conjunction with Responsible Gambling Awareness Day.

If there was anybody or anything that held the necessary resources to “educate the masses” regarding online gambling, and I mean educate in the sense of explaining how safety and fairness are ensured at online casinos, or at least properly regulated and accredited online casinos, it would certainly be the Remote Gaming Association, also known as the RGA.

A leading industry trade body, or association if you will, RGA represents the biggest and best brands in the online gambling arena. With a focus on the European sector, since that is the most widely government regulated area in the world, RGA helps to use it’s media outlets to raise awareness of gaming operator responsibilities while ensuring member operators maintain such standards.

There’s another big progressive jackpot win to report this week, and it’s now been confirmed that it took place at none other than U.S. facing Super Slots Casino. What generally takes several days to confirm, it is now official that one lucky players residing in Arizona, USA under the screen name of Marjorie T. bagged a $435,000 progressive jackpot playing the Pay Dirt online slot machine.

Pay Dirt is a three reel progressive offering a max win of 1,000 coins on a single coin wager. Of course, that all changes with a progressive jackpot, which in order to be eligible to win, a player must wager the maximum number of coins, which is three. At a $1 fixed value, that means it takes $3 wagers to have a share at the Pay Dirt progressive jackpot.

In the case of Marjorie T., who says this is here first big jackpot, that’s not a bad payoff. A simple single payline slot, Pay Dirt will pay 2 coins for the Eyed Pyramid, 10 coins for a Pair of Eyed Pyramids and 5 coins for three Cherry’s in a row.

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Vegas Technology Software’s progressive jackpot network, in fact, has made more of a “jackpot surge” in the last three years than in the full decade this up-and-coming software developer has been in business taking bets from online gamblers around the world. Of course, the funneling of U.S. based internet traffic has drastically helped fuel this trend, yet the fact remains that Vegas Technology deserves the traffic it is getting.

Australia’s mushrooming operations group of internet based gaming Betfair, appears to be on an onward and upward journey. It was also announced this week, that Betfair will be sponsoring Strathalbyn Racing Club. This sponsorship has made this club the pioneer local South Australian race club, to obtain the betting group’s sponsorship.

The joint venture will include naming rights of several races, which begin immediately, as well as venue and track signage, according to what the club’s secretary has commented on Racenet.

Ms Sharon Cimarosti, the secretary for the racing club in question, has in fact commented that the club is simply delighted to have Betfair show an interest, and support them in this quest. She added that Betfair has through this sponsorship, supported the South Australian racing, since it has invested in the future of their club.

Andrew Twaits, Betfair’s Australian CEO commented that Betfair was thrilled with the partnership with Strathalbyn.

Mr Twaits said that this is their first endeavour in the sponsorship sector in South Australia, and this event symbolizes the achievement of another landmark in the progressive development of Betfair.

“It has always been our desire to reinvest into racing through such a partnership and Strathalbyn endows us with a further opportunity to fortify our trademark in Southern Australia and all over the country.

Proof of the partnership became evident at Strathalbyn, during the races held on the 22nd April. On this day Betfair has funded some races that were on the day’s schedule.

Former Nevada Senator Richard Bryan recently spoke to the Las Vegas Review-Journal about Congressman Barney Frank’s internet gambling bill. While Bryan was supportive of the initiative, he was also grim about the prospect of it getting passed next month. “It probably won’t happen this year,” Bryan said.

The article in question was originally written as an evaluation of Nevada’s potential as a hub for online gambling operations should the bill pass, but Bryan’s honest predictions have set the poker industry ablaze. Frank’s House Resolution 2267 has already been delayed once this year to make room for more pressing recession-related issues. While remaining dedicated to HR 2267, Frank himself has stressed the need for immediate health care reform, and many DC pundits agree that the issue will likely push online gambling off the agenda again.

The issue has certainly gotten a reaction from the PPA’s many supporters who are arguing that the revenue potential of legalizing online gambling in the U.S. makes it recession-related and puts the topic on par with health care for the next Congressional hearing.

The city of Las Vegas is known for many things. Apart from the obvious gambling, you also have reported organized crime, enough sports betting to choke Pete Rose, semi-legal prostitution, inexpensive gorge-fest buffets, and the indubitable favorite of men everywhere, showgirls. When it comes to the buxom beauties in the buff, the singing and dancing is okay, but it’s the nudeness that lures in the crowds.

Forget about Sinatra. Who cares about fat Elvis? Give me a topless girl with 0% body fat in a thong and wearing feathers. Yeah, that’s what Sin City’s all about. Some casinos, like Bally’s, for instance, always have a big-stage showgirl production going on. But wouldn’t it be great if a casino in Vegas was built around the premise of nude girls instead of just featuring them for a per-show ticket price?

Look no more. The economy may be in recession, but some investors have decided that gratuitous nudity is recession proof. God bless them.

Entrepreneur extraordinaire Joe Francis, of Girls Gone Wild fame, has hooked up with some fat-cat investors and has recently purchased a lot on The Strip for a reported $60 million. That’s no small change, mind you, but it’s nothing compared to the $650 million being spent to erect the casino.

Playing on the theme that made him famous, Francis had initially planned on his latest project to be called “The Vegas Wild.” However, plans now suggest that the casino will just be named “Wild,” and that the establishment will truly live up to its name. Instead of hosting nightly nude shows or throwing a stripper stage in a dimly-lit back room, Francis’ Wild Hotel and Casino will feature a primarily all-woman staff wearing nothing but a g-string, 6-inch heels and a smile.

Of course, you can still expect pit bosses and security officers to be male – or to at least be fully clothed. After all, the idea is to be risqué without being trashy. Wondering where those nude security women keep their night sticks and walkie-talkies might lead some to draw the “trashy” conclusion, and no purveyor of a high-end nude establishment needs that.

The cashiers, croupiers, dealers, and even the waitresses in the food court will all be nude. And if that’s not enough to draw people in, Francis has a unique vision going on for his floor plan. The floor of the casino is set to be illusionary. A centerpiece walkway, with slot machines on one side, gaming tables on the other, will be made of tempered, crystal-clear glass. What’s under the glass? A pool with nude synchronized swimmers.

Immediately above the glass walkway will be a LCD HD TV screen, 67-feet long and 30-feet wide, displaying a perfectly coordinated video image of the synchronized nude swimmers. Francis is dreaming of an underwater nude adventure. There’s even talk of mermaid tails for the girls in the pool.

Why is Francis going all-out in order to show off the female form in a unique way? Well, nudity is his business, and it only makes sense that Francis’ vision would involve a nude casino. But it goes deeper than that. Joe is trying to get back at Vegas, particularly Steve Wynn: the new Mr. Vegas himself.

In 2008, Joe Francis was sued by Wynn Resorts Ltd. for a reported $2 million gambling debt. Francis, insisting he paid his debt to Wynn Las Vegas casino, is currently in a he-said-he-said battle against Steve Wynn, who Francis claims is trying to swindle him.

In the business world, people don’t get mad, they get even. Francis going “Wild” is his way to chip away at Steve’s controlling Vegas base. And when “Wild” is finally completed in 2012, the world will have its first all-nude casino, and every gambling man from sea to shining sea will be lined up to get a look at the stacked decks of the dealers.

Wow. If only this were true! Imagine the fun we could all have at a nude casino. Someone contact Joe Francis and give him these ideas, please.