The current Fifa world cup has thrown up a whole lot of crazy and unexpected results, Germany lost, Italy have lost and drawn, Spain lost and let’s not even talk about how England are doing at the moment. Although all these terrible results are bad news for their respective fans it is great news for sports betting as the odds are great on the teams who have a faultering start.

You see the teams who were expected to do well in the tournament have on the whole had a bad start, however this probably won’t last and it might be worth a putting a few quid on one of those teams. For example Spain where the world cup favourites before the tournament started and now they have lost their first game Ladbrokes are giving odds of 9/2 – which could be worth a shot.

We will be bringing a more up to date list of offers tomorrow but if you notice any great deals please feel free to let us know. As always gamble responsibly and have fun.

The online casino, Backgammon Masters has lead the way in terms of raising donations once again. This time, the site has managed to raise donations that are worth over a million dollars in a bid of helping survivors from the recent Chinese earthquake.

In fact, for every $1 that was donated by the members of the online poker, blackjack and backgammon game operator, the online site Backgammon Master has decided to pledge $45 to the cause.

So throughout the month, the players can donate to the cause by buying tickets for Blackjack and Backgammon tournaments which cost from $4.50 to $200. In addition to this, the players get a chance to compete in tournaments where 100% of the prize money is donated to UNICEF. This is a charitable organization that helps child survivors of the earthquake.

The tournaments on the site will be held throughout the month where players can log onto the online casino whenever they want, and get a chance to play for the cause. It is possible for players to donate the earnings they receive from other online games to the cause by depositing the money in the special donations account that has been set up in the online casinos site cashier.

Though there are other companies supporting this cause, this online casino is offering the highest match rate.

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This is the first time that anyone has amassed a win by losing! Yes, a mid-stakes online poker player who hails from Atlanta, Georgia recorded a great win for herself and others playing similar stakes, just by losing and not winning.

There are some tables offered by Absolute Poker where progressive bad beat jackpots are collected from the rake. So players playing these tables tend to lose with four of kind eights or sometimes by using both their hole cards. This is when the jackpot is unleashed.

This is when BUDYLOVE had lost with four nines to a straight flush of king high. With this, BUDYLOVE won $246K for the beat, while the winner of the pot received $131k. The other players of the hand and those playing same stakes for the lucky table shared more than $100k amongst themselves.

The latest win in the jackpot was a little less than the win of the previous Bad Beat Jackpot world record which was recorded by Absolute Poker the last year. It was in August 2007 that KADI, a player hailing from Australia had lost with a 10-high Straight Flush to a King-high Straight Flush.

With this, a Bad Beat Jackpot of $821,670.69 was released. Till date, Absolute Poker holds the record for the largest Bad Beat Jackpot that has been won in the history of online poker.

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The parent company of many smaller enterprises like Jupiter Club, GrandPrive has now declared that the coming year is indeed a record-breaking one. This announcement has been made after the huge win that has been experienced by the site at their King Cashalot progressive jackpot.

The spokesperson for the site GrandPrive, Sonia Bradshaw states that it is quite poetic that a player who has reached KING status in the Loyalty Club is the person who can claim the King Cashalot Progressive Jackpot.

When the site had phoned him to congratulate him for his achievement, he was practically speechless. This is why they have not been able to get an interview with him as yet.

Though John C is a regular GrandPrive player, he has never had the opportunity to get such a huge win so far. With this win, he had won for himself, $818,403.30 for the progressive jackpot that has been building up for weeks.

Bradshaw says that everyone at GrandPrive.com is more than eager to congratulate John C for his win. Moreover, the online casino site expects more winners in the coming months with more and more players registering for the new feature promotion called, the Triple Crown Challenge.

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The online casino, PokerHeaven.com is now giving away $772 in the form of sign-up bonuses to each and every new customer who signs up on the site. This online casino site is a site that is licensed in Gibraltar.

This online casino site states that they are now offering to pay a maximum of $772 to match the first deposit made by any new player for downloading its software and for playing on its real money tables.

So if a first time player plans to deposit $500 to the site, the online casino will in exchange, deposit an additional $500 to their account once they meet the promoter’s criterion for this bonus.

A statement from the site states that the PokerHeaven.com team thinks that the $772 sign-up bonus is the best bonus offered in online poker on the site today. In fact, the site says that you just have to make your first deposit today, and work to clear the bonus as you play the game.

Once you enter the poker room, all you have to do is to click on its ‘support’ tab that is found in the main lobby of the online casino site. This done, you have to click on the ‘bonus information’ button of the site.

This will thus show you the bonus you are entitled to and inform you as to when the bonus will be entered to your account.

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The online casino and sports book, BetFred.com is now giving its customers an opportunity to win a maximum of $250 in its Epsom Derby horse race, scheduled for Saturday.

In total, this online casino site will be giving away a total of about $1,000 in free bets during its Derby Special Free roll promotion. This promotion is slotted for today, where there are 2,000 starting chips, and eight minute blinds offered.

The top ten players of this online casino will be rewarded with free bets from the site. And the top finisher will be receiving $250 in prize money. The second spot winner will receive $200 in prize money while the third place winner will win $150.

Consequently, the fourth and fifth place winners will receive $100 each, while the person ending up in sixth and seventh position will each get $75 and $50 respectively. The remaining participants ending up in the first ten finishers of the Derby will get $25 each.

However all the winning bets have to be placed on the Epsom Derby this weekend, with a non-withdrawable stake which is not included in the returns. If a player’s selection turns out to be a non-runner, then there is no chance of the online casino not refunding this stake.

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An announcement was made yesterday about the ten year partnership between the best software provider Microgaming, and the online casino Intertops. And to commemorate this day, two lucky players will be celebrating the anniversary in style.

These two lucky players will be flying off to an all expenses paid trip to one of the two gambling capitals of the world; Monte Carlo or Las Vegas. Michi Posch of Intertops.com says that in the iGaming industry, such a long and successful partnership as theirs with Microgaming is unprecedented. D

He says that back in 1998, when they were launching one of the first online casinos of the world, Microgaming was the only software provider in town. In fact, no other company could match them in terms of number or quality of games that they provided. And as far as Intertops is concerned, their partnership of ten years still stands and still grows.

Today, Microgaming is the sole provider of the over 350+ downloadable flash casino games that are hosted at Intertops. However these 350+ games display quality over quantity where the list of new and innovative games that Microgaming has provided to this online casino all speaks for itself.

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A new player managed to win a huge $14,000 jackpot at the online casino site Jackpot Capital, without actually betting any of her own money. What US resident Kerri T had done was use the free bonus money that the new players at Jackpot Capital receive in a progressive jackpot to win at Caribbean Stud one of her first attempts .

Kerri T says that this has to be beginner’s luck as she had not deposited any money. Just by using the free $25 they had given her, the next thing she knew was that she was withdrawing about fifteen thousand dollars.

There are over 300 games offered in the online casino Jackpot Capital, offering Real Time Gaming, one of the best gaming software providers of the world. So far, their biggest jackpot is over $900,000.

Jackpot Capital CEO, Oliver Smith says that usually, online casinos make you wager lots more money than the progressive jackpot winnings a player gets from free bonus money, to withdraw the money. However in their online casino, their players need not wait long to receive their winnings.

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The famous video game Tetris, where players have to align falling blocks is the inspiration for a new slots machine in Slotland. Here the famous arbitrarily shapes of Tetris spin on the reels of the machine, before falling in place like the actual playing experience.

The only difference between the two is that this form of Tetris can make you rich. This game is called ‘Slotis’ and offers numerous methods to win. The three reels here have colored blocks besides cherries while the same old slots formula is used, which are spin, align and win.

However there is something special here where players guide Tetris blocks to their destinations on the reels, and thus unlock great cash bonuses. Like the other games offered in Slotland, Slotis offers numerous massive progressive jackpots that reach over $200,000.

Martin Smith of Slotland says that lots of work goes into creating new and unique games for the site. However the games that they create are all original, and can’t be seen of anywhere else.

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Full Tilt Poker is a site famous for its team of professional players using and supporting its site. Even the industry giant, PokerStars has signed up numerous top names, including the winners of the 2003, 2004 and 2005 main event.

The latest addition to Full Tilt’s lineup is the Finnish poker professional, and ex-professional tennis player, Patrik Antonius. The star studded lineup of Full Tilt includes legendary players like Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Phil Ivey.

The latest jewel to be added to PokerStars’s crown is Kathy Liebert, a top female poker player having $4 m in tournament earnings. The other jewels of the PokerStars crown include celebrities like Daniel Negreanu, tennis marvel Boris Becker and Barry Greenstein.

Gus Hansen, the 2007 Aussie Millions champion states that Patrik Antonius’s contract is a wise one as he has done extremely well so far. This makes him an obvious, and welcome contribution to their otherwise strong team.

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