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Online Casinos are going from strength to strength and testimony of the success of the online casinos is the amount of other sectors that are now taking up the option of launching online casinos. One such newcomer to the online casino market is Racing Post.

There appears to be similarity developing between bingo halls in the UK and casinos in the U.S., the recent trend of high street bingo hall closures is now being echoed in the U.S with the closure of some major casinos.

The reasons for high street bingo hall closures in the UK has not been attributed to only one cause, it stems from a mixture of a change in the social trends, the UK smoking ban, higher taxation and of course not forgetting the current economic crisis. At the same time as the bingo halls are experiencing a huge drop in fortunes online bingo site are seeing their membership grow and certainly most of the larger online bingo sites are seeing their current fortunes improving despite the global economic problems.

The fortunes of the leading online casino PartyGaming are set to rise after coming to a non-prosecution deal with the U.S. authorities. In the short term the $108m cost of the agreement payable in instalments every six months, will hit PartyGaming hard but already there has been a dramatic 17 per cent rise in the share value of the online casino and gaming group.

Certainly the Board of Directors at PartyGaming, must be relieved that the whole sorry mess is behind them now, which has seen one of the founders of the online casino group Anurag Dikshit pay a massive $300m in respect of a guilty plea fine and a possible prison term when sentence is passed in December 2010.

It would seem the long awaited plans to refurbish and open a top class casino in the London Hippodrome are at least a few steps nearer. The original £8m casino redevelopment and restoration programme was planned by three stake holder groups under the name of United Leisure Gaming, the groups requested planning permission from Westminster City Council which was given as long ago as 2006. However former Beacon Bingo owners father and son team Simon and Harry Thomas have now decided to go it alone and have bought out the shares of United Leisure Gaming held by Eddie Fairless and Mike Pemberton and also Jon and Harry Shipley to take over the casino project.

The new casino project is now estimated to cost in the region of £15m and will include returning the Grade II listed building to its former glory, with refurbishments to the building including remedial works to the Flemish Renaissance plaster mouldings and the intricate balustrades cornices and proscenium arch. Simon and Harry Thomas sold their bingo business in 2006 for £80m and it is thought they will use the money from the sale of Beacon Bingo to carry out the restoration and refurbishments of this fantastic landmark.

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We have been reliably informed that the gaming software giant Playtech is continuing in its plans at world online gaming domination and as such have just signed a deal to supply online casino and poker products to one of the largest European brick and mortar gaming companies, Casino Gran Madrid (CGM).

The online casino 32 Red is reporting a bumper month for wins in February, so much so that the casino slot machines paid out a total of £13,024,341. One very lucky casino slot player at 32 Red, a gentleman known only by the name of Guy F had a bumper jackpot payout on the Avalon 5 reel casino slot machine when it coughed up a massive £35,000. It was no small bet that brought the massive payout, not every online casino player would feel that lucky to risk the £100 that was placed, but for Guy F it certainly paid off.