All good things must come to an end. All month long, online casinos have continued to celebrate the new year by holding New Year’s tournaments. The excitement of the ball dropping, confetti falling from the sky, and making out with a random drunk person next to you are long over, but 2010 is still pretty new, and therefore is still being celebrated in the casinos. Most of those promotions end at the end of the month, though, because honestly, it would be a little odd to celebrate the new year in February.

But instead of lamenting the loss of January, think of the great things about February. There’s the Super Bowl…um…It’s Black History Month… I’m sure there’s something else. There’s Valentine’s Day, which is an exciting holiday for some but a depressing one for others.

Okay, so February isn’t exactly an exciting month. Hey, at least it’s short! Online Vegas casino, however, is doing their best to get you geared up for the second month. They are holding an event called the See You in February $75,000 Weekend Madness. The online slot tournament begins today (Friday) and runs through Tuesday, February 2.

The See You in February tournament is played on the online slot Love Bugs, which is a romantic-themed game featuring flowers, champagne and chocolates but not a Volkswagen Beetle named Herbie. Even without an anthropomorphic car, though, the tournament should be exciting, since it has a prize pool of $75,000. The first-place winner will take home $21,000, the second-place finisher will win $9500 and the third-place finisher will earn $4500. Players who finish in the top 20 will all receive no less than $250.

The online slot tournament has an entry fee of $13.99 and a rebuy for the same amount. If you’re not a single cynic who hates everything about Valentine’s Day because you feel it is an artificially romantic holiday designed by Hallmark and the flower industry to trick men into proving they love their girlfriends and wives (that would pretty much describe me), then you should have a blast playing Love Bugs for a  shot at 75 grand.

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The gambling situation in Florida keeps getting more and more clustered and confusing. Now state senator Ellyn Bogdanoff, who represents the Ft. Lauderdale area, wants to bring full-scale casinos to the state. This is significant because until now she has always had an anti-gambling stance. She has recently made an about-face, though, and has proposed the Florida Gaming Equalization Act.

The thinking behind this act, according to some experts, is that the Seminole tribe has controlled the gambling market in the state of Florida and passing this bill would even the playing field, allowing the state to take hold of the industry and bring in more revenue for a state that, like the rest of the country, is struggling. Proponents of the bill say that it would create over 7,000 jobs, make millions in revenue for the state, and provide a boost for the tourism industry.

This comes on the heels of the state House rejected Governor Charlie Crist’s second attempt to reach an agreement that would allow the Seminole to carry blackjack and other table games at their casinos. The same day as that vote, a separate bill was approved that helps the main competition of the Seminole, the pari-mutuels. If Bogdanoff’s bill passes, the Seminoles would then have two major competitors, with one having the unfair advantage of government subsidies.

Governor Crist, who is serving his last year in that job and is running for the Senate, has said that he is willing to try a third time to reach a deal with the Seminoles that the state legislature would approve. Though he said he is not familiar with the specifics of Bogdanoff’s bill, he stated that it could be a good idea and he is open to the possibility of a full-scale casino expansion in the state.

Well, the weekend is finally here. For many Americans, it was a short work week thanks to Martin Luther King Day. Even so, the weekend can never come fast enough. The weekend is a time of partying, (responsible) drinking, football, and best of all, online slot tournaments. Okay, that may not be best of all when it’s the NFL’s conference championship weekend, but slot tournaments are a great way to spend the weekend, especially if they’re free.

Such is the case with the Online Vegas promotion going on this weekend.  This weekend, the casino is running the Free Weekend Madness $50K New Year’s Celebration tournament. There are two very important words in that title: “free” and “$50K.” Yes, folks, that’s right. It is a freeroll tournament with a prize pool of $50,000. So you have a shot at big money without spending any of your own.

The online slot tournament is free to enter and at the end of the promotion, big prizes will be given out. If you’re not currently a member of Online Vegas, don’t worry. If you join you can immediately take part in the free slot tournament.

But wait; there’s more (sorry for sounding like an infomercial there). New members can receive a free $5,000 in bonus cash that is spread out among your first ten deposits.

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They’re giving away laptops at Millionaire Casino. All month long, a promotion is going on where players can win a new Dell laptop computer. The specific computer is a Dell Inspiron 1470, which has a HD 14-inch display, 1.3GHz Pentium processor (which our IT guy says is pretty good), 4 GB of memory, 320 GB hard drive, and the new Windows 7 browser (who some of my geek friends like a lot).

For a chance to win, all you have to do is make a deposit sometime before the end of January. That’s it. My making a deposit sometime during the month, players are entered in a pool from which lucky winners will be drawn and given a new Dell laptop. Pretty cool, huh?

Remember the “dude, get yourself a Dell” guy from the commercials? I think this promotion would be even better if they got that actor to show up at your home in person and give you the Dell after you win. “Dude, here’s your Dell, thanks to Millionaire Casino.” Maybe I should suggest that to some of the folks at the online casino.

I don’t know from where the idea for this came. Maybe Dell offered Millionaire Casino a good deal on the laptops and instead of giving them to their employees, they thought they would make good prizes. Maybe someone from the casino robbed the Dell store or hijacked a delivery truck (I have seen no news that either such occurrence happened). Maybe Dell is getting sick of losing people to Macbooks and decided that they need to give their computers away to stay relevant. I really don’t know.

I guess it doesn’t matter how this promotion came about. After all, I still don’t know how my DVR is able to record a show that is filmed thousands of miles away so that I can put those images on my television and watch it days later. As far as I’m concerned, it’s sorcery. As long as the magic works for me, though, I’m okay with it.

To get a Dell laptop, all you have to do is log onto Millionaire Casino and make a deposit. As long as you’re there, you might as well play some games, but that’s not required for this giveaway. At the same time, Millionaire Casino is also still running their Cool Winnings tournament.

To take part in the promotions, visit Millionaire Casino today.

I haven’t seen Hellboy. It just doesn’t really appeal to me. First of all, the main star is Ron Perlman and I have yet to see a good movie featuring that guy, though I will admit that he looks the part. Though I’m a fan of director Guillermo del Toro’s other work, I’ve just never gotten around to seeing this one. People swear to me that it’s great, though – even some people who don’t like comic book movies. So those people, including respectable film critics, who love either the movie or comic book version of Hellboy are in for a treat.

All Slots Casino is now offering a Hellboy online slot game. The game as a devilish and fantastical feel and the visuals are in the style of the comic. The symbols feature Hellboy, some brunette girl and some weird dude with no eyes (like I said, I haven’t seen the movie). The game is a 5-reel, 20-payline online slot that has a jackpot of $25,000.

The game features bonus rounds, such as the Underworld Bonus, where you have to select the right route through a labyrinth to find your way to the Relic of Power. You get more points for making it farther in the maze. In addition, the game has a SuperMode bonus feature, where you win 10 free spins at random.

There is also a cool extra gambling option. After any winning spin, players can click the “gamble” button in the hopes of doubling or quadrupling their winnings. Of course, the reason it’s called gambling is that you can also lose your winnings.

To take part in the fiendish fun, come on down to All Slots Casino and try the Hellboy slot.

The city of Chicago is considering lifting their ban on video gambling machines. Currently, no such machines are allowed within the city. However, Mayor Richard Daley is considering changing all of that, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

It has been reported that Daley’s former campaign manager, Greg Goldner, is leading a campaign to legalize the machines. If he successfully gets the City Council to lift the ban, the plan is to have 15,715 video gambling machines put into bards and businesses that sell alcohol. That would be more than the 10,321 currently operating in the nine casino located elsewhere in the state.

As is often the case, especially right now, money is a driving factor. The city would take 5% of the money gambled and the state would take 25%, with the rest divided among the liquor-license holders and machine owners. Goldner estimates that lifting the ban would bring in approximately $30 per year to the city that is deep in debt and struggling to fund anything at the moment.

If Goldner is successful, the city would allow video poker, video blackjack, slots and other video games in restaurants, bars and other establishments.

Too often blackjack players are left out of the tournament excitement. At any given time, there are approximately one million slot tournaments (ballpark figure) going on at the various casinos. Poker tournaments are just as popular. What about blackjack, though? It’s one of the most popular casino games, but far too often blackjack players have no tournaments in which to play.

Luckily, right now Casino Tropez is offering just that. Starting today (January 7) and running through January 10, Casino Tropez is holding a live blackjack tournament, hosted by Elite Challenge. It is a leader board-style tournament, where players earn comp points for the amount of money they wager. Those with the most comp points at the end of the tournament share a prize pool that totals $8,000. The pool is spread out among the top 73 players, so there are good odds of walking away from the tournament with something. The prizes range from $1,000 for the top prize to $50 for those who finish from 22^nd to 73^rd place.

There is no entry fee for the tournament, but it costs money to play each game that same as it would if there was not promotion. In that way, it’s a good deal for someone who was going to play blackjack anyway, since you can win bonuses for wagering money, which you would do anyway. In addition to the bonus prizes, players participating in the blackjack tournament earn a 20% bonus on each deposit made during this time period.

To take part in the blackjack tournament, visit Casino Tropez today.

This time of year is a bit of a letdown for most people. Christmas is over, with its spirit of giving, eggnog, mistletoe, sitting on old men’s laps and family visits. So too is New Year’s, with its drinking, fireworks, drinking, dropping balls, midnight kiss and drinking. And now it’s a while until the next holiday, which is Valentine’s Day, a holiday that happens to suck if you’re single.

I understand how you feel, as does Cherry Red Casino. The folks over there know you’re in a bit of a funk and are trying to cheer you up and get you excited about gaming again. And what are they doing to cheer you up? Well, giving out money. Doesn’t that sound good?

Right now Cherry Red Casino is welcoming new players with a $7,777 bonus. This is a 100% deposit match bonus spread out over your first 10 deposits, with a maximum of $777 each time. Not too shabby, but of course there’s more.

If you’re already a member you can still win bonuses on various games. The online casino offers special slot bonuses of up to $2400, blackjack bonuses worth up to $1200, video poker bonuses of up to $1200 and more. In addition, the casino also offers weekly bonuses and weekend bonuses. There are also secret bonuses, but I’m afraid I can’t tell you about those. If I did, they wouldn’t be secrets anymore.

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