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In this age of online gambling, there is a fierce competition between different gambling companies to gather as many players as possible. And this competition is helpful for players too - in the form of various incentives or bonuses. Casino rooms competes to give maximum bonuses as possible. So whenever you play casino games, be aware of this bonus offers. Sometimes you might require to enter bonus codes to receive a particular bonus - so keep searching for latest bonus codes in various sites, magazines etc.

Welcome Bonuses or Sign-up Bonuses - Very popular bonus type. As the name signifies, this is give to a player who signups with a room for the first time. It can range from $40-$500 so be active in searching the max at various poker rooms. Some sites break the signup bonus into parts which is allocated every month to keep the player active.

This also includes No-Deposit bonus where a new player is not required to deposit certain amount to be eligible for a bonus. This is not much - around ten dollars to start the ball rolling.

While, Deposit bonus usually means percentage of money deposited. Usually it is 100% deposit bonus - means your bankroll will be doubled than what you have actually deposited.

Reload Bonus means you get bonus on every time you reload your account. So the aim is to keep the playing active in his room. Often it is 100%.

Preferred Deposit Bonus - is a form of bonus offered by the casino if you deposit bonus in your account using their preferred payment option. They set a limit of maximum bonus they can give on depositing a particular amount. This bonus ranges from 5-15% of money deposited.

Loyalty Bonus - as the name suggests, it is give to a player is loyal to their site - means the player is being active on their site for a certain period of time and reaches some seniority level. This keeps on increasing as your status increasing depending on the time or money you play.

High Roller Bonus - is given when a deposit exceeds certain limit - usually 50%. For example if you have deposited $4000, you will get additional $2000 as high roller bonus.

Also, read their terms regarding bonuses. What is visible attractive is not true always. Terms and conditions vary.. Sometimes you can cash out the bonus, while many times you have to play with that bonus. Norwegian players can find bonus codes and offers on Norsk casinospill. Happy Bonusing

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I started playing bingo since few weeks only and I was not aware that bingo is such an addicting game . Before I tried bingo at casino rooms, and then I started playing bingo online. And that added more fun.

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888, one of the world’s most popular online gaming companies, provided the following trading update for the fourth quarter of 2007 and cumulative results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2007.

12 months ended KPI till 31st December 2007

• Net Gaming Revenue up 36% to US$213 million (12 months to 31 December 2006:  US$157 million)

• Net Gaming Revenue from Casino and Poker up 27% to US$199 million (12  months to 31 December 2006: US$157 million)

• Net Gaming Revenue from Casino up 33% to US$118 million (12 months to 31  December 2006: US$89 million)

• Net Gaming Revenue from Poker up 18% to US$81 million (12 months to 31  December 2006: US$68 million)

• Net Gaming Revenue from Emerging Offering was US$14 million (12 months to  31 December 2006: Nil)

Trading Update and Current Trading

888’s excellence was further acknowledged by being recently awarded “Best Betting and Gaming Company” at the Leisure Report Awards 2007, “Casino of the Year” and “Best Land - Links Partnership” at the eGaming Awards 2007 as well as
“Casino of the Year” at the Gambling Online Awards 2007.

“888ladies”, a new Bingo offering launched with new community and chat tools, best-in-class bingo tutorials and soft games coupled with a new TV advertising campaign in the UK already showing hundreds of new customers recruited daily since launch.

Recent launches include Live Casino offering and handicapped sport betting for certain Asian markets, white Label “Lucky Ace” for poker and casino in English, Italian and Spanish and a new third party Bingo Network - “winkbingo”.

Adventure in Orbit - our 15th Video Slot launched with the highest number of payout lines ever (25 lines) in addition to Rough Rugby Video Slot and our first branded Video Slot: Blond Legend (Marilyn Monroe by Shaw).

New Poker version 4.5 (2D and 3D) launched with an option for users to choose a classic “race track” 2D view, or 3D view with or without Avatars.

Launched first prototype of a new Games Integration Platform with several third party companies testing their games with 888’s soon-to-be-published standard API.

Trading in Q1 2008 has started strongly. During the first 37 days of the quarter average daily Casino and Poker First Time Depositors was 17% higher than for Q4 2007, Casino and Poker deposits up 6%, Casino bets up 8%, Poker rake plus fees
up 5% and Casino and Poker NGR up 3%.

* All Figures refer to the group’s business excluding the US. Rounded figures.

** The largest ever guaranteed prize pool from a non-US facing online operator

*** Emerging Offering refers primarily to Bingo and Backgammon

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I like playing various gambling games like poker, slots, bingo etc. but got sick of searching different sites for various bonus or promotional offers related to each games. What I mean is, I get bingo offers only on bingo related sites, while poker bonus codes on poker sites. I was in search of a site which have all the offers/codes at one place and finally found OnlineCasinoReports.com

Yes, Online Casino Reports is not specific about any one game - here you will find resource for almost all online gambling games - bingo, poker, slots, casino, blackjack, sports betting etc. So its a complete gambling portal - and very well said “by the gamblers, for the gamblers”

Recently, the site went into a complete overhaul and is now much user friendly and media content rich. They have a dedicated gambling news section where you will find regularly updated news on happenings in the gambling world. And news is delivered in video formats - so gambling news is not boring as before. They also have some nice articles on tips and tutorials for newbies and experienced players. And you will find their SCHOOL an interesting feature.

They have some professional and experienced gaming players which reviews various gambling sites on internet. Their online gambling directory features reviews on best online gaming sites - whether poker, bingo, blackjack, or sports betting - you will find them all. Reviews are in detailed and unbiased and so you make no mistake in selecting the best gaming site and making most out of it.

And as I told at the start, on Online Casino Reports, you will find jackpots, bonus and promotional offers related to all games. And these offers are updated in real-time. So you can get the best and latest “No deposit bonuses “or “bingo jackpot offers” at any instance. Isn’t that cool ?

And online casino reports is not just about bonuses. Here you will find a huge online community and gambling forum where players discuss on their favorite topics and help each other mutually. A registered user also get access to members personal blogs, recommended items, popular news and more.

If you are a fan of youtube, then there is something for you too from Online casino reports. They have a online gambling videos section on youtube where you can watch videos related to interviews, top week’s headlines, gambling tips, event coverage etc.

Thus, Online casino reports is a complete online casino guide and gambling portal. I am sure you will not find any other resource similar to OCR on net today!

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