It seems like all online casinos are trying to get people to spend their Halloween weekend on their site. Some casinos are having Halloween-themed tournaments. Rushmore Casino is offering a slew of bonuses for those that wager on the online slots and other games.

This weekend, Rushmore Casino is holding the Halloween Weekend Bonanza. Players who hit the slots during this period can earn 200% bonuses on their deposits within a $2,000 limit. Depending on what you use as the method of payment, the player will receive a different bonus coupon. The coupons are offered for deposits paid using gift card, credit card, UseMyWallet, Click2Pay, and eWalletExpress. Each can receive one of each coupon, meaning that each player has the potential to earn 5 bonuses of 200% within the limit of $2,000 each if they pay with each method.

The bonus coupons must be selected before making the deposit and the bonuses awarded must be wagered 20 times before they can be withdrawn.

For those who want to play something other than online slots, there are other bonuses available. Rushmore Casino also offers a 150% bonus up to 1,000 for online blackjack players. Like with the slot bonus, there are coupons given out for the five above-listed payment options and players can collect one of each. Aside from blackjack, the bonuses are awarded for playing all other games in the casino except roulette, craps, Pai Gow poker and baccarat. These bonuses must be wagered 50 times before a withdrawal can be made.

For players who are not currently members of Rushmore Casino, the online casino is also offering a 100% match bonus for first time member sign-ups. The match bonus is used on the player’s first two deposits. To take advantage of the great bonuses, make your way over to Rushmore Casino today.

William Hill, the popular online casino and sports book, has a few big promotions going on right now. Whether you want to play poker or bingo, William Hill has a little something for you.

Though most people hate Mondays, it is the perfect day for playing online bingo at William Hill. The website helps you start your work week in a positive way by giving players a 10% bonus for playing bingo. The bonus is automatically deposited into the players’ account for every 90-ball bingo ticket purchased. With the 10% bonus, players will be able to play even more bingo, which would make my grandma happy. Yeah, I know young people play online bingo, too, but my grandma really does love it. I wasn’t making fun. William Hill is also offering Deal or No Deal Bingo, a fun bingo variant based on the popular TV game show.

For players who are more into poker, William Hill can hook you up as well. Right now anyone who signs up for William Hill Poker and makes a deposit will get a 100% matching bonus of up to £400. More money to play poker with is a good thing. If you’re good at poker, it allows you to win more money. If you suck at poker, it lets you play for longer before you lose everything. So it’s a win-win situation.

“But wait,” you say,” why would I play poker if I don’t know what I’m doing?” That’s a good question. You shouldn’t. That’s why William Hill is also offering its members a free course that teaches you how to play poker. The Poker School offers tips, advice and strategies, helping members become more skilled at one of the most skilled of games.

So if you feel like playing bingo or poker, or you just want o learn how to be a better poker player, William Hill has what you need.

The release of a new slot game is kind of like the premiere of a new television pilot. Everyone’s excited to find out if it’s going to be any good. There is an air of mystery and anticipation. And honestly, you’re probably hoping that if you dedicate some time to it that it won’t suck (I’m thinking of you, Poochinski – if you don’t know what that is, do yourself a favor and look it up).

Golden Casino is doing their best to satisfy that curiosity by releasing two new online slot games. The first new slot is called Love Bugs. I know what you’re thinking, but before you get too excited, the game has nothing to do with our favorite anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, Herbie. Instead, it is a romantic game that seems more fitting for Valentine’s Day than for October. Then again, I’ve always said that you should be romantic year-round, instead of just on one day in February.

Love Bugs is the kind of game that Barry White would love, filled with bouquets of flowers, love letters, chocolates in heart-shaped boxes and more. As for the bonus round, it is a romantic gondola ride through Venice. Yes, it’s a cliché, but I challenge you to find a girl who wouldn’t love that. The online slot is a 5-reel, 25-line game that pays up to 5,000 times your wager.

Bangkok Nights is the other new slot game, which is kind of the antithesis of Love Bugs, since Bangkok is best known for its pollution, mold, drugs and sex slave trade. Oh, but the capital of Thailand is also known for its night life, which is what is featured in this game. The online slot features imagery from night clubs and carnivals, including dancing girls, masks and jewelry. It is a 5-reel, 25-payline slot game that features a fun bonus round called Pick and Win, which is played pretty much like the game show Deal or No Deal (a show whose pilot, in my opinion, should not have been picked up).

With the two new games and upcoming Halloween slot tournaments at the end of the month, now is a good time to visit Golden Casino. To play the new games, join Golden Casino today.

Gambling Review readers, meet Kris Zutis. Mr. Zutis has not yet graduated from college, but he’s already making lots of friends and enemies in the gambling world. Quite an achievement. When I was in college the only thing I had accomplished was racking up debt, constantly being drunk or hung over, and learning over 50 different meals you can make with ramen noodles. Zutis is clearly ahead of the curve.

A native of Latvia, Zutis is in his final year at Dundee University in Scotland. Zutis is an avid gambler and is even a member of poker clubs at the school. Zutis has designed a computer system for the final project for his Applied Computing degree that would detect card counters in blackjack. Yes, you read that correctly. A gambler wants to take away the only advantage  gamblers can have over the casino.

The system has already garnered a lot of attention, with Zutis being invited to the International Conference on Computer Vision Systems in Belgium to present his system to top developers across the globe. According to Zutis, the program he has developed uses a complex algorithm to track the progression of blackjack games and monitor the cards played and the bets being made. Put simply, the system counts cards the same way a player would and then determines if a player is using the same strategy. If so, it’s reasonable to assume that the player is counting cards.

Having another weapon against card counters is certainly a good thing for the casinos, and Zutis is making some friends in very high places representing the house. However, he’s not exactly popular with blackjack players at the moment. The website Blackjack Hero, a proponent of card counting, calls the inventor “hypocritical” and says they “can’t imagine anyone liking a guy who sells out to the casino’s side.”  The blog also pointed out that Zutis, an avid poker player, decided against developing a system that could affect his game of choice. Instead, he focused on blackjack.

It should be noted that Zutis’ program still needs some work before it’s ready to be unleashed in the casinos. It is just a college project, after all, but then again, so were Google, Facebook and Myspace. Also, card counting has never been possible at online casinos, so maybe someday blackjack players in brick and mortar casinos may have to deal with the same odds as online blackjack players.

Certainly Big Brother techniques, such as the eye in the sky, are already being used by casinos against gamblers and dirty dealers. One can’t blame the casinos for trying to get their hands on a program like this. However, the thought of a gambler selling out their own to make a buck just seems wrong. Every other game in the casino has a house edge that cannot be beaten by the players, but blackjack is the one game where a player who follows proper strategy and counts cards correctly actually has a chance to make money off of the house. This program would take away the only advantage the gamblers can have, meaning there would be no way for a player to make money off the casino, except of course by selling out and selling a product to the casinos that would hurt other gamblers. I guess young Mr. Zutis is a follower of the “if you can’t beat them, join them” philosophy. Such a shame.

If you’re like me, you never remember dates and tend to make plans at the last minute because if you make plans earlier, you will just forget anyway. That could be why I’m not married (women expect you to remember their anniversary). It could also explain why I always buy cards from the “belated birthday” section at Hallmark. So if you are like me – and I hope you’re not because one of me is already too much for most people – then you might want to mark this down on your calendar… Okay, first you might want to buy a calendar. Then you should mark this down:

On November 23, Titan Poker is holding their fifth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP V). The tournament will have a guaranteed prize pool of $4,550,000. In case all of those zeros confused you, the number is $4.55 million. Not too shabby. The online poker tournament will be held over 14 days and begins on November 23.

You, the lonely procrastinator who angered his girlfriend by not remembering when you met, are probably thinking, It’s October. Why in the world is he telling me about this now? That’s because I want to help you with your problem. Plan in advance. It’s better for everyone. Also, you can’t wait until November 23 for this tournament. To win a seat at the digital table you need to play in the qualifying satellite tournaments that are going on every day.

There are a number of different online poker varieties available in the satellite tournaments, including Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha, and 7 Card Stud, among others. Over the 14 days of the Championship tournament, $4.55 million in prizes will be distributed among the top players. On December 6 is the Main Event, where the remaining players compete for a $1.5 prize pool.

To participate in the online poker satellite tournaments, visit Titan Poker today. If not today, please write it down so you don’t forget. Write it on a Post-it, a napkin or something. If you don’t and you forget, you can’t blame me for not trying to help.

In a landmark legal decision, Florida’s gambling regulatory board has deemed that slots with themes of table games are still indeed slots. Despite the games being played in tribal casinos in the state, the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering had previously upheld a ban on all slot machines themed after blackjack, keno, roulette and more. Casinos that wanted to run slots with those themes challenged the decision and, surprisingly, reached an agreement with the regulator that would allow the games.

After careful inspection of the slot machines in question, the regulators discovered that a blackjack-themed slot machine is not the same as actually playing blackjack. No, seriously. It was only after careful inspection that the regulator came to that conclusion. In a statement, the regulator said that “the machine is not a viable alternative to the traditional game of blackjack nor does it offer the same gaming option to a skillful blackjack player.” Most people could probably determine that the game would likely play kind of like a slot machine without ever inspecting it, but common sense isn’t really big in government. Likewise, an inspection of the other slot machines themed after table games resulted in the same conclusion: they’re still slots and thus, permitted in the casinos.

Up until this decision, the regulator’s thinking was basically this: A Superman-themed slot is a slot, a NASCAR-themed slot is a slot, a baseball-themed slot is a slot, a Robocop-themed slot is a slot, a monkey-themed slot is a slot, an Egyptian-themed slot is a slot, but a blackjack-themed slot is no slot machine. It is blackjack.  After a thorough investigation, however, the Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering realized their error.

In related news, the regulator decided not to prosecute people who play Street Fighter slots on the basis that by playing the game they were committing assault. They also decided that you don’t need a passport to play a Caribbean-themed slot and there is no need to join the MLBPA to play a baseball-themed slot. It turns out that playing a slot machine that shows baseball players on a video screen isn’t the same as actually playing baseball.

Okay, I made up that last paragraph. Sadly, though, I felt a need to tell you that I was joking, since it’s not much more ridiculous than the truth.

For those who love their technology, which would include probably everyone but the Amish and those who haven’t been exposed to new technology, Lucky Nugget online casino is holding a unique multi-level online slots tournament that should be of interest. The event is called the Techno Tourney and it runs from October 1 to October 20. Winners take home some cool technological goodies.

There are 12 quarterfinals that begin the online tournament, with one running each day. They are freeroll events, so there is no entry fee, though there is a $2 rebuy. In each of the quarterfinals, the first-place winner receives a 1 GB MP3 player. They, in addition to the other top 150 players, will also win free entry to the semifinals. There are three different semifinals.

The first semifinal runs from October 5 through today. The second semifinal takes place from October 9 to October 12 and the third semifinal runs from October 13 to October 16. Players who want to participate in the semifinals and didn’t win their way in can join for a $5 entry fee. The winner of the semifinal wins a 32GB touch-screen media player and the top 300 players advance to the final.

And last but not least is Lucky Nugget’s Techno Tourney Final. The online slot tournament runs from October 17 to October 20. The first-place winner goes home with a nice 13” laptop computer. Not too shabby. But other players get winnings as well. The second through tenth-place finishers share a $250 prize pool.

If you’re a fan of fancy gadgets like laptops and MP3 players, you should visit Lucky Nugget online casino and register for the Techno Tourney online slot tournament today.

Halloween is my second favorite holiday, no doubt about it. Maybe it’s the changing of the leaves or the free candy. Or perhaps I enjoy monster movie marathons and costume parties that make it so good? While I’d like to think all of those things play a part, by far the best part of the season is the Halloween online slot promotions. Sure, you’re saying “But Ricky, every month brings with it cool online slot promotions.” Correct. But not every month’s slot tournaments have cool names like “Halloween Weekend Madness $66,666 Guaranteed Tournament,” “The Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll,”or “Black Magic” slot. And let’s face it…when it comes to online slots, it’s all about the theme.

Golden Casino and Online Vegas are unleashing three delightfully terrifying online slot promotions for Halloween. The first, The Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll guarantees $2,666 begins October 30 at 10am EST and to play, all must have a real money account. As the name suggests, The Fearfully Fun Fright Night Freeroll even ends at a scary time one minute before midnight. The freeroll utilizes the Black Magic slot and offers a chillingly appropriate “grim” prize of $666. On top of that, the top 200 players will also receive some tricks and treats of their own.

Another one of the goodies offered by Online Vegas and Golden Casino is the Halloween Weekend Madness $66,666 Guaranteed tournament. The thrills and chills will last from October 30 at 8pm EST and continue its haunt for the rest of the weekend. The weekend long online slot tournament boasts a prize pool of $66,666 and an entry fee of $13.13 with the top prize totaling $16,666.

Cash prizes for the “survivors” will go all the way down to 500^th place which is so awesome…it’s scary? (Sorry I’m getting carried away with the Halloween thing here.) The online slot featured in the tournament is the all new Monster Money slot consisting of a guaranteed bonus round where players explore a haunted castle in search of huge payouts.

Golden Casino and Online Vegas are also inviting online slots lovers to discover their Columbus Day Free Entry $20,000 Guaranteed promotion starting October 12^th for all players with real money accounts. Columbus day being my favorite holiday, I might have to check that one out as well.

Titan Poker is getting some pretty good press right now. Not only are they getting some good name recognition thanks to Joanna Krupa, but they’re offering good promotions as well. Krupa is best known for her modeling career, which includes posing for Playboy, and is also pretty well known for appearing in various reality TV shows, such as Dancing with the Stars, in which she is currently competing, and that one show where a bunch of celebrities and athletes competed in athletic competitions. Does anyone remember that show? Krupa is also somewhat known for being a spokesmodel for Titan Poker, a former televised poker tournament host, and a decent poker player herself. But mostly it’s the modeling thing. In any case, with Playboy lobbying their readers, few of whom probably watch Dancing with the Stars, to vote for her, Krupa has a chance to win the competition. If so, it’s only a matter of time before someone says, “Hey, isn’t she the spokesmodel for Titan Poker?”

On the tournament front, since this isn’t Modeling Review or Reality Television Review, Titan Poker is hosting the $1,500 Cash & Monthly Million Qualifier Freeroll tomorrow, October 8. The tournament is open to any Titan Poker members who deposit at least $20 and have a minimum of 10 Titan Poker Points. The winner of the qualifier is automatically entered in the Monthly Million Tournament, which takes place on October 11. For that winner, the entry fee is waived, which is $500 of savings. Aside from that, $1,000 will be distributed among the top finishers in the qualifier.

So, whether you enjoy watching hot, poker-playing models dancing or playing poker online for a shot at a big prize pool, right now is a good time to pay attention to Titan Poker. To participate in the freeroll qualifier, visit Titan Poker.

Full Tilt Poker is the focus of a new lawsuit after accusing two of its players of using bot software in its online poker rooms. The lawsuit comes from Lary “pokergirl_z” Kennedy and Greg Omotoy, two former Full Tilt Poker customers, and takes aim at both Full Tilt and Tiltware and several Team Full Tilt members including Andy Bloch, Perry Friedman, Erick Lindgren, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Gus Hansen, Patrik Antonius, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow and Allen Cunningham. The players are accusing Full Tilt of a laundry list of nasty things including fraud, false advertising, racketeering, unjust enrichment, libel and slander.

The details state that Full Tilt seized over $80,000 from the players’ accounts after they were suspected of using online poker bot software to increase their winnings. According to the suit, another player who goes by the name “The Complainer” suspected “pokergirl_z” of foul play and reported her. TheComplainer’s opinion is apparently held in very high regard with the company and pokergirl was then removed from the site and relieved of her winnings. According to Poker News Daily, these are not the only players The Complainer has outed.

The suit unleashes a number of damaging claims. Among them, that the online poker room, which claims to have operated as two separate entities (Tiltware and Vert Enterprises) is in fact one company and that they operated out of a Los Angeles office for over two years. It also says that Full Tilt itself uses bots to increase income on slow tables. Perhaps most damaging is the accusation of Team Full Tilt playing with Full Tilt’s money which equates them to the “house” in a casino, thereby classifying them as an online casino and not a card room, thus violating California state laws.

This is not the only lawsuit with which Full Tilt online poker is currently involved. Former Full Tilt employee Jason Newitt, who was let go after leaking confidential information onto the web, filed suit against his ex-online poker employer claiming he was “unfairly fired and that his distribution payments were unfairly ceased.”

As if that weren’t enough, just recently Brandon McSmith filed a lawsuit alleging that his idea for “Face the Ace” was stolen by Poker PROductions. Though Full Tilt Poker is not named in the suit, they are tied to the production as the show features Full Tilt Pros.