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We told you it was coming and now it is here!! Jadestone, the leading developer of fully managed online game solutions, has brought this to you. Their headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, and is privately owned and funded.

December 9, 2008 (Stockholm, Sweden) – Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based online games owner and operator today announced that the multiplayer dice games network DiceArena is now live and open for players across Europe.

This week marks the beginning of the online multiplayer dice era as the gates are now open for DiceArena players at www.paf.com, the first partner to complete the integration process and go live. Other partner sites are expected to follow over the next few days.

“It’s with immense pleasure that we now officially inaugurate the DiceArena Network,” said Robert Henrysson, CEO of Jadestone. “This has been a great team effort by the whole company, from development to integration, operations and marketing. We now look forward to working closely with our Network Partners to get this product off to a flying start.”

At launch, players will be able to try their luck in a variety of cash games and tournaments in both the featured dice games.  For Texas Hold’em fans, there’s the poker offshoot Dice Hold’em. For players seeking a more casual experience, Shoot the Moons is a fast and exciting table game with simple rules.

In early 2009, Jadestone’s dice game suite will be expanded to include well-known bluffing game Liar’s Dice (also known as Perudo). Sharing the same player identity and avatar system, there will also be a full-fledged Backgammon product.

If you enjoy multiplayer games, I am sure you will like these. It is always fun to play with other players.

Have you ever wanted to customize your own slot game? Well now you can at All Slots Casino. This could be a fun a different experience, one like you never had before. Create your choice of your own slot reel.

KAHNAWAKE, QC, Dec 08, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — All Slots Online Casino ( www.allslotscasino.com), a proud member of the Jackpot Factory Group and a leading online slots casino, announced the launch of a unique video slot game called My Slot. The game offers players the ability to create their own slot theme with their own images and sound, for a completely personalized experience.

My Slot is a revolutionary video slot, which is guaranteed to be a favourite among online slots players. With a few simple clicks, players can create a game that offers not just generous scatter and wild symbols on its nine pay lines, but a meaningful emotional experience with each spin.

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When launching the game, players are offered the chance to begin customizing their My Slot game. A set of thirteen default symbols is displayed, and players may simply click on those images to replace them with pictures from their own computers. With some new music and a matching background colour, the custom-designed slots game is ready to play in minutes.

The possibility of creating an unlimited number of themes, combined with some of the most popular bonus features, further enhances My Slot’s appeal. With free spins awarding tripled payouts, and a wild symbol that doubles the prize of a winning pay line, My Slot has much to offer the online slots player.

David Brickman, the Jackpot Factory’s Vice President of Player Affairs, said in a joint statement with All Slots Casino, “We are thrilled to release this unique new game. We’re anxious to hear how our players design their My Slot games, and look forward to seeing some big My Slot winners at All Slots Casino!”

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Try them out and see what you can come up with and enjoy!!

Rome Casino is a US-friendly online Casino, with more than a hundred high tech 3D graphics and sound effects. US players are more then welcome, and They have over $166K in progressive jackpots. They are speeding things up with their NEW multi-hand blackjack.

December 4, 2008 (London, UK) – Players that like the thrill of Blackjack will really love the added excitement of playing up to four hands at one time as they can with RomeCasino.com’s new Multihand Blackjack.  RomeCasino.com, one of the most popular US-friendly online casinos, has just introduced the new game to challenge players that like their game to move quickly.

“You feel like you’re in Vegas,” said RomeCasino.com CEO Josh Cartu.  “Having a crowd standing behind you while bet every hand on the table.”

Multihand Blackjack plays just like regular Blackjack except that the player is essentially sitting at every seat at the table. This means that once one hand is played the player can quickly move on to another hand – no waiting for other players to play before the next hand is dealt.

“You’ve got more bets on the table so I guess you’re actually risking more than when you just play one hand at a time,” said one avid multihand player. “But you also spend less time waiting for others to play and for cards to be dealt. If you’re a good player, playing quickly and playing more hands actually means you can win more!”

RomeCasino.com’s biggest progressive jackpot is currently at $100,636 and is available on several of their slots and video slots including the extremely popular Red White and Blue slot machine.   Between this jackpot and several other smaller ones there is a total of more than $166K in progressive jackpots up for grabs.

It’s no wonder RomeCasino.com is particularly popular with the most discriminating online casino players. Their games download faster than any other instant-play US online casino games and the unique multi-tabbed gaming feature enables players to play several different casino games at a time and switch between them instantly. Should a player tire of one game, they don’t have to close it down and re-load another game. They just switch from one game to another instantly by simply clicking on another open tab.

RomeCasino.com welcomes US players and is known for its wide variety of online casino deposit methods catering to the US players.  It is one of the only online casinos to accept all three major credit cards easily and reliably.

If you love blackjack and other online casino games, go check them out!

This is a big win for gambling ads. Finally someone has shown with some sense. We will hope this will stop more of this from happening.

A California court has dismissed a lawsuit against Google and Yahoo for displaying gambling ads in search results.
California Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer ruled that search engines are immune from liability based on the federal Communications Decency Act, which shields Web sites from liability for material provided by outside companies.

Kramer also ruled that there was no reason to issue an injunction against the companies because they had already stopped accepting gambling ads in the U.S.

“Without comment on whether defendants’ sponsoring online gambling sites in the past was wrongful, it is clear from the evidence that each defendant has ceased such sponsorship,” Kramer wrote.

Read the whole story:

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=95591&Nid=49880&p=408441
Keep your fingers cross that this will set a precedent for others.

Jadestone DiceArena is proud to announce one of the leading gaming operators, bwin, will be their launch partner! With Jadestone being a leading developer of fully managed online game solutions, with great games to secure backends, and bwin is a group with over 13 million registered customers, that has platforms for sports betting, poker, casino games, soft games and skill games, this should work as a great partnership.
 

December 2, 2008 (Stockholm, Sweden) – Jadestone Networks, the Nordic based owner and operator of the multiplayer dice games network DiceArena, announced today that leading European online sports betting and online gaming operator bwin will join the the DiceArena Network early next year.

At launch, the DiceArena Network features two new dice games: Dice Hold’em, inspired by the popular poker game, and Shoot the Moons, an easy to learn alternative for more casual players. In early 2009, two perennial dice favorites will be added to the range of DiceArena games: Liar’s Dice is the hardcore bluffer’s game and Backgammon is the undisputable classic among dice board games.

“We’ve always felt that Jadestone provides a fresh take on familiar concepts,” said Norbert Teufelberger, Co-CEO of bwin. The current Jadestone games have been among our fastest growing product categories lately. We have great expectations that the new Backgammon will be a real winner. As for the DiceArena table games, the market is clearly ready for something new and exciting.”

“There’s no doubt that bwin has played a major role in getting Jadestone to where it is today,” said Tobias Nissen, Business Development Director at Jadestone. “They’ve been a solid and competent partner in the true sense of the word. It’s with great satisfaction we see bwin expand their business with us to include our new DiceArena product.”

The DiceArena suite of games has been in development at Jadestone for almost two years. With a number of high profile network partners lined up and games available across Europe in 23 languages, it’s one of the biggest new product introductions in Jadestone’s history.

We would like to congratulate them and hope the launch of this partnership a huge success!!
 

Could there be a light at the end of the tunnel for Internet Gambling in the US? At least it is being discussed more and more and getting on news more to have it regulated, to bring in revenue for the US. This could mean good news for the US players.

Read the article from the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative:

Jeffrey Sandman, spokesperson for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative, today issued the following statement in regards to recent coverage on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” and in The Washington Post on the dangers Americans face when they gamble online.

“The 60 Minutes and Washington Post stories demonstrate unambiguously that the existing government prohibition on Internet gambling is a failure and a mistake. The millions of Americans who continue to gamble online are vulnerable to being defrauded by offshore operators who exploit U.S. prohibition policies, leaving U.S. consumers without legal protections when they make a bet or play poker online. It is clear that a different approach is necessary to protect consumers, as well as to recapture the billions of tax dollars currently lost to offshore gambling operators and out of the U.S. economy. Now more than ever, Congress should understand why it should step in and regulate the industry to protect the public. We are hopeful that increased attention in the media about the issue will lead to increased movement in Congress.

Left out from the 60 Minutes and Post coverage were details about the specific benefits achieved through regulation. Legislation introduced last year by Rep. Barney Frank, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007, would establish an enforcement framework for licensed gambling operators to accept bets and wagers from individuals in the U.S. It includes a number of built-in consumer protections, including safeguards against all of the types of improper activity identified in the recent news coverage. These safeguards include protections to combat compulsive and underage gambling, money laundering, fraud and identity theft. Moreover, as the coverage reveals, the structure of the Internet allows for greater protections since there is a complete audit trail of all Internet gambling activity and transactions. A companion piece of legislation would ensure the collection of taxes on regulated Internet gambling activities. Revenues from regulated Internet gambling are estimated to be between $8.7 billion and $42.8 billion over 10 years, according to a tax revenue analysis prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers.”

About Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative
The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative promotes the freedom of individuals to gamble online with the proper safeguards to protect consumers and ensure the integrity of financial transactions. For more information on the Initiative, please visit www.safeandsecureig.org.  The Web site provides a means by which individuals can register support for regulated Internet gambling with their elected representatives.

Go there and register and give your support to regulate internet gambling. You can be heard!!

You can always count on Games and Casinos to help players find good places to play online. And they have done it again, when sites pull out of the US, they always find new places for you!

(PRWEB) November 24, 2008 — When Microgaming announced that it’s online casinos would not accept any new United States players, Gamesandcasino.com was quick to locate reliable online casinos to fill the void. GamesandCasino recommends 5 alternate software companies that accept United States Players.

All online casinos running on Microgaming software have suddenly stopped accepting new players from the US. The Belle Rock online Casino and Poker Group even closed the accounts of all US players. Next, the Grand Prive online Casino group closed their affiliate program. And more fallout is expected as the situation unfolds.

This unexpected and sudden development happened because the state of Kentucky is attempting to seize 141 gambling domains, even though the domains are registered in other jurisdictions around the world. (Commonwealth of Kentucky Franklin Circuit Court, Division II, Civil Action No.: 08- CI-1409). This has raised protest from groups outside the online Gambling Industry. For instance, the ACLU of Kentucky, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) have filed an Amicus brief. (Court of Appeals of Kentucky, No 2008-CA-2036, related to 2008-ca-2000 and 200-CA-2019) This happened in support of the IMEGA (Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association) brief filed in the case (Court of Appeals of Kentucky, CR 76.36). If this seizure is actually enforced, there is nothing to prevent any jurisdiction from all around the world from seizing any domain name they please for any reason they like. This is causing wide spread concern among all online businesses.

GamesandCasino visitors complained that they lived in states where it is legal to play and now they lost their favorite online casinos. So Gamesandcasino.com has been busy finding everyone a new place to gamble online. In the process, two new software companies with very interesting games, especially online slots games, surfaced. Wizard Gaming has a fresh approach and concentrates on online slots games. Top Gaming covers a broader set of games and also sports an impressive set of online slots. Online slots players will appreciate the additional variety of games. These software new comers will however have a hard time competing with Vegas Technology, which boasts daily tournaments in many casino games, RTG Casinos, the home of random jackpots and Rival Casinos, which offer slots with interactive story lines.

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Of course United States online gamblers need to heed the laws governing their own states. Short of that, there is nothing keeping US citizens from enjoying online Bingo, Poker and Casino games.

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This could mean HOPE for the Internet Gaming. The fact that is back on the Agenda says there is hope, especially in these failing economy days. We will see how it goes.

November 17, 2008 (InfoPowa News) — After weeks of negative reports that U.S. online gambling is being dismantled by the outgoing Bush administration, a spark of hope was ignited over the weekend by the chief of the powerful American Gaming Association, Frank Fahrenkopf, who says that the new Congress may have more appetite for a legalized industry … and the taxes it can deliver.
 
According to a report in the Reno Gazette-Journal, Fahrenkopf opines that the legalization of Internet gambling will be the hottest federal issue facing Nevada’s gaming industry in the next few years. Speaking on the run-up to the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, the influential executive said that the need for new tax money could drive legalisation initiatives in both houses of Congress next year.
 
“There have been projections circulated on the Hill that it can raise billions of dollars in new federal revenue,” said Fahrenkopf. “So we can expect that the whole issue of Internet gambling will be front and center in the next Congress.”
 
Federal lawmakers see that potential tax revenue from Internet gaming could fuel their legislative agenda, Fahrenkopf added. “Congress has adopted a pay-as-you-go system,” he said. “So any Congressman or Senator who introduces a piece of legislation that is going to cost something will also have to show how they are going to pay for it, either by cutting spending in one place or raising taxes in another. So we know under those circumstances, they will be looking around at a place to get additional revenue.”
 
But Fahrenkopf cautioned that any push to legalize and tax Internet gaming will first have to redress anti-Internet gaming work done by the Bush administration over the past few years. He noted the “midnight drop” submission of the regulations for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 in the waning weeks of the Bush presidency, and the efforts of the Democrat chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank, to counter the Act and the regulations.
 
Nevada gaming companies have mixed opinions on the issue, Fahrenkopf said. “If it were legalized, I know that Harrah’s, which now owns the World Series of Poker, would be extremely interested in getting into that market. We know that MGM has been bullish on Internet gaming for a long time. Steve (Wynn)… I don’t know what he would do and I don’t know what some of the other operators would do.”

We will keep up on this as it develops. Let us hope the US will open their eyes and see that this would help out the economy.

You will find this article:

http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/casino-affiliate-news/Legalized-U.S.-Internet-Gambling-Back-on-the-Agenda.php

The Treasury Department has finalized the UIGEA Regulations, and is trying to get it passed before the new Administration takes over. This is called midnight drop, when one administration finalizes regulations that are in question before the end of its term.

Barney Frank is Speaking out against these regulations. He said: “I am deeply disappointed to hear that your agency is proceeding with what I consider to be unseemly haste in issuing regulations implementing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. This midnight rulemaking will tie the hands of the new Administration, burden the financial services industry at a time of economic crisis, and contradict the stated intent of the Financial Services Committee.”

He urged the Treasury Secretary to delay implementation of these major, and deeply flawed regulations to permit the incoming Administration the ability to review the consequences of such a significant policy decision, rather than unfairly being denied that opportunity.

Read this and more on the story:

http://www.pokerlistings.com/treasury-department-finalizes-uigea-regulations-32656

This is a last ditch for the present administration to get this passed before the new one can stop it. Everyone should speak up for Barney Frank on this, so we do not lose our right to play online!

We just received word from Vegas and Fortune Affiliates, that effective immediately, they are not going to take any new signups from players residing in the United States. Players that currently have account(s) with these casinos and/or poker rooms will not be affected in any way, so if you are one of their customers, please do not worry. It’s business as usual.

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We don’t have too many details regarding this yet, but we do know for a fact that you need not worry if you currently have an account at any of the casinos named above. We will post more details as they come in.

The reasons behind this decision have to be because of what Gov. Beshear started back on September 18th - filing a lawsuit to seize control of 141 gambling related domain names. I believe that this will all blow over and things will get back to normal after the domain forfeiture hearing is held in December.