As a large portion of the world counts down to Christmas Day, Villento Casino is doing the same. With their Countdown to Christmas promotion, there is a different bonus each day leading up to the big holiday. Players who log in each day can check the calendar to see what they can win.

On their website, Villento Casino has a sort of Advent calendar. There is what looks like a house (possibly Santa’s house or workshop). Under the roof are 24 squares and in each square is a ball tree ornament with a number. Each day, a new prize will be revealed by clicking on the Christmas ornament, but prior to that day, it is a mystery.

Though I can’t tell you what future bonuses will be, I can tell you some of the bonuses from the past. On December 1 (the first day of Christmas?), the online casino gave away quadruple loyalty points for playing the Polar Bash game. On December 3, the casino ran the Mistletoe Hunt. Players had to search the casino for the three games that feature mistletoe and email the answer to the help desk. Ten winners were then randomly chosen and given $500 each.

Some days the prize has been a match bonus, such as on December 7, when the casino gave away an extra 10% match bonus an all deposits. Some days players did nothing to win and were surprised to be awarded with prizes, such as on December 9. Some days required creativity, such as the Elf on the Shelf bonus on December 15. Players had to send in their most creative Christmas rhyme and winning players won money from a $1,000 prize pool.

With a different clever bonus each day, checking the Countdown to Christmas calendar is definitely recommended. To check it out, visit Villento Casino.

Halloween changes its meaning as you age. When you’re a kid, it’s about dressing up, going trick or treating to get some candy, eating as much candy as you can without throwing up, and then passing out in a sugar coma. When you get older, it’s about dressing slutty, getting drunk at a party, and having indiscriminate sex with people you normally wouldn’t touch if not in a hot costume. When you have kids, it’s about watching over your kids to make sure they don’t get abducted or fed candy bars with razor blades in them. For people reading this, there’s a good chance Halloween also means playing in casino tournaments or winning holiday bonuses.

Villento Casino understands and is holding some good bonuses for the Halloween weekend. In the spirit if trick or treating, the online casino is reaching in their goodie bag and leaving treats to some of those who come knocking on their door. Villento is randomly giving bonuses away to active members of the site. The casino will be depositing up to $300 in the accounts of 250 members on October 31. To find out if there is a treat in your trick or treat bag, log into your account on Halloween and see if any rewards have been given to you.

Another Halloween promotion actually ends today. From October 25 to October 28, wagers you make on any online slot will help you earn bonus points for the Halloweenies slot. You receive 20 bonus spins on Halloweenies for wagering between $2,000 and $3,999. For wagering between $4,000 and $6,999, the casino will give you 40 bonus spins on Halloweenies. If you wager $7,000 or more, the casino will give you 60 bonus spins.

In addition to those two promotions, there is also the Rocktober tournament festival, which ends on October 31. The current tournament in the festival is called Juke Box Special.

To find out if you have won prizes or to participate in any of the promotions, visit Villento Casino.

Late last month, the nominees for the 2010 class to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced. If you missed it, as usual, some of the nominees are obvious and others are head-scratchers. Tom Waits, Laura Nyro and Dr. John make sense. I can kind of see the Beastie Boys making it. But Bon Jovi? True, that band was popular in the 80s and then again this decade, but shouldn’t you need more artistic credibility to make the nominee list? Apparently not. Also, I have absolutely no explanation for some of the other nominees, such as Neil Diamond and the J. Geils Band (who?). The inductees will be announced in December. In the meantime, Villento Casino is celebrating rock and roll in their own way, with the Rocktober Tournament Festival.

Just as great rock festivals, from Woodstock to South by Southwest and everything in between, have a great lineup of activity, so does this tournament festival. With the rock and roll theme, are different tournaments running from October 14 through October 31. The first tournament, Rock ‘n Roll Mania, is over, but there are 4 tournaments remaining.

From October 18-20, Villento Casino is running the Rad Rocking Giveaway. It is a slot tournament with a prize pool totaling €1,000. From October 21-24, the online casino is holding the Get Rocked Special tournament, which has a €2,000 prize pool. The Smashing Rockstar tournament, running from October 25-27, has €1,000 up for grabs. Finally, the tournament festival ends with the Juke Box Special tournament, which runs from October 28-31 and has a prize pool of €2,000.

To take part in any of the music-themed tournaments in the Rocktober Tournament Festival, visit Villento Casino.

I like loyalty points because they make me feel appreciated. It’s the online casino saying “hey you, I’m glad you decided to visit our website today and play some of our games. We won’t forget that. In fact, here are some points as a token of our appreciation.” When you don’t have many points, they don’t really mean much other than that, but all of that changes when you get enough loyalty points to cash out for a casino bonus. Then it’s the casino saying “hey, you’ve been here a lot lately. Why don’t you have some free cash to play with? Go ahead, take it. It’s on the house, as a token of our appreciation for your business.”

Other businesses do that kind of thing as well. I love delis that punch your card whenever you get a sandwich and eventually you earn a free lunch. The place where I get my hair cut is the same way. Anyway, Villento Casino offers loyalty points for all wagers that you make and when you have enough, you can cash out. Right now, though, they are sweetening the deal with a special casino promotion.

The promotion is the Triple Play-Triple Pay deal. Starting yesterday, August 30 and running until Thursday, September 2, the online casino will give you triple loyalty points on a select group of online slots. Those featured online slots are Loaded, Lumber Cats, Mayan Princess, Polar Bash, Pure Platinum, Scoop the Cash and the popular Thunderstruck II. Players who are Silver, Gold or Platinum members receive triple loyalty points during the promotion.

To take advantage of the deal and receive triple loyalty points from playing any of the above online slots, visit Villento Casino.

Loyalty points are a good way for casinos to reward their regular customers. It’s a way of saying “thank you” for returning to the casino and playing there time and again. At Villento Casino, players earn loyalty points a variety of ways.

For starters, anyone who opens a real-money account at the online casino is then entered in their Loyalty Club at the bottom level. There are 4 status levels in the club, with everyone starting at Club level and moving into the Silver level once they accrue 50,000 loyalty points during the month. Players are moved into the Gold level once they have earned 100,000 loyalty points. The Platinum level is for members who earn 200,000 loyalty points. The loyalty points can be redeemed for cash at any time.

Players earn loyalty points for real-money wagers on any game at the casino. Players at higher levels earn more loyalty points for the money they spend and there are other perks as well, such as larger bonuses and lower play-through requirements.

Right now, a casino promotion is helping players accrue loyalty points with their current promotion. In the Triple Play promotion, players earn triple points for playing any of a select group of online slots. Those games include Mooshine, Polar Bash, Rainbow’s End, Sunset Showdown, Voila, Wealth Spa and Witch Drive. This promotion ends soon – August 19 to be exact.

To take advantage of triple loyalty points for playing online slots, visit Villento Casino.

This summer, Villento Las Vegas (or Villento Casino…I never know what to call them) wants you to go on an African safari. Don’t worry. If you’re the type that’s squeamish about hunting, it can be the other kind of safari, where you look at the animals and take pictures and stuff. In any case, here we’re talking about an online slot tournament.

Winning players in the slot tournament can win tickets for a real African safari. Trust me when I say those trips are not cheap, so this is a good value. It is a leader-board type of tournament where players accumulate points for money wagered. The more you wager, the more points you earn.

Players can choose to play any online slot at Villento Casino. For every $500 wagered on the slots, players will earn 500 tokens. For any money that is won on the slots, if you then perform a “reversed cashin,” you can earn bonus points. You earn 250 tokens for between $500 and $1000. For between $1000 and $1500, you can earn 500 tokens, and for anything greater than $1500 you can earn 750 tokens.

You can also earn tokens for purchases made. Those purchases are tabulated in increments of $100, with players earning 50 tokens for every $100 purchased. There are also weekly promotions where players can earn bonus promotions.

Basically, right now almost everything you do can earn you points in the Summer Safari promotion. Be sure to check the promotions page for details.

To take part in the Summer Safari promotion and give yourself a chance to win a real trip to Africa, visit Villento Las Vegas Casino.

I don’t know about you, but I like surprises. I was never one of those kids who would sneak a peek at the Christmas presents hiding in my parents’ closet because I liked the mystery. When I get dressed in the morning, I close my eyes, reach in the closet and grab clothes. Sometimes the results are bad, but they’re always surprising. I also love grab bags and fortune cookies for the same reason. Therefore, I’m a fan of the Monday Madness surprise casino bonus at Villento Las Vegas.

Today, Monday, July 26, Villento Las Vegas is holding the Monday Madness promotion. I’m not sure how mad this promotion is, but it has all of the tension and drama of a good surprise. Here’s how it works: If you play the Gift Rap slot, you can win big. Throughout the day, the online casino will randomly reward people who are playing that particular game at a particular time. You will have no way of knowing when it will be, but if you are playing at the right time, you will be credited with up to 100 free spins. During those free spins, you can keep any money that you win.

The Gift Rap slot is a unique online slot that combines children’s toys with music. For example, it shows bears beating on drums and monkeys playing the symbols. It also shows an elf singing into a microphone and a Jack-in-the-box that is wearing clothes from a 1980’s rap video. With its unique theme, the Gift Rap online slot is a fun game to play anyway. If you happen to be playing it today at the right time, you could get an extra 100 spins.

If you are selected for free spins in this promotion, Villento Las Vegas will send you a notification via email. To play the Gift Rap slot and take part in the Monday Madness promotion, visit Villento Las Vegas.

Online slots tend to be the focus of most online casinos. In part it’s because slots are the most popular casino game and in part it’s because they’re so easy to customize and you can release hundreds with different themes. I’m sure the high house edge has a little to do with it as well.

Other games are important for a casino to keep customers happy, though, most notably blackjack and poker. Villento Las Vegas casino offers a good variety of both popular table games. As for online poker, the casino offers 3 Card Poker, Cyberstud Poker, Progressive Cyberstud Poker, Bonus Pai Gow Poker, Poker Ride and Red Dog. Each of those online poker games are played like a regular poker game at a table. The visuals are of the poker table as you look at the cards dealt to you, place your bets, and try to guess what cards your opponents have.

In addition to the table version of poker, Villento Casino also has a wide range of video poker games. The video poker games come in the varieties of Jacks or Better, Aces and Faces, All American Poker, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Deuces and Joker and Tens or Better. The look of these games is like playing a video poker terminal in a casino, with a digital representation of the cards laid out in front of you.

If online blackjack is your game, Villento Casino has a good selection, which includes the standard games of Atlantic City Online Blackjack, Vegas Strip Online Blackjack, Classic Online Blackjack and European Online Blackjack. If you’re looking for some of the popular blackjack variants, they also offer Multi-Hand Online Blackjack, Spanish Online Blackjack and Bonus Online Blackjack.

The selection for these table games may not be as good as for the online slots, but they make up for it in their lower house edge. You should lose less (or win more) money with the table games than with slots.

The full selection of slots, table games and table games can be found at Villento Las Vegas casino.

Mad Hatters is one of my favorite online slots at Villento Las Vegas. Partly it’s because I grew up on Alice in Wonderland and remember reading it and watching the movie as a kid. Part of it is because I am fascinated by the origin of the “mad hatter.” If you’re interested, there are two theories for the “mad as a hatter” expression. Here they are in short: One theory is that since mercury was used to cure pelts used in hate, the haberdashers inhaled the fumes and got mercury poisoning. Symptoms of mercury poisoning include distorted vision and confused speech, which can make a person seem crazy. The other theory is that fumes from the glue used by the hatters made them high.

The Mad Hatters slot plays on the nutty tea party character. It is a 5-reel, 30-payline slot featuring symbols of the Mad Hatter, tea cups, cupcakes, and other things you would expect from Lewis Caroll’s mad tea party.

Anyway, I love playing the Mad Hatter online slot. If you do as well, then I have good news! Villento Las Vegas is holding a slot tournament on that game. The tournament is called $3000 Mad Hatters Mania. This is a slot tournament with a $3000 guaranteed prize pool. This is a freeroll slot tournament, which means that there is no entry fee. So there is nothing to lose by playing!

The Mad Hatters Mania slot tournament runs until June 27, so time is almost up. You better take advantage of this freeroll while you can.

To join the $3000 Mad Hatters Mania slot tournament, visit Villento Las Vegas.

Oh, and while you’re at it, answer this riddle for me: Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Most of the world is being deafened by the vuvuzelas while they endure boring 1-1 ties in the FIFA World Cup this year. To celebrate the football (or soccer, depending on where you’re from) tournament – which is the most popular sport tournament in the world – Villento Las Vegas is holding a slot tournament.

The $30,000 Football Mania promotion runs from June 11 to July 11 (like the World Cup) and in it, players compete for a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000 in casino credits. In addition, there are $10,000 in bonus spins and $10,000 in other special position rewards.

The online slot tournament is played on the Loaded slot, which has nothing to do with soccer. The online slot has an urban theme, and by urban theme, I mean it has pimps, bling and turntables. Only some of those things can be associated with soccer.

The top players on the leader board at the end of the tournament will win from the $10,000 tournament pool. In addition, players who are taking part in the tournament during a random drawing from the leader board can win from the special position prize money. You can be anywhere on the leader board for this prize, including the bottom.

There is also the bonus spins giveaway. This is another random drawing and to qualify for this prize, you must wager a minimum of $100 during the promotional period.

To take part in the $30,000 Football Mania slot tournament, which should be more exciting than the World Cup itself, visit Villento Las Vegas today.