Guinness Book of Records register world’s largest slot win

This week saw the Guinness World Records recognising the huge €11.74m which was paid out in September from the Mega

Regular readers of the site may remember that the prize was taken down by a lucky Norwegian player who hit the jackpot while playing at casino Bettson.com one weekend. The player has since remained anonymous whereas Betsson and the Net Entertainment software which powers their casino will both appear in the next published edition of the Guinness Book of Records.

While the Mega

The Microgaming slot Megah Moolah,

On the Playtech side of things, Beach Life has been the slot which has been getting all the attention as it continues to offer larger and larger cash prizes. I

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December 17th, 2011  in Gambling Avenue No Comments »

World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Comes to ESPN2

There’s good news for all you poker fans in the USA after the announcement that highlights from this year’s World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) will be aired on ESPN2 this coming Sunday.

The poker tournament took place Cannes back in October, with New York’s Elio Fox winning the main event for $1,927,310 and the all-important bracelet at the Hotel Majestic Barrière, and now those eager to see how it all went down can tune in for six action-packed installments.

ESPN2 will broadcast six 60-minute episodes back-to-back on Sunday from 18:00 until 00:00 EST, starting with the Ceasars Cup team tournament.

This event featured players such as Johnny Chan, Ben Lamb, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth representing Team Americas as they tried gain revenge for losing to Team Europe in the first staging of the event back in 2009.

However, Team Americas faced a side made up of star players Jake Cody, Tony G, Gus Hansen, Maxim Lykov and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, so fans should be prepared for lots of thrills and spills as Team Europe once again emerged victorious following a succession of individual and partner match-ups.

Thereafter, the other five shows will concentrate on the €10,400 buy-in WSOPE main event won by Fox from a final table that featured seven nations and which attracted a 593-player field to create a prize pool of $7,836,414.

Other big-name players to look out for during this extensive coverage of highlights of the poker games from the biggest WSOPE ever include Cody, Shawn Buchanan, Arnaud Mattern, Chris Moorman and Patrik Antonius, while the likeable Norman Chad and Lon McEachern will provide commentary and analysis.

WSOP executive director Ty Stewart was effusive when talking about the upcoming shows, saying: “We continue to be proud of our deep relationship with ESPN to deliver fresh programming to poker fans.

As the only European tournament broadcast in the United States, WSOP Europe has become one of the most prestigious events in the world in just a few years’ time.

full schedule of ESPN 2 shows (all times EST)

Sunday, December 18:

  • 18:00, Caesars Cup
  • 19:00/20:00/21:00/22:00/23:00, World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) main event

December 14th, 2011  in Gambling Advisor No Comments »

Photos: Jenny McCarthy parties with Cheryl Burke, Kelly Monaco at Paris

Blonde bombshell Jenny McCarthy stole the hearts of partygoers at Chateau Nightclub & Gardens at the Paris last night after she’d stunned the crowd of fans looking better than ever on the red carpet dressed in a sequined tank by Bella McCarthy and tighterthanthis second-skin black pants.

“Dancing With the Stars” pro dancer champion Cheryl Burke and “General Hospital” actress Kelly Monaco, Season 1 “DTWS” champion, joined the actress and model. Jenny, Playboy’s 1994 Playmate of the Year, spent the evening in the middle of the action at her VIP booth. She sipped on a

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NEW BRAZILIAN BINGO BRAND

GamblingB2B has launched Bingon Brazil, a new brand offering internet bingo targeted on Brazilian bingo fans.Available in Portuguese with local payment methods and local bingo callers, the platform offers bingo halls of 90 balls, 75 and variant, plus more than 50 slots games and casino games like scratch cards, slot games, roulette, blackjack, Baccarat, Jack and Better Video Poker.GamblingB2Bs affiliate manager, Juan Serna, says that affiliate marketers are being offered anattractive launch incentive for the first four months of the sites launch in which they can earn up to 50% commissions, declining on a sliding monthly scale to 40 percent.After the fourth month, we will be discussing commission structures that can be customised to meet the needs of each of our affiliates, and can also offer CPA and hybrid models, said Serna, adding that his program is powered by Income Access.

December 8th, 2011  in Gambling Advisor No Comments »
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