Many films have featured certain big name casinos, such as the likes of those situated on the famous Vegas strip. Take Ocean’s 11 for example, this was so successful they even made a follow-up movie.

The buzz and the excitement of a casino can create an intense backdrop for a film, which is probably why it is used to regularly.

Russian roulette is another type of roulette that is often featured in films and is usually seen in your average gangster movie.

Russian roulette was in fact made famous world wide with the movie The Deer Hunter, which was released in 1978. The movie itself evolves around three soldiers who are taken prisoners during the Vietnam War. They were then forced to play a deadly game of Russian roulette as their captors gambled on the results. This is a very dangerous game and the game is played out until there is only one remaining competitor.

This particular film was thought to have inspired gangs of youths and therefore wasn’t very popular!

Other films that have involved the game of a deadly Russian roulette tournament include the likes of Numb3rs, ‘7 Men Out’. Various TV series also seemed to follow suit just after the above films went live.

Video games have also taken on board roulette and the 2010 independent video game by Peter Lu acts out a Russian roulette game with an imaginary opponent.

Another game entitled ‘Conflict’ uses a similar technique in the edition ‘Conflict, Vietnam’. Captured soldiers are once again forced to participate in the vicious game just as in the above film the Deer Hunter.

More recently other video games have followed suit, thinking they are adding certain anticipation to their viewer’s experience. They certainly wouldn’t recommend taking it any further than the screen however!

People who love to play games and gamble always dream of visiting exotic gambling locations. Top on the list of hot favourite gambling locations is Sin City, Las Vegas. Vegas is considered the mecca of gambling and people dream of visiting this place once and trying their hand at the many casinos located there.

Visiting Las Vegas is not so difficult, even for those who’re short of funds. Blue Square Casino has an offer running at their site which will give away a free trip to Vegas to a lucky winner. The Win a Trip to Las Vegas promotion has been running since days and is open till 23^rd October.

Players interested in this offer can participate by playing £5 on selected slots before the offer is up. Those who meet this requirement will be automatically entered into the prize draw to win a trip to Vegas. Those interested in improving their chances of winning can get multiple entries to the prize draw. Every £5 spent on selected slots gives you one more entry to the draw.

The slot games selected for this offer are as follows:

-          Cleopatra

-          Monopoly

-          Da Vinci Diamonds

-          Rainbow Riches

Players better start playing these games if they wish to be included into the prize draw which will take place on Monday 24^th October. The Las Vegas package is pretty generous and includes trips and visits to various places as outlined below:

-          Flights for two on British Airways from Heathrow to Las Vegas – departure on November 29^th, return flight on December 5^th

-          Five nights’ stay at the luxurious five star Bellagio Hotel & Casino on the Vegas Strip

-          Helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon & champagne picnic

-          Tickets to see Viva Elvis at the Aria including a pre-show meal

-          Trip to Downtown Las Vegas with a meal at Vic & Anthony’s in the Golden Nugget

Check out this offer and try your luck at winning this awesome Vegas trip at Blue Square Casino.

Online casino players put much faith in luck and believe some days or some games or some online casinos are lucky for them. We’re not sure whether there is any grain of truth in these claims but Microgaming powered online casino, Roxy Palace, proved lucky for some players early this month.

The month of October seemed lucky for slot players at Roxy Palace as the site gave away total prizes worth €75,000 to four lucky players. The first day of October proved really lucky for a player at the site who goes by the name o0f ‘Ralf E’ as he won €26,499 playing their Rat Pack slot game. This win was followed by another decent win by ‘Natanong S’ who ended up with €2,585 playing Sugar Mama on the same day.

As if these two wins were not enough, a player who goes by the name ‘Josie M’ won a jackpot worth €12,105 playing the Voila slot game at Roxy Palace Casino. Four days later, another player ‘Mareike G’ got lucky and won €34,275 on the Valentine themed Burning Desire game.

These win stories prove that players can really win big prizes if they persist. Those who missed out can try their luck at the same games or at other slot games available at the site. Rat Pack is said to be a retro music themed game which features a 10,000-coin fixed jackpot. The game includes wild symbols and a gamble game feature which is sure to be liked by the slot fans.

Burning Desire which made a player richer by €34K has 243 ways to win. The maximum wager of $250 per spins leads to higher payout opportunities and coupled with the Bonanza free spins features ensures a maximum payout of 90,000 coins. Check out these games and try your luck at winning big prizes at the casino.

If you were to mention the word ‘casino’ to any stranger, it is highly likely that one of the first images that would be conjured into their mind would be the iconic black and red roulette wheel.

Roulette is one of the most successful and enduring casino games in the world; it has an amazingly rich and colourful history and is a classic that is still a heavily featured staple at casinos all over the world to this very day.

Bizarrely enough, the first ever roulette wheel was born out of a desire to create a perpetual motion machine; it was devised by a famous French mathematician named Blaise Pascal. Although Pascal failed in defying the laws of thermodynamics, he did succeed in creating something that would see his name endure long after his death. Despite a general consensus about roulette’s inventor, there is still some contention about who actually brought about what we currently know as the game of roulette.

It is widely accepted that the first ‘modern’ roulette wheel (i.e. a wheel with an even and odd/alternating red and black colour structure) was first seen in the city of Paris just before the turn of the 19th Century. The game of roulette and its iconic wheel then made its premier trip across the Atlantic ocean sometime at the beginning of the 1800s, where it underwent some subtle changes… It seems that the first casinos in the United States to introduce roulette were not altogether pleased with the low ‘house edge’ which the game offered them; to overcome this, they introduced an extra pocket (with the number ’0′). This raised the house edge in the casino’s favour and remains the key difference between American and European roulette to this very day.

As a result of this, whether playing online roulette or the traditional land-based version, savvy players should always be on the lookout for the European version of the game in order to stand the best chance of success! Try you luck at www.betfair.com.

Roulette is one of the most iconic and popular casino games in the world; it is a game that not only managed to become an incredibly successful and long lasting casino title, but it also survived the switch onto the internet to become an extremely successful online casino title. You only have to look at websites such as www.onlineroulette.org.uk to see just how popular online roulette remains.

In an age of unbelievably quick technological advances, roulette has shown just how successful a gaming title it is, as it moves onto a brand new format in the form the smartphone – particularly the iPhone. Mobile gaming is very quickly becoming huge business and developers of smartphone apps have understood that there is a massive demand from consumers for mobile gaming and casino softwares, especially online roulette.

So, where can you actually find roulette for the iPhone that is worth the download time?

Nowadays, virtually all major online casinos in the United Kingdom also offer some form of mobile gaming option; this usually includes all classic gaming titles such as blackjack, craps and, of course, roulette – customers should keep an eye out for big names who offer quality apps, such as William Hill, Paddy Power and Ladbrokes.

With so much choice available, it really is a players market at the moment. But choice isn’t always a great thing, especially if players feel that they are confused with what is one offer. This is why it is important to check out smartphone roulette software that has come from a trustworthy and respectable developer, such as Playtech or Microgaming – this will mean a quality iPhone roulette experience, free from bugs and poor gameplay.

Caesars Casino knows perfectly well the art of keeping their players happy. After offering game specific promotions for different games like slots, blackjack and roulette, the site has now come up with another slot based offer, Cashino Royale.

Cashino Royale has nothing to do with the Bond movie, rather it is a slot based offer where players can participate and win a share of the £1,000 prize pool. The offer runs from Monday 10^th October to Sunday 23^rd October during which players have to play slots and earn points. The casino will give away one tournament point for every £10 wagered on slot games.

Players have two weeks to play as much slots as they can and move up the leaderboard. Those who play more and collect extra points will have a better chance of winning and getting a bigger cash prize. The site will draw winners on Monday 24^th October where names of 10 lucky players will be drawn.

The 1^st place will end up with a cash prize worth £1,000, while the 2^nd and 3^rd places will get £500 and £250 respectively. Positions 4^th and 5^th will end up with £100 in cash each while those from the 6^th to the 10^th positions will get £50 each.

Another offer currently running at the site is 10% Cashback on Casino where players can claim cash back on losses. The site believes fortune favours the brave, and if it doesn’t then their 10% cash back certainly does. To claim this cash back, players have to wager a minimum of £100 on any casino game till Sunday 9^th October.

Players who meet these requirements can claim 10% cash back on their losses up to a maximum of £100. The minimum cash back which can be claimed is £10. This is a wonderful opportunity to play games and try your luck at winning prizes. It doesn’t matter if you lose, as you always have some insurance with the 10% cash back.

October is an important month for many as it is the time when people let their hair down and celebrate. Oktoberfest is an important annual event which is celebrated over a period of some days and involves loads of drinking, eating and fun.

Online casinos offer special promotions based on Oktoberfest where they send players on an all expenses paid trip to this important event or give away prizes and bonuses. 888 Casino has come up with a special Oktoberfest promotion where players can celebrate this biggest festival of the year with interesting refill bonuses.

Players who wish to participate can do so by making a minimum deposit of £100 by 10^th October 2011 using promo code ‘Oktoberfest’. They then have to play games at the site during the next 3 days. At the end of three days, if a player ends up losing more than they have won, the site will give away a refill bonus of 30% of their net losses up to a maximum of £100.

This offer is available only once starting from the time the deposit is made to three days after the start. Players have to wager the refill bonus 30 times and will be calculated according to game contribution before cash-out as per the bonus policy. The site will away refill bonuses within 72 hours of the end of the 3-day period.

The Oktoberfest cash back promotion is available to players at 888 Casino who have already deposited funds into their account before entering the promotion. It is not available to new players, rather available to those making their second or subsequent deposits.

Apart from new players, this offer is not available to VIP & High Rollers. New players who register at the site can check out different games like blackjack, roulette, slots, live casino and other games.