Ultimatebet.com has now signed a deal that includes poker legend Brandon Cantu from Team UB. By adding this star quality casino gambling name to their network, UltimateBet.com

“This is an exhilarating time for Team UB,” said Annie Duke, Card Room Consultant for UltimateBet.com.

UltimateBet.com is owned completely by Tokwiro Enterprises Enrg based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It resides on the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake controls overseen by the Mohawk nation. The online casino company was launched June 10, 1996 and is currently seeking a license under Kahnawake Gaming Commission. The site specializes in poker around the world and offers its services in over 15 languages including English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and many more.

UltimateBet.com is not a stranger to signing deals with top casino gambling players. Currently the website features two players Phil Helmuth and Annie Duke. “We’re constantly on the lookout for poker players who have real integrity, unquestionable talent and an incredible passion for the game and we’ve found it all in Brandon Cantu.”

Cantu, although very young in age has much experience in the world of casino gambling. At 28 years old he is known as “the Bounty Hunter.” One of Cantu’s accomplishments include the 2006 World Series of poker where he was the winner of the $1500 no limit hold them. To add to his casino gambling access, Cantu also one the ultimate poker challenge and has seen over 14 top 10 finishes in major online poker tournaments.

Last March Cantu competed in the World Poker Tour’s Shooting Star Championship Event Two where he was the winner and walked away with $1 million. Cantu also walked away with $257,334 from the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Casino City Press has recently launched their 2009 through 2010 Casino City’s Global Gaming Almanac. This comprehensive book consists of over 450 pages of market summaries, financial data, statistics as well as information concerning casino properties, owners and regulators.

This all-inclusive book covers over 200 international gaming jurisdictions and his incredible guide for the leading information for casino gambling. Through this book the casino industry analysts will have access to all information regarding the world market data, business plans and worldwide casino gambling trends.

According to a press release, the book also offers, “Casino City’s Global Gaming Almanac also provides market summaries and statistics for each segment of the industry including casino and card room gaming, race wagering, sports betting, commercial bingo, lotteries, charitable gaming, and online gaming. Also provided are counts and distribution of gaming properties, devices, and tables, and an overview of the current and historical regulatory environment, pending legislation, and major trends. Detailed profiles are provided for more than 2,600 gaming properties, more than 200 gaming property owners, over 260 international regulatory agencies and commissions, and nearly 530 agency and commission executive contacts.”

In the modern age of computers is no longer necessary to purchase the hardback version of the almanac. It is currently available on CD, in book form for both. The CD version of the almanac features new tools that allow you to create a custom gaming property based on the geographic area and type of facility. The bonus feature included in purchasing the CD will be the entire print edition in PDF form and 180 and your reports from casino owners and operators throughout the world.

Scientific Games Corporation continues to show why it is one of the top American lottery operators as it expands throughout the nation. Recently it was revealed that the corporation is going to continue its gambling partnership with the California State lottery after many years of great success. Due to their hard work the state has seen over half of its revenue generated through scratch card produced by the Scientific Games Corporation.

The company is continuing to expand as it reclaimed its status as a partner to the Massachusetts state lottery. Scientific Games has been a part of the gambling community in Massachusetts and will continue through brand-new three-year contract starting in July. As usual they will have the option to renew with a two-year extension. This new contract proposal could bring in $12 million a year in revenue for the scientific games Corporation.

“The Massachusetts State Lottery has created an unparalleled instant ticket success story and become an icon in the lottery world,” said Joe Wright, Chief Executive Officer for Scientific Games.

“We have worked with the Massachusetts State Lottery since inception and we are very pleased to continue our long-term partnership. The Massachusetts State Lottery is the perfect example of what a state lottery can be and we are looking forward to helping it generate record results.”

“Scientific Games has helped the Massachusetts State Lottery to achieve record sales year after year to the point where instant tickets now generate 70 percent of our lottery’s total retail sales,” said Mark Cavanagh, Director for the Massachusetts State Lottery.

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Scientific Games in growing the instant ticket lottery and contributing more to the cities and towns of the Commonwealth.”

As revealed at a London press release, First Gaming Partners has recently acquired SlotPower.com from its previous owners and slot power Casino.com from Free Roll Software.”We are very excited about our purchases and our expansion plans,” said Robert Forman, CEO of First Gaming Partners. In addition to Slot Power Casino the company is adding two additional casino brands to its line-up of online gaming sites in the third and fourth quarter of 2009.”

Now the online casino gambling will be filtered through FirstGamingPartners.com with a will feature a full casino affiliate program. Bonuses for new sign-ups include 50% commission for the first two months and 35% commission in the months following for new affiliates. “Our conversions will remain excellent since we are committed to welcoming U.S. Players at our casinos,” added Mr. Forman.

“We understand the sophisticated needs of today’s online marketing partners and we added some truly unique tracking and monitoring features to our system, where affiliates can create and follow various campaigns, optimize banner performance or choose the best converting creatives for their campaigns,” said Forman.

“We are currently exploring the possibilities for adding licensed slots with ties to 2009 Hollywood blockbusters, such as Transformers 2, Terminator Salvation and Star Trek,” added Mr. Forman.

The new online gamblingsite at FirstGamingPartners.com offers many new innovative games online casino gambler. Besides the usual online casino games they also offer fully customized slots where you can design your own slot based on characters that you create. With this technology is possible to create your own revenue-generating slot machine that is completely customized to your needs.

By incorporating these two online sites into the pre-existing structure of First Gaming Partners they will continue to offer many traditional online casino games such as Bacharach, blackjack, multi-hand blackjack, Caribbean stud, craps, let it ride, roulette and many more.

G2, the online gambling center has made two changes to their executive business. The online interactive lottery, sports betting, poker, bingo and casino is one of the top in the United States and is a subsidiary of GTech Corporation.

The first of these online executive changes will be the addition of Dominic Mansour who will take the place as new Head Of Casino And Games for G2. The second change will be the addition of Alison Digges as the Head Of Bingo.

Before taking the position with G2, Mansour was the chief executive officer for bingos.com. This landmark achievement was in bringing the company to fruition and generating a profit through this online gambling venture in just under four years.

Digges has had extensive experience in the online casino business since joining St Minver in 2004. While there, she served as the managing director for international business and is credited with expanding the bingo network beyond the United Kingdom online casino market.

In bringing over these two executives from iGaming, the goal of G2 is to expand their already powerful brand name and continue to contribute to the company as a whole. The G2 firm is a division of Boss Media, Finsoft, St Minver and Dynamite Idea which bring about a full line of service as online casino operators.

The GTech online gambling company is committed to providing many services including end-to-end gaming services, content and technology solutions including e-commerce marketing, player relationship and risk management as well as fraud prevention, responsible gaming and community functions.

“I’m delighted to welcome these two experts to our team,” said Johan Berg, Chief Operating Officer for G2.

“As part of G2, with the resources of GTech behind us, we’ll be developing more new products and penetrating more new markets than ever. So, we are extremely pleased to have Dominic and Alison in these market-facing roles.”

Ex-gambler Joseph Alongi has been very outspoken about the legalization of online casino gambling in the United States. As A gambler himself he tries to appeal to legislators that by legalizing online casino gambling they will then be allowing if not encouraging social problems within the United States.

“Although the revenues to individual states is tempting, the harsh reality of gambling addiction is the insidious way it destroys lives and ruins families,” said Alongi.

“The desperation of the current economy has given gambling a renewed appeal. Legislators are trying to capitalise on this hardship. I created BetAgainstMe.com as a safe way to get your gambling fix without losing your house, your family and your dignity.”
Alongi has now created a company that he feels will quell the urges of online casino gamblers but still allowing them to place wagers on online games.

Betagainstme.com is an online gambling site where players can register for free and each week receive a $20,000 credit to their accounts. But this fictional money gamblers can place their bets in a variety of ways including straight wagers, parlays, teasers, and if-bets along with an instructional page that sorts out the different types of bets. Through this system online players have the ability to win actual cash prizes without risking money of their own.

The way the payout works is at the end of every week and every month they checked the fictional balance of the online casino players and the person with the highest fictional balance will receive prizes. This type of online casino wagering is legal in the United States due to the fact that it does not require any player to put forth his or her own money.

Within this online gambling site there are many ways to interact with other online gamblers as players can sign up and have their own personal page. This page will serve as a social networking in the same vein as Facebook, where players can send instant messages post blogs and view other online player’s profiles.

The 1980s cartoon Wicked Willie is returning to the stage, this time at online casinos. CasinoRip.com is bringing the classic cartoon back to the screen as an online multi-slots casino game.

“We are proud to be resurrecting a legend like Wicked Willie,” said Kevin Dale, Chief Executive Officer for CasinoRip.com.

Wicked Willie was a cartoon that began in 1984 with : Man’s Best Friend: Introducing Wicked Willie in the Title Role, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, Crown (New York, NY). Since then it became a hit sensation, and ran man episodes in the 1980’s including: Wicked Willie’s Guide to Women: A Worm’s-Eye View of the Fair Sex, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, Pan Books (London, England), 1986, Crown (New York, NY), 1987 and Wicked Willie’s Guide to Women: The Further Adventures of Man’s Best Friend, illustrated by Gray Jolliffe, Crown (New York, NY), 1988.

“Many of us were tickled pink by the books a couple of decades ago and we thought Willie would be the perfect star for a new game. We think he’ll once again catch the imagination and raise a smile among a new audience.”

“We’ve had Wicked Willie merchandising before but this is the first time he will feature in his own game,” said Jolliffe.

“The cartoons were hugely popular all over the world and it’s fantastic that CasinoRip.com is helping to bring him back. He’s as cheeky as ever and I’m looking forward to having him back in my life.”

Online Gambling operator, CryptoLogic has signed a three year deal with BT to monitor its infrastructure throughout the world. As a communications specialist, BT will bring its IT experience to the world of CryptoLogic.

CryptoLogic is a frontrunner in every aspect of the online casino market, and it has remained that way by always looking for solutions for the future. “Part of CryptoLogic’s new strategy is to improve our business efficiencies and reduce our costs and this agreement with BT will help achieve both goals,” said Brian Hadfield, President and Chief Executive Officer for CryptoLogic.

BT will provide such services as networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services as well as online products and services.

“CryptoLogic is devoted to delivering a superior player experience. That means anticipating problems before they happen and, in the rare case they do, fixing them quickly. Choosing to outsource the requirement to BT means the customer gets the benefits of scalability, flexibility and BT’s expertise to deliver capacity where and when it’s needed, efficiently and profitably. CryptoLogic and its customers will benefit from BT’s global expertise.”

‘Internet gaming is a dynamic growing field and BT is excited to maintain and monitor CryptoLogic’s infrastructure and to help it deliver an even more powerful player experience,’ said Colm O’Neill, Managing Director for BT Business.

“This contract is the result of an accurate analysis of the customer’s processes and requirements both nationally and internationally. BT will be providing the managed service facility from Ireland and it will help Cryptologic to drive cost reduction and service agility both in ICT operations and across the business through innovative IT management.”

It all began in 1984 when Hasbro‘s release a toy that would gain tremendous popularity and carry that popularity for over two decades. Transformers toyline was launched and promoted through both a comic book by Marvel Comics and an animated series produced by Sunbow Productions.

The television series became so popular in its first year that another 45 episodes were ordered for 1985. From there the reign of the Transformers took off adding to it a feature length animated movie and continuation of the animated series. Although the series was not as popular in the US, it was exported to Japan where it maintained it’s popularity. In 2007, Michael Bay directed a feature film, combining live characters and animated CGI transformers in the first live action movie.

Now the toy that kids loved from the 80’s is becoming a toy for the new millennium. WagerWorks recently released that Transformers slot machine titled, Transformers: Ultimate Payback. The release of the online casino slot was timed perfectly to capitalize on the new movie coming out.

The game will feature all the old favorite characters like Optimus Prime and his bitter rival Megatron who battle in this 25-payline slot .

The online slot will show many famous animated characters and transforming symbols. Animated wilds will keep the excitement going and they will feature a wild that transforms the entire reel into a wild. This reel will show Cybertron and allow players up to ten times with the multiplier.

Online players can access the title role spin of Ultimate Payback in the bonus round, when two symbols appear on the first and fifth wheel. But keep an eye out for Cybertron as these symbols will pop up adding more multipliers to the mix.

The California State Lottery has recently extended its contract with major United States gambling company Scientific Games Corporation. The company is a supplier of instant tickets provided for the state lottery.

The Scientific Games Corporation is based out of New York City with operations spanning the globe including, in the United States and Canada, in Europe, as well as in South America, Asia and Australia. This online gambling operation is a major seller of prepaid phone cards as well as end to end gaming solutions and pari-mutuel racing industries.

“We are very pleased to extend our instant ticket contract with the California State Lottery for an additional four years,” said Joseph Wright, Chief Executive Officer for Scientific Games.

From here out the contract will extend until 2013 when another negotiation will take place concerning the continuing gambling status of the two companies.

“We have had a great relationship with the California State Lottery over the years and we look forward to continuing to support it with innovative games of high quality in order to deliver sales growth.”

The California State Lottery pulled in nearly three billion dollars last year from gambling enthusiasts. Half of the three billion was attributed to instant tickets purchased through Scientific Games Corporation.

“Scientific Games has been a valued partner to the California State Lottery,” said Joan Borucki, Director for the California State Lottery.

“Its state-of-the-art prints as well as its research and analysis have proven invaluable in California. Scratchers are a key component of the California State Lottery and we look forward to working with Scientific Games to grow ticket sales and increase our contribution to California’s schools.”