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Great Golden Palace Casino

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Adding to a long list of unusual eBay listings, actor William Shatner (best known as Captain saint T. Kirk on television’s Star Trek) sold the kidney stone he passed back in August 2005 to Golden Palace Casino Online Casino. Golden Palace Casino paying $25,000 for the iconic former Captain of the Starship Enterprise’s office, the funds promptly rerouted to the charity Habitat For Humanity, which helps build houses for low income families.

Golden Palace Casino has, in the internet gambling world at least, become substitutable and the publicity stunt. This is the same online casino that, in August 2005, paying $1,775 for a pierogi (a polish afters) bearing the image of Jesus Christ. Upon winning the item, they proudly added it to their growing ( in addition increasingly notorious) collection of modern oddities.

Other cherished artifacts include:

– A Grilled Cheese Sandwich bearing the image of the Virgin Mary ($28,000)

– A 1999 Volkswagen Golf that formerly belonged to Catholic Benedict XVI

– Britney Spears’ pregnancy test (yes, used — yuck)

– A metal walking cane that an elderly woman sold in the hopes of convincing her young grandson that his grandfather’s ghost would once in addition for every yield their house along and it ($65,000).

In early December 2005, the online casino purchased Babe Ruth’s allegedly corked baseball bat from Lelands.com for $103,631. Now, according to Golden Palace Casino CEO Richard Rowe, they impart to saw the bat in half in addition resolve the long batted-around controversy once in addition for every.

Golden Palace Casino is even proud holder of the only known property accomplishment to the White House — yes, the actual home of the President of the United States. Won in an sell on eBid.tv in September 2005, this Quitclaim accomplishment to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C was also digit of the least expensive items the Golden Palace Casino museum managed to get its safekeeping on, costing only $43.45.

Golden Palace Casino has even paying to have its name materialize in upcoming releases by famous novelists such as Hugo in addition Nebula award-winning science fiction writer David Brin (The Postman, the River of Time Anthology) to whom they paying $2,250 for the honor. Dave Eggers, bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, got $5,471.78 from them for a cameo appearance in his sociable novel, The Journey of the Fishes Overland. As and most every of Golden Palace Casino Online Casino’s unique business expenditures, every proceeds from this mercantilism will be donated to charity; in these two cases, it’s the First Amendment Project, a free speech charity.

Amassing an increasingly freakish collection of modern oddities isn’t the only publicity stunt this online casino is engaged in. Golden Palace Casino:

– Continues to pay out thousands of dollars to individuals to tattoo the Golden Palace Casino logo on various parts of their subjects’ bodies.

– Employs a growing pool of brave in addition shameless souls to move public fair events by running naked across the arena and the online casino’s logo in addition address emblazoned on their flesh. Folks like Mark Roberts (whose rear end is now more famous than his face could ever have been) have streaked the French in addition British in addition US Opens, the World Swimming Championships, the UEFA Cup finals, Ladies’ Day at the Royal Ascot, the World Figure Skating Championship, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece, Super Bowl XXXVIII, in addition run and the Bulls in Spain — every in the name of good, wholesome, online casino gambling.

– Sponsored Dennis Rodman’s car in the Bullrun USA 2005, a race that matches the literal route of the Cannonball Run in the 1981 Burt Reynolds movie of the same name.

– Sponsored a rowboat team that attempted a 3,000-knot crossing of the Atlantic.

The gathering at Golden Palace Casino certainly knows how to draw attention to themselves. And there’s no argument, they know how to raise money for charity!

Casinos: not just betting, but glamour and glitz

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Casinos: not just betting, but glamour and glitz
The casinos at the Las Vegas Strip in the 1940s, like the El Rancho and Flamingo, were dingy ,dark, and small analogized to nowdays high-end glamour of the Mirage or Bellagio.

The revolution point likely arrivate with Ceasars Palace, built in 1967, when its possessor acknowledged that ”there’s got to be more than just slot machines,” said David Schwartz, administrator of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

”Before that, casinos were very functional  — they had table games,slot machines, a buffet, the showroom and boom, that was about it,” Schwartz said. “Whereas at The Mirage, there’s a rainforest in there. A volcano. Tiger habitat. A lot has modified.”

In the 1990s, expanded competition continued to pressure casinos to find the newest loisirs, changing them into entertainment centers, he said.

”There was a lot more competition from other cities, inducting places like Florida,” Schwartz said. “And when players can play slots an hour’s drive away, they don’t have a valid reason to hop on a plane for four hours.

“You’ve got to give them a reason.”

But the era of the vast casino ”barns” may be waning.

Schwartz said the Wynn casino in Macau, the latest gambling hot spot in China, is moving more toward intimate spaces similar to those of the Wynn casino in Las Vegas.

”It feels smaller, but in a good way,” Schwartz said.

gambling-tips

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Learn here some gambling tips for finding the highest payouts and best odds at gambling sites. Take advantage of the sign up bonuses that many sites offer. Some gambling websites will give you free chips or match any purchase you make, just for signing up to their gambling site.

Make sure to read over the policies of each gambling site concerning these bonuses and about how and when payouts are made at every gambling site. Check out a number of different gambling services and find the ones that offer you the best gambling odds.

Gambling is for the most part safe and hassle free. If you do run into any problems, most gambling sites have free 24/7 customer service. Make sure that the gambling site you choose offers this service.

Every reputable gambling website will have an e-mail address as well as a toll-free number you can call. Gambling websites do not usually create problems for their users and any difficulties can easily be resolved by speaking to the customer services of those gambling sites most of the time.

Exclusive gambling sites offer an excellent customer service. The reputation of these gambling websites is very much based on this factor. Habitual users of gambling services are very demanding.

They don’t only demand the best gambling odds, but also being paid fast. An exclusive gambling site not only offers these, but also guarantees gamblers full time assistance. Any good gambling site has to offer a toll free number and 24-hour customer support.

The best thing about gambling is being able to play whenever you want to, any time of the day, any day of the year. Therefore, the customer service has to offer constant assistance too. When gambling, it is very important to feel safe and assisted, in order to have fun.

If you are interested in gambling but don’t know where to start, try the free gambling games that most gambling websites offer. This way you can see how easy gambling is and what you get, and you can practice your gambling skills.

At most gambling sites you have the option of either downloading their software or not. Though each gambling site has its advantages, either way you’ll get great gambling games, but sample different gambling websites to get the best out of your gambling.

E-passporte Says Bye To Online Gambling Transactions.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

E-passporte, one of the major online payment processors says good bye to US market and will no more accepts online gambling related transactions. It was a major blow to the online gambling portals like Full Tilt, Poker Stars, cake poker who were allowing their players to deposit funds through e-passporte.

First it was Neteller to withdraw their business from US market and now its e-passporte to follow their foot steps. Now what, the question is, will the e-passporte

Bulgaria Gives Green Signal To Online Gambling.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Bulgarian coalition govt has agreed to give online gambling a legal position in their country. The country will regularize and license online gambling.

The regulations were agreed during the two-day closed debate held in the town of Hisarya and also include a change in the structural plan of the country

EU Pin Points German And Swedish Gambling Laws.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Both Germany and Sweden banned online gambling for those companies which operated outside their borders and focused to develop their own local gaming companies.

The motive behind banning online gambling by these companies were not liked by EU, and perhaps made EU to take action against these two countries. Recently EU high commission has sent a formal letter and wanted to know the reason behind this, as it was against EU free trade services law.

EU commission is pressurizing these two countries to lift the ban against internet gambling, and had given two months for the justification.

Caesars Indiana will soon play host to the latest WSOP Academy camp,

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

where poker players pay to learn from the pros the right way to play at the world famous World Series of Poker. The event, which will take place at the Caesars Indiana on March 29th and March 30th, will have instruction by Paul Wasicka, the 2007 NBC National Heads Up Championship winner, as well as Joe Navarro, the former FBI agent now making a living teaching poker players how to read each other. Other instructors include Alex Outhred and Mark Seif.

Online Casino Challenges MIT Geniuses to Blackjack PlayThe

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

basic blackjack calculator helps players figure the odds to make the best play, and even helps card counting.
Now that the news of the MIT blackjack teams that card-counted their way to fortunes at Las Vegas casinos has arrived to a mass audience through the movie “21″, an internet casino is challenging the former MIT students to play against its gambling software.

BackgammonMasters, an online casino site featuring both casino and board games such as backgammon, and blackjack, poker, has started a new blackjack platform, complete with a utilities called the basic blackjack calculator, and has conclud an agreement with a group of the MIT card gamblers to test the system.

The basic blackjack calculator helps gamblers figure the odds to make the best bet. However, the MIT players will find new challenges they didn’t face in live casino play, numbers of decks,including random shuffles, and extensive software research.

To celebrate the new blackjack software, BackgammonMasters also will host 21 blackjack tournaments, in which tables will play against one another for prizes and top scores.

New gamblers are invited to try their skill.

Internet Gambling Companies Put South Africa on Their Radar

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

April 23 - While legal internet gambling has not yet become a reality in South Africa, this may soon all change with the imminent passing of the National Gambling Amendment Bill.

As South African lawmakers battle it out in a bid to make the new law as safe as possible, without encroaching on the basic rights of its citizens to enjoy internet gambling, international companies are waiting in the wings in the hope of gaining a foothold in the market as soon as it is legally possible.

It is not unheard of, for example, for foreign online companies to take an active part in gambling conferences in South Africa, even though the company itself cannot offer its services under the current law.

Recently, one of the world’s top internet gambling companies, Victor Chandler, headquartered in Gibraltar, announced that it would begin operations in the South African market in the near future. Setting up business in the country comes with a price tag of around GBP 300,000.

Chandler’s industry rival, Bwin, another mega star in the gambling market, is also rumored to be considering expansion into South Africa. According to a newspaper report in the Austrian media, which refused to divulge its sources, South Africa, along with Spain and Ukraine, are on the gambling company’s radar for future expansion.

Victor Chandler, CEO of the company named after himself, confirmed that he always shared a market with Bwin Interactive Entertainment. “Wherever we are, they are,” he said. “Sometimes they follow us, sometimes we follow them.”

At present, South African online gamblers are serviced by companies operating outside its borders, at sites such as those owned by African Palace Casino, Amber Coast Casino and Silver Sands Casino.

Poland Welcomes Online Gambling

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

By Casino Mistress

The Polish Media has reported that the Deputy Minister of Finance of Poland is looking to regulate and license online gambling. This new regulation is to take place by the end of the 2008.