PKR.com has put together a basket of Christmas candies for the players. The fun has started from the 22nd of December and will go on till the end of the month. PKR.com has a battery of thirteen excitement packed events for its players. These super tempting galas will carry a prize pool of more than $170,000. The tournaments that are being hosted by PKR.com will be stretching over two weeks. The events will run right up to the year end, where PKR’s players will bring in the New Year in panache. The events include competitive tournaments as well as friendly games for players of all needs. Players looking for all kinds of entertainment are bound to find some at PKR.

In the spirit of the holiday, each of these tournaments has an addition prize for the first place winner. Prizes like a Sony Playstation 3, Apple iPod Touch, Panasonic Home Cinema System and Cuvee Cristal 2002 Champagne make the games even more thrilling.

The free to enter tournament will be held at PokerHeaven. The prize pool for this Freeroll is a whooping €1,500. Bluff Europe’s reader will be seen participating in this Freeroll. The free entry means that players who win the big prizes would be making a fortune with zero investment and risk. The online news writer at BluffEurope.com Matt Perry has something to say about PokerHeaven’s Freeroll. He expressed that freerolls are always a great option when one is low on the money. Moreover, he felt that PokerHeaven’s generous deposit bonuses would be another excuse to indulge. When players do not have a bulky bankroll and want to still make some money, freerolls are the way to go. Perry pressed that he saw absolutely no reason how Poker lovers would miss this opportunity.

All the players who are looking to enter the PokerHeaven’s Freeroll can find all the information at Bluff Europe. Their website BluffEurope.com has all the details and arrangements for the players to register through the affiliate link. A bonus of 200% will be given to the players for a deposit that they make up to €1,000.

The company declared that the debut of the site came along after a licensing agreement was signed for the software back in July with Victor Chandler, one of the foremost sportsbetting and online gaming companies of the world. Victor Chandler was formed in 1946 and has been serving clients from over 160 nations around the globe and is one of the most respected online gaming portals in the world.

Michael Carlton, Chief Executive Officer for Victor Chandler said that considering the size of his company’s business it was paramount that it operated with software which was stable yet very flexible. He also said that VCCasino.com formed the core of the company’s product offering and he was indeed happy about the successful conclusion of the deal with Net Entertainment.

With the launch of the new online casino, Victor Chandler expects steady growth through the year 2009. Net Entertainment has been developing digital systems for Internet gaming sites. The company revealed CasinoModule to be its core product which is a full fledged gaming platform which offers several games and a very able administration tool.

Johan Ohman, Chief Executive Officer for Net Entertainment said that his company was really glad to have concluded the agreement with Victor Chandler which is one of the most appreciated and leading gaming operators in the world.

UltimateBet has the exactly same point of view. Thus, UltimateBet has come forth with an inter-forum online tournament series to find out which the ultimate forum is. This online Poker challenge for the forums kicks off on December 20th, 2008 with its first Freeroll at 3 PM ET. The total prize money for the entire tournament is a staggering $5000. Out of this money, a $1000 prize has been allotted to the first challenge. Everyone’s a winner, which is what they are calling the second round is scheduled for the 21st of December same time as the first. A $2000 prize has been announced by UltimateBet but this is not all. Additional prizes of up to $1000 will be given away to the forum.

An interesting bonus is that UltimateBet is giving away $10 to each of the players who have deposited money in their accounts in the past month. This $10 will be deposited within 48 hours so that it can be used in the challenge. All the players with accounts at UltimateBet are eligible to entry. Players without the accounts need to register before hand.

Ladbrokesbingo.com has decided to give the not so lucky ones another chance. It has introduced a Christmas special feature called the “Laddie’s Lucky Loft”. This feature is available to Ladbrokes players only in the “Lucky Loft” 90-ball room. The feature comes into play after the full house in the game has been called out. After the official winner is announced, “Laddie” the character in this bonus feature appears in the ticket of any one player. However, “Laddie” who resembles the alphabet L will pop up only in tickets where a single number is unmarked. It is then up to Laddie to bring good luck to the player by walking around the prize room. If luck has it, Laddie may actually help the player win a Jackpot of £250.

This quirky feature has been added to the Bingo room since the 10th of December. The game “Lucky Loft” 90-ball room starts in the afternoon and is on until midnight. Players can join any of the games at the game which get going in intervals of seven minutes. Charlie Goodenough, who is the Acquisition Marketing Manager at Ladbrokesbingo.com, was an excited man as he spoke about their very special feature.

One of the hottest new releases for this month is the King Kong Video Slot game released by Cryptologic and players can play it on InterCasino. The game comprises of some high speed action and a bonus round developed on the basis of the celebrated King Kong movie. The game has specially recreated the climax of the movie where the giant ape is on top of the Empire State building and is being attacked by army planes.

Another innovative launch for the month was Microgaming’s My Slot game. It is a customary 5 and 9 reel slot. The game permits players to create their own slot game by choosing themes, editing all the game symbols and replacing them with their own, the game’s sounds can be customised and images can be uploaded as per the liking of the players.

Players can play My Slot at all Microgaming online casinos, including Lucky Nugget Casino, RiverBelle Casino, Royal Vegas Casino, Platinum Play, Golden Tiger, Fortune Room, etc. Real Time Gaming (RTG) has also released a pack of five new games developed using the Real Series slots technology. The most attention grabbing game among all five is the Crazy Vegas Casino video slot which has a bonus round modelled on the Wheel of Fortune.

Every game in the pack has theme that would suit majority of the players. The other four games are called Golden Retriever, the epic Warlocks Spell, Medal Tally and a video slot game based on the classic fairy tale ‘Pinocchio.’

The Bad Beat jackpot was introduced by Carbon Poker in the early part of this year. Since then, it has become a very popular choice for players sitting at the tables. Carbon Poker Spokesperson, Jay Manning said that with the increase in the jackpot, there is an increase in the action on the tables as well. The site has been observing growth at the tables everyday. Jay also added that some players on Carbon Poker will become very happy and rich in the near future. It is something that will bring about change in someone’s life.

The jackpot is yet to be paid out since its introduction. It begins at $0.50 which comes from every pot from all the Bad Beat tables that are listed and is paid off when a hand of quad 7’s or better is busted. At present, this is the lowest hand required to gain qualification for a Bad Beat jackpot.
The other jackpots on Carbon Poker which have reached the $50,000 mark and are growing further are called Caribbean Stud 20c and $1. Carbon Poker’s latest software release saw the introduction of numerous industry firsts comprising of a ‘Rabbit’ feature which plays out a folded hand, the ‘Deal it Twice’ and the ‘Show One’ card only features.

The total jackpot wins at Slotland.com for 2008 reached an amazing figure of $896,405 (€700,360). The site’s jackpot has been available on all the slots and video games. It has been taken down once in every 4 to 6 weeks since last summer. Despite the fact that these jackpots have not been the largest on the Internet, they have been in the range of $100,000 to $150,000 and have been hit so frequently thereby increasing their popularity among online slot players.

Last week’s big winner is called ZONARIZ who managed to pull off a sum of $110,125 (€87,728) playing on one of the most popular games that the site offers, Striking 7s. Striking 7s is a Romanesque variant of the accepted Deuces Wild video poker game. While the overall total of major jackpot wins this year has reached seven with the latest win, this is the first victory on Striking 7s.

The site said that this appears to be gaining momentum and the more people hear about such big wins, the more they want to play the games the site offers. It also said that the jackpot grows each time a player places the max bet, so with the addition of more players, the jackpot grows fairly swiftly.

The last major win on Slotland was around six weeks before when a player called “MINE0MMINE” won $134,253 (€106.584) after playing on the Golden 8 slot machine on October 23.

Players will be allowed to enter at any time for free and will get some assured prizes for just participating in the tournament. But the more the players will rake the more prizes they will get. LTDPoker was established nearly four years ago. Today, it is one of the most established online poker sites and provides detailed poker room appraisals. It also offers unmatched ‘no deposit bonuses’ to its players.

Andy Hindmarsh, CEO of LTDPoker said that the tournament gives the players a great chance to be a part of a special poker tournament. There is also a great prize up for grabs which would result in the creation of another Peter Eastgate and make the site happy in the whole process.

The registration process is very easy. Online poker players need to open a free account at the LTDPoker site and then play at any one of the front running poker rooms on the LTDPoker site. Hindmarsh also said that the Rake Race has a leaderboard format. Players need to earn LTDPoker points through the rake they have been able to generate at one of their chosen online poker room.

These new features are expected to assist the site in the maximisation of its online marketing campaigns. Paul Barnes, CEO of Devilfish Gaming Plc said that his company’s partnership with Income Access is thrilling because of two reasons. First up, the site’s affiliate programme is taken to the next level because of cutting edge technology and progressive relationships management.

He also said that the release is a good way to tell the affiliates that the company gives a lot of importance to development of relations with the affiliates. Any one can join the Devilfish Partners affiliates programme as it is completely free. Also, the application process is very quick. The programme’s standard commission structure has three levels; it ranges from 30-40% commissions. Customised commission structures are also there, based on the requirements of the new affiliates.

The Income Access software has options through which operators can easily offer their brand experience to the affiliates. It can be merged with any gaming platform and offers detailed tracking reports and sophisticated analytics. The Income Access software is constantly on the path of development. It receives regular updates based on the needs of the industry.

Nicky Senyard, CEO of Income Access said that Income Access has been emphasising the significance of relationships and it is on the basis of this philosophy that functions of the software are developed.