Sunday, 23 December, 2007
Microgaming powered poker rooms and its players will have something to wait eagerly for in the new year. While more tournaments, guaranteed prize pools and free cash bonuses is certainly music to any poker players ears, this New Year’s surprise will be in the form of a very anticipated online poker software upgrade. Microgaming is currently holding the reign on a Beta version of this new gaming software, which they are going to unveil at the International Casino Exhibition in the end of January.
In a recent press release, Roger Raatgever, Microgaming CEO, prepared online casino operators and gamblers with an update on the promised software upgrade. Roger Raatgever placed emphasis on the fact that player feedback has significant to developing their latest innovative online gambling product. Catering to both newbies and veteran poker players, Microgaming says that the tables in their new software are more accessible and faster.
Although much more will be unveiled at the International Casino Exhibition, the upgrade consists of new table resizing options, avatar customization, advanced multi-table capabilities, private/social network chatting, and user-friendly features like “view chat”, “best hand”, “player calendar” and “pop-up hand history”.
With the promise that Microgaming will be revealing the beta version of their new online software at ICE 2008, its imminent players will get a chance to put the upgrade to the test early in 2008. Unlike the typical casino upgrade, in which a handful of new online games are simply added to the software portfolio, poker software upgrade of Microgaming will affect the entire playing experience.
Friday, 21 December, 2007
The online casino SuperSlots has partnered with Just Gamble for Free to bring the Winter Wonderland Slot Tournament to the online slots machines community. Free promotional play in preparation for the tournament started on December 1. As part of the promotion, the Just Gamble for Free site will promote a new online slots games such as Safari that is designed to pay out up to 400 thousand dollars on a single pull and also Winter Wonderland with a 50 thousand dollar jackpot.
The Winter Wonderland Holiday Slot Tournament will run between December 25 and January 5, 2008. The tournament will pay out 30,000 dollars.
42 tournaments were scheduled, with a prize pool of $98,000. Throughout December the tournaments being played at SuperSlots have been a combination of blackjack, video poker games, Hold’em Poker, and also the ever-popular Online Slot games. All the tournaments have been free or minimal investment to play. Special online slots tournaments have been developed to maximize exposure to new users, as well as cater to those players who enjoy popular online slots such as Cleopatra’s Pyramid, Eastern Dragon, and Cool Bananas.
The huge new slots game being featured on SuperSlots is Safari. This online game offers 20 paylines, the biggest available currently in online slots. The slot opens up wagering from a penny each line up to $10 each line, making a maximum bet of 200 dollars. With the maximum bet, 5 jeep symbols on any payline will jackpot $100,000. 3, 4 or 5 jeep symbols scattered across the paylines will start a 15 free spin play, and all the winnings will be multiplied by 2 at that point. Also there is a bonus game round offered. This is going to be a game powerhouse to play.
Another integration into the Super Slots casino is VIP Loyalty bonuses and Weekly Bonuses. Players can claim an additional $750 in bonuses weekly playing with the online casino. A bonus offers a Monday 25% with the first deposit of the day, going up to $250. Wednesday and Friday all have a variation on the same offering a 50% and 100% pay out bonus.
Just Gamble for Free is designed with resources and methods to open up free gaming to anybody who wants to play. They report on main events such as the World Series of Poker, and also have links to free online casinos and free online slots. This is really an advantageous site for any online player.