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Slotland.com has announced another winning which comprised $80,000 and was won at the game of Slotris. As it’s known, somewhat a month ago this huge jackpot was finally taken away by a lucky winner. ‘MARMOTLUV’, that’s the player’s name, was incredibly happy to gain 80,369 dollars playing the Slot machine (a Tetris-like game).

The winner admitted that his favourite game back in the childhood was Tetris, and no wonder, he fell in love with this new Slotris game, situated at Slotland.com. He also added that this winning is the most significant prize he has ever had. He has been a Slotland’s client for quite a long time but he could never expect himself winning eight thousand dollars at a go.

According to the statistics, progressive jackpots are won every six weeks with an amount not excessing $150,000. However, there are exceptions, when jackpots are won more frequently. They shared that once they had six jackpot winnings in a row.

Slotland.com explained that when a player chooses progressive slots to play at and when he makes his bet, a part of this bet gets transferred to a special progressive jackpot pool. The more players make their bets, the bigger the pool gets. It keeps going until someone hits it rich.

The problem of gambling ban has spread all over the world. There is a list of countries that are criticized for their attitude to gambling. One of those countries is Spain, but the government is not into procrastinating, unlike the USA, and is ready to improve the situation concerning the gambling industry.

A week ago gaming regulators agreed upon creating two official groups that will take care of gambling regulation in Spain. The process of correcting gambling was set up in year 2007.

Lawmakers came to the conclusion (December, 2007) that only national laws could put things right in the gambling industry. The national laws were supposed to set limits for all casinos and bookmakers located In Spain.

Secretary General of the Ministry of Interior, Maria Angeles Gonzales admitted that now individual regions are challenged to come up with the new law, meet the new regulation.

Many meetings have been held, where the new measures were discussed. At one of those meetings held in Madrid, the LAE (Loterias y Apuestas de Espana, known as the national Spanish lottery operator) wasn’t present, which was a sort of astonishment for the other participants.

The game of Keno can be also called lotto or lottery, because the rules are very alike. Eighty small balls are involved in the game. Each ball has its certain number. The player’s goal is to guess as more numbers drawn as possible. In a casino that comprises Keno, there is a special area for playing the game. It is usually equipped with big screens so that players can stay informed of winning tickets.

Keno is believed to take its beginning in China, aprox 2000 years ago. In the 18^th century the game became well known in the United States of America, thanks to Chinese immigrants who worked as miners and railroad workers. It couldn’t but become popular as the rules are very easy and simple. A player can wage a little but hit a good reward.

A player should choose any 4 up to 10 numbers. Each selected numbers carries a name “Spot”, each ten selected numbers are called 10 Spot game. A player also gets a Keno ticket in which he marks his numbers, and gives it to the desk for wagering. A casino worker gives the player a duplicate ticket in return. In a while, 20 balls get drowned randomly. If the player marked enough numbers, he/she wins.
The minimum bet can be from 5 cents up to 1 dollar, depending on a casino.

There is a well known fact about poker gambling in Russia. According to the official ban, published by the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth, poker games are allowed only in four remote areas. Within these zones poker players can play freely, without having a fear to be punished.

These places, mentioned in the Order 517, are the following: the Altai zone located in Siberia, Kaliningrad city situated on the Baltic Sea, Krasnodar and Rostov (the cities located in the South of Russia, 2014 Winter Olympics will be held there) and the fourth place is the Primorsky area, situated on the Pacific coast.

It all started in year 2006, when Vladimir Putin was still President of Russian Federation. He decided to take steps to decrease the rate of gambling addiction and clean out all criminal business involved in Russian gambling industry. Dmitry Medvedev, the current president of Russia declared that the government must not procrastinate with the problem of gambling. Now the Russians can see the measures that have already gone into effect.

Many casinos and bookmakers had to start to present themselves as poker clubs. And poker, according to their opinion, should be considered sport, like in some other countries. That gives strength to all casinos to fight against the gambling ban. 

Bluff Europe, a leading magazine about gambling and poker in particular, wrote that the third festival called Poker in The Park has been met with approval by GamCare, a British gambling charity.

The largest poker festival that is held within Europe will take place on August 13 and the duration of the huge event is 4.5 hours. The beginning is at five o’clock in the evening. Poker in the Park will also be held on August 14 from 12 to 9.30 pm.

Such professional poker players as Ian Frazer, Paul Jackson, Neil Channing and Kara Scott will honor other players with their presence. They will be asked questions and will also sign autographs. Over 15,000 enthusiastic players will be able to communicate with the poker stars.

Editor-in-Chief for Bluff Europe, Michael Caselli admits that it’s their priority one to provide a safe and exciting event and make sure all attendants enjoy their time spending.

He added that it’s the third time Bluff Europe has invited GamCare to this wonderful festival of all professional and amateur poker players. The magazine wants all players to know that GamCare is an important part of the poker community. GamCare is also glad to participate in Poker in the Park festival.