Casino Ex-apprentice Gets Hired by Online Casino |
13.03.06 |
Online casinos recently have been puling one publicity stunt after the other to promote themselves. We have witnessed everything from buying Britney Spear’s alleged home pregnancy kit to paying people for tattooing an online casino logo on their flesh. Now, an online casino has chosen to capitalize on the publicity or notoriety of Reality TV stars, as a publicity tool. Stacie J., an owner of a Subway sandwich shop branch in Harlem, NY and a previous contestant on NBC’s smash hit “The Apprentice”, was hired by an online casino called Casino Fortune.
Also a model and MBA graduate, Stacie J., was fired by Donald Trump on the third episode of the second season of his hit show. During each episode Trump fires one the contestants. Stacie J. was deemed as erratic by the other contestants and even by Trump himself. Right after being fired, she was hired by the Trinidad-based online casino, as a spokeswoman and an advisor. The timing in which Stacy J. was hired suggests that this could have been yet another promotional stunt.
Shortly prior to hiring her, Casino Fortune announced its intent to invest $400 million in Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts. The online casino ended up rescinding its offer, thus eliminating Stacie’s chances of ever working for Trump. The online casino claims that the reason why nothing got done because the talks with Trump’s executive reached a dead-end. However, if they were in fact serious about investing the money, then why did they go and hire her in the first place?
France Set to Allow Online Casino Gambling |
13.03.06 |
Online Casino gambling has long been popular in Europe. In some respects the online casino legislation may change sooner in Europe and the UK than in the US. There have been recent debates about it in parliament. French online casinos are no exception to this rule. The French online casino business has been in full swing for several years. It is estimated that the French gamble twice as often and for three times as long as British online casino players.
Land based casino gambling in France is highly restricted and if you want to play casino games in France your only choice is state-managed operations. Government run betting business enterprises are limited to Pari Mutuel Urbain lotto and the National Lottery. The majority of areas in France are forbidden from operating land based casinos and casino machines, apart from a few small areas of the country. But an inconsistency in EU policy has allowed for French players to play at the online casino.
The large increase in high speed internet connection within France and Europe in general has a lot to do with the rise in popularity of the online casino. It is actually felt that the online casino is in fact the catalyst for the demand for high speed internet. To play most online casino games and use the software properly, high speed internet is required.
The relationship between high speed internet and the online casino is still a grey area. One country that seems to contradict the correlation is Spain. It has one of the lowest rates of online gambling in the EU despite having a large high speed internet market.
Online Casino Payout Report |
13.03.06 |
The payout rate is the amount of money that the online casino has paid to the players who have won their bets. For example, a payout rate of 97% indicates that 97% of the total amount of money that was wagered by players at the online casino, made its way out of the online casino and into the pockets of the winning players. This means the online casino makes a 3% profit, which is not too shabby particularly if the total sum of money deposited by the players amounts to millions of dollars. Different online casinos boast different payout rates, so before you start playing at the online casino, it might be good idea to check out its payout rate first.
Where can you find the online casino payout rate? Most online casinos usually display a payout percentage report on their homepages. All the figures in the report pertain to what the online casino paid in the previous month. Upon a closer examination, one notices that there is an individual payout rate for each category of games played at the online casino, in addition to an overall payout rate pertaining to the overall amount of money.
What is the difference? Well, an individual payout rate of 96% for table games indicates that 96% of the money wagered by players on table games was paid out by the online casino to the winners. On the other hand, an overall payout rate of 98% suggests that 98% of the money wagered by all players (regardless of the games they played) was cashed out by players who have won.
