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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...

Casino Quiz. Are you a Player?

Well, it´s Friday. And because it´s Friday, we thought we would test you out on some general knowledge (relating to casinos of course- this IS an online casino portal 😉 ). To work out whether you are A Player...
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What are the Odds on Winning a Free Car at the Airport?

I have been doing quite a bit of travelling recently, and I keep walking past those supercars being given away in lotteries and prize draws- you know the ones: they are generally Aston Martin DB5´s, Ferraris high spec Beemers...

Atlantic City Smoking Ban

Atlantic City’s in new Jersey, USA casino smoking ban has seriously affected revenues, much like the smoking ban in the UK affected bingo hall revenues. The winner from all of this? Online casino sites and online bingo sites who...

The Best Casino Hotel in Europe and The World

We all like to play online here at OnlineCasinoKing, but we also like travelling to fancy hotels to indulge in a flutter- we are based in Europe, of course- so we were wondering- what´s the best hotel casino on...

Is the online casino industry consolidating?

The news has just come out today that William Hill- the sports betting collossus in the UK, is partnering up with Playtech- one of the biggest online casino and poker software companies on the net, in order for it...

Which casino game should I play?

We get asked this question all of the time, so we thought it would be worth a straw poll around the office to see what people played and why. There are many reasons for playing casino games. The obvious...

Wall Street Casinos

As Wall Street and The City lurch from crisis to crisis, there have been the inevitable headlines in the papers acusing the bankers of gambling with people´s money, and comparisons with casinos- somewhat unfairly, we think (for casinos and...

CAPEURO 2008 Barcelona and GPWA conferences

Well, we just got back from Barcelona after attending the CAP Euro 2008 and GPWA conferences. What are these, I hear you ask? Well, it´s a gathering of webmasters- basically people running websites- and online betting companies who all...