Time is running out for the Weekend Madness tournament at Online Vegas Casino. It is the last tournament of the month of March, obviously, and is a good chance to take away some money heading into Easter, which should help because that candy is expensive.

The Weekend Madness tournament ends on March 30. The tournament is played on the online slot Reel Deal and players are competing for a $50,000 prize pool. That prize pool is split in two parts, with the top $30,000 being given out in casino credits and the other $20,000 being given out in loyalty points.

To enter the Weekend Madness tournament, players have to buy in by paying the $12.99 entry fee. By paying that fee, players are given a balance of $325, which can be replenished if necessary by rebuying for the same amount.

This is also a good time to point out that if you are a member of Online Vegas Casino, it would be wise to join their email distribution list. That is because members of that list do not have to pay the $12.99 entry fee for this tournament. Players on that email list are sent a bonus code that can be used to bypass the entry fee for this tournament. Like many online casinos, Online Vegas frequently rewards those who join their email list by giving them exclusive access to promotions.

To participate in the Weekend Madness tournament and take your shot at a part of the $50,000 prize pool, visit Online Vegas today. And if you’re not signed up to receive emails from the casino, this would be a good time to do so.

As long as there are things with unknown outcomes, people will gamble on them. Casino games like blackjack, poker and roulette have been gambled on for ages, as have sports. Most offices in America right now are participating in a pool based on the NCAA Tournament. If you’ve ever been to a golf course, you’ve probably seen people wager on whether or not they can make a certain put. People just like to put their money where their mouth is and hopefully make money in the process.

I don’t know how long people have been gambling on box office results, but it makes sense. There are certainly as many movie fans out there as sports fans. Why not gamble on whether the next Jason Statham action movie will break the $100 million mark? Think the new Coen brothers movie will be a sleeper despite a small budget, including in marketing? Why not bet on it?

Two online websites that I know of have decided to organize this type of proposition bet. Trade Exchange and Cantor Exchange plan to let people gamble on the box office returns of upcoming movies. The gambling on the movies will be treated more like futures trading on the stock market than a prop bet. People will invest money on a certain movie, hoping that it reaches a certain financial goal. The Motion Picture Association of America (you know, that group that warns you before every movie starts) isn’t pleased.

The MPAA released a letter that says “the reputation and integrity of our industry could be tarnished by allowing trading in movie futures contracts in a manner which allows them to be viewed as the economic equivalent of legalized gambling on movie receipts. We can see no public purpose in allowing these contracts to be the subject of interstate commerce.”

Ouch. So suddenly the MPAA says that their industry has integrity? Have they been paying attention to Hollywood? Without the MPAA on board, though, it may be impossible to hold legal, organized gambling on box office results of Hollywood movies. That, of course, won’t stop office pools and other unorganized attempts.

Growing up, my first love was music, even before girls. I wonder if that’s normal. They both happened at an early age, so I’m not too worried about it. Anyway, because I’ve always been into music, I enjoy playing the Jazz Time slot at Rushmore Casino.

Jazz Time is a 5-reel, 9-payline online slot with bets ranging from $0.01 to $5. The game has a jazz music theme and the reels have symbols of musical instruments. The symbols include a saxophone, trumpet, guitar, symbol and a drum set in three-different pieces, among others.

What I like about the game is the unique nature of the winning combinations. Instead of a random pattern for different bonuses, they make sense. For instance, if you have all three pieces of a drum kit – a pair of drumsticks, a hi-hat and a snare drum – then you enter a jam session bonus game.

Not only that, but the game has unique sounds incorporated into it. Instead of the standard beeps and other noises that we expect from online slots, we get sounds that go along with the instruments. Each time an instrument appears on the reel, you hear its associated sound. For example, when a piano appears you hear a piano chord and when a saxophone appears you hear a sax riff. This adds to the uniqueness of the game and is a real treat for a music-lover like me.

In the Jazz Time jam session bonus game, there is a bass riff playing and you have to choose an instrument that will play in harmony with the bassline. How well the instrument you pick goes with the bass determines how many extra points you get.

For music lovers, Jazz Time is a great online slot that combines a love of slots with a love of music. To play the game, visit Rushmore Casino today.

Weekends are usually a good time to play your favorite games at the online casino. That is because you have more free time and won’t get in trouble for playing while you’re supposed to be working. But complaints from your boss aside, it’s also a good time because the online casinos tend to offer good bonuses on the weekends. Right now, Lucky Red Casino is doing just that.

This weekend, from Friday, March 19 to Monday, March 22, Lucky Red is giving away match bonuses based on which games you play. If you play slots, keno, video slots or scratch cards, the casino is giving away unlimited 60% match bonuses of up to $1,000. So if you deposit money to play any of those games, Lucky Red will match 60% of your deposit. The promotion code for this offer is LOVEWEEKEND1. The deposit and bonus must be wagered through at least 25 times before they can be withdrawn.

If you are more of a player of blackjack, video poker or any other table games, Lucky Red Casino will match 45% of your deposit up to $1,000. Like the previous offer, this is an unlimited match bonus, so you can claim it as many times as you want over the weekend. The promotion code for this offer is LOVEWEEKEND2. The deposit and bonus for this offer must be wagered through at least 50 times before they can be withdrawn.

If that’s not enough, there are also three different bonuses being offered from Sunday, March 21 to Monday, March 22. Players of slots, keno, video slots and scratch cards can earn a 60% match bonus on their deposits up to $1,000. The coupon code for this offer is GIFTS4U and it can be claimed up to 30 times. The deposit and bonus must be wagered 25 times before a withdrawal can be made.

The second bonus offer during this period is a 45% match bonus up to $1,000 for players of blackjack and video poker. The coupon code for this offer is TIME4FLIX and can be claimed up to 30 times. The deposit and bonus must be wagered though at least 50 times before you can make a withdrawal.

The third bonus offer is for players of Texas hold’em, bonus poker and all Caribbean games. Lucky Red Casino will provide a match bonus of 50% for these games. The coupon code is SWEETIEPIE and it can be claimed up to 30 times. The deposit and bonus must be wagered through at least 40 times before being withdrawn.

For more information, see the promotions page of Lucky Red Casino or contact customer service. To take advantage of these great weekend offers, visit Lucky Red today.

Many believe that electronic checks, or e-checks, will become the primary deposit method for online casinos, especially those that deal with American customers. Since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) in 2006, many financial institutions are weary of getting in trouble with the feds for being used for the transfer of funds from “illegal” online gambling. Their worry hinges in large part on the fact that UIGEA does not either make any gambling illegal or clearly define what types of online gambling are illegal. Since the law is so murky, there is the potential for abuse.

For that reason, Visa and Mastercard have both started blocking all transactions between American customers and online casinos, sports books or any other online gambling sites. Other credit card companies may follow suit and even if they don’t, Visa and Mastercard make up the vast majority of the market (with Discover and American Express a ways behind).

There are, of course, other options for making electronic payments. There are a ton of e-wallet sites out there, but some people don’t like using them and for some, they are difficult or tiresome to use. For that reason, many prefer to use electronic checks. To pay by e-check, players only need to enter their checking account number, routing number and social security number (to confirm their identity) on the website. E-checks are even often used to transfer funds on e-wallet websites, so in those cases a casino that allows e-check payment would be cutting out the middle man.

There are not currently a lot of online casinos that offer payment via e-check, though Lucky Red Casino and Aladdin’s Gold are two that do. In the near future, experts believe that a majority of online casinos that serve American customers will have e-check payment as an option in order to avoid losing business. Some sites even offer incentives, such as bonuses, for paying via e-check, since it is cheaper for the casino than a credit card payment.

With the large number of online casinos out there competing for the business of the same customers, the casinos have to do something to get your attention. Since they want your business, they like to run all kinds of promotions, including releasing new games, offering bonuses and tournaments. Right now Millionaire Casino is doing all three.

Magic Monkey is the new game and it’s about, well, a monkey who knows magic. To be honest, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near a magic monkey. They’re enough trouble without the magic. Mickey Mouse was enough trouble when he dabbled in magic and made those mops come to life and everything, and he was just a mouse. A monkey with magical powers? No thanks. For those who like the idea, though, it’s a 5-reel, 25-payline video slot with entertaining animation.

Millionaire Casino’s deposit bonus has been raised. For a while, the casino has offered a 100% match bonus, but now they have increased the deal to 200%. Players can now play with triple the amount of money they deposit, with an upper limit of $500.

And finally, the tournament being offered by Millionaire Casino is called the March Madness online slot tournament. It is being held to coincide with the NCAA Tournament (that’s college basketball, for the uninitiated) and runs until March 31. The tournament has a prize pool of $300,000, with half of that amount going to the first-place finisher. The online slot tournament has an entry fee of $10.

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March is a big time of year for college basketball fans. First comes the close of the regular season, followed by the conference tournaments and then the Big Dance – the NCAA Tournament. It is one of my favorite times of year, when I fill out my brackets and get most of them wrong, despite following the game all year and having a good idea of who should win. In honor of this exciting time of the year, Cherry Red Casino is now holding the Big Dance Blackjack tournament.

The qualifiers for this tournament are held every week, beginning on March 1 and the tournament itself is held on April 16. The weekly qualifiers have an entry fee of $16 and a guaranteed prize pool of $500. The top four players (out of 64) in each of the qualifiers gain free entry to the main tournament on April 16. For players who don’t play their way in, that tournament has a steep entry fee of $110 and a prize pool of $6,400. A total of 64 players from the qualifiers will make it to the tournament in addition to anyone who buys their way in.

Cherry Red’s blackjack tournaments for this promotion are mano a mano tournaments. In these games, you don’t play against the dealer. Instead, two players will compete head-to-head, with the winner taking all of the points. At the end of the qualifiers, the four players with the most points advance.

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Most Americans are obsessed with coffee. I don’t get it myself. I don’t understand why people would want to constantly drink a disgusting, foul-smelling hot drink that burns your throat going down and for many people serves as a diuretic drug or an enema (and for some people, both). I can only stand coffee if it’s ice cold and has enough other flavoring that I can’t taste the coffee at all. Basically, I can tolerate coffee if it’s made into a caffeinated milkshake.

Millions of Americans, however, disagree and can’t get enough of their cappuccinos, espressos, lattes, and their dry, half-caf venti caramel macchiato upside down. If you actually read that last part and knew what I was talking about, there’s a good chance you’re a coffee addict. You’re probably one of those people who needs to get your coffee fix in the morning, however many cups your fix is, to be able to function, and without it you are a shaking, nervous mess. Every other substance I know of that has that affect is illegal.

Regardless of my feelings on the subject, Americans are obsessed with their coffee. Maybe it’s because they threw all of that tea into the harbor and needed something else to drink in the morning. All Slots Casino has a new online slot that plays upon that coffee-obsession.

That new slot is called CashOccino. To be honest, the first time I saw this name I thought that Bengals receiver Charles Ochocinco (nee Johnson) had changed his name again. Instead, this new online slot has the theme of a classy coffeehouse. To be fair, even though I don’t like coffee, I do like coffeehouses, mostly for the music and atmosphere.

CashOccino has symbols of different coffee drinks, coffee beans and more. It has a color palette that is rich yet subtle, seeming like the perfect colors for a coffee shop. All Slots Casino’s newest game is a 5-reel, 30-payline online slot with a variety of multipliers, free spins and other bonuses. Wagers can be made in denominations ranging from $.01 to $45, giving you a wide betting range.

So if you’re one of those coffee fiends who gladly spends $8 for a drink from a coffee shop that you could recreate at home for less than $1, this may be the game for you. All Slots certainly hopes so. Maybe you would like to start your morning by playing this game while drinking your coffee. CashOccino will be available on March 4.

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