Apple is at it again, this time, their innovation is getting them in trouble at the casinos. The iPhone and iTouch now have a downloadable app that allows users to achieve card counting. Administrators in the casinos in Nevada have been warned of this new program as it helps players to illegally count cards and beat the house in games of blackjack.

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal it is not illegal for players to count cards as long as they do it independent of any devices. Aides, especially electronic devices are considered illegal to use in this capacity.

The iPhone and iPod Touch are common devices for listening to music while playing games in the casinos, but now with the technological advances, programs such as this are creeping into use.
The discovery of such programs was found in a northern California casino and immediately reported to the California Bureau of Gambling Control. From there Nevada Gaming control board administrators were warned of this occurrence and began to crack down on the use of these devices.
Randy Sayre of the Nevada Gaming Control Board has since made public that players using such devices as iPhones or iPod Touches will be detained and subject to arrest under the Nevada Gaming laws. Currently Sayre has not reported any uses of this device in the Nevada Gaming circuit, however, they will be keeping a watchful eye on the situation.

Allegedly this program can be installed through Apple’s iTunes software and be launched to perform one of four different strategies of card counting techniques. Along with these strategies comes a separate mode where players can place their devices into a “stealth mode” in which the screen appears black while the player operates the program without exposing the program. Now that this issue has surface Sayre has assured the public that they will be on the watch for it.

With growing concern in the United States about the legalization of online casino gambling, California has reportedly decided to test the waters for itself. Representatives from California legislation will attend the upcoming iGaming conference to check out prospective online poker operators.

News from Gambling911.com states that California is looking toward new options with the recent decline in the economy. Currently California suffers from the second highest foreclosure rate in the United States, as well unemployment reaching into the double digits and a $42 million budget deficit. By legalizing online casino poker, California, under the leadership of governor Arnold Swarzenegger would be hoping to draw in new cash flow into the devastated economy.

Although California seems to be making a last ditch effort to make great strides towards improving the economy, they still are hold strong against collaborating with PartyGaming. Anurag Dikshit who is the online operator of PartyGaming was slapped with a $300 fine recently after pleading guilty to a charge before he was even charged with a crime.

California is looking towards 888.com a reputable online casino outfit known for its service and fair play. Along with a tremendous service account, 888.com also has publicly traded stock which helps legitimize their participation in legalizing online poker play. The state has also tried, with the assistance of the US government, to pin down companies that took bets from US players in 2006, however, they have not been successful in finding the lawbreakers. By adding 888.com to their partnership, California will also add access to some of the top named games in online casino gambling.

Even Las Vegas is not safe from the perils of a drowning economy. The Wynn Resorts Ltd. Is one of the largest US casino companies by stock market value. In the fourth quarter The Wynn casino resort fell as It incurred a $98.8 million dollar tax expense. This Las Vegas casino resort suffered a net loss of $159.6 million, the equivalent of $1.49 a share. This is a significant change from its previous profit of $65.5 million (equal to 57 cents a share) just one year earlier. According to Bloomberg statistics 43 cents was the average profit, and the Wynn Resort missed the mark by approximately 37 cents.
Along with the drowning economy Las Vegas has seen its fair share of profit loss. The tourism of gambling and travel has seen fewer tourists making vacation getaway plans to try their luck in Las Vegas causing the room occupancy rates at the Wynn casino Resorts to fall. The revenue has declined 14 percent down to over $614 million. According to records, after a rise of 11 percent equaling $25.80 per share on the Nasdaq, it then plummeted 7.8 percent to close out the day.
According to billionaire Stephen Wynn, “Starting in October, we experienced a dramatic deceleration in business. The fourth quarter of 2008 was substantially worse than during the prior year as consumers chose to stay at home and significantly reduced their leisure budgets.”

Significant changes have now been made at the Casino resorts affecting a substantial number of employees. For the 2009 year, the Wynn resorts has cut ALL Las Vegas local salaried employees, reduced the hours for numerous others, and cut out the 2009 bonus and retirement matching savings in order to keep jobs within the company. This effective change is expected to save up to $100 million in annual costs this year. The tourism scene will continue to suffer as these cutbacks will likely effect the airline and hotel industry the hardest.

As the online casino market grows new players and new companies will pop into the online scene taking with it the best of whats around and trying to entice new players to try their luck. Such is the case with GoCasino. GoCasino recently opened its site to eager players all over, with the exception of Canada. While this is a new name for the opening of an internet casino, GoCasino has survived over a decade in the online gambling arena. Currently they are offering a cash bonus of $20,000 with will be split into 20 separate bonuses of up to $1000 each. This promotion is sure to draw players to the table with great anticipation.

To avoid the hassle and concern about pay out, the GoCasino has been licensed by the Curacao Internet Gaming Association. This license provides players with a safe and secure online casino gaming experience with the guarantee of a fast turnaround for payout.

GoCasino is powered by the Vegas Technology software which allows online casino players the ability to access over 120 different games. These casino online games offer progressive jackpots that can payout in the hundreds of thousands. Besides the slots and 10 different types of video poker, GoCasino offers a tournament every month with a payout that is more than $200,000. For those that enjoy the gaming but need to cut back on finances, you can enjoy a free version of play, for hours of entertainment. This free version is the best way to try before you buy in the word of online casino gambling. With incredible bonuses, promotional offers and free and paid versions of this software it is easy to see why GoCasino is opening with a resounding bang.

Top Gaming has just released a new online gaming site called Gold Vegas Casino after a struggle that took up the better part of 2008 and resulted in over a hundred .com online casino sites losing their status. With the UK online casinos in full swing this legislation caused many players and company to shy away from the American market and keep their business overseas. However, with the new year comes new breakthroughs and Gold Vegas Casino is the newest.

Chad Brooks who is the new manager of the online casino brings with him a new vitality and new determination to the Us market in casinos online. “Being a new provider of a service that has a great number of competitors brings something unique to a company such as ours; this being that we are geared up to go out there and show the world that we can truly provide online casino players with something more than other suppliers have shown to date. We are confident to say that when one looks at our casino bonuses and promotional content they will have no other alternative but to play with us. We are still however very cautious concerning our early steps into this market – it is a wily one to master.”

With the opening of God Vegas Casino to the US market the competition for Brooks was pretty stiff so they needed to create higher stakes in order to draw in the US players. In doing this, Brooks doubled the first deposits from the common $1000 to a hefty $2000. This incentive not only showed Brooks’ flexed muscle, but has brought inspiration and healthy competition to the market as a whole.

“Creating our marketing strategy, and especially this of our welcoming bonuses, was not an easy affair. We looked at some of the most well known casino service providers and realized that if we were to make a worthy impression our bonuses would have to be a little more nourished. We are convinced that we have made the right strategic move. After all, we are here with the intention to show internet users how serious we in our attempt to become one of the more respected casinos out there,” said Brooks.

With Gold Vegas casino’s 90 plus games and large payouts, they have placed their stamp on the US market and thrown down the gauntlet to other onling gambling competitors.

As the swell of the UK market continues to dominate the online casinos and gambling market, the US players are searching far and wide to enter into the competition. After a tough year with legislation in 2008 the tables for US players is slowly turning for big jackpots. This past Wednesday a huge jackpot was won on the Rival Gaming network of online casinos. As you may know, Rival Gaming software is available through many of the top online gambling sites and is no stranger to large jackpot winnings.

Major Moolah, an online slot machine paid the winning customer in excess of $20,500 to be recorded as one of the largest winnings in recent months. Major Moolah has a reputation from the past of putting up large sum jackpots that have been won on these standardized slots.

As a standardized slot Major Moolah has a three reel system, which provides players with an opportunity for winnings. However in order to win the large prize jackpot, an online casino player must be betting the maximum bet. From there they must achieve three reels with the double letter “M” as in Major Moolah. This jackpot keeps the simplicity of the game intact and encourages players with less strategy, or a need for a machine that brings back the good old days of standard three reel slots. Now Us players will not feel left out of the online gambling sensation of winning the big jackpot thanks to the growing number of online casinos popping up, such as Major Moolah. Now that’s what I call “beefing” up the competition!

Rival Casinos have done it again by bringing new i-slots to the market. Rival Casinos who brought us games like Major Moolah has created a new i-slot game that is turning the heads. Cosmic Quest: Mystery Planets has been launched into our atmosphere and landed right into Cocoa Casino. As the host of this online casino, Cocoa Casino has now doubled their Cosmic Quest games by carrying the entire line. Cosmic Quest: Mystery Planets is the successor to Cosmic Quest: Mission control, and continues the interest in story line i-slots.

If you are familiar with Cosmic Quest: Mission Control, then Mystery Planets will be a nice addition. The game begins where Mission Control leaves off. This particular slot is 5 reels and 20 paylines. The bright colors and use of symbols is sure to attract players to the game a well as their use of planets, rockets, astronauts, jetpacks and landers. Each symbol has its own value and can be pieced together along with a maximum bet to reward the online gambler a large jackpot.
Some of the symbols have replaced traditional wilds and scatters. For example: Rockets are wilds and are used to multiply the number of wins based on the number of wilds on the screen. If you are a fan of free spins (I don’t know why you wouldn’t be) then jetpacks will be your friends. With each jetpack you will accumulated up to 50 free spins. The number of spins can really add up when you factor in that each spin can double your winnings.

The astronaut becomes the key to earning you extra cash. Acting as a scatter, the astronaut will activate a bonus round if and only if three or more scatters appear on screen. Be prepared in the bonus round as you may be required to show a certain amount of skill in order to achieve your goal. By using the keypad to navigate a rocketship between lunar rocks you can obtain a large bonus, but only if you manage to get through the passage without crashing. The good news is that if you don’t feel up to the challenge of stealthily sliding between rocks, you can generate a random bonus and save yourself the stress. Cocoa prides itself on inviting US players and is working hard to maintain good relations and quick payout.

Online gambling and online payment should go hand in hand. At least that is what Paypal and 888.com have agreed. It makes sense in a technological world that we live in to perform all money transactions online if you have the ability. Today that is a reality in the world of online casinos and gambling.
The VP of Brand Marketing for 888.com, Matt Robinson said, “This strategic alliance with PayPal is yet another clear example of putting customers first and it provides them with yet another way of depositing and withdrawing funds from their 888.com accounts. PayPal is available across all of 888.com’s sub brands, including 888poker, 888casino and 888sport.”

With over 70 million active accounts already on paypal, this safe and simple method will allow users to feel comfortable in their transactions and secure in knowing the payment will be sent in a more organized and efficient manner. Robinson followed by saying, “Enabling our customers to use the universally renowned PayPal payment procedure is a further example of 888.com keeping our customers at the centre of all decision making processes. We consistently challenge ourselves to reach the highest performance level we can, and we continually question the ‘way we do things’.”
Although Paypal is a worldwide company, with the ability to exchange currencies of many different countries, it is only available to certain countries due to the regulations on online gambling and online casinos. The following countries can now take advantage of this efficient system: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and UK.

Paypal use for online casinos will be funded using players credit cards and debit cards. If a player wishes to use a bank account as a funding method it must also be associated with an instant payment type such as linking it to a credit or debit card.

Craps.com has been busy this week with the buzz of its newest winner. Canadian teacher Mary-Claire P won a jackpot of $119,593 playing this popular casino online slot machine, and showing that she is the Queen of the Pyramids. Her luck was changed as was her life when decided to wager 25 cents on the Queen of Pyramids game after only 20 minutes of play and wagering the minimum line bet.
While Mary is a member of craps.com she knew that this time was going to be different. “I had a premonition a few days before telling me that I was going to win big and so I knew I had to play,” said the teacher. Her reaction to the winging was simple, “When I saw my winnings I was in shock. I screamed but I was very happy. I think I will spend my winnings on a holiday to Tahiti and maybe some home renovations.”

“The games have amazing graphics, the support staff are excellent and the overall feel of the casino is a reliable one. I feel that this is one online casino you can definitely trust. My advice to other Craps.com members would be to play according to what you can afford and play for the enjoyment of the games,” said Mary.

After only two years in business craps.com has proven themselves to be a reliable and reputable company, and one that the public has grown to trust. Craps.com is powered by PlayTech and incorporates a 24 hour professional support team and loyalty to their online casino players in the form of VIP status. Another draw to the company is their weekly promotions, live tournaments, bonus offers, and lastly a welcome bonus of over $1000.

‘My favourite online casino is Craps.com,” said the lucky winner.

In the search to find a large jackpot for US online casino gamblers, one site has emerged with not one, but two progressive jackpots and winnings exceeding one million dollars.

Lucky18Casino.com has released that its prize for the Jackpot Pinata is nearing the mark of $1.2 Million. The Jackpot Pinata game was release only a year ago and had an initial payout of $250,000. This game features a Mexico theme where players must get five Bull Pinatas on one of the paylines to win the jackpot. A wager of 25 cents is required per line. Since its inception, Jackpot Pinata was hit once with a pay out of $273,914, but hasn’t found a winner since then.

As if this were not newsworthy enough, another online casino game Aztec Millions is reaching its $1.1 Million mark. To win the Aztec Millions a player must get three or more idols in order to engage the fee spin stage. The free spins triple all prizes except for the progressive jackpot. These two titles have been increasing in the recent weeks and are eagerly waiting for a player to take home the huge jackpot.
Coming up on the heels of these two exciting games is another game from the same casino online known as Shopping Spree. Although it has not reached it yet, the Shopping Spree online casino is swiftly approaching the one million dollar mark.

One more noticeable title is Cleopatra’s Gold. This is the newest title at Lucky18Casino, but it is already turning heads with a current grand prize of over $100,000. Although these titles are enticing, Lucky18Casino has even more to offer in terms of online gambling. The site houses a variety of online casino games including 10 online slot machine, blackjack, craps, and roulette.

Luck18Casino welcomes all players from around the world (including the United States) and accepts Amex, MasterCard and Visa from their online casino players.