Genting Bhd. which is a gaming and leisure group based in Malaysia is getting ready to make its maiden entry into the Internet betting world. It will do this with it’s the launch of a UK online poker and casino site.

The company already owns a UK casino chain Stanley Leisure, and will unveil the new CircusCasino.com site on Friday. Its entrance into the online betting space may be seen as a vote of confidence for the industry which is still recovering from the effects after Internet betting was effectively outlawed in the U.S. in September 2006.

The company was keen to use the new launch as a testing ground for future launches in Asia since the number of Asian nations are in the process of reviewing online gambling rules.

The new site will be launched at the Beach Club and the software will be provided by Playtech. Though there is a lot of competition out there in the online betting world, the group has the advantage that it can tap its own players who play at its real casinos.

Other betting sites like Party Gaming, Bwin and 888 are all struggling to compete with sites like Poker Stars as the latter accepts bets from U.S. players and therefore have bigger prizes on offer.

It was a lucky day for three bingo players who have just won more than £11,000 each on the National Bingo jackpot game. They won the money after they all called house in 45 numbers on this game in their respective bingo clubs. The total prize money for the day was £30,354 and was divided equally amongst the three winners.

One of the winners is a 20 year old unemployed lady from Bristol, who won the sum while playing at her local Mecca Bingo hall in Barton Hill. She has stated that she is now looking forwards to a big shopping expedition after winning the sum, she had earlier won a house jackpot prize of £500 and it seems that her luck is holding out.

She told the national gaming body, “I could not believe my luck. I just wanted to sit and cry.” She has been playing bingo since the age of 18 and wanted to share the win with her family, who was with her when she won the prize.

The other winner who shared the jackpot was playing at the Mecca Bingo club in Bridgewater. The winner has been a member of the club since 1992 and plays there twice a week.

Lee Rothery, the club duty manager said, “The winner was totally shocked by his win. We are always happy when one of our regular players wins money.”

The online casino, Casino Tropez has announced the launch of two new slot machines.  The two games to be introduced are Silent Samurai, which is a 5-reel 20-line video slot and Wild Spirit, which is a 5-reel 9-line slot game.

Along with some of the latest and best graphics, the game Silent Samurai includes Scatter symbols and a bonus round where players throw stars to fight off an army of 20 fierce ninja warriors.  If a magical ninja is defeated the player wins an additional 3 prizes. However, if the player faces an evil ninja, the bonus round is over and the free spins will start.

The game, Wild Spirit, is a Native American themed slot machine game. This game includes an entertaining bonus round. Druing the game, players get to visit the mysterious Shaman and have their fortune told through mystical symbols. Every symbol brings with it a prize for the player.

Visit Casino Tropez today to try your luck on the newest slots online!

The online poker website UltimateBet has announced the launch of a promotion that will give players a large number of seats to the 2008 Aruba Poker Classic.

Annie Duke, Ultimate Bet’s Card Room Consultant said in a press statement, “the site is attempting to make the tournament a big success and in an effort to achieve that we are aiming to send a record number of players. The best thing about winning our prize package is that it is as easy as relaxing under a palm tree.”

This promotion launched by the site comes behind the launch of two successful promotions for the world series of poker leaders. The WSOP promotions saw players fighting for a seat in the final table of the main WSOP event. The new promotion on the site will work the same way as the World Series of Poker promotions.

The only difference here being that poker players will be competing for $8,500 Aruba Poker Classic prize packages. To qualify for the Aruba Poker Classic poker players must play in any of the Sit ‘n Go, ring game or multi-table tournament at the site between June 20th and July 17th and climb their way up the promotion leader board.

Once the qualifying is over, the players who have won the most RAI$E status points will automatically qualify for the $8,500 Aruba Poker Classic prize which includes the $5,500 Main Event entry fee and $3,000 for travel and stay. Players that are ranked 2nd and 70th on the leader board will play in an exclusive free roll that will consist of seven additional $8,500 Aruba Poker Classic prizes.

PokerStars is increasing its player presence at the World Series of Poker this year. In 2007 it sent 1,596 players to the Main Event, and this year it plans to send 2,000 players!

The site has announced a series of online qualifying tournaments that will award 200 lucky players with a $12,500 WSOP Main Event seat package. These satellite series tournaments have a $370 entry fee with the prize package including the $10,000 Main Event entry fee for the World Series of Poker plus travel and accommodation allowances.

PokerStars has announced that it has invested $2.5 million in order to send 200 players to the World Series of Poker.

The Main Event may be the big attraction for most players, but a number of the sites professionals are already in Las Vegas competing in some of the preliminary events. If the success of these professionals is any indication of how the online qualifiers will do, the site could see a few of its qualifying players win some money this year.

The player Daniel Negreanu has already won four gold bracelets this year, and Chad Brown was among those who won money in three events. Victor Ramdin was placed behind him with two finishes and some prize money. Barry Greenstein has also been pickedto finish at the final table with some money!

VC Poker has announced that it will host the largest ever poker tournament on September 7th. The site has announced that the total prize money will be $2.5 million dollars and the winner will take home a $500,000 dollars. New players who register to the site will get a chance to win a free entry into this tournament.

To qualify for the event players will have to play in one of the many satellite tournaments that are being held. In addition players who earn 2,500 action points between July 1st and 5th will get to play in a special $2.5 Million Satellite tournament on July 15th. Those players who have earned 350,000 action points will be entered into a heads-up qualifier where the winner will get a seat at the Grand final.

Lee Ferris, VC Poker Marketing Manager, said, “We will be hosting an online poker tournament on 7th September. The tournament has a total guaranteed $2.5 million prize pool for players to win.” He added, “The total prize amount includes a minimum of $500,000 to the winner.”

VC Poker hopes that over 100,000 players that include VC Poker patron and snooker champion Ken Doherty, will try their hand at qualifying for the main event by entering one of the many satellite tournaments. The site will also host a wide range of entry fee satellite tournaments that will offer players a chance to qualify for the main event for as little as $3.30.

The Online Bingo website BingoPort.co.uk has reported that players at online bingo sites operating in the United Kingdom are spending well over £600 million per year on tickets.

The data collected by the site shows that Sun Bingo retains its position as the number one online bingo site in the UK, with 19% market share. This market share is based on the value of bingo tickets sold and prize money distributed back to the players.

Scott Logan, Managing Director and co-founder, BingoPort.co.uk said “Online bingo has seen record growth in the UK in the past year. The very fact that online bingo players are purchasing bingo tickets in the range of £600 million yearly is amazing.”

He added, “This is despite the fact that there is a credit crunch on. Though this phenomenal rise is not surprising considering the fact that the online gaming industry is licensed in the country.”

The figures take into account collection of game play data gathered from the web site monitoring services that tracks all the major online bingo operators in the United Kingdom, 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The site also released details of the market size of the industry leaders. This is based on the value of bingo tickets and game prizes.

The number one online bingo site, with 19% of the turnover market, is Sun Bingo; it is followed by Gala Bingo (16%), Foxy Bingo (13%), Jackpot Joy (10%) and Mecca Bingo (7%). It is the only website in the country that monitors the online bingo operators in real-time for player numbers, jackpots and promotions.

Celeb Poker has launched an 11am -11pm Promotion called the Poker Free Roll Marathon. Players participating in the marathon can win over €20,000 per month through free roll Poker Tournament’s that will begin every hour between 11am and 11pm (GMT) with No Rake Requirement.

The site will organize hundreds of new free roll tournaments to start every hour during the given time frame 7 days a week. It will be a marathon of online poker free roll tournaments that Celeb Poker hopes will draw in new players to the game.

According to Dave Donovan, the CEO of the site, “The aim of the promotional marathon tournament is to attract hundreds of new players to the game of online poker. Though poker is a growing game, not many players are aware about it or have tried out the new software.” He added, “The main aim of launching this tournament is to get people to test their skills against other players.”

Players will not have to pay a single penny in entrance fees as it is a free roll tournament but will still be able to win huge cash prizes up to the sum of €5,000 or could win prizes that would entitle them to enter televised poker events around the world.

The Online Gambling Site Party Casino has announced the launch of its June Vienna Adventure. The website is celebrating the 2008 European Football championship by sending one lucky player and a friend to Vienna.

The June Vienna Adventure will be held concurrently with the finals of the European Football competition. The site is offering a total of 5 prizes for players and their friends to stay in the Austrian capital. The prize includes a stay for two during the finals of the tournament for two nights at a luxurious Vienna hotel. The winners will also get a sum of €1500 to spend whilst the finals of the football competition are being played.

In order to enter the competition, you must play your favorite online casino games and collect Party Points that will give you the chance to win cash prizes and the holiday package. If a player earns 100 Party Points they will win a €5 cash prize and one entry into the draw. If a player earns 2750 Party Points, they will win an amazing €550 in cash prizes and 10 entries into the draw.

To keep track of your progress in the competition, a player has to sign into their Party Account at the website. When the player has won enough points, their prize will appear on the Party Account page to be claimed.

A Sussex based player has won a sum of £1,426,000. The player hit a winning streak online at William Hill casino when his lucky number, twenty-three came up victorious when he was playing roulette. The 40 year old local businessman, Jason H, from Sussex, is a regular player at the William Hill casino.

Jason started the day playing his usual games at the casino and built up a good balance.  Then suddenly Jason bet his entire balance on his lucky number and then watched in astonishment as he won a huge six-figure amount.

Not satisfied with this win he again bet money on his number 23 till the final payment reached a total of £1,426,000. When the amount reached the figure, he called the company to check if he had really won the money.

David Hood, who is the spokesperson for William Hill said, “The win was real. We have proved to be one of the luckiest places to bet for online players and since Christmas we have written three £1+ million cheques out to winning customers.”

He added, “For Jason the number 23 proved lucky, as he kept betting on the number till he won the £1.4miilion.”

The latest win has come a few weeks after Fred Craggs’s historic £1 million pound 8-horse accumulator win from a 50p bet, ands soon after Mr. X, celebrated Christmas with a £1 million slot machine win.

Talking about his, Jason H said: “I’m very happy with my win. I am not sure what I’ll do with the money yet.” He added, “I might go with my family for a holiday to a place that is hot. I will invest a part of winning amount.”