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McMurphy’s Fun 3D Penny Slot Game

February 11th, 2011

Another great 3D slot has made it to the Rival Gaming slot selection. These games just keep raising the bar for other slot game developers since they offer some of the best gaming options including playability, graphics and payouts. The McMurphy’s is the very latest in family-style slot game with a theme that promises to keep players busy for hours on end.

The McMurphy’s offers 5 reels and 20 paylines filled with endless winning possibilities hidden within its bonus games, free spins, scatter and wilds symbols and high paying feisty characters. Players can bet as little as one penny and up to 5 coins per payline which ultimately adds up to a $500 per game. The symbols in the game include the entire McMurphy family and then some. The family’s dog is animated throughout the course of the game and whenever winning combinations are unlocked, the dog will act up and do a back flip for the players’ sake. The Wild symbol is the Son of the family, a blonde kid named Bart, and will substitute for every other symbol in regular play, except for the Free Spin Bonus symbol.

The McMurphy’s 3D online slot game has a wonderful and interesting bonus round game based on the free spins concept. When players land three or more McMurphy’s Bonus scatter symbols, they will enter the bonus round. The Free Spins are called Free Drops in this game and whenever players win the minimum 3 free spins or the maximum 9 free spins, the free spins are triggered automatically. Players will also have the chance to re-trigger more free spins with the Extra Bonus scatter symbol included within the bonus round game and will awards the same 3 to 9 free spins depending on how many of them appear on the reels.

How to Be a Winner at European Roulette

January 21st, 2011

Not a day goes by without online casino players trying to improve their gaming style in order to win big prizes. However, all online and land based gamblers know that the chances of beating the house and winning at most online casino games is primarily based on luck. Nevertheless, new and improved techniques keep popping up that claim to be the new thing that will save the day and make players take that jackpot with them. One of the most recent trends deals with the game of roulette.

This new technique was created by a group of trained mathematicians known as the Hawks. Their method is said to be effective only with the European roulette wheel and has to do with players wagering, in a consecutive manner, first on black and then on red. Players first have to place a low amount bet on the black and then keep increasing the amount of the wager until they win, at which point they have to switch to betting on red and repeat the process, starting with a low amount bet and doubling the amount each time. Hawk’s group technique claims that if players follow these simple rules they will end up winning at one given point in time.

It is advised that this technique should only be applied to small bet amounts, and that as soon as a player reaches a decent profitable amount, then that’s the cue to stop and move on with a different game or winning technique. Some players go as far as switching to a different casino to try their techniques at different tables. The Hawk technique is an easy and uncomplicated technique that is likely to work out in the long term. However, players must keep in mind that on the European roulette wheels there are a 0 and a 00 and these numbers will work against the player and knock down the statistics slightly out of sync.

China’s Effort Against Online Gambling Not Effective

January 7th, 2011

As most people know, all forms of gambling in mainland China are illegal. Expect for the two government controlled lotteries in the country, residents of China are not allowed to play online penny slots or any other casino games nor bet or sports. However, horse betting is perfectly normal and legal in Hong Kong and the other administrative region of Macau has recently become the gambling capital of the world, surpassing Las Vegas, Nevada. These legislative discrepancies within a same country clearly shows the immense internal struggle between communist inclined lawmakers and more free thinking and free market oriented reformers.

Nevertheless, even when the Chinese governments have tried for thousands of years to isolate their citizens from outside world influences that were considered harmful and corrupt, they seem to be losing the battle with online gambling. Recent studies show that even though China, now with over 450 million internet users and over seven hundred and eighty five million websites, has successfully shut down more that 60,000, including 150 online casinos and convicted over 5000 internet users, there are more Chinese online gambling websites than in previous years.

The Chinese government has taken strict measures to make sure their Internet security is as tight as possible by censoring all activities outside their control. According to strict Chinese online gambling laws, anyone who is affiliated with, profiting from or operating an online gambling website faces from 3-10 years in prison. Many believes that strict laws will have little effect in stopping the Chinese people from gambling online. It’s no secret for anyone that the Chinese people are the biggest gamblers in the world who have been under thousands of years of an imperial system that tried to keep people down and drove them to do whatever they can to become millionaires overnight, preferably without hard work at a Chinese online casino.

Spain Joins in the Legal Online Casino World

December 27th, 2010

Online casino games are a big thing everywhere you go. It seems as though every part of the world you would visit you are certain to find an online casino lover who either enjoys playing online poker or a few penny slot machine games. Either way, there’s an online casino game for every type of player out there. Some countries have had difficulties handling the vast amount of online casino players and online casino operations that have sprung out in their areas. One of the most recent countries to enter the online casino world with a regulated and licensed online gambling operation is Spain. There has been recent discussion taking place this week between regional and central regulators in the country and the final draft of this petition will be presented to Parliament in early 2011.

As was expected, this new online gambling proposal in Spain has been well received by online casino gamblers in the country and also by casino operators. Of course, there is a possible setback and it has to do with the “tax rate” section of this first draft. In neighboring countries such as France, things were taken differently since their online gambling bill was adopted and casino operators there are not comfortable with the tax rates. There’s another european country backing up the legalization of online casino and are trying to draft concerning a legalized and licensed online gambling tax bill. However, these efforts have been delayed because of high gambling tax rates as well. In the case of Spain, legislators are hoping this will not happen in their country but it remains to be seen if their proposed tax rate is accepted.

This draft includes a tax on all types of online gambling (except for sports betting), but including poker and online slots, to be charged on gross gaming proceeds. However, online sports betting will be taxed on just the proceeds. The main difference between both is that gross gaming income is what’s left after winnings have been paid but with online sports betting, the taxes will be calculated on the casino operator’s full proceeds.