Octavian International Limited, a subsidiary of PacificNet, announced this week the signing of a contract with one of the most important European gaming operators, MaxBet, to provide more than 3 million euros in state-of-the-art slot machines.

The AGI Gaminator slot machines will be distributed in the next four months to gaming venues in Byelorussia, Georgia, Rumania and Ukraine. A spokesperson for MaxBet explained that they chose Octavian for the purchase of the slots due to “their fast delivery, competitive prices, post-sale support and the continuity of the service.”

Carnival Cruise Lines, known as the biggest and most important cruise operator in the whole world has announced that it will organize and host a series of Slots, Blackjack and Poker tournaments that will take place in 10 of its exclusive cruises.

The blackjack and slots tournaments will have a total prize of $2,500.00. Players who make it to the first place in these events will also win balcony accommodations for themselves and a guest and will have the right to participate in the final event, which will be held next November 17th.

In February Casino Roxy Palace will launch five new slot machine games and one of them is about a very attractive topic which has become extremely popular in the past few decades: Chinese New Year. This game will certainly bring good luck this year to all the players who wish to spend a good time playing the exciting Happy New Year slot.

The machine integrates and combines Chinese traditional symbols with those of the Rat Year, fireworks, lanterns and the characteristic red color, which represents good fortune.

A player has just won two slots jackpots at the Casino Gandía. He is a happy tourist who spent his holidays in Safor and visited the casino in the Beach twice in a week.

The player won two consecutive jackpots in the slots, carring with him a total of 36 thousand euros. First, he scooped 19 thousand euros and two days later he won a price of 17 thousand euros.

The Riojana Gambling Association (ARJA) is preparing a campaign with the motto “Play... somewhere else”, “to avoid minor from playing slots,” said the psychologist Concha Santo Tomás.

It’s a nice campaign that aims to parents and slots parlors owners, to make them realize that minors are playing slots, and every day that passes more kind, and younger kids everyday start playing slots.

A new vogue is taking place in the exquisite gambling city of Las Vegas: that is glamorous book firms by today’s top writers. The latest event that took place regarding this subject was held in the well known Foxwoods Resort Casino.

There, the very popular book author Janet Evanovich stood up and presented herself in front of an audience of about 1,200 fans.

This interesting initiative that has been taking place started in an attempt to attract literature lovers and bring them to the Casinos. It appears that it was actually a very good idea and it worked just the way it was expected to work.

As reported by the UK Financial Times: "Britain hopes to persuade the offshore centres that are reaping the lion's share of the explosion in online gambling to sign up to new controls on the sites”.

"Centres that host online gambling sites include Gibraltar, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua and Costa Rica”.

"The government plans to invite the International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, along with ministers from all the main offshore gambling jurisdictions”.

Queen City Gaming Entertainment Inc. informed that it has the state’s consent to circulate petitions for a proposal to build a slot-machine parlor. The group wants the Ohio Constitution to change and allow slot parlors at the state’s horse tracks and in two sites in Cleveland and one in Cincinnati.

The Ohio Learn and Earn Committee, that submitted a competing proposal, has already gathered about 200,000 signatures, according to spokesman David Hopcraft. Queen City Entertainment needs 323,000 valid signatures to make the November ballot.

Lonabol, the National Charity and Hygiene Lottery, will cancel the contract with Refle Games, which owns and operates entertainment machines in places where the underage are allowed.

The decision was made after Lonabol’s technical inspection in all the sites where the illegal slot machines were functioning and the offense was confirmed.

The poor control of Internet at home can cause several problems, especially among young people: children and teenagers. Although Internet has become an invaluable tool for studying, it also has open a new door to hazard games and bets, but a door without filters nor padlocks that can send young people right to compulsive gambling.

Not in vain at Gamblers Anonymous from Albacete (Spain) has arrived a young man who recognizes being obsessed with virtual casinos.