The report by investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein revealed companies that operated online casino sites were also benefiting from increased traffic.
Online gambling has grown to $9.2 billion globally since 1995 and is expected to generate a 22 percent amount annual growth rate between 2003 and 2008, specifically driven by poker. The report also mentioned gamblers lost $237 billion to gaming companies worldwide last year and will be losing roughly $277 billion a year by 2008.
Game designers at top software provider Microgaming have combined the popularity of the undersea environment with the multi-feature, big win thrills of the Tomb Raider format to produce the flagship of five new games releases this week.
Branded Mermaid's Millions, the lead game features multiple opportunities to win on waves of jackpots, free spins and bonuses with bets that can range from as little as a cent up to a dollar. Jackpots of $37 500 are achievable on a max bet, and can be boosted threefold to $112 500 if hit in a free spin.
Since posting odds on who will be outted as the gay "Simpson", BetUS.com has seen more than 3,000 bets placed on this Sunday's episode. In addition to placing bets on which character will announce his/her homosexuality, bets are also being wagered on whether the FOX super series will seal the matrimonial ceremony with a kiss.
"Our customers seem to believe that The Simpsons' writers will script a kiss," according to Mike Foreman, spokesperson for BetUS.com.
As reported by Guardian, England seems to be a nation of virtual poker-lovers. And while the Welsh favour a game of craps in a traditional casino, Yorkshire folk prefer a little online flutter, according to a new report into the UK's gambling habits.
The survey, compiled by the gambling website 888.com and the magazine Inside Edge, quizzed 2,726 people across the UK over three months. They discovered that 39% of the nation cites poker as their favourite game, followed by roulette ( 22% ) and blackjack ( 18% ).
Golden Palace, the Internet casino that recently made headlines with such unusual eBay purchases including a holy grilled cheese sandwich, haunted walking cane, and Titanic heirloom, has now purchased a bumper sticker for $10,700 USD.
The bumper sticker "Frank Must Die" was put up for auction by the family of David Dingman-Grover, a 9-year-old boy suffering from cancer.
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The recent humanitarian crisis in South East Asia has sparked a serge of humanitarian aid and donations worldwide. The online casino industry is also doing its part. Next Generation Entertainment and Winward Casino Group are donating 100% of the revenues generated this January 5th from all of their online casinos to the International Red Cross. This is just one example of how an online casino can put the well-being of others ahead of its own profits. We hope this is the first in a trend of generosity on the part of online casinos willing to help out during this time of humanitarian crisis.
Just before a luxury shopping mall opened at Caesars Palace in 1992, the mall's marketing director, Maureen Crampton, stood behind the closed doors and thought to herself, "I do hope somebody is on the other side."
She need not have worried. More than a decade later, The Forum Shops is one of the most successful malls in the country, and high-end shopping has become one of the biggest pastimes in America's gambling capital.
An online casino offered $65,000 Monday for a metal walking cane that an Indiana woman put up for sale in hopes her son would believe his grandfather's ghost would leave their house with it.
GoldenPalace.com will add the "ghost cane" to a collection that already includes a grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary. The casino paid $28,000 last month for the sandwich, which it bought like the cane on eBay.
Financial secretary Henry Tang said he is considering proposals to open the city's first casino.
Tang said the proposal for a casino on Lantau Island, close to the site where Disney is building a huge theme park, has its merits but needs further study.
"There would be positive effects to the economy but with the presence of a gaming industry the atmosphere of the community would be different," Tang told legislators.
