Posts Tagged ‘online gambling’
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
It has been awhile since we added new online gambling sites to the database, so we are catching up with several sites that probably have been out there for awhile. We strive to have as complete a database as possible, but are aware that we probably have about 50% of websites reviewed. The following sites have been reviewed and added in the past week:
None of the sites scored a TR100, but Red Flush Casino and Casino LaVida were very close, both scoring TR98. If you play at any of these online gambling sites, please come back and give us your review.
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Saturday, November 27th, 2010
Nowadays everybody’s in search of source of positive emotions, feelings, relaxation and consequently, everybody has one’s own methods of achieving these goals. Somebody’s searching the oblivion in drugs and alcohol, or just simply prefer traveling and leaving all the troubles rest. Of course, drugs and alcohol are the extremes, but there’s another kind of a “drug” called gambling. Gambling games can be traced back to the times of great emperors, queens, pompous dresses and man wigs. We can remember that roulette as well as poker also have their own history (for instance, the first model of roulette was designed by the great scientist Pascal; poker, in its turn, appeared in the 15th century and is presumed to have the German origin). In this way, the big companies suggesting people to gamble, have been appearing.
Thus, untwining the topic in this stream, it’s worthy to mention Microgaming casinos online having started to trigger the world of gambling in 1994. Nowadays, Microgaming casinos count more than 100 casinos online, and you can actually play any game you want as online casinos have a wide range of gambling games starting from blackjack, roulette, video poker and finishing with slots.
Huge Popularity
Microgaming gained its huge popularity due to the software being released by it. For instance, a lot of gambling companies like Carmen Media Group, Fortune Lounge Group, Ladbrokes and others use the software of Microgaming company. The other, so to say, advantage of Microgaming casinos is that this company provides fair gaming, good bonuses and free plays, good customer service and plenty of other services which may attract the beginner in gambling.
Microgaming Company History
Speaking about the Microgaming company history (as it mentioned before, the company was founded in 1994), Microgaming casino is a largely developing organization. For instance, in 2009 the Microgaming poker network established the partnership with Ladbrokes Poker. In this way, Ladbrokes Poker launched the promotion campaign to give $1,000,000 each month. Enumerating the successes in Microgaming company history, it wouldn’t be out of place to admit that in 2009, the same year, the company launched another project – one of the biggest casinos, with the top jackpot in €6,374,434 which is undoubtedly recorded in the history of gambling games. In September 2010 Microgaming Casino launched its another elaboration the Lord of Rings, another video slot.
Microgaming Casino Games
As it was said above, Microgaming casino specializes on various types of games: blackjack, baccarat, poker, however, one of the most popular games is slots and video poker. There are a lot of online casinos with Microgaming slots such like Villento, Platinum play, and if to speak in general, there are about 350 web-sites running Mircogaming slots and other Microgaming casinos production. To say more about Microgaming online it should be definitely pointed out that the companies suggesting Microgaming services fight for the clients suggesting them “more or less” decent standard casino deposit guarantees up to $1,000.
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
We have recently updated the PlayersJet database removing those websites that are no longer with us; 24 Carat Casino, Bikini Poker, Nevada Online Casino, we hardly knew ya.
When we set out to build a useful portal of online gambling sites, the first thing we noticed was that there were a lot of online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks out there. Well over 1,000 in fact. After reviewing a few of them, as a new online gambler, you start wondering to yourself, is this a safe place to deposit money and why would I choose one online casino over another. Our answer was to create a Trust Ranking algorithm to help answer these questions. The PlayersJet Trust Rank considers over 30 criteria for every online casino, poker room and sportsbook and computes a score. Apparently our standards were pretty high as less than 5% of online gambling sites crossed the threshold of a 100 score.
Early in 2005 when we launched PlayersJet we faced a lot of criticism as some well respected operators were either scoring low, or had been missed altogether by our review. We defended our methodology as a guide to helping the new gambler with making their decision, as we were new to this whole industry ourselves, and after all players can provide reviews if they really like one casino over another to help with the scoring.
We score sites much like a school exam where a 90 is an A and below 60 is failing. After going through this round of updates to our database, a clear trend has shown itself, where online gambling sites scoring below 60% have disappeared with greater frequency than those with higher scores.? In fact, the scoring follows an expected trend with higher ranked sites around at a higher rate than lower ranked sites.
Casinos, Poker Rooms and Sportsbooks Remaining in Our Database:
| Grade |
Trust Rank |
Casinos |
Poker Rooms |
Sportsbooks |
| A |
90-100 |
80% |
90% |
67% |
| B |
80-89 |
62% |
76% |
57% |
| C |
70-79 |
53% |
37% |
64% |
| D |
60-69 |
48% |
54% |
40% |
| F |
Below 60 |
32% |
50% |
34% |
The one number that sticks out from the rest is the Poker Rooms scoring between 70-79, which is due to the fact that there were very few poker rooms that scored in that specific range. 19 to be exact.
When looking across all of the websites in our database we get the following aggregate results for gambling websites that remain in our database:
All Gambling Sites Remaining in Our Database
| Grade |
Trust Rank |
All Gambling Sites |
| A |
90-100 |
82% |
| B |
80-89 |
64% |
| C |
70-79 |
54% |
| D |
60-69 |
52% |
| F |
Below 60 |
39% |
The resulting trend…an online gambling website scoring below 60 is less likely to stick around than those that are receiving a passing score.
There is also a nice jump between a grade of A and B, so those sites scoring a 90 or higher can be trusted at a pretty high level of confidence. If you look at some of those sites that have disappeared in the A grade range, they have mostly been consolidated into other brands such as Havana Club into Platinum Play, Royal Vegas Poker into Poker Time, or Vegas USA and Trident Lounge into King Neptunes Casino, meaning that if you had signed up with one of the prior sites you would have been transferred over to the latter sites with deposits and winnings protected. The same can’t be said for most of the sites that were failing to begin with. Players on those websites likely were left without their deposits, winnings or recourse.
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Monday, December 14th, 2009
Roulette is a very well known casino game, mostly because it is believed being a game that cannot be cheated and because it is said the roulette wheel cannot be defeated. It is believed that this game is the most clean casino game, if we consider the fact that it cannot be influenced neither by the dealer, neither by the gambler. In gambling it is important that all the players start the game with the same opportunities, opportunities that change only considering their luck. This thing happens in the case of roulette, because if in blackjack you can win counting cards or in poker games you can win using your famous ?poker face?, these modalities cannot be used in the case of roulette.
Roulette first appeared in France and it is said that the inventor of the roulette sold his soul to the evil spirits to be able to construct such devilish machinery. The name of the casino game comes from French and it means ?wheel?. The wheel of the roulette is divided in thirty seven or thirty eight spaces, spaces that each containing a number and color, black or red. The roulette can be of two main types, American roulette or European roulette. The game is played taking into consideration the numbers and the colors that are in the spaces of the roulette wheel. The gambler places his bet on a color and on a number and after that the process is really easy, the dealer just have to announce the bets, spins the wheel and if the ball stops on the color and the number of the gambler he wins, if not he loses. There is an important thing regarding the betting periods in roulette, because each casino determines him the period of betting. There are casinos that allow the gamblers to place their bet while the wheel is spinning, while other casinos allow betting just when the wheel is not spinning.
There are beliefs that the roulette table can be modified and winnings depend on the inclination of the table, the usage of the ball or the usage of the wheel, but these are not demonstrated. The best way to play at the roulette table is to trust your luck and intuition and to hope that the lucky number and color picked by you will bring you the big winnings.
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Online casinos have changed the way we think about casinos. Earlier one had to go to a casino in Las Vegas or Monte Carlo to play their favorite gambling games. Also, the biggest attraction was that you could play a wide variety of games in one location. But this was also very inconvenient for people as they had to travel a lot to get to their destinations to be entertained.
This brought about the creation of online casino games which revolutionized casino games forever. Millions of people took onto this new craze. To cater to such demands there were and still are a large number of online casino websites. This was good as it created healthy competition and the end customer benefited as each website tried to offer the best promotion and bonus to their players.
However, with everything that is popular, there were also a lot of fake and scam sites that launched themselves to leech of people?s money. A lot of such sites took their customers personal information and used it to their benefit.
A lot of customers were unsure about which online casino to join and which to avoid. The problem was that even the scam sites looked genuine and attractive, so it made the task of selecting the right site even more difficult.
So, what can one do to tackle this issue?
Many online casino users rely on OnlineCasinoPortal.net to provide them with the answers. This website has a dedicated team of members that regularly provide their readers with a wide variety of casino news, reviews of new and old casino websites, descriptions of online casino games and numerous other helpful articles.
One of the most used sections on this site is the online casinos review section. Highly knowledgeable members of this website regularly visit and play on a number of different online casino websites. They check every aspect of these websites and then write detail reviews about these sites.
They cover a number of important aspects in each article such as ?
1. Number of games that each site offers.
2. The most popular games on each online casino site.
3. The name of the owners and their overall reliability.
4. Benefits of playing with that online casino site.
5. Highest amount of jackpot taken home on that website.
6. Bonus and other promotions that are being offered on the online casino site.
7. Software and other security systems on the site for payments.
8. Information about the various customer support options on the online casino website.
9. Drawbacks, if any.
10.? Other facilities and features on the site such as chat rooms, forums, etc.
For new users the site not only writes highly reliable reviews but also explains a lot of new games that have been released by online gaming websites. Everyone is aware of classic games like Blackjack and Roulette but not everyone knows about online casino games like Mystic Dragon Video.
They describe each and every new game with pictures and all the other important details such as ?
- The basic aim of the game.
- Steps on how to play the game with some tips and tricks.
- Number of players that can play the game.
- Amount of money one can win while playing the game.
- Names of online casino websites that allow you to play these games.
Apart from giving you all the information you need about the online casino websites and the games that you can play on them, OnlineCasinoPortal.net also has a lot of other helpful articles that talk about advantages of different games, tips on winning different games, top rated sites and many more helpful articles.
Website: www.onlinecasinoportal.net
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Gaming Company 20 Percent Growth Forecast in Industry, as Shares Shoot Up 3.4 Percent
Confident Future
888 Holdings Plc, which is the second largest Internet gambling company within the United Kingdom, has a bright future. The company saw its stock price jump up to about 3.4% and issued a report detailing a future filled with utmost confidence, as it predicted growth of more than 20% in the online gaming industry by the end of next year.
Strategic Financial Prediction
The prediction is perhaps meant to distract 888 Holdings? second-quarter performance that saw its operational income fall to about 12% to 61million dollars from the previous year.? The percentage was still a 7% improvement in performance in this year first quarter. At any rate, the prediction worked. The strong prediction as well as an announcement that 888 was closer to making a significant acquisition made the company?s shares to dramatically rise by 3.4%.
888?S Chief Executive said that, one of the acquisitions was about to be closed, terming it as a bolt-on, which would aid their daily business strategy. He also said that a couple of others were at an earlier stage.
The Chief Executive continued that the confidence was very high, and 888 would raise one times EBITDA at least, to fund the acquisitions. Currently, the forecast consensus for a full-year EBITDA stands AT 52.5 million dollars.? 888 Holdings Plc cash is valued at around 110 million dollars and no debt.
Market Targets
Just like other online gaming companies, 888 is targeting the everyday business segment to raise its growth as the tough economic hardships continue to add more pressure upon its consumer business.
The company is in search of European companies for acquisition, and has an option to develop the online games to target the strategic female customers. Internet bingo has made the number of females? online gambling in Britain to rise, as much as the online gambling has an 85% male customer base.
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Italy?s bookmaker Bwin has created history by being the first authorised online gambling  operator to introduce real money skill games. The Vienna based group has brought out 8 such games, including Solitaire, Blackjack, Eldorado and 8-Ball Billiard.
Bookmaker authorisation from AAMS
The initiative has the backing of the State Monopolies Autonomous Administration, AAMS. It follows on from the launch of Ongame, an Internet poker product in Italy.
Available since Jan 5
The skill games area available on Bwin.it since January 5th this year. The other games on offer are 3 Card Poker, Yatzy, Formula 0.01 and Backgammon.
All the games are licensed and regulated by the Provincial Government of ?land. The License was granted back in 2006 to GamArena AB and ?lands Penningautomatf?rening.
CEO upbeat
Bwin?s CEO Norbert Teufelberger was upbeat about his company?s progress, saying it was consolidating its strength as a house of games, widening the spectrum of offerings to cover real-money online casino games of skill apart from the sports betting and online poker already provided.
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Spring came early this year for PlayersJet as we have just gone through our database scrubbing and cleaning the data, removing cobwebs (dead links) and updating screen shots.? With many more online gambling sites going offline in the past year, this cleaning has provided an interesting look at our ranking methodology .
When we set out to build a useful online gambling portal, the first thing we noticed was that there were a lot of online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks out there.? Well over 1,000 in fact.? After you find a few of them, you start wondering to yourself, is this a safe place to deposit money and why would I choose one online casino over another.? Our answer was to create a Trust Ranking algorithm to help answer these questions.? Our Trust Rank considers over 30 criteria for every online casino, poker room and sportsbook and spits out a score.? Apparently our standards were pretty high as less than 5% of online gambling sites crossed the threshold of a 100 score.
Early on in 2005 when we first launched PlayersJet we faced a lot of criticism as some well respected operators were either scoring low, or had been missed altogether by our review.? We defended our methodology as a guide to helping the neophyte with making their decision, as we were new to this whole industry ourselves, and after all players can provide reviews if they really like one casino over another to help with the scoring.
We score sites much like a school exam where a 90 is an A and 59 is failing. After going through this round of updates to our database, a clear trend has shown itself, where online gambling sites scoring below 60% have disappeared with greater frequency than those with higher scores.? In fact, the scoring follows an expected trend with higher ranked sites around at a higher rate than lower ranked sites.
Casinos, Poker Rooms and Sportsbooks remaining in our database:
| Grade |
Trust Rank |
Casinos |
Poker Rooms |
Sportsbooks |
| A |
90-100 |
80% |
90% |
67% |
| B |
80-89 |
62% |
76% |
57% |
| C |
70-79 |
53% |
37% |
64% |
| D |
60-69 |
48% |
54% |
40% |
| F |
Below 60 |
32% |
50% |
34% |
The one number that sticks out from the rest is the Poker Rooms scoring between 70-79, which is due to the fact that there were very few poker rooms that scored in that specific range.? 19 to be exact.
When looking across all of the websites in our database we get the following aggregate results for gambling websites that remain in our database:
| Grade |
Trust Rank |
All Gambling Sites |
| A |
90-100 |
82% |
| B |
80-89 |
64% |
| C |
70-79 |
54% |
| D |
60-69 |
52% |
| F |
Below 60 |
39% |
The resulting trend…an online gambling website scoring below 60 is less likely to stick around than those that are receiving a passing score.
There is also a nice jump between a grade of A and B, so those sites scoring a 90 or higher can be trusted at a pretty high level of confidence.? If you look at some of those sites that have disappeared in the A grade range, they have mostly been consolidated into other brands such as Havana Club into Platinum Play, Royal Vegas Poker into Poker Time, or Vegas USA and Trident Lounge into King Neptunes Casino, meaning that if you had signed up with one of the prior sites you would have been transferred over to the latter sites with deposits and winnings protected.? The same can’t be said for most of the sites that were failing to begin with.? Players on those websites likely were left without their deposits, winnings or recourse.
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
Today we are launching a new feature on PlayersJet, our very own online gambling blog.? The goal of our blog is to keep our you updated on the latest goings on of our online gambling directory, news about the online gambling industry (and our spin on it), and online gambling advice.
You can expect to see posts on updates to our database as well as unique views into the data on our website.? The usability of the PlayersJet website allows you to see online casinos, online poker rooms, online sportsbooks, online bingo and online slots in several unique ways, but through our blog posts we expect to provide even more interesting ways to view these online gambling sites.
Want to know which sites accept US players, that feature is on the way, would you like to sort the results using your own criteria, we are working on that, maybe you would like to see more details included on our site details pages, let us know in the comments and we will consider all ideas.
For now we will leave you with our tagline… Practice Safe Bets.
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