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November 29 – Once more, the leading online casino, Virgin Casino has added another exciting online slot game to its portfolio, this time in the form of Gold Rush Showdown.

The game is from Ash Gaming’s growing portfolio of quality online casino slot games.

The video slot boasts five reels and 20 pay lines of sheer Wild West inspired action, with lots of reasons that players will come back for more.

For starters, the Wild West theme is always a favourite among slots fans.

In addition, Gold Rush Showdown has two excellent bonus rounds to add to the entertainment value of this game.

The first bonus round calls for players to test their shooting skills as they battle their way to save their heroine from the arms of the master villain and his bunch of bandits.

The second round brings players a map, with the objective being to pinpoint where they think they’ll find gold – and win lots in the process!

“With its captivating theme and two bonus games, Gold Rush Showdown provides our players with stacks of entertainment,” said the Head of Products at Virgin Games, Warren Eloff.

The game also increases players’ chances of winning big through a progressive jackpot which grows at a significant pace.

If the traffic at Virgin Casino – with its over 1,000,000 players – is anything to go by, the jackpot fund will grow even faster!

“What is more, with its progressive jackpot, players have the potential to win big from a small stake,” added Eloff.

Virgin Casinos continues to add to its collection of slot games through partnership deals with software groups such as Microgaming, Cryptologic, WagerWorks and Ash Gaming.

Visit Virgin Casino today!

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November 25 – There’s no avoiding the holidays and pure Christmas cheer if you visit the Playtech powered Class1Casino right now.

The casino has unrolled the latest seasonal-inspired casino slot game, Santa Surprise which brings players a powerful dose of things to come next month.

This five reel video slot game really does surprise because, beyond the traditional Christmas theme, lies a host of superbly entertaining features and big payouts.

You’ll love the Christmassy feel of this game, from Santa’s voice to lots of holiday songs, as well as classic images in the form of Christmas trees and stockings.

"With a traditional Christmas theme and all of the festive fun, this game is expected to be a number-one hit during the holidays," said the online casino in a statement this week.

Features of this game include an exciting, high paying Chritmas Gifts bonus round if players manage to line up three or more bonus symbols in a row.

"There are also free games up for grabs and a scatter bonus that has a surprise payout for lucky players.

"With payouts of up to 10,000 times the line bet, Santa Surprise is definitely worth playing if you want to win big," said the casino. "For all of you who were good this year, Santa Surprise is a game to play. Class1Casino.com is here for you to spin the winning combination and enter 2011 as happy as you can be."

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The launch this week of Loto Quebec’s new internet gambling operation EspaceJeux revealed that online poker will be offered on a platform that the British Columbia Lottery Corporation will partner in at the beginning of 2011.

The joint platform will be hosted in Montréal, Quebec and will be powered by GTechG2, with customer account management software by OpenBet Ltd, which also supplies some of the table games. OpenBet has already opened Canadian offices in Montréal as the deal has developed.

In addition to the eight variants of poker that are on the menu, Espacejeux will offer Quebecers 24-hour-a-day table games like Baccarat, Sic Bo and Red Dog as well as various types of Blackjack and Roulette. Other games like sports betting and bingo will be added to the offering at a later date.

Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Loto Quebec, Marcel Croux, was charged with putting the online gambling operation together after provincial government approval was secured in January this year.

Loto-Québec’s CEO, Alain Cousineau said this week that Croux and the new business unit’s general manager, Francois Poulin, had worked with a multi-disciplinary team to bring the project to fruition, and complimented them for their hard and professional work.

“Their unflagging teamwork has made it possible for us to offer Quebecers a site that is entertaining and competitive, and that faithfully reflects Loto Québec’s public image,” Cousineau said.

A company spokesman said that researched revenue growth in Canada showed that the internet gambling market grew 30% between 2003 and 2008 and is anticipated to reach around a billion dollars by 2012. In the past almost all of this had gone to offshore entities.

Loto Québec had therefore decided to follow the example of European governments that had legalised online gambling for their citizens, channelling the gaming offering in a controlled circuit and inside a secure environment characterised by many responsible gaming options.

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