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Archive for November, 2008

Focus On Macau. Casino Mecca or Casino Mucka?

 Macau- the former Portuguese colony on the south-east coast of China- is back in the news again, but this time for different reasons. We have become used to hearing the incredible growth rates in this Special Administrative Region of...

Famous Gambling Quotes

Below is a list of our favorite gambling quotes. Add your own if you think we are missing any. George Bernard Shaw “If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman’s...

Live Casino Games: To Be On Cam or Not To Be On Cam

One of the big developments in Online Casino World over the last couple of years is the growth of the so called Live Casinos online. So what are they, these live games, and how do they differ from other...

Casino Bonus Offers- Are They Worth Taking?

Following a number of discussions with our visitors on this subject, we thought that we´d give this topic some “airtime” or some “keyboard time” or whatever you call it on a blog, and run through the pros and cons...

Practice at Online Casinos Before You Play

OK- we are going to spend some time on our soap box today, so I apologise in advance. I have lost count of the amount of emails we have had from people who have pressed the wrong button/bet too...

Barack Obama Wins The US Election. What does that mean for online casinos?

Well, now that Barack Obama has achieved what he has been promising for all of these months (how long is the process to elect the US President?), one of the interesting questions being considered, is how this will affect...
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Where does the word Casino come from?

Have you ever wondered why casinos are called casinos? Well we were wondering exactly that today, in the office over a coffee. The origin of most casino games´ names are fairly obvious. Roulette- for example, takes its name from...