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(Don’t) Hold Your Horses

New to The Online Casino Gambling Directory are online gambling sites that feature betting on horse racing at over 90 tracks around the world. These racebooks make it easy for you to bet on both the minor and major races like the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes, and the Melbourne Cup… just to name a few.

Look for a racebook that offers cash back on your action (most of them do). A select few of the racebooks will even offer bonuses on your initial deposit to help you get your bankroll started in the positive direction.

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$5,000 Monthly Sit & Go League

In March, Bugsy’s Club is running a $5,000 Monthly Sit & Go League. The way it works is that $1 buy in and upwards events count 1 points for each finishing position and 1 points for each dollar won. Points are doubled in happy hour, which are held every 3 hours of every day. The $5,000 prize pool is split between 50 places with a first prize of $1,000.

So, if you like SNGs, try to climb the leaderboard at Bugsy’s Club and win some extra cash!

Bugsy’s Club accepts new players from all US States. They currently offer a 150% first-time deposit bonus on first-time deposits of between $50 and $667!

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Exclusive offer: $3 Free at G2G Poker

If you are not yet a member of any online poker room on the Merge Network, then head on over to G2G Poker. I have negotiated a special deal that entitles you to $3 free to try out their site and see what you think.

  1. Click this link to go to G2G Poker.
  2. Download the software and register an account. Use bonus code OCGD3 if an entry field is provided to enter one during the registration process.
  3. Email support @ g2gpoker.com and ask them to issue you the $3 free; be sure to reference bonus code OCGD3 in the email!

If you have any trouble redeeming this (or any other promotion), please tell me and I will look into it for you!

(Players from all US states are accepted at this online poker room.)

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Cocoa Casino Pays Out $100 to Lucky Players

 I wanted to share my recent experience at Cocoa Casino in which I won $100 without risking a dime.

Last week, I took advantage of the $10 free promotion. After the easy download, installation, and registration I explored some of their slot machines (the $10 free is good only at the slots). I found one that I really liked called Hole in One. This is an i-Slot machine in which the bonus round is a hole of putt-putt golf. The fewer strokes it takes you to hole the ball, the better your payout! And making the ball in the hole takes some skill, as you are in control of the direction and speed of the ball. It really is a lot of fun.

There are nine holes of golf that are offered, so the 10th bonus that you reach is the 1st hole of golf, and so on. What this means is that you can get better at each hole as you play the hole again and again during your bonus rounds, thereby increasing your chance at a bigger bonus payout — assuming that you paid attention the previous times that you played and learned from your experience!

Now, here is the catch with the $10 free at Cocoa Casino… you can only win EXACTLY 10x the bonus, or $100 in this case, after playing at least 20x the bonus on the slot machines. What this means is that you should keep track of your wagers, and if after making $200 in wagers, your balance is $100 or more, then STOP because you have WON. I was luck enough to win $30 on my last spin at Hole in One, and that took me over the $100 mark.

I went into the Cashier, and saw that I was required to make a $20 (or more) deposit as part of the verification process. Using my QuickTender account, I made the deposit, and then immediately requested a cashout for $120. Within minutes, I received an email asking for additional information that is standard the first time that you cashout at an online casino. I completed the form that they sent to me, scanned it, and emailed it back to them along with a scan of my driver license and a utility bill. (Note: This is why it is important to provide your correct personal details when you register at any online gambling site — if you win, your name and address that you registered with must match that of the documentation that you send to them!).

The next day, I got an email that my documentation was in order, and that my cashout was in process. Two days later, $120 appeared in my QuickTender account!

I have played at A LOT of online casinos, and this was one of the smoothest transactions I have ever experienced. Sure, there are several steps that you need to go through in order to get your cashout, but what sets the Cocoa Casino cashout process apart from others is that they communicated with me via email at every step of the way, so I always knew what was going on.

There is no question that I will be playing again at Cocoa Casino.

P.S. If you take advantage of the $10 FREE at Cocoa Casino and don’t win, you can try the free offers at Paradise 8 and This is Vegas.

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Doyle’s Room Rings in 2008

Doyle’s Room is ringing in the New Year with two $500 freerolls at 3 and 9 EST on January 1, 2008. These are TRUE freerolls — meaning that you do not have to have made a deposit nor have played a single hand in order to qualify.

If you do decide to make a first deposit at Doyle’s Room, you will enjoy a 110% bonus up to $550. Any bonus amount is released in increments according to the number of raked hands that you play after you have made the deposit.

One more thing…. players that play in raked hands in the hours leading up to as well as on January 1 are eligible to participate in 8 additional freerolls. Play at least one raked hand in the 24 hours prior to the starting time of the freeroll, and you are in! The more raked hands that you play, the bigger your starting stack for these freerolls.

DAILY FREE ROLLS  (must have 1 raked hand in last 24 hours)
12:45am ET/05:45GMT
$500
Hold ‘Em
4:30am ET/09:30GMT
$500
Hold ‘Em
8:00am ET/13:00GMT
$200
Hold ‘Em
1:00pm ET/18:00GMT
$500
Hold ‘Em
3:15pm ET/20:15GMT
$200
Omaha
4:45pm ET/21:45GMT
$200
5 Card Draw
8:30pm ET/ 02 Jan 01:30GMT
$500
Hold ‘Em
10:00pm ET/ 02 Jan 03:00GMT
$200
7 Card Draw
$1,000 starting chips, 10-minute blinds & 1 Raked Hand in 24 hours required to enter.
Extra starting chips awarded 10 R/H + $750, 25 R/H + $1500, 50 R/H + $2250 and 100 R/H + $3000.

You can sign up for these tournaments but entering the game lobby and clicking on Scheduled Tournaments > Free Roll.

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50% eCheck Bonus at PokerStars for US and Canadian Players

Now through December 17, 2007, US and Canadian players are eligible to receive a 50% bonus on their eCheck deposits — up to a maximum of $50 — at PokerStars. Use bonus code echecks2007 when prompted in the cashier.

For a complete, extensive, step-by-step walkthrough of making a deposit with an eCheck, read my article titled PokerStars eCheck Deposits. (Please be patient while the page loads, as it has 15 screen captures to guide you through the process.)

More about echecks from PokerStars:

An eCheck is an electronic check which allows you to make safe, secure and immediate electronic fund transfers (EFT) directly from your bank account to your PokerStars account.

eChecks work the same way paper checks do. When you deposit using an eCheck, the amount of your deposit is requested from your bank just like when a paper check you’ve written is deposited. Once the check clears, the funds are transferred from your bank
account to PokerStars.

Funds deposited via eCheck are immediately available in your PokerStars account even though the funds aren’t received from your bank account instantly.

As it can take up to 10 days for the funds to be received from your bank, your deposit is in an ‘uncleared’ status at PokerStars for 10 days after you make an eCheck deposit. While a deposit is uncleared, you may not cash out or request cash transfers unless you have a balance that is greater than the total of your uncleared eCheck deposits. Any portion of your balance that is more than the total of your uncleared deposits may be used normally including cashouts and transfers.

If an eCheck deposit is not honoured by your bank and is returned as unpaid, other restrictions will apply to future eCheck deposits including not receiving your funds instantly and instead only receiving your funds once your eCheck deposits clear.

If you have not made a previous eCheck deposit, the starting eCheck deposit limits are:

  • US $25 – minimum purchase
  • US $100 – maximum amount to purchase within 24 hours
  • US $300 – maximum amount to purchase within 7 days
  • US $600 – maximum amount to purchase within 30 days
  • There is a limit of one (1) eCheck deposit allowed within 48 hour period

NOTE: Once your first eCheck deposit successfully clears your bank 10 days after your deposit request, your eCheck deposit limits will be automatically raised to the following:

  • US $25 – minimum purchase
  • US $600 – maximum amount to purchase within 24 hours
  • US $1,000 – maximum amount to purchase within 7 days
  • US $2,000 – maximum amount to purchase within 30 days
  • There is a limit of three (3) eCheck deposit allowed within 24 hour period

If you would like to receive an increase in your PokerStars deposit limits, after you’ve had your starting limits raised automatically, please email us.

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Duplicate Poker is a Blast!

I’ve mentioned Duplicate Poker on my blog in the past, but I’ve been playing this more and more in the past week. I am telling you, it is a blast to play. Put simply, you try to get more chips than the players at other tables in your same seat who are getting the same cards and same boards as you!

Duplicate Poker involves play of Pot Limit and No Limit Texas Hold’em under the general rules governing that game with four exceptions.

  • First, there are always two or more tables of players, with the same number of players seated at each table.
  • Second, an identically shuffled deck of cards is used at each table for each hand played so that players in the same seat position at each table receive the same hole cards and the common cards are the same at each table.
  • Third, every player begins each hand with the same number of playing chips, regardless of how he/she may have done in any previous hand.
  • Fourth, the winner of each hand is determined based on the number of chips he or she has at the end of the game as compared with those held by all players in the same seat at the other tables.

Determining winners by comparing the results achieved by the players playing identical hands eliminates the luck of the draw element normally associated with poker so that skill is what determines who wins, not whether you got good cards or bad cards. Every hand can win if it is well played.

There is an interactive tutorial at their website that I recommend highly! And, here’s their current offer to get you started:

Get $5 FREE + a 100% bonus on initial deposits between $25 and $100!

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Great Deal at PokerStars — New Players Only

PokerStars has a great offer for new players. Make your first deposit as a new player and you can play in 4 $500 freerolls every day from Dec 5th through Dec 14th! And, if you make the money in any of the $500 freerolls, you will advance to the $10,000 freeroll on Dec 15th.

That’s all there is to it. Your first deposit gains you to entry into all the remaining daily freerolls from the time of your deposit onwards.  Plus, you will get our 100% First Deposit Bonus of up to $50 at the same time. You must enter the code DEC2007 into the bonus code field of the cashier when making your first deposit.Daily freerolls are located under the Tourney > Freeroll tab in your PokerStars game lobby.

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New Promos at Cocoa Casino and Paradise 8

Here is a new offer that is available to players from around the world.

  • First, get $10 FREE to try out their games.
  • Second, get a 200% match on your first deposit up to a $100 bonus. This bonus is good for slots only, and play through requirements do apply.
  • Third, all players are eligible for a 100% monthly match up to a $100 bonus.

Claim your bonus at either of the following Rival Software online casinos:

Let me know what you think of these casinos — I’d love to hear your feedback.

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