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Ladbrokes Casino has won the online casino operator of the year award at the gaming world’s own Oscars – the 2010 Gaming Awards. Ladbrokes was also shortlisted for the online poker operator of the year award.
Ladbrokes Casino has today also announced it is doubling the amount it is offering to new players from £25 to £50 free. This is the largest free chip promotion currently available in online gaming to new customers.

Natalie Coles, Head of Ladbrokes Casino said, “We’re really proud to receive this award. We have a fantastic online team at Ladbrokes and this is great recognition of all the hard work they have done. 2009 was a great year for us and we believe 2010 will be better, it has certainly started the right way.”

Ladbrokes has announced a new addition to its online casino offering in the form of a new five reel, 20 pay-line video slot machine, HellboyTM. The game will feature Hellboy and other iconic characters from the comic including: Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, Johann Krause, Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman.

Hellboy is Ladbrokescasino’s latest branded slot game since Tomb Raider 2 ‘Secret of the Sword’ 18 months ago. To celebrate the launch they are offering a number of promotions to new and existing players.

All new players to Ladbrokescasino can claim 5 free spins to trial the game for a limited period. Plus, they can still claim £25 worth of free chips, neither offer requires a deposit.

For existing customers Ladbrokescasino are offering a 100% match deposit up to £25 when they deposit and play on the HellboyTM slot in the download casino From 15th – 31st January.

In game play, Hellboy is the wildcard which helps gamers achieve winning rows by acting as a substitute for other symbols. Hellboy’s oversized stone fist acts as the “Scatter” function that triggers the thoroughly entertaining bonus. This is a four-level second screen where the player is tasked with avoiding blocked tunnels and bizarre beasts, as they search for other team members and rewards.

Charlie Goodenough, Head of Marketing for Ladbrokescasino.com, said: “We are really excited about the launch of the Hellboy slot game and are delighted to be able to offer such fantastic promotions to all our customers, whether they are new or existing. I have played the game a number of times myself in development and it is truly thrilling.”

Stefan Stankowski from South East London has won the ultimate recession busting prize of one million Euros by winning the final of the biggest ever online slot tournament, The Grand Slam of Slots. Stefan qualified for the tournament back on 18th July by placing the minuscule bet of just two Euros. To top it off, he posted his top score in the final on his birthday putting him in pole position to scoop the mega jackpot!

Playing at Ladbrokescasino.com, Stefan joined thousands of others who entered qualifying games and competitions between July and October 2009 to win the chance to fill one of the seats at the most hotly anticipated online slot tournaments of all time.

The final tournament, which took place on the cult favourite Tomb Raider slot game had over 8,000 players. It took a staggering 10 days for the final jackpot bell to start ringing and for Stefan to have his life changed forever!
Stefan, a photographer for the Harry Potter Films: “I’m ecstatic to have won and can’t quite believe it yet. I’m absolutely stunned! What will I do with the money? Who knows; we’ll have to wait and see! ” When questioned further on whether he plans to quit work on the back of the massive win Stefan goes on to say: “I’m not thinking about leaving work at all, I absolutely love what I do and want to continue it for as long as I can”.

Whilst discussing his win, Stefan revealed that he was once filming a NFL game in Pasadena America, where he fell in love with the sport. So to help him celebrate the jackpot win, Ladbrokescasino.com will be sending the player off to the NFL Superbowl in February 2010 all expenses paid.

Charlie Goodenough, Head of Marketing, Ladbrokescasino.com: “This tournament was always going to be exciting with one million Euros up for grabs and it is a great honour to be involved in creating the first online slot tournament millionaire. Ladbrokescasino.com is the home of winners – we’ve already had one winner that walked away with over one million pounds this year and another player who has won £50,000 twice in the last four months!”

The Grand Slam of Slots tournament had a prize pot of 1.3 million Euros and along with Stefan, 482 other players walked away with winnings.
The Tomb Raider game is one of Ladbrokescasino.com’s most popular games because it is simple and fun to play. It is part of a portfolio of over 450 thrilling games including numerous variants of roulette, blackjack and Slots.

To celebrate the Grand Slam of Slots win, Ladbrokescasino.com have also extended their £25 free offer to all new customers until the end of the year.

Ladbrokes Casino are delighted to announce that one of their players has won the Grand Slam of Slots Final, pocketing a recession busting jackpot of €1,000,000!

Gaining a seat in the final from a €2 qualifying tournament, Stefan from South London then went on to beat over 8,000 players across the Microgaming network to become the first online slot tournament millionaire.

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Charlie Goodenough Head of Marketing at Ladbrokes Casino said: “The Great Galaxy Grab Video Slot is a truly interactive game, which promises to take the reader in leaps and bounds to the next bonus on each presentation until all six bonus features have been played out. It’s an intense, wonderful and truly unforgettable game, with some great characters such as Steel Scarlet the captains wife and his trusty crew Deckhand Dan, trusty Rusty and dozer.”

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