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Slots Oasis Holiday Blackjack Tournament

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

To help celebrate the holiday season, Slots Oasis is currently hosting live Multi Tournaments in Online Blackjack. The action begins December 24th with the first of three Xmas Eve Stocking Stuffer events, and registration is already open.

The Xmas Eve Stocking Stuffer tournaments will occur three times. The first is December 24th at 23:40 GMT, just 20 minutes before the midnight hour. Another Xmas Eve Stocking Stuffer will take place at the same time on Christmas Day. Yet another Xmas Eve Stocking Stuffer live online blackjack tournament will take place on December 26th, also at 23:40.

Each of these three online blackjack tournaments at Slots Oasis will feature a $500 prize pool. The buy-in is only $5+$1, and the registration page is filling up fast.

To help ring in the new year, Slots Oasis is also promoting another special live online blackjack tournament, deemed the $2010 News Year Day Bash. This blackjack tournament is scheduled for January 1st, 2010 at 23:40 GMT. Unlike the Stocking Stuff series, the New Years Day Bash will be held as a Freeroll, meaning there is no buy-in, no house fee; entry is 100% free! You’ll want to be sure and register for the New Years Day Bash at Slots Oasis as quickly as possible to get in on the action!

Slots Oasis is a premier member of the Rushmore Group of online casinos, powered by Real Time Gaming casino software and open to all US Blackjack players. Live online blackjack tournaments are a regular part of the games menu, including a $200 Bankroll Saturday freeroll tournament every weekend.

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Blackjack Dealer Scammer Goes Bust

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

For the average person, going to play blackjack is a game of skill and luck. However, there are both legitimate methods of counting cards that are designed to make the game more skill than luck. Taking this to another level and scamming the casino, however, is illegal and is a form of fraud. Recently, a ring of blackjack scammers was busted in Chicago, with a dealer being one of those arrested.

The group responsible for this blackjack scam is a group called the “Tran organization” and their system was able to take 50,000 dollars from a casino in as little as ten minutes. While intricate, this system was easily implemented. The key was finding a blackjack dealer that was willing to take bribes. For these unscrupulous dealers, they would be sent to a location in Houston, Texas to learn how to make it seem like they were shuffling the cards at the blackjack table when they weren’t.

The conspirator at the table would pay attention to the cards dealt and using a hidden microphone and a cellular phone, would relay the cards to another person who put them into a computer program. This program would then tell the conspirators how much to bet on specific hands, because they would know which cards were about to be dealt.

This group had successfully operated at ten different casinos across the country. The dealer that was arrested had himself been responsible for over three quarter of a million dollars in illegally taken winnings from the Chicago casino he worked for.

While successful, the people playing were undisciplined and would also loose large amounts of money over the course of an evening. They would bribe anyone they needed to as well to make sure they weren’t caught, from dealers to pit bosses as well as witnesses, casino security staff members and even law enforcement.

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Multi Touch Blackjack Table

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

At the Las Vegas Global Gaming Expo MOTO showed off a multi-touch blackjack table.  Players stand around the  multi-touch blackjack table and are dealt cards by a virtual blackjack dealer. Blackjack players make all their moves by clicking buttons on the table. They can look at their blackjack by shielding the cards with their hands and the table senses this and reveals the cards.

This is similar to the virtual texas hold-em games like Heads-Up Challenge. Excalibur in Las Vegas uses similar technology to run their texas hold-em card room though as I was watching the game the players seemed to interact less and it was more like playing online rather then at a casino.

Hooters in Las Vegas offers virtual single player blackjack games though the games are usually empty. Players tend to want to play live and have some form of interaction with the dealer and other players. I don’t think  this machine or any in the recent future will be able to replace dealers chips  and old fashion shuffling.

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Bodog 15th Anniversary Promotion

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Bodog, found online at www.bodog.com is celebrating its fifteenth year in business and because of this they are offering a reward of $1,500 to players who qualify. This is a fun way to celebrate fifteen years. Players can play at one of several casino games to qualify and each person who does so will be eligible to win $1,500 that can be used to accumulate even more points and even more money with their fun and exciting games.

Every week bodog casino players Starting from October 1st through November 5th can play roulette, three card rummy or keno. Every player who hits a fifteen at each of these games receives points. The top three players will each receive $150 in casino chips that can be played at any of the games found at Bodog. These points are reset each week so you can play as long as you want for a chance to win.

At the end of the contest the player with the most overall points during this will win the $1,500 grand prize. This is a great way to celebrate the many years Bodog has been serving casino customers online. If you are a Keno player you can earn points by have one hundred 15’s drawn. Total cards of fifteen in three card rummy will also earn you points. Try your luck at roulette and bet on fifteen. If it hits, you win points eligible for this contest.

Bodog provides casino games, poker, horse betting and sports books for a complete online casino experience. Their site is easy to use and fun to play at with exceptional customer service. They have been a favorite with online gamblers now for fifteen years and they want to reward their loyal players with a fun and exciting contest that will allow you to play your favorite games including online blackjack as well as have a chance to win the grand prize of $1,500.

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Blackjack in Pennsylvania

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

With US state governments scrambling to stay afloat with declining revenue from taxes the states have begun passing laws to either expand or start legalizing gambling. State house members in Pennsylvania are currently voting on a bill that would a legalize and tax table games at slot machines casinos.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are currently discussing the states tax rate on casinos take from the table games including poker and blackjack. The bill is being led by democrats but is facing opposition from Republican senators but many outside observers believe this bill has a good shot to make its way through both houses and become law.

This is similar to Colorado which recently voted to expand their casinos by allowing them to stay open 24 hours a day, increase betting limits to $100 and adding roulette and craps. After the law went into effect, Colorado casinos saw an instant increase in traffic as well as revenue…Pennsylvania lawmakers are hoping for a similar outcome.

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MGM Blackjack iPhone APP

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

MGM will soon be releasing a casino app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. MGM Grand at Foxwoods will be releasing the casino branded app with popular casino games as well as tours and information about the foxwoods casino property.

There will be no real money play for the iphone app, only play money games. This is the first app in the itunes store that is being used to promote a casino property and will likely not be the last if the application becomes popular.

MGM has not yet announced the games that will be available in the app but it is safe to say that most likely there will be a blackjack, slots and video poker game.

At Online Blackjack Odds, we think this is great for consumers and the companies involved. Hopefully someday there will be iPhone blackjack for real money but that all depends on legislation in the US as well as Apple’s policy on whether they would allow it.

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Cherry Red Blackjack Bonus for Independence Day

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

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Rushmore Casino becomes RushmoreOnline.com

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Rushmore Casino has officially changed its name to Rushmore Online. The change is likely because google had a penalty on the RushmoreCasino.com domain name. They were no where to be found when players searched for Rushmore Casino in google and I am sure it caused some brand confusion.

They have now decided to remedy the situation by changing their casino name to RushmoreOnline. The change has already gone into effect and players will still be able to type rushmorecasino.com into their browser but they will be automatically forwarded to rushmoreonline.com the new home of the casino.

Rushmore Online is one of the most popular RTG casinos and has some of the best deposit ratios for US players. They have one of the best support teams and have gained a lot of attention in the last year or so for their top notch online casino experience.

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Eminem Plays Blackjack in Newest Video

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Eminem one of the most popular Hip Hop artists recently released a new single “We Made You”. The video that is directed by Joseph Kahn shows Eminem in a number of different situations with one of them in Las Vegas playing blackjack at the table with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent.

The blackjack scene starts with Eminem and Dr Dre coming down from an escalator wearing matching suits and eminem portraying Ray in the blockbuster movie Rain Man. If you haven’t seen Rain Man, Ray is a savant who in the movie counts cards in Las Vegas with brother Charlie who is played by Tom Cruise.

In the video Eminem and Dr Dre sit down at a blackjack table at the Las Vegas Palms with a pile of chips in front of them. It then shows eminem’s hand of 10/10 and the dealer flips another card as if Emienm hit, basic blackjack strategy would never have you do this…since the only card you can get to not bust is an Ace. Of couse, an Ace comes up and Eminem has 21 but hits again and the dealer looks at the pit boss who lets him hit and bust. The camera then pans out to another player at the blackjack table who is 50 Cent looking unimpressed by the blackjack move.

Blackjack is one of the most mainstream casino games and has shown up in hundreds of TV shows and movies . Currently there haven’t been any that have referenced online blackjack.

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