The game of bingo has its roots further back in history than you might think, though its form has changed over the years. First recordings of the game date back to 1530′s Italy where it was played as “Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia”. Amazingly this game is still played every Saturday. The game then swept across Europe in different guises; it arrived in France around the late 1770s, as a game played by the aristocracy, and in the 1880s the Germans played a version of this as a way to help children learn maths, spelling and history.

Bingo as the game we know today can probably be traced to its arrival in North America in 1929, where it became known as beano, and was played as a carnival game, with the dealer selecting numbered discs from a cigar box and players marking their cards with beans.

There are a number of accounts of how bingo came by its name; most agree that a toy salesman called Edwin S Lowe was involved but disagree on the context. Some say he overheard someone calling bingo rather than beano in their excitement, others that he saw the game been advertised as such. Other sources state that Edwin S. Lowe copied the beano game at home after playing it at a party. One of his guests, excited at winning, stuttered, and not being able shout out beano instead shouted b b b bbingo!

The game of bingo really took off after the church approached Lowe to see if they could use the game as a means of raising church funds. As bingo increased its popularity specific bingo halls were built and the role bingo caller was created along with the development of the language of bingo.

Bingo has since evolved further with the development of modern technology. The internet age is upon us and bingo is not missing out. With more websites dedicated to the game springing up every day it is easier than ever to play and we have to wonder, with the advances in technology, where will the evolution of bingo go next?

If you are looking for somewhere to play online bingo we recommend Gala. Gala are prominent in the online gaming sector, wiht a huge user base that spreads across all levels of experience. Gala offer all traditional casino games as well as bingo.

Online casinos know the importance of casino bonuses and offer various types of bonuses to player. Some sites restrict themselves to welcome bonus and reload bonus while others offer special bonuses so that their players get a chance to play game with free funds.

Manhattan Slots, the Real Time Gaming powered casino has come up with a threesome bonus offer. Players will be able to avail three special deposit bonuses this week which offer full match-up. Those interested in this offer have to deposit a minimum of $50 before November 13 to get 3 x 100% Slots, Keno and Scratch Card bonus provided they use the coupon code ‘STAR100’.

The online casino has added that players are required to wager the amount of their deposit and the bonus at least 25 times on their slot, keno and scratchcard games before withdrawing the bonus. This is a special weekend promotions offered so that players get some free cash to play their favourite casino games during their free days.

Apart from this special bonus offer, the casino has some standard offers which include a 65% deposit bonus. Players have to meet a 20 times wagering requirement on slot, keno and scratchcard games to avail this bonus. Those who love to play blackjack, video poker and table games need not worry as the site has an exclusive offer for them.

Players who love blackjack, video poker and table games can avail the 55% deposit bonus which has to be wagered 25 times before withdrawing any amount. The site has clarified that wagers on their blackjack, video poker, roulette, craps and sic-bo games contribute only 60% towards the wagering requirements.

Manhattan Slots offers all new players a 100% welcome bonus up to $747 on their first two deposits. Those who prefer to play table and card games can claim 100% bonus up to $150.

 

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!

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.

It’s September, an end to the holiday season and time to go back to school and work. People are getting back to their daily routine and lives but online casinos are still not in the mood of getting back to routine.

Leading online casino, Casino.com has introduced an offer on their site where players are invited to participate and win a dream holiday. All of us dream about that special holiday when we get to go on a dream holiday and experience all that we wished for. Players at the casino have a chance to try and win their dream holiday as the offer runs till Sunday 18^th September.

The casino says,  whatever be the idea of your dream holiday, this summer you could win it by simply making a first deposit. Players can participate by making a minimum deposit of $50 at the site after which they will receive their welcome bonus of up to $200 plus one free ticket for the prize draw.

There is no restriction on the number of deposits a player can make. Every subsequent $50 deposit gives the player one more ticket to the prize draw. Players can make multiple deposits and get more entries to the draw, thus increasing their chances of winning the holiday prize.

The prize draw will take place on 20^th September and winner drawn at random who will win a holiday package worth $3,000. Runners up will get prizes with those from the 2^nd to 4^th places getting iPad 2 or iPod nanos. The player who wins the holiday trip will have to book their holiday before the end of 2011.

There is no cash alternative in this offer; winners will have to accept the prize offered by the casino. Check out this offer and try your luck at winning a dream holiday at Casino.com.

The Rugby World Cup has kicked off and people are interested in sports and related offers. With football and rugby events being played, players are interested in betting markets. Many new sites are being launched to meet this increasing demand of gaming and betting sites and latest to join this group is WinFootball.com.

WinFootball.com, the new sports betting site was launched last week which is said to offer punters about 6,000 in-play soccer matches per month. This is bound to please all those who love to bet on soccer. Using the software provided by betting software provider Sport Betting Tech, the site offers betting markets on various sports including golf, football, cricket, basketball and darts.

Owned by Vienna-based Win Worldwide Sport GmbH, WinFootball.com offers newcomers a 50% welcome bonus up to €100. The Managing Director, Ross Leo Thomas said that WinFootball.com specialises in global football betting markets and Sport Betting Tech’s football events and markets are very impressive.

He added that this offer, with their football fan-oriented marketing actions, forms the base for reaching to their football-betting customer base. He said their site is 100% oriented around football fans around the world and their betting offers, promotions and features are tailored for their needs.

The betting software provider, Sports Betting Tech stated that they have provided winFootball.com with its fully managed sportsbook solution that features a robust back-office and management system. Itai Zak, the chief executive officer of Spots Betting Tech’s stated that they were happy to have WinFootball, a respected Austrian regulated operator as one of their clients. He added that the site will benefit from their professional and fully managed Sportsbook solution and they look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with them.

Sports fan now a new site which will help them follow the sport they like and place bets as per their wish.