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Casino Stocks and Shares- Is Now a Good Time to Invest?

Well- if you are a regular visitor to Online Casino King, you obviously enjoy a flutter. But what about having a punt on the stock market, and in particular gambling shares? The whole global financial market has felt like a big casino lately anyway- is it a good time to invest in gaming companies?
Well, that [...]

How Do you Get Banned From A Casino For Cheating?

Here´s an interesting one posed by one of our users. Obviously someone who likes to walk a fine line! He asked “How do You Get Banned from a Casino for Cheating in the UK”?
We are presuming that this gentleman doesn´t want to get banned, but rather needs to know how far he can push it [...]

What’s The WORST Bet You Can Make at a Casino

Well, we like to tell both sides of the story here at Online Casino King. And that means, “outing” the horrible bets that are offered at casinos (either landbased or online).
Some bets are worse than others. And some are realy humming. So you need to know to avoid them.
Generally speaking, the special side bets are [...]

Can you wear shorts, mini-skirts or micro-skirts in Las Vegas casinos?

I know, I know- “How to Dress in Las Vegas”- it´s a bizarre question to ask an online casino site, but we keep getting asked it so we thought we´d cover it off once and for all.
What´s the dress code in Las Vegas casinos? Can you wear shorts (or short pants as our American cousins [...]

Bookies are bracing themselves for new gambling tax in the Budget

UK bookmakers such as Ladbrokes and Wiliam Hill are bracing themselves for a new tax assault from Gordon and Alistair to scoop off revenue for the treasury from their successful casino machines that both companies operate in their high street betting shops (like the Ladbrokes roulette terminals for example).
The UK Chancellor’s Budget will be delivered [...]

2009 Champions League. Liverpool versus Chelsea. What a Classic

Well, I can’t say I watch many Chelsea (or Liverpool) games as I prefer to watch quality teams owned by men with five bellies and managed by TV pundits. That’s real football. Come on- it’s just not cricket if you don’t change the manager every 5 minutes. Anyone can win when you keep the manager for [...]

Easter Jackpot of $33 million in Nevada

Well- someone had a rip roaring Easter. An American woman from Nevada scooped a $33 million jackpot at a casino in Nevada over the Easter weekend. She was playing the Megabucks slot- this was the 2nd biggest Megabucks jackpot ever at a Nevada casino.
The slot is managed by International Game Technology. 38-year-old Rachael Renee Romanick hit [...]

Is Online Casino Gambling Illegal in the US?

Although we are a UK focused site (where online casinos, poker rooms, bingo and sports betting are regulated by the UK government and are legal), we seem to be getting alot of queries from visitors from the US as to the legality of online casinos in the United States.
I guess this must be something to [...]

Mobile Casino Gambling Starts to Motor

Wee, they say there is a “tipping point” for everything- and this was certainly the case for online casinos and poker rooms. The tipping point was the growth in high speed Internet access which meant that the games became faster to download and play, and the whole experience of playing casino games online wasn´t so [...]

Did You Bet on the 100-1 at the Grand National?

OK- we want to know if you won money on the 100-1 outsider at the Grand National. Someone must have won out there? (I haven´t met anyone who won yet).
This leads me to the latest conspiracy theory. Did anyone win? (Apart from the bookies of course).
Even Liam Treadwell’s mum only punted 50p as she was [...]