Golden Casino has been one of the leaders in online casino fun and innovation for the last 10 years, but their era is coming to an end. According to SlotsGeek.com, effective December 1, 2009 the casino will not be accepting any new customers from the United States. The online casino will continue to let existing members play on their site, regardless of where they are from, and will honor all winnings, so players who win tournaments will not have to worry about whether or not they will get paid. However, anyone from the US who wants to join the casino after December 1 will not be able to do so.

No reason was given for this change in policy, though there is speculation that it has something to do with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The US government has lately taken to seizing funds from banks that are part of an online gambling transaction, despite the fact that there is no federal ban on online gambling and it is only illegal in 4 of the 50 states. Unless it is delayed by Congress, which is the desire by some senators and representatives in both parties, UIGEA will take full effect on December 1.

This change comes as Golden Casino comes under new ownership. Other Vegas Technology online casinos should remain unchanged in regards to their policies with American customers. Members in the House and Senate are attempting to have UIGEA repealed for the second time since its passing in 2006, and many are more optimistic the second time around. Golden Casino shutting its doors to American customers shows that, if it is related to UIGEA at all, the casino is not quite so optimistic.

I know that Halloween just ended, but that means it’s time to start looking ahead to Thanksgiving. There’s a house in my community that already has Christmas lights up, though. That’s just wrong. One holiday at a time, people.

Golden Casino will host a big freeroll tournament leading up to Thanksgiving. The tournament begins on November 13 and runs until Thanksgiving, which this year falls on November 26. It is a freeroll slots tournament, which means that there is no entry fee. In the tournament, you can play free slots for a chance at a $150,000 prize. With that kind of money, you can sleep in on Black Friday and still not have to worry about having money for all the Christmas presents you want to buy.

The online tournament is cleverly titled the $150,000 Guaranteed Countdown to Thanksgiving Freeroll and it will be played on the online slot game 5 Reel Wheel of Chance. The freeroll tournament has a rebuy of $19.99.

If you win the Thanksgiving Freeroll tournament and don’t know what to do with the money, don’t worry. I can help you figure that out. After all, I don’t see why you shouldn’t send a gift or two to an OnlineCasinos.org writer who informed you about the tournament. After all, if you weren’t informed, you couldn’t have won.

For more information on the tournament, and to get in on other online slot tournaments and other fun games, visit Golden Casino today.

We previously informed you about a Halloween-themed slots tournament held at Golden Casino on October 30. Well, they’re not alone. Online Vegas online casino is holding their own Halloween tournament starting the on the day before Halloween, the day known as Devil’s Night. Ooh, spooky… Devil’s Night is best known for its tradition of massive arson in inner-city Detroit, but online casinos are now trying to associate it with fun slot tournaments. I’ve always associated it with a last second scramble to figure out what costume I’m going to wear on Halloween, but that’s just because I am a procrastinator.

Online Vegas casino is holding two Halloween slot tournaments on Devil’s Night. The first is a freeroll tournament called Fearfully Fun Fright Night. There is no entry fee for the tournament and it runs for only two hours on October 30, from 10:00 PM to midnight. The tournament has a $2,666 prize pool and is played on the slot game Black Magic, a game based on witches, toil and trouble. Each player starts with 100 credits and the tournament has a rebuy of $1.99.

The second Halloween slot tournament hosted by Online Vegas is Halloween Weekend Madness, which runs from October 30 to November 3. In keeping with the whole sign of the devil theme, there is a guaranteed prize pool of $66,666. The entry fee and rebuy for the tournament is $13.13, an unlucky number for some, though you will consider it lucky if you take home any prizes in this tournament. The weekend tournament will be played on the slot game Monster Money, a game based on the tale of Dr. Frankenstein and his monster.

It seems that people who want to spend their Devil’s Night in an online tournament have to make a decision. You can play at either Golden Casino or Online Vegas. Of course, as we get closer to the holiday I’m sure more Halloween-themed tournaments will pop up. And, of course, if you live in Detroit you probably shouldn’t spend Devil’s Night in front of the computer playing online slots anyway. In that case, I would recommend standing at the door of your house holding a fire extinguisher, ready to put out any fires started at your home or neighboring homes. That’s what I would do, anyway.

You know those times that people in Oprah’s audience look under their seats and found that they’ve been given presents for no reason but showing up? No? Well, I’m glad to hear it, because that means you pay no attention to Oprah, which I think is commendable. But people tell me that she likes to surprise her guests with prizes. Anyway, my whole point is that Golden Casino is kind of like Oprah, except without the Obama connection, the delusions of grandeur or the wildly fluctuating weight.

As incentive for joining Golden Casino, the popular website gives out a 100% deposit bonus for all new customers. The bonus applies to all players who join, open a real money account and make a deposit between $25 and $555. If you meet those requirements, Golden Casino will match your deposit 100%, doubling the amount of money you have to play with. Therefore, if you deposit $100, you will have $200 to wager on Golden Casino’s many online games.

But that’s not the great news. That deposit bonus happens every day. As a special going on right now, anyone who joins Golden Casino and opens a real money account with a deposit from $25 to $555 will have their deposit matched 200%, which is equal to receiving up to $1,665 absolutely free. Using the previous example, a player who deposits $100 would have $300 to play with during this current promotion.

It’s a great deal for anyone who wants to try online gambling but has not chosen a casino yet or anyone who already gambles at a casino but doesn’t mind playing more than one place. To claim the bonus, new players must contact Customer Support.

Golden casino has a wide variety of casino games, everything from blackjack, poker and craps to all of the slots you could ever need. A good number of the games are also played in online tournaments. To claim a deposit bonus and take place in any of the exciting tournaments, visit Golden Casino today.

As someone with a sweet tooth, I have always loved the candy holidays: Christmas, Easter and Halloween. Now, candy isn’t the only reason I like those days, but I won’t deny that I love sitting down with a lot of yummy food that is in no way good for me and munching to my heart’s delight. Maybe that’s why my dentist yelled at me last week. He said something about cavities and a root canal. I don’t remember exactly. I don’t want to play favorites between the 3 candy holidays, especially since two of them involve Jesus, so I’ll just say that Halloween is in my top 3 favorite holidays. Halloween is great because not only do you get candy, but you have an excuse to watch cheesy horror movies, dress in costume and scare complete strangers.

Given my love for the spooky holiday, you can imagine my delight when I heard that Golden Casino is holding Halloween-themed slot tournaments. On October 30 and running through the weekend, Golden Casino is holding the Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll. The tournament, which caters to fans of both Halloween and alliteration, has a $2,666 guaranteed prize pool. The tournament is played on the Black Magic online slot game, which has less to do with Santana than it does with evil witchery. The tournament begins at 10:00 PM on Friday and ends on Sunday at the fitting time of 11:59 PM, or one minute before the clock strikes midnight.

Going on at the same time is the Halloween Weekend Madness $66,666 Guaranteed Tournament. The tournament is played on the popular new Golden Casino slot Monster Money. The tournament has an entry fee of $13.13. I guess they thought that $6.66 would have been pushing it. The top 500 players earn some type of a treat. And even if you don’t win anything, you should have fun playing in the Halloween tournament. You can even dress in costume if you want (don’t worry, I won’t tell).

If you’re in the mood for some Halloween thrills and chills, be sure to treat yourself to the tournaments on Golden Casino.

Golden Casino isn’t the only online casino holding a Columbus Day tournament. It seems that holding tournaments to honor poor navigators who accidentally discovered the wrong country – one that had already been “discovered” by the Vikings 500 years prior and was inhabited by natives – is just the thing to do right now.

Online Vegas Casino is running the Columbus Day Week Free Entry $20K Guaranteed tournament (yeah, doesn’t that name just flow off the tongue?) from Monday, October 12 through Friday, October 16. In the tournament, players will compete for a $20,000 prize pool. There is no entry fee for this tournament, which is played on the online slot X Marks the Spot, which is a pirate-themed game. Though Columbus wasn’t a pirate, he did sail the seas in search of treasure, so I guess that’s close enough.

Once players enter the tournament, they are awarded $100 of playing money, which must be wagered at least 20 times. There are also rebuys available at $9.99, which will award the player another $300, which again must be wagered 20 times.

In this tournament, prizes are given out to the players with the highest balances. The first-place prize is $5,500. The tournament gives out prize money to the top 500 players, with the 500^th-place finisher taking home $10 (hey, it’s better than nothing).

If you’re a fan of pirates, Christopher Columbus, or just online slot tournaments in general, set sail for Online Vegas Casino.

This is a slow time of year for online casinos, which is why there have been so many special promotions and tournaments lately. Golden Casino has announced that they are holding tournaments with big prize pools in the month of October, including a special tournament to celebrate Columbus Day.

Golden Casino’s Columbus Day tournament runs from October 12 through October 16. Columbus Day is celebrated in America on the second Monday in October; this year, it falls on October 12. The online slot tournament, played on the game X Marks the Spot, has no entry fee and players compete for a $20,000 prize pool. There is a rebuy of $9.99, though. In case you’re wondering, yes, X Marks the Spot is a pirate-themed game and no, Christopher Columbus was not a pirate. I’m not sure why they picked that game. Maybe it was the only nautical-themed slot Golden Casino has.

For those who are not from the United States or those who are but were educated in a public school, you might be wondering what Columbus Day is. Columbus Day is the day we celebrate the time Christopher Columbus accidentally “discovered” the American continents when looking for the West Indies. And no, he didn’t realize his mistake. He actually thought he had found the West Indies, which is why he annoyed all of the Native Americans by calling them Indians. They were too polite to inform him that he was a long way from India. Of course, Columbus wasn’t even the first white man to stumble upon the Americas, since the Vikings discovered North America roughly 500 years earlier. Neither the Vikings nor Columbus thought to name the continents after them, though, so that honor later went to Amerigo Vespucci.

In addition to the explorer/pirate tournament, Golden Casino is also holding Weekend Madness from Fridays to Tuesdays. The tournaments have entry fees of $12.99 and rebuys of the same amount. There are several online slots used in the tournament, including 5 Reel Wheel of Chance, Reel Deal, Dynasty (a Samurai-themed game), and Grail Maiden (a medieval knight theme). The Weekend Madness tournaments have a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000.

To participate in Weekend Madness or celebrate the time that guy accidentally stumbled upon huge chunks of land that many people had already found and on which many people had already settled, visit Golden Casino.