This Monday, Americans will celebrate Memorial Day, the honoring of the fallen soldiers who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country. As a result, most Americans will have nice, long 3-day weekends and then return to work on June 1 refreshed.

If you are an online poker player in the United States, though, you might be worried that when you get back from the holiday, one of your hobbies will be illegal. That would certainly be a slap in the face to have one of your freedoms taken away the day after Memorial Day.

Luckily, that is not the case. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which was passed in 2006, is set to take effect June 1. Many people believe that the law will make online gambling – including online poker – illegal. Luckily, that is not the case. UIGEA does not ban any online gambling, as has been confirmed by a recent Supreme Court ruling. Instead, all it does is allow the federal government to go after financial institutions that are used in transactions related to “illegal online gambling.” UIGEA never defines what types of online gambling are illegal. The most logical conclusion, since there is no federal ban on online gambling, is that it is only illegal if performed within a state that does ban online gambling (as several do).

Therefore, if you are an online poker player, relax. UIGEA can’t do anything to you; it only affects financial institutions. Also, if you want to know whether it is legal to play online poker where you live, check the laws in your particular state. If it’s legal in your state, enjoy the poker!

Prior to today, pretty much all I knew about the Funky Chicken is that it was a lame dance in the 50’s or 60’s, was called out as a dance to do in a Ray Charles song that appeared in The Blues Brothers and describes leftovers in my fridge that I will have to throw away rather than eating. It turns out, though, that it is also the name of an amusing online slot at Online Vegas Casino.

The Funky Chicken slot is set on a farm and I’m not sure what makes the chicken there so funky, but I can say that the farmer seems crazy. The slot features symbols of an angry farmer wielding a shotgun, a tractor, a scarecrow, eggs, cornstalks, a farmhouse and of course the funky chicken himself.

Funky Chicken is a 5-reel slot with 25 paylines. It has a 5,000-coin jackpot and you can bet with coins between 1 cent and $10. There is also a bonus game that is unlocked by 3 or more funky chickens on the reels. In the bonus game, you get 15 free spins and any win during those spins is multiplied by up to 15 times. Needless to say, aside from hitting the jackpot, this free spin bonus is the best way to make money on the Funky Chicken slot.

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A Pennsylvania man who had voluntarily banned himself from casinos won over $2,000 but will be unable to keep the money. The man’s name has not been released, but according to Pennsylvania State Police, the 55-year-old man had placed himself on the state’s self-exclusion program in April of 2009.

Like many jurisdictions, Pennsylvania has a self-exclusion program where players with a gambling addiction can voluntarily ban themselves from casinos. By placing themselves on the list, the casinos are not allowed to admit them or let them play. The program is meant to help problem gamblers overcome their urges by taking the decision about whether or not to gamble away from the person with the problem.

Somehow, however, this man managed to play at the Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Erie, Pennsylvania. He won a jackpot of over $2,000 but his winnings have been forfeited. To add insult to injury, the man will also face a criminal trespass charge. Getting convicted of trespassing should help deter him from doing it again, I guess. That could be one way of helping the man resist the temptation to gamble.

According to Pennsylvania officials, 1,351 residents have registered for the self-exclusion program.

I’m a little disappointed. When I first saw that VIP Slots had an online slot called X Marks the Spot, I got excited because I thought it was a game with an X-Files theme. I figured it had something to do with how Agent Mulder would tape an X to the window when he needed to contact his informant, commonly called “Mr. X” by fans.

It turns out that I was wrong. It is a slot with a pirate theme. I guess that’s almost as good. I love those Pirates of the Caribbean movies as much as the next guy. I still think we need an X-Files slot, though.

The X-Marks the Spot slot ha a pirate theme. The background shows a pirate flag with skull and crossbones and a Caribbean island setting. The online slot has symbols of an island, a parrot, a treasure chest, a box full of rum, a cannon, hook, pirate ship, a hot pirate wench and more. The game offers some bonuses, such as up to 15 free spins and a multiplier bonus.

X-Marks the Spot is a 5-reel, 20-payline online slot. It has a 4,000-coin jackpot and players have the option of betting between $0.01 and $10 on each line. There is also a bonus game where you search for buried treasure. In that bonus round, you are taken to a map with multiple possible locations. You then have to choose the locations on the map that you think might have treasure. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as picking the one that is marked with an X.

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All Slots Casino has a huge selection of slots. It had better, given the name of the casino. Not only do they have a large number, but they have a lot of good slots – this casino specializes in quality and quantity. For some slots players, though, an online casino is only as good as their slot tournaments. All Slots has that covered as well.

Right now there are a number of online slot tournaments going on and they range in price and prize pool size. They are also played on a number of different games. For example, there is the $50 Tomb Raider slot tournament, which is for low rollers. This is a freeroll tournament that has no entry fee and players compete for a small prize pool that is only $50. This weekend, though, there is also the $20K Weekend Rebuy, where players compete for a prize pool of $20,000. The entry fee for this tournament is larger, though, at $20. In between, there are tournaments like the $150 All Day Loaded tournament, which is playable at any time and has players competing for a $150 prize pool while only paying $2 to enter. Another mid-range slot tournament is the $2,500 Treasure Quest tournament, which is another freeroll tournament. Despite having no entry fee, players compete for a pretty large prize pool of $2,500.

There is also a tournament for the new Thunderstruck II game, which is the sequel to one of the most popular online slots in recent memory. The tournament is called the $500 All Day Thunderstruck tournament and players compete for a $500 prize pool while paying only $5 to enter.

For players who aren’t into slots, All Slots Casino still has tournaments for you. There is the $100 Black Jack tournament, which is a blackjack tournament with no entry fee and a $100 prize. For players who want to play for slightly larger stakes and maybe play a blackjack game that doesn’t spell the game wrong in the title, there is the Blackjack $10 Card Counter. Don’t be fooled by this name, either, though. Card counting doesn’t work online, including in this blackjack tournament.

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There are rumors within the online gambling community that Microgaming casinos will pull out of the United States market entirely. The federal Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), passed in 2006, is scheduled to take effect June 1. Though the law doesn’t ban online gambling, it does allow the government to go after financial institutions involved in transactions related to “unlawful” internet gambling. The law doesn’t define what types of internet gambling are unlawful, though, and that vagueness worries many online casinos, thinking that it could result in them not getting paid by those financial institutions.

As a result of the upcoming UIGEA implementation, Microgaming had already stopped taking new customers in the United States. Existing U.S. customers could continue to play on their sites, though. With June 1 rapidly approaching, though, the rumor is that Microgaming will pull out of the U.S. entirely, meaning that even the existing customers won’t be able to use their software. The result would be an inability for players in the United States to play at any online casino that uses Microgaming’s software, which includes the popular All Slots Casino, among others.

5-Reel Wheel of Chance is one of the most popular online slots at Online Vegas Casino. It is also one of the most common slots used in slot tournaments. For that reason, I decided to play the game and review it for my loyal readers.

I have loyal readers, right?

Anyway, 5-Reel Wheel of Chance is based on the American TV game show Wheel of Fortune, which has been on the air for approximately 250 years. Impressively, Pat Sajak and Vanna White have hosted the show since the beginning, more than two centuries ago.

The 5-Reel Wheel of Chance slot features symbol of prizes often won on the game show, such as beach vacations, fancy cars, cruises, stacks of money and more. The slot also has symbol of the wheel and a model-hostess who spins the wheel (Ms. White?).

5-Reel Wheel of Chance is a 20-payline online slot. I hope you can figure out how many reels it has. It has a jackpot of 8,000 coins. The online slot can be played in denominations ranging from $0.01 to $10 per line. As you would expect from an online slot based on the game show, there are good prizes to be had and these prizes come in the form of bonuses, such as up to 10 free spins. There is also a bonus round.

The bonus round of this slot game takes you to a second screen, where there is the giant Wheel of Chance. There are dozens of sections on the reel, each with a dollar amount. You then spin the wheel and get whatever amount goes along with the spot the wheel ends up on. There are four “bust” sections, so you definitely want to avoid those.

5-Reel Wheel of Chance takes the good things about the game show of its theme – such as the excitement of winning prize money – and leaves out the boring stuff – the guessing letters and interviewing contestants.

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Cherry Red Casino has always been one of my favorite online casinos. They have a wide range of online slots, blackjack games, poker games, roulette and more. Their game selection is among the best in the industry.

Along with the good games, Cherry Red Casino also boasts great customer service that is always quick to respond and deal with any problems and concerns that arise. The casino also has a clean, good-looking site with fluid animations and their famous woman in the red dress, who really makes you feel at home. At least, you feel at home if your home has a gorgeous woman in a red cocktail dress. If so, why are you wasting your time on the Internet?

Anyway, Cherry Red has now added a new feature to the site that makes it even better. The casino now offers online blackjack tournaments. Blackjack tournaments can be hard to find online and recently many online casinos that once held them have dropped those tournaments. Cherry Red instead has gone the other way, embracing a favorite activity for blackjack players.

The blackjack tournaments offer players a chance to compete for prize money while risking little of their own cash. The tournaments are 10 rounds each and they offer different buy-in levels to make it easier to find a blackjack tournament that fits your budget. The tournaments with the higher entry fee have a larger prize pool, though.

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Online slot players have a shot at a $50,000 grand prize at Millionaire Casino right now. Sure, that’s a lot of money, but why not $1 million? This is called Millionaire Casino, not… um, Fifty-thousandaire Casino. See, there isn’t even a name for someone with that amount of money. I still wouldn’t mind winning it, though, and neither would you, which is why you’re reading this (unless you’re reading this because you typed “fifty-thousandaire” in a search engine, which I find unlikely).

Right now, Millionaire Casino is running an online slot promotion on the 5 Reel Wheel of Chance game, which is a game with a theme similar to the Wheel of Fortune TV game show. The online slot tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000. The grand prize of this slot tournament is a whopping 50 grand, while the second-place finisher wins a respectable $25,000.

The Wheel of Chance slot tournament has an entry fee of $10. Wheel of Chance if a 5-reel, 20-payline online slot that can be played in denominations ranging from $0.01 to $10 per line. The slot is designed by Vegas Technology. The Wheel of Chance slot tournament ends on May 31.

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Online slots take a lot of money. We all know it’s true. The games have a high house edge. They take a lot of your money without paying very much in return. On occasion, though, they pay very well – especially if you hit the jackpot –, which is why we play them.

Still, it’s nice when an online casino recognizes that slots players are money losers and throws us some extra money. All Slots Casino is doing exactly that right now. All Slots Casino is holding the Slots All Star Competition. It is an online slot tournament where players compete for a $5,000 prize pool.

There is not a specific game that you have to play during this slot tournament. Players earn points for playing any online slot in the casino. The top 100 players in the tournament will win prizes, with the top prize being $1,000.

As you play online slots, you earn points in three different ways. Players earn 1 point per 50 credits wagered during the tournament period. They also earn 1 point for every 50 credits won each day. Also each day, the players earn 1 point for every 50 credits lost. At the end of the tournament, players with the most point will take home prizes. In addition, if you make any money playing the slot itself, that money is yours to keep.

There is no entry fee for this promotion; it is a freeroll slot tournament. The tournament started on May 17 and runs until May 23. To participate, players only need to wager at least 50 credits on online slots during the tournament period. Of course, the more you wager, win and lose, the better your chances of winning prizes.

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