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.

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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.

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?

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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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There has long been a debate about whether poker, or specifically Texas hold’em should be considered gambling. The term “gambling” seems to imply taking part in a game of chance. Poker, on the other hand, requires a lot of skill, especially the Texas hold’em variation.

Last fall, a South Carolina Circuit Court overturned the convictions of 5 Mount Pleasant poker players, stating that since Texas hold’em is a game of skill and strategy, it is not affected by the state’s ban on gambling. The 5 poker players likely celebrated the ruling, possibly by having a huge poker night, but the fight isn’t over.

South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has appealed that court’s ruling. Normally, the appeal would go to the Court of Appeals, but the AG skipped that step and went straight to the state Supreme Court. His reasoning is that the legal issue deals with the wording of the constitution in regards to gambling.

In the earlier ruling, Circuit Court Judge Markley Dennis stated that a private game of Texas hold’em in one’s one home does not violate the state’s anti-gambling laws. The attorney general disagrees, stating that whether or not a game requires skill does not make a difference. Soon there should be a third opinion and one that counts much more than those two: one from the state Supreme Court. We’ll keep you posted.

Well, Christmas is over now, so we’re in that part of the year that is a bit of a letdown. The excitement of Christmas is over and it’s too soon to be excited about the New Year. It’s the time of year when people show that they weren’t nearly as excited about those presents as they seemed. Or if they were, then exchanging them for something else at the store is a strange way of showing it.

This time of year is always a little depressing. People are exchanging our gifts, we notice that all of that turkey, candy and pumpkin pie has made us fatter, and we have to go back to work after a few days back. Usually the Christmas tournaments are over and the New Year’s tournaments have yet to begin. Well, Online Vegas casino may not be able to do anything to cure that post-Christmas letdown, but they are offering a nice bonus for new customers.

Right now Online Vegas casino is offering a multi-deposit bonus of up to $5,125 spread out over the first 10 deposits of new customers. Not only that, but the new customers will get to enter four slot tournaments of their choice for free. By getting free entry to the slot tournaments, that gives the new players a good chance at winning even more money on the casino. It seems that even though Christmas is over, Online Vegas is still in the spirit of giving.

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This time of year, it’s easy to characterize people as one of two extremes. You can either call them a Scrooge or Grinch if they’re not getting into the spirit of Christmas and are not in a giving mood or you can put them in a category with Santa or Charlie Brown if they really seem to get it. Companies can be looked at the same way. Luckily, Millionaire Casino, like many online casinos, goes into the Charlie Brown camp.

Millionaire Casino has had good bonuses and other giveaways going on all month, as we have reported previously, and they are ending the year with a bang. The Countdown to 2010 tournament is still going on, and ends as 2009 comes to a close. The tournament fittingly has a prize pool of $201,000 and the top prize is $20,100. See what they did there? Yeah, it’s the year 2010 put into money value. Yeah, pretty cool.

Anyway, aside from the year-end tournament, Millionaire Casino is also giving out daily reload bonuses. All deposits made throughout the remainder of the month are subject to a bonus and a new member’s initial deposit receives a bonus of $5,000.

One of the best promotions going on right now is a keno bonus. This is particularly exciting for keno players because their game doesn’t usually get a lot of bonuses or promotions. Those are usually reserved for the more popular games, like slots and blackjack. Right now, however, keno players get to play their favorite game and receive double VIP Plan rewards, which is the loyalty rewards program offered by the casino. Double points can really add up over time and once enough are accrued to be traded in for credits, the credits can be used to win enough money to buy a Kindle book reader for someone on your Christmas list. Or, if you would rather get one for free, you can enter the casino’s sweepstakes, where five lucky winners will get a free Kindle. Yeah, I know that was a terrible segue, but it had to be done.

To take part in any of the bonuses, tournaments or giveaways, visit Millionaire Casino and do so soon, because the year is almost over.

You know what I hate about Christmastime? Almost nothing. There are a few things, but I want to stay positive here. It’s the time of year of happiness, goodwill, charity and gift giving, among other things. Speaking of gift giving, Casino Tropez is really getting into the spirit. The online casino is holding new promotion they call “Tis the Season to See Green.” Even though I’m blue-green colorblind and could take that to be offensive, I like their idea. Their idea is to give away money, and as long as it’s not mine, I love the idea of giving away money.

Casino Tropez has always offered sign-up bonuses to new members.  They’re giving out a 100% match bonus on players’ first deposit up to $100 and a 50% match on the second deposit up to $200. As part of the “Tis the Season” bonus, every Sunday for the next 27 weeks, new members can earn a 100% match bonus on their deposits up to $100.

At the risk of sounding like a television infomercial…But wait, there’s more. For existing members, Casino Tropez is offering a 25% bonus on all deposits. Yes, that is on all deposits and there is no cap, so if you’ve ever wanted to deposit a billion dollars, then this is a good time. To take part in this promotion, though, you must be on Casino Tropez’s email distribution list, because they only send you the access code for the promotion through those emails.

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Free stuff offered by casinos is good for everybody. It’s good for the members because they are given stuff they didn’t have. It’s good for the casinos because they increase business. Everybody wins. Sometimes, however, getting something for free isn’t enough for people, because they wish they had even more for free. Well, even those people should be excited about the news to come out of the Cherry Red camp.

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Some things have traditionally been solitary activities, such as reading, playing video games, writing and playing online slots. However, social butterflies have turned seemingly every solitary activity into something you can do with other people. Games like Rock Band have turned video games from something you play when you’re bored to something you invite other people over for. Even the card game Solitaire wasn’t good enough as a solo game, so somebody invented Double Solitaire!

Well, the folks at Microgaming have done the same to online slots by making it an interactive game in which you can play with other online gamers. In the game Wheel of Wealth, which is available at All Slots Casino, players can compete on the online slot in a chat room environment. Multiple players join the game at the same time and each player takes their turn taking a spin. The players can chat, talking trash or offering encouragement or whatever, while waiting for their turn. I’m going to guess that like with most chat rooms, most of the talk is trash talk: “Oh, snap! You just lost 20 cents, sucker! Play this game while you can, because I’m about to hit the jackpot.”

The multiplayer online slot also has a unique bonus round. During that round, each of the players logged into the machine play at the same time. I know what you’re thinking: It will be dogs and cats living together – mass hysteria! Okay, maybe you weren’t thinking that. The bonus round is triggered randomly and each player picks a certain spot on the wheel. The wheel spins and the players receive whatever bonus is associated with the spot they chose. And then, of course, they talk trash.

So far, the game has gotten a very positive reaction from online gamers. Aside from its revolutionary interactive features, the graphics are pretty good, too. The game looks as much like the TV show Wheel of Fortune as is possible without getting sued. By making it interactive, the online slot has been made more competitive, which is a bonus for most players.

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