This is a good time for sports, with the Super Bowl a few weeks away, the Australian Open under way, and countless other sports in various countries in the meat of their season. For that reason, Casino Tropez is holding a sports-based promotion that highlights the sport-related games in their catalogue.

Every so often, the online casino highlights certain games and right now it is for sports. Players who wager on the sport games can receive a deposit match bonus of 30% up until January 23. There are six different sport-related online slots being featured, including Football Rules, Golden Games, Top Trumps, Golden Tour, Rocky and Frankie Dettori’s Magic Seven.

Football Rules is an online slot with a football (and by that, I mean soccer) theme. Most of the symbols are of jerseys and players, with the occasional hooligan thrown in. There is also a fun bonus game where you take a penalty shot on goal and are rewarded if you score.

Golden Games is an online slot with an Olympic theme. It features symbols of gold medals, track events, swimming, boxing, weightlifting and more. In a unique touch, all of the athletes are depicted as golden stick figures. Don’t let the stop watches on the reels fool you, though, because there is no time limit for this game. Play as long and as slow as you want.

Top Trumps is another slot game with a football (or soccer) theme that was released to go along with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It features real photos of various World Cup stars as the symbols. They look like trading cards, if such a thing exists for soccer (does it?).

If football (can I call it soccer, please?) isn’t your thing, there is also the Golden Tour slot. This game is based on golf (named after the PGA Tour) and has symbols of golf balls, bags, flags, shoes, carts and more. If you think golf is boring then you will feel the same way about this game. The background is a beautifully sculpted grass golf course, though, so at least that’s something.

Rocky is an online slot based on the Sylvester Stallone boxing movie of the same name. It features photos of Rocky, Adrian, his trainer (forget his name), Apollo Creed, that Russian guy played by Dolph Lundgren and more. If you love bad-acting Italians getting punched in the face, this is the online slot for you!

Frankie Dettori’s Magic Seven is an online slot based on horse racing. Specifically, it is based on a day in September of 1996 when Dettori achieved the remarkable feat of winning all seven races held during that day. This slot, which features symbols of Dettori on his horse, the track, that target thingy that the horses chase and more, is a good game for fans of horse racing.

All of those games and more can be found at Casino Tropez. If you’re a sports fan and want to play an online slot with a  sporting theme, those six featured games are a good place to start.

Casino Tropez is ringing in the new year with style. Well, no, they didn’t give the website a makeover. They did, however, decide to offer some good promotions to begin 2011, so players can get back into the swing of things after taking some time off for the holidays. If you’ve taken time off from playing casino games, now is a good time to revisit Tropez.

From January 6 to January 12, they are holding the Winter Winners Elite Challenge tournament. The slot tournament has a $5,000 prize pool in guaranteed cash. To qualify, players must wager at least 20,000 Comp Points. Those who wager the most points win prizes, with the top players tracked live on the Elite Challenge leader board.

If you’re not yet a member of Casino Tropez, the online casino will offer you a generous $3,000 welcome bonus for joining. That bonus includes a free $100 on your first deposit, a free $200 on your second deposit, up to $2700 in Sunday bonuses (that’s $100 each Sunday) and $500 as high-roller bonuses. As a New Year bonus, the online casino is also offering an extra 11% bonus on the first deposit, as a way of celebrating 2011.

In addition to those regular bonuses, which you get by making a deposit, there is also a fun bonus called Guess the Game. Each week, the casino has a mystery game. They will have a picture of the game, but it will be blurred out, like you’re looking at it out of focus. There will also be clues. This week’s clues are “The Thing is…We’re on fire, yet we’re invisible and very flexible. You will Marvel at our mystery jackpot. 20 lines of fantastic action.” Pretty easy, right? If you can’t guess the game from that, even without being familiar with the games Casino Tropez has, I’m a little worried about it. (Hint: Why are some words capitalized? Hmm…).

To take advantage of the Winter Winners Elite Challenge and other January promotions, visit Casino Tropez.

The coming of the Messiah and online gambling aren’t necessarily two things that are often associated with each other, but Casino Tropez is doing just that. The popular online casino is holding an Advent calendar promotion to give out prizes each day of the week.

Advent is the Christian season that begins 4 weeks before Christmas day. Traditionally, it is a time of anticipation of the coming of Jesus. In more secularized societies, though, the time period is more about shopping at the mall.

Advent calendars have become popular ways to count down to Christmas, with each day on the calendar opening to tell a part of the Christmas story. The Advent calendar at Casino Tropez is a little different, since it is mostly concerned with giving rewards to customers for playing casino games. I guess both Jesus and the casino offers rewards, but one is finite and one is eternal.

Because it always begins on a Sunday, this year Advent began on November 28. At Casino Tropez, though, the Advent calendar promotion began on December 1. From then until Christmas Day – which is December 25 – there will be a special holiday treat for each calendar day. To find out what the treat is, players go to the calendar and check off that day.

Each day has a different bonus and you won’t know what any of them are ahead of time. Though none of the prizes have been disclosed, the online casino did admit that some of the gifts are free spins, some are refund bonuses and some are for a specific game.

To take part in the Advent calendar promotion, visit Casino Tropez.

The problem with long-running promotions is that it’s easy to take part in them, spend some time off, and then completely forget about them. Losing track of the promotions and their end dates can cost you prizes. Therefore, I want to remind my readers that two big promotions at Villento Casino are ending soon.

The first is the Summer Safari tournament. The promotion ends on October 24 and top players in it can win tickets to a real African safari. The Summer Safari tournament is a long promotion that has a number of smaller weekly promotions. The current promotion, ending on October 3, is the Big Game Hunt. During this promotion, players can win $500 in loyalty points by correctly guessing the mystery game described here:

Venture to the African game where the Lions,

Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Cheetah and Elephants

Roam! Spin my reels and you could win.”

That’s a pretty easy one. To be eligible for the prize, you must email the correct answer to customer service. See the promotions page for details. The online casino will randomly choose ten winners from those who correctly guess the mystery game.

Once the Big Game Hunt promotion ends, there are three more weekly promotions left in the Summer Safari tournament. The next promotion is the Funtastic Fiesta Flavor. That promotion runs from October 4 to October 10. In this promotion, players compete for a prize pool of 10 million loyalty points. In addition, one set of double tickets for the African safari will be given away in a random drawing.

From October 11 to October 17, Villento Casino is running the Battle for the Big Five promotion. Players in the top five positions on the leader board will win a surprise prize. Even I don’t know what it is. In addition, one more set of double tickets for the safari will be given away in a random drawing.

Closing out the Summer Safari tournament is the last weekly promotion, the Game on Giveaway. Running from October 18 to October 24, players earn double leader-board points for wagers on certain games. This is a good chance for players who are a little behind the leaders to catch up. Then, at the end of the tournament, the top 8 players on the leader board will win a pair of tickets for the African safari.

To take part in the Summer Safari tournament, visit Casino Tropez and earn as many points as you can before it ends on October 24.

If you enjoy the game of online blackjack but miss the interaction of having your cards dealt by a real person, I suggest trying the live dealer blackjack games at Casino Tropez. This is especially true if you prefer to have your cards dealt by a beautiful woman.

This weekend, the online casino is holding a blackjack tournament on their live dealer games. Players who log in and play the live dealer blackjack games will accumulate points and at the end of the promotion, those with the most points will share prize money. The live dealer blackjack tournament has an $8,000 prize pool.

The online blackjack tournament runs through Sunday, August 1. Players earn points for all money wagered on the live dealer blackjack games during that time and the tournament follows a leader board format. Prizes will be awarded to the top 73 players in the tournament (I know, kind of a strange number to pick). On Sunday, players will split the prizes. The top player will come away with $1,000 and the players who finish second through seventh place will win $500 each. Players who finish eighth to 21^st will win $100 each. Finally, the 22^nd through 73^rd place players will win $50 each.

For more information, visit Casino Tropez, where additional details can be found. Casino Tropez is a popular PlayTech casino and, in addition to the live dealer blackjack games, has a good variety of online slots, regular blackjack games, and other table games.

If you’re like me, you get bored playing the same games over and over and want some variety. New games added to a favorite online casino are always welcomed. Luckily, Casino Tropez is delivering, with 15 new games recently added to their lineup, including slots, roulette and other table games.

The most exciting new games for many are online slots, due to the endless possibilities of their themes and different gameplay. Casino Tropez has several new online slots, such as a Pink Panther slot, based on the popular children’s cartoon based on the Peter Sellers movie. The Pink Panther slot features the bumbling Inspector Clouseau and the titular pink panther and features the classic movie theme song.

For those not into comedy, there is also a Rocky slot, featuring Sylvester Stallone’s downtrodden boxer who rises to fame due to the fact that he can get punched in the head a lot and remain standing. The Rocky slot features actual photo images of Stallone, Mr. T, that Russian guy and more. Does it feature all of that inspirational cheesy music that plays while Rocky runs the steps in the movie? You’ll have to play it to find out.

Other new online slots include Top Trumps Football Legends – a soccer (or football)-themed game – and Top Trumps World Football Stars. For those not into slots, Casino Tropez also has new online roulette games, such as Premium Roulette Pro and Premium American Roulette.

With 15 new games to choose from, it should be easy to find a game that you want to play. More information about the new games can be found at Casino Tropez.

Live dealer games are now available at Casino Tropez. New Live Dealer TV Games, which incorporate a video feed with the standard table games, have been designed by Playtech and are now being launched at the online casino.

Instead of simply looking at graphics of cards on a table or a roulette wheel spinning, the Live Dealer TV Games give players the ability to look at real-life dealers and interact with them as they play. The dealers aren’t hard on the eyes, either. One dealer is the former Miss Australia, Jodie Geddess. Other dealers may not be beauty queens, but they certainly look like they could be.

The “live dealer” games aren’t actually live in that the video footage of the dealer is pre-recorded. However, it is real footage of dealers and you get to interact in real time with other players via a chat feature. This adds more excitement to the games and provides a more interesting presentation to what is already one of the best casinos in the business.

The new live dealer games come in ten different languages, including English, Spanish and French. To play the Live Dealer TV Games, visit Casino Tropez today.

Never one to rest during the weekend, Casino Tropez is offering incentives to visit their site and play some of your favorite games. There are 2 good tournaments running now at Casino Tropez that should attract good attention from players.

Casino Tropez’s first tournament is the Football World Cup promotion, which is related to the month-long soccer tournament that begins today. During this promotion, happy hours are extended. They now start two hours before the first game of the day and end two hours after the last game (so basically, it’s like tailgating). During the happy hour, players earn a 50% deposit bonus on their first two deposits during happy hour. This promotion began yesterday, June 10, and run until June 21.

The other promotion at Casino Tropez is the Elite Challenge. There are two different Elite Challenges: one for roulette and one for slots. Both run from July 10 to July 13. In the roulette promotion, you can play on any type of online roulette game that the casino offers (American roulette, French roulette, European roulette). Players earn points for the money they wager on the games and those who wager the most will get prizes from a $4,000 prize pool. The Elite Challenge slot tournament is structured the same. Players can choose any online slot at the casino and will earn points for the money they wager.

Casino Tropez has a leader board for the Elite Challenge that is updated every 30 minutes, making it easy to tell where you stand and whether you need to start wagering more money to make it to the top.

To take part in the Elite Challenge tournaments or earn bonuses during happy hour, visit Casino Tropez today.

If you’re like me, you both love and hate the movies. You love them because they’re a great form of escapism and because there are a lot of god movies out there, but you hate them because there are so many movies that are pure garbage. Just think of anything starring Angelina Jolie, Richard Gere, or anything with National Lampoon’s in the title.

Casino Tropez has an online slot that plays up our love and hate for the movies. For the movie buffs, there are plenty of inside jokes making fun of the industry. First, though, it celebrates the symbols we come to associate with film.

The online slot features symbols of a star on the Walk of Fame, headphones, a clap board, a director, script (does Hollywood still use those?), stage lighting, a roll of film and more. Cinerama is a 5-reel, 5-payline video slot that only has one denomination available: $0.05.

This online slot has two bonus games. In the first, which is unlocked by the headphones symbol, you decide to go out to the movies. You are taken to a screen showing the outside of a large movie theater, with movie posters for several movies showing. They are all cheesy clichés of movies. You then have to choose which movie you want to watch. I suggest Without a Head, which seems to be an action movie, or Tear Plantation, which is a dramatic period piece. Once you choose a movie, you get bonus points, which vary depending on which movie you choose.

The other bonus game is a little different. Triggered by the director symbols, in this bonus game you play the part of a director and choose who will be the leading man and leading lady of your new project. After choosing the actors, you are taken to an awards ceremony, where you will see how well your movie is received. The better it does at the awards show, the more bonus points you get.

To play the Cinerama slot, visit Casino Tropez today.

Okay, so I’m a little bit of a comic book geek. I’m not a huge geek, but I grew up reading them and I have fond memories of many different books in the Marvel universe. That’s why it was exciting when I was browsing the games at Casino Tropez today and I found so many online slots with a Marvel comic book theme.

My favorite comic as a kid was X-Men and that rag-tag team of mutants is represented here with a fun online slot. There is also a Daredevil game, which is good for fans of that series, though I never got into it. I never saw the appeal of a blind lawyer fighting crime. One character that played a large part in that series (and the movie), though, is Elektra, a character that I always found interesting. She is the featured character in the Elektra slot, which is loosely based on the movie starring Jennifer Garner.

There is also a Fantastic Four slot game, which is one of the most popular online slots at Casino Tropez. Though I wasn’t a loyal reader of the series, that group of superheroes was one of the most loved in the Marvel universe, despite the boring Stretch Armstrong guy.

There is also a Blade slot that is based on the movie. To be honest, the animated main character looks a lot like Wesley Snipes (before his IRS troubles put him on the lamb). Yes, I realize that the Blade movies sucked, but the comics were entertaining and if it helps, think of those while you play and you’ll enjoy yourself more.

For fans of big green guys with anger management issues, there is the Incredible Hulk slot. That features our favorite thrower of temper tantrums. This online slot is based on the comic more so than either of the movies, possibly because no one could decide whether to make him look like Eric Bana or Edward Norton.

Casino Tropez also has a popular Iron Man slot. You may have heard that there’s a new Iron Man movie in theaters. Yeah, the first one made about a bazillion dollars, so I think Tony Stark’s crime fighter is pretty in demand at the moment. This online slot has good animation that recalls some of the better-drawn Marvel comics.

If you’re not a fan of any of the traditional superhero comics (why not?), don’t worry. There is also an online slot called Sparta. It features the Spartan army bare-chested and wearing bikini briefs, fighting off a superior Persian force under a bronze sky. Sound familiar? Yes, it’s based on the movie 300, which is based on the Frank Miller graphic novel of the same name. If you like slightly homoerotic savagery, this would be a great online slot for you.

If you don’t like Marvel comics at all no matter what the subject is, don’t worry. Casino Tropez has games with many other themes. I’ll tell you about those some other time.