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?

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.

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.

The concept of on flight gambling is not new. There have been several attempts to provide online casino style entertainment to passengers that are flying. With hours of time at the passenger disposal while aboard a plane why not take the time to play some great online casino games? The concept has been in development for some time now but ultimately it has been hard to perfect the technology. Safety concerns have played a part in the stalling of online casino entertainment aboard aircraft carriers for several years now.

Several years back screen that were secured to the back of each passenger chair cause an internal fire aboard a plane causing it to crash. This is has been the main concern that has been hindering the airline to move forward with gambling games on board aircrafts. But Jet Blue is pushing ahead with the project and will be offering flight momentarily that feature online casino style entertainment. Passengers will be able to enjoy all their favorite casinos games while in transit.

The ten online casinos that have recently been added to eCOGRA’s watch list include the Vegas Slot Casino, Vegas Joker, Colosseum Casino, Royal Plaza Casino, Vegas 7 Casino, Floridita Club Casino, Vegas Country Casino, Grand Casino Venice, Old Samurai Casino, and the Grand Hotel Casino. Ismael Diagne, Business Strategy Manager for the Mini Vegas group that runs all of the abovementioned online casino sites had this to say, “There is significant value in the eCOGRA initiative in terms of increased business efficiency and as a highly professional vehicle to prove our commitment to superior service and fair gaming for the online casino player”.

In order to ensure compliance on the part of the online casino, eCOGRA runs a series of inspections conducted by some of the leading auditing firms on the market today. eCOGRA CEO Andrew Beveridge says, “We expect to make further announcements early in 2006. Interest in the eCOGRA standards is growing from online casino players, online casinos, leading poker rooms and online casino software providers alike. Membership continues to be open to any online casino software provider that is prepared to commit to our goals and principles”.

And it’s not just PC users that can enjoy poker and other great gambling games at the online casino. This holiday season there are a number of great options for Mac online casino players as well. Many new gambling software platforms are available for Mac online casino lovers. The trend has been growing and online casinos seem more interested in targeting the Mac community which is showing more interest in online gambling.

In addition to online casinos, there are also a number of great poker forums and other resources for players to check out and in order to help them learn more about online poker and other casino games. One online casino player had this to say: “It was really easy to get into the casino games; I was up and playing within 5 minutes. It’s such a blast, I’m so glad I joined.”

The show will follow 40 contestants including 20 Bodog registered online casino poker players. Each week, the contestants will have a chance to put their casino poker skills to the test for the shot of winning $50,000 and a chance to compete for a half million dollars on the show’s finale. Taping is scheduled to begin in March at the Bodog online casino headquarters in Costa Rica. Overall, the intended casino gambling oriented show is going to be comprised of six 2-hour episodes. The episodes are scheduled to air every Saturday starting April 15th, 2006.

The show will be hosted by the founder and CEO of the online casino Calvin Ayre who recently commented on the show saying, “Poker and television combined with Bodog-style entertainment will make for one heck of a show, and our next step into the world of reality TV”. Ayre also said, “We are on a mission to find the next poker star and eager to showcase the play hard aspects of the Bodog online casino lifestyle”.