Online Gambling News and Promotions

Today sees the launch of GoldenRivieraCasino.com’s 10-day prize giving event. This marks the advent of its 10-year anniversary. Registered players who have submitted their initial deposits into their real player casino accounts are eligible to take part in the event, which runs from 31 January to 9 February 2011, and are able to win the accompanying prizes. Prizes are as follows:

• A total of 1,000,000 Loyalty Points tallied out as 10,000 per one player over the course of 10 days.
• A total cash give-away of $10,000 over the course of 10 days.
• Give-aways of 25 Silver, 10 Gold and 5 Platinum Loyalty Lounge Tier levels.

Winners are granted a raise to the next immediate level above them.
The event is for the participation of real players only, and is valid for 10 days, running from 31 January to 9 February 2011. In order to qualify for prizes, players are required to make a minimum of one bet on any of the following Video Slot games:

• Reel Gems
• Pure Platinum
• Liquid Gold
• Sterling Silver

Monetary and loyalty point winners are announced one day following the actual win. Loyalty Lounge Tier winners will be announced on 10 February 2011. According to casino manager Emily Alessi: “We are proud and extremely excited to celebrate ten wonderful years in the online gaming industry, We decided that this is the perfect opportunity to do what it is that we do best – shower our valuable players with incredible gifts, prizes and bonus awards!

Golden Riviera Casino has been going strong for ten years running, and we’re most definitely here to stay!”

Poker site PKR.com continues its winning streak as it picked up the 2011 International Gaming Awards Online Poker Operator of the Year nod for the second year running.

PKR.com now holds the IGA Poker Operator of the Year titles for 2010 and 2011 as well as the eGaming Review Poker Operator of the Year 2010. IGA Award judges praised PKR for providing the most engaging and immersive poker experience.

Malcolm Graham, CEO of PKR.com said, “We are thrilled to be named as Poker Operator of the Year for the second consecutive year. 2010 was a difficult time for the industry as a whole, and this award is a great reward for all our hard work. We look forward to a prosperous 2011.”

The annual International Gaming Awards recognise success and achievement in individuals, companies and the industries they serve across. The IGA hosted at an impressive gala event at London’s Jumeirah Carlton Tower to celebrate the winners.

Founded in 2004 by serial entrepreneur Jez San, PKR.com is headquartered in Camden, London and now employs over 100 staff. It has over 4 million registered users and has won numerous awards including the designation as the UK’s fastest growing technology company in the 2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100.

The iPoker Network is staging an online satellite series awarding winning players with €1,000 Winner’s Packages to live events of the Baltic Hold’em Series. The promotion will feature weekly Super Satellites of €125 + €10 Freezeout, running on Thursdays at 21:00 GMT. Satellites will commence on January 30th, 2011, with the first Super Satellite on February 3rd, 2011.

The Baltic Hold’em Series will feature three main events; Riga, Latvia (February 7th-12th); Tallinn, Estonia (February 21st-26th); and Vilnius, Lithuania (March 7th-12th).

The winning players in the Super Satellites will be registered automatically to the upcoming event, unless they indicate that they wish to participate in the following event instead. Players can win up to 3 packages, 1 package for each event.

The minimum age to participate in the Tallinn and Vilnius events is 21.

You can participate in this tournament from any Playtech poker room: Titan Poker, Winner Poker, Mansion Poker.

Following the huge success of its previous promotion, Titan Poker is staging a new series of MT3 Multi-Table Tournament races and will award winning online poker players with $150,000 in prize money and World Series of Poker* experience packages.

The Titan Poker tournament race action begins on February 1, 2011, and will continue through the end of May. The Multi-Table Tournament races will award $12,500 in cash prizes monthly to players who rank the highest on the popular poker room’s MT3 leaderboards. Players will receive leaderboard points for each multi-table tournament in which they participate, based on a formula which takes into consideration their finishing position and the number of players. In order to level the playing field, a player’s best 20 results from each month will be considered when calculating leaderboard positions.

$100,000 in prizes will be reserved for the final leaderboard, which will consider players’ tournament play during the four months of the promotion. The top twenty players on this leaderboard will each receive a $5,000 WSOP* Executive Experience package, including flights to Las Vegas, hotel accommodations, buy-in to one of the WSOP side event tournaments, tickets to a Cirque Du Soleil show, and more luxurious benefits.

Online poker novices and veteran poker players alike are invited to download the user-friendly Titan Poker software and compete in the MT3 Multi-Table Tournament races to win their share of the prizes.

NEW YORK, NY – The entertainment world has started 2011 off with award show buzz and excitement and the countdown to the Oscar and Grammy Awards has begun. Treated to a host of memorable performances and fantastic films, fans across the country are looking for answers as to who will take home top honors. This being the case, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on all things entertainment!

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on upcoming award shows:

ACADEMY AWARDS

Oscars Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo (The Fighter) 2/3
Helena Bonham Carter (The Kings Speech) 3/1
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) 3/1
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom) 8/1
Mila Kunis (Black Swan) 20/1
Amy Adams (The Fighter) 10/1
Dianne West (Rabbit Hole) 30/1
Dale Dickey (Winters Bone) 50/1
Oscars Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale (The Fighter) 1/12
Geoffrey Rush (The Kings Speech) 5/1
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) 50/1
John Hawkes (Winters Bone) 50/1
Sam Rockwell (Conviction) 50/1
Jeremy Renner (The Town) 50/1
Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) 35/1
Ed Harris (The Way Back) 50/1

Oscars Best Actress
Natalie Portman (Black Swan) 1/9
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) 4/1
Jennifer Lawrence (Winters Bone) 20/1
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole) 30/1
Hilary Swank (Conviction) 50/1
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine) 60/1
Lesley Manville (Another Year) 65/1
Julianne Moore (The Kids Are All Right) 65/1

Oscars Best Actor
Colin Firth (The Kings Speech) 1/20
James Franco (127 Hours) 12/1
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) 12/1
Jeff Bridges (True Grit) 25/1
Robert Duvall (Get Low) 35/1
Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine) 40/1
Javier Bardem (Biutiful) 50/1
Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter) 40/1

Oscars Best Director
David Fincher (The Social Network) 1/14
Tom Hooper (The Kings Speech) 8/1
Christopher Nolan (Inception) 20/1
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) 30/1
Danny Boyle (127 Hours) 30/1
Ethan and Joel Coen (True Grit) 25/1
Mike Leigh (Another Year) 35/1
David O. Russell (The Fighter) 30/1

Oscars Best Picture
The Social Network 2/11
The King’s Speech 2/1
The Fighter 20/1
Toy Story 3 60/1
Black Swan 30/1
Inception 35/1
127 Hours 50/1
True Grit 18/1

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards Best New Artist
Justin Bieber 10/11
Drake 5/1
Florence & The Machine 7/4
Mumford & Sons 3/1
Esperanza Spalding 13/2

Grammy Awards Song Of The Year
Beg Steal or Borrow 3/1
F*** You 3/2
The House That Built Me 3/1
Love The Way You Lie 3/1
Need You Now 7/2

Grammy Awards Album Of The Year
The Suburbs (Arcade Fire) 4/1
Recovery (Eminem) 1/2
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) 10/1
The Fame Monster (Lady Gaga) 5/2
Teenage Dreams (Katy Perry) 7/1

Grammy Awards Record Of The Year
Empire State Of Mind (Jay Z & Alicia Keys) 22/17
Nothin’ On You (B.o.B feat. Bruno Mars) 5/1
Love The Way You Lie (Eminem feat. Rihanna) 1/1
F*** You (Cee Lo Green) 6/1
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) 5/1

NEW YORK, NY – NHL action this season has been fast and furious and so has the buzz surrounding who will win the Stanley Cup. With fans across the country looking for answers the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BEtUS.com posted odds to give some insight.

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on the NHL:

To Win the Stanley Cup:
Anaheim Ducks 35/1
Atlanta Thrashers 35/1
Boston Bruins 16/1
Buffalo Sabres 90/1
Calgary Flames 90/1
Carolina Hurricanes 50/1
Chicago Blackhawks 20/1
Colorado Avalanche 30/1
Columbus Blue Jackets 100/1
Dallas Stars 22/1
Detroit Red Wings 7/1
Edmonton Oilers 300/1
Florida Panthers 125/1
Los Angeles Kings 20/1
Minnesota Wild 60/1
Montreal Canadiens 28/1
Nashville Predators 28/1
New Jersey Devils 300/1
New York Islanders 300/1
New York Rangers 28/1
Ottawa Senators 125/1
Philadelphia Flyers 15/2
Phoenix Coyotes 40/1
Pittsburgh Penguins 9/2
San Jose Sharks 20/1
St. Louis Blues 28/1
Tampa Bay Lightning 16/1
Toronto Maple Leafs 150/1
Vancouver Canucks 5/1
Washington Capitals 15/2

NEW YORK, NY – Auburn hasn’t been the NCAA’s champion for a month yet and fans across the country are already looking toward next season. Speculation has already begun to percolate as to who will take home next season’s title. This being the case, the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com posted odds on next season’s BCS champ.

Analysts at BetUS.com posted the following odds on NCAA Football:
NCAA Football Odds:

Odds on BCS champ repeat
Auburn 30/1
BCS National Championship 2011-12
Alabama 8/1
Arkansas 30/1
Auburn 40/1
Arizona 100/1
Boise State 10/1
Boston College 125/1
BYU 125/1
California 80/1
Cincinnati 60/1
Clemson 100/1
Florida 10/1
Florida State 10/1
Georgia 40/1
Georgia Tech 125/1
Iowa 60/1
Kansas State 125/1
LSU 10/1
Miami 40/1
Michigan 60/1
Michigan State 35/1
Missouri 55/1
Mississippi State 40/1
Nebraska 15/1
North Carolina 60/1
Notre Dame 30/1
Ohio State 20/1
Oklahoma 7/2
Oklahoma State 25/1
Oregon 10/1
Oregon State 500/1
Penn State 20/1
Pittsburgh 100/1
South Carolina 40/1
South Florida 80/1
Stanford 25/1
TCU 15/1
Tennessee 80/1
Texas 15/1
Texas A&M 30/1
UCLA 100/1
Utah 100/1
Virginia Tech 25/1
Washington 100/1
West Virginia 25/1
Wisconsin 25/1
Field 7/1